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  1. Also delete your email address from the public forum just a suggestion
  2. Ray did you check the WSPA pm mail system where I sent the reminder from? You have it there
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    Keith, I’ve sent it to you twice in two separate wspa pm’s
  4. Quartzite is good I’ve only hunted there once but good camping area .
  5. I’d like to ask what dates work best for our members for Gold basin, Indy hill or even Rye Patch? Also is someone local to Rye Patch and Indy Hill willing to help out and take the Point of contact these claims are a long drive from Las Vegas and I think logistically that would be better having a more local point of contact to help?
  6. I replied to this and now I don see it? Anyway we’re planning something for when things cool down in gold basin possibly with another group of prospectors once we have dates I’ll post them up. An outing in colfax or even northern Nevada we discussed briefly to do that it would be nice to have a volunteer from someone closer to those locations to help out with some of the logistics. anyone have any preferences?
  7. We were talking about another outing for certain as the Basin begins to cool, we’re checking with another prospecting group to see if the timing will support joining forces this with the advantages being recruitment opportunities and more people more fun. If possible something sooner in a cooler climate, we have Colfax area I’ve never been there or possibly someplace else, perhaps northern Nevada? What we really need to make that work is a volunteer to help with logistics in that cooler location to take on some of the planning, Las Vegas is a ways off from cooler temperatures. 

  8. I was wondering a little if some of the ones I’ve found out there could be different, I at sone point will send in a few slices for classification and see what results I get?
  9. Yep, you gotta work for em, but there out there still. I picked this one up on Friday after making a quick turn and burn looking at some land for sale, it has some of the nicest fusion crust I’ve found.|
  10. I have been pretty consistent finding a few meteorites hunting the gold basin placers lately, nice finding something in between finding a nugget. I’m averaging at least a tiny piece of gold maybe about 75% of the time most of these have been shallow 3” down or less and ring strong out on the 6000 like a large caliber bullet on the surface, they are a great motivator to dig all the trash sounding targets because they sound just the same.
  11. Ha, we’re all new now I guess... but none of us had anything to do with it the only changes I’ve made were to the permissions for data security concerns as requested, rightfully so. I’m pretty sure this is because of an Invision software update a little while back. I have some member numbers just not enough of the numbers to easily figure out the blanks to any accuracy so I haven’t added them to the list yet.
  12. Nice nugget Dick, it’s tough hunting the easy gold has been hit pretty hard but there is gold there for the one who works for it. Jeff and I were talking this morning about polling our members about setting up a date and working on the details to bring in Alan and his excavator to the new 40 at gold Basin for our first outing after the restructure, we are thinking sometime this September or October. Dick your experience out there will be helpful deciding where we head first, perhaps in the area where that one ounce nugget was found?
  13. Denny, so true...I hope as we rebuild we can reenergize the spirit that prevailed in the beginning it’s not gone just less celebrated sometimes, it’s easy to forget seems big gold probably makes it even easier to forget. Could be all this stress the clubs going through restructuring is a blessing in disguise, the core group of members how ever many remaining will be diverse and committed to making this a success and this might provide an opportunity for all of us to talk about our vision of WSPA in the future, not suggesting there is anything particular in mind but it’s good to look out the window now and then.
  14. I’m just guessing I’ve erased and rewritten this a dozen times so this is thinking out loud cause I’ve not done a lot of this claim finding stuff but after a few years some of this is starting to sink in, I think members need the tools and knowledge we are at varying skill levels more experienced members mentoring newer club prospectors passing on some skill will help we have energetic new prospectors that just dont know where to start looking and how. We are kind of spread out geographically, I think it takes local interest we seem to be more active at the moment in Arizona, is this due to more available area to hunt? More active member interest? But someone local with local knowledge and interest is going to need to stoke those fires. Did we start WSPA with everyone bringing in one claim? Is it possible for every member to be involved somehow in acquiring or re-acquiring a claim, in the past having done so, or been key in assisting another member in finding a club claim. I believe finding an inactive claim to explore is not to difficult, do we need to post a list of potential inactive claims to check, can a list like that be ordered for a fee? not everyone can contribute the same but everyone can add value practicing teamwork and cooperation, lending a hand or just being a friend this is where staying small sharing activities helps us. sorry for the random disorganized thoughts, just trying to spark a discussion.
  15. Awww Jeff shucks, twerrnt nuttin...although thanks. really though I believe this club was founded on such behavior John B continues that tradition since the inception of this organization as do others, such attributes that set WSPA apart need to be remembered whenever possible this place rocks (the gold type). In rebuilding we don’t need to be fast to be excellent...we just need to remember what’s important.
  16. John you are very welcome and mostly I guess a token gesture to tell you how much appreciated you are for all you do. thank you, Clark
  17. Norm, your picture shows what the detectors capable of in the hand of someone who know what he’s doing, beautiful gold!
  18. Nice work Bill, thank you for putting them up.
  19. I think it’s time we put up some pictures of gold found, I think most of these were from club claims or areas the club has/had holdings even one piece that was a prize at one of our Rye Patch outings, so everyone let’s get some interest going as we get ready to rumble on some new ground I know I’m excited to get out there and explore... let’s show our new and prospective members something to get excited about too and post up some gold! left to right, some misc placer gold and my attempt at melting the button’s about 8g and specific gravity tests at 18k, Northern California Sierra, Northern Nevada, Arizona and WSPAOuting prize gold!
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