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Searching For CachesBy Eric L. Nielsen

Most people, including treasure seekers, cannotbegin to comprehend the number of caches thatare available to be found. A cache (pronouncedcash) could be considered to be a stockpile of items hid-den to keep unauthorized people from finding and de-stroying, using or stealing it. Caches of all kinds exist,however, money and precious metals usually evoke thegreatest enthusiasm and excitement when recovered.

Many novice, as well as seasoned treasure hunters, whohave spent considerable amounts of time searching forindividual coins and relics, do not believe that cachesreally exist or that they can be found if they do exist.Many TH'rs think it is just not worth the effort. Thatmay be good because they do not get in the way of seri-ous cache hunters who search diligently for the "bigticket" caches that they know exist.

A little background may be helpful to more fully under-stand this facet of treasure hunting. Following WorldWar II, when military surplus mine detectors becameavailable, several American veterans who had knowledgeand experience with their use and who had informationabout the locations of some of the many caches avail-able, purchased these rather primitive detectors andsearched for and found their intended targets and qui-etly embarked on this new and exciting vocation. Withthe advent of more sophisticated and "user friendly" de-tectors pioneered by Dr. Gerhard Fisher, many of thoseearly TH'rs became very proficient and successful at lo-cating caches.

During the 1950's, 60's, and early 70's, many of those

people traveled throughout the U.S. and worked at vari-ous jobs in communities while quietly gleaning usefulinformation about people who had hidden money awaythat was never found after they died, or about outlawloot that had been stashed after robberies. For many ofthese people, cache hunting became a full time and prof-itable profession. Actually, locating caches was probablyrelatively easy back then because people in general weremore generous with information and landowners weremore willing to give permission to enter their property to

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v. 16, n. 5 May, 2012 Going for the Gold

The News

Visit RMPTH On The Internet At http://rmpth.com

Contents

If you don't read the newspaper you areuninformed, if you do read the newspaper youare misinformed.

-- Mark Twain

1 Searching For Caches2 About The News2 Book Review

4 How To Pan For Gold6 How To Cure A New Gold Pan7 How To Tell When Your Food Is

Spoiled8 Gold Facts9 Long Shot Pays Off In Emeralds10 Calendar of Events11 Calendars12 Gold Detectors14 High Altitude or Mountain Sick-

ness15 Gold Miners Backpack

16 Trading Post17 Im 80 And Im Tired18 2012 Schedule of Events19 Contact List

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Page 2 The News, May 2012

The News is the official newsletter of the RockyMountain Prospectors and Treasure HuntersClub (RMPTH): our mailing address is P.O. Box

271863, Fort Collins, CO. 80527-1863.

Opinions expressed in The News are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect those of the

club or its members. Publication of information inThe News constitutes no guarantee of accuracy. Useof any information found in this publication is at thesole risk of the user. NeitherRMPTH, nor its coordi-nators, nor The News, nor its editors or contributorsassume any liability for damages resulting from useof information in this publication.

Submiss ions

Articles, letters and short items of interest on pros-pecting, detecting and treasure hunting topics are

welcome and encouraged. All items submitted forpublication are subject to editing. Submittals for pub-

lication may be made in writing or, preferably, in AS-CII text format on IBM-compatible disk. If you havequestions about a submission, please contact the edi-tor for information.

Copyr ight

Unless otherwise noted, other nonprofit groupsmay reprint or quote from any articles appearing inThe News without prior permission, provided thatproper author and publication credits are given andthat a copy of the publication in which the article ap-pears is sent at no cost toRMPTHat the above mail-ing address. Clubs wishing to exchange newsletters

withRMPTHare invited to send a copy of their news-letter together with an exchange request.

About The New s Adver t is ing

Classified advertising for topic related items is freefor non-business ads. See the Trading Post sectionfor donation pricing of camera-ready display ads. Do-nations for ad makeup from sketches, etc., are avail-able on request.

