About me.....

I guess it would be fair to say alittle why I'm interested in starting this blog. I have recently picked up this hobby of gold prospecting since 2006. I was first introduced to Placer Gold when I was a kid. My grandfather who was a short time prospector, showed me a small vial of nuggets he and his dad found while panning gold in Arizona back in the 1930's. His dad was one of those hard core prospectors who would spend much time as he could spare searching for lost mines and placer grounds. I remember as a kid that grandfather had some claims he would work once a year, and we would spend nearly a week working and grading the claims. As I grew older and he passed on I too fell away from rock hounding and wanting to search for gold. During the past few years I have picked up the love of getting out and wanting to search for the treasured metal that has been around for centuries. I currently live in Southern Utah where history itself is very broad. That is the other reason I have the love of wanting to get out in the hills, because here you are withing a hour drive to some of the most beautiful country and some very remote spots around. We are just 5 miles to the border of Arizona and the Arizona Strip which is a vast wilderness area protected by the BLM for recreational use for the public. This area has highly rich Indian heritage and other cultures that may have lived here years before us, and not to mention other creatures such as Dinasours with their tracks being found everywhere. I know there is'nt much gold here in southern utah but being close to Arizona, Nevada, and California the stories say that gold is everywhere. I hope with this and being out in the open I can meet other people with the same interest as me. I hope to share stories and work together to solve mysteries and other riddles to maybe someday be one of those prospectors lucky enough to find something to tell about. The purpose behind this blog is to meet others out there who have the thirst to know more and to be willing to share ideas and hopefully crack those stories to finding the treasures. Don't hesitate to post and share other topics as I'm open to anything that is in interest of Prospecting and Lost Mines.