Ed in SoDak

Whadda ya think? The coil on my noggin receives target info directly from the coil! My gold filling acts as a perfect resonator, leaving me no doubt as to the trueness of nice nuggets. When my eyes cross, then it is trash object and I do no dig there because it's like, well, junk! Order now before my eyes stay crossed and I can build no more. (Much trash in these parts!!) Yours truly, Uncle Log Truck

I haven't found a pay streak worth digging up for myself, let alone pointing someone else there. That said, the gold-bearing creeks are all well known. French Creek, Castle Creek, Spring Creek all have gold. All the biggest nugs came from the Tinton area, but that's almost all private or claimed. Rochford north of Castle Creek and there's a FS fee camping area. Forest Service land is ok to handwork for recreational prospecting with no permit needed. Lots of spots are being claimed as much for speculation of selling said claims as any genuine active mining going on. There's a few pay to pan/prospect spots. Wade's Gold Mill Tour outside of Hill City might be worth a stop. GPAA had a few claims in the program last time I checked. We found a few fine gold flakes there. Plenty of old workings to stomp around. The old Gold Mountain Mine up Burnt Fork is being refurbished as a FS heritage site, pretty cool. They were going to tear it all down, but a few of us stepped up to help save the last standing mine on FS property in the Black Hills. That has gold in fissure veins so it's mostly hardrock right around where I live on Deerfield Road. Almost all private land here is a former patented mining ground. So if that says anything, there was gold most everywhere enough to "prove up" some ground enough to patent it. You'll notice private land follows all the major drainages of the hills. So find a likely spot that's still FS and test your luck! Here's a link to some old mining pics on my website: http://www.whiteriverprep.com/trails/mines.html If you do find a spot, please let me know where the heck it is! We have tons of pretty walkway rocks, but no gold! -Ed

Sounds pretty compact and easy to pack. If you have more space to haul a spare auto-type 12 volt battery, a cheap 300 watt inverter hooked to it could run any typical AC battery charger and any small AC gadget. Faster recharging and no sunshine needed. You could hook the solar panel to the battery and keep the system running longer. -Ed

Funny, when I tried one on my debit card, it didn't erase my debt! What's up with that??? -Ed