AU Gold Huntin'

 "Gold prices have risen more than 25 per cent since the beginning of the year as concern over global growth has turned investors to the safe haven of the metal, which they believe will hold its value amid market volatility.

Adelaide's Dennis Cooper has been a gold prospector for 25 years and has just returned from an 8000km round-trip to Western Australia's Port Hedland, where he found three troy ounces of gold worth $5373."

Read more HERE.

Image Credit: Kelly Barnes \ The Australian

"Claiming" Australia

"Gold prospectors, Marco Nero explains, have always been 'a secretive, tight-lipped lot', wary of whom they speak to, careful of what they say, guarded about where they go. But these days they're ultra-protective.

For with world prices sky-rocketing - from $US600 an ounce to almost $1600 in five years - the stakes are high. The rush is on. And the talk is not just of getting rich quick, but of skulduggery, claim-jumping, even suburban 'bushwhacking'.

That may sound like paranoia; like something out of a Wild West movie, or the Herald's coverage of the rip-roaring, 1851 NSW gold rush. Mr Nero, though, insists such possibilities must be taken seriously."

Read more HERE.

Image Credits: Peter Rae / Sydney Morning Herald

New Partner - John's Detectors

Hey everyone!

You may (or perhaps not) noticed that the sidebar here at Jimmy's MD Blog has a new banner for John's Detectors.

As I am a huge supporter of privately owned/operated small businesses, I have teamed up with owner of John's Detectors. Mr. John Tomlinson, in an attempt to promote small business while giving my readers an outlet to purchase all of their hobby related equipment at industry leading prices while still getting the personal, quality service they deserve.

John runs his shop out of Blackwell, TX and carries all of the major detector brands, as well as related accessories and even prospecting gear. He is extremely knowledgeable in regards to the hobby and is willing to receive your inquiries regarding current hobby needs.

New to the hobby? John is more than happy to help you understand what machine and equipment will be best for your hunting style and conditions where you live.

So be sure to visit, browse his wares, give him a shout and get all your metal detecting items in an inexpensive, fast, courteous manner.

John's Detectors
P.O. Box 402
Blackwell, TX 79506
325-282-2329

Supplementing Income with Prospecting

"Armed with the tools of the trade -- a metal detector, gold pan and sluice box, a series of screens that sort gold from alluvial material like sand and gravel -- the Montana man represents the new face of a pursuit that once paved the way for settlement of the Western frontier.

The poor economy and a record price of gold have renewed interest in prospecting in Western states where public lands are rich with deposits and small-scale operators are all but free from government regulation.

What Brewer has in common with 19th century prospectors is a drive for gold equaled in intensity only by the instinct to keep quiet about its location and volume.

Read more HERE.