Gold! Gold! How and Where to Prospect for Gold (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) [Paperback]

Joe F. Petralia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006 | Series: Prospecting and Treasure Hunting

Gold! Gold! A beginners handbook and recreational guide: How & Where to prospect for Gold! reveals everything you will need to know to start your search for this most precious metal! Beginning with an historical overview and geological background, Gold! Gold! gives the reader a thorough understanding of WHY gold is WHERE it is and HOW you can recover it. Seven profusely illustrated chapters from both 19th and 21st century resources outline and instruct on all popular oldtime and modern recovery methods from panning, sluicing, dredging through the use of metal detectors. Gold panning to nugget hunting can be enjoyed by folks and families of all ages and with the historic high price of gold in the world market, Gold! Gold! will show you how to sucessfully pursue and profit from this exciting activity.

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"How can you go wrong?...the cost of the book is a small price to pay for a dream of a lifetime." --West Coast Writers Guild

"Was one of your New Year's resolutions to become very, very rich? Ours was, so when Gold! Gold! came into our possession, we were pleased indeed...novice prospectors will find this a valuable guide...we're hooked." --San Francisco Chronicle

"...this book tells the best ways to make prospecting pay off." --Field & Stream magazine

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sierra Trading Post (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960589007
• ISBN-13: 978-0960589005
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #89 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Instructional

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good beginning Gold Panning Book, July 29, 2003

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James J. Wilson "booksfasst" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold! Gold! How and Where to Prospect for Gold (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Paperback)

The real gem of this book for the amatuer Gold Panner/Sluicer is how to "read" a river to pick the best place to start working instead of wasting fruitless months like I did panning in the wrong places and finding lots of black sand, but no "color."

Other than that, the book is mainly a historical narrative of the Gold Rush in California with a brief introduction on one of the techniques for using a gold pan.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good field guide, January 25, 2008

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J. Canestrino (Lodi, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold! Gold! How and Where to Prospect for Gold (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Paperback)

A good introduction to recreational gold panning and a quick read. It inspired me to buy a crevice tool and do some sniping which turned out pretty well for me the first time out! I would have liked a bit more on how to clean up black sand and or how to smelt/purify gold, but then I am a bit of a science geek.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and informative!, January 4, 2004

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toddhostager (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold! Gold! How and Where to Prospect for Gold (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Paperback)

Don't be fooled by the reviewer who (inadvertently?) gave this book zero stars. It is packed with great entry-level information on gold prospecting. Bravo Mr. Petralia!