About RMPTH

RMPTHis an independent nonprofit hobbyist socialclub, open to anyone interested in prospecting, detect-ing or treasure hunting. Its purpose is to provide aneducational and social forum of mutual benefit formembers.RMPTHholds a monthly meeting and con-ducts various field outings, as well as offers specialpresentations and seminars. Active participants have

voting privileges. The monthly newsletter, The News,is readily available on the Internet. Persons wishing toreceive the newsletter in hardcopy, mailed format arerequired to provide the amount of $24 per year re-quired to print and mail. Otherwise, no annual duesare charged as the social club functions strictly bydonation.

Prospectors' Tips

To keep yer tools from rustin', give 'em a coat of paste wax (but never, never

wax yer pan, prospectors!). Speakin' of rust, yuh kin soak up moisture in yertoolbox and keep out thuh rust by puttin' moth balls in it! Yuh kin take off them

pesky water spots from yer stainless steel coffee bottle by wiping it with alco-

hol (rubbin' - not drinkin') or white vinegar, and wipin' it down real good.

Thanks to the Gold Prospectors of the Rockies

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personal hoards of money in containers in one or severallocations. Years ago when silver coinage was in commonuse and before the U.S. government went off the goldstandard and began controlling the exchange of gold,both silver and gold coins were the choice to bury sincethey would not rot and disintegrate like paper currency.After 1965 when the U.S. discontinued circulation ofsilver coinage, millions of dollars worth of silver coinswere collected from circulation and hoarded by individu-als who realized that the newly minted clad coins hadlittle real value. Some of this money was put in safe de-posit boxes in banks, but most of this hoarded silverwas probably hidden at home with a good portion of itsafely buried in the ground where plenty of it still resides

to this day.

Many people who livedthrough the depression andlost their entire savings in thebank closures vowed never toput their money in anotherbank, which led to a multi-tude of "posthole banks", sonamed because a quart jarwould just fit down a posthole and could easily be re-trieved when a withdrawalwas necessary simply by pull-ing the staples and removingthe post. People became veryinventive with methods forhiding away their money.Many men never told their

spouse or family where their wealth was hidden andmuch of it is still hidden right where they put it beforethey died. Those early cache hunters could often obtainvital information simply by talking to friends and rela-tives of the deceased and learning pertinent details thatmany times led them directly to the caches with little

effort.Present day cache hunters must work harder to ferretout facts that will lead them to success. Obtaining per-mission to search takes more ingenuity and persuasionthan in the past. On the brighter side, we have much,much better equipment available with which to searchand can locate the deeply buried caches more readilythan could our predecessors. Also, believe it or not,there are more caches out there now than ever before. .

Business people who are commonly paid with cash oftenhide money to avoid paying taxes. Imminent bank-ruptcy, divorce or other setback has caused people tohide money to have something remaining when every-

thing else that they are known to possess is taken fromthem. Many people have purchased gold and silver bul-lion and coins which they have buried for safe keepingand some of these people didn't mark the spot wellenough or their memories fade with age. There are mil-lions of dollars that have been left safely hidden awaydue to sudden and unexpected deaths of the people whohid them.

Wars have resulted in many caches of money, preciousmetals and gemstones, and artwork, as well as arma-ments of war left behind when the people who hid them


search than they are now. They may have been lessgreedy because they didn't believe anything would befound or didn't care.

Most experienced cache hunters made sure they had asigned agreement with the landowner and shared theirfinds with the landowner or at least gave them somekind of reward. They also commonly gave a reward tothe person who provided them with the lead or initialinformation that resulted in successfully locating acache, without divulging details about what was recov-ered. Government entities were also not as greedy. Infact, during the 1960's and 70's several State senatorsand members of Congresswere active participants invery successful private treas-ure recovery associations.

One reason for the great suc-cess experienced by the seri-ous cache hunters during thattime period is that they haddirect access to valuable infor-mation. Many "old timers"from the outlaw days were stillalive and could rememberevents involving robberies ofbanks and stage coaches, etc.in vivid detail, especially ifthey were part of the possethat caught or killed the out-laws. They could describeexact landmarks that probably had not changed verymuch. Sometimes they could describe the area in greatdetail where the loot was known to have been hidden orthey could take the cache hunter to the location andshow him.

There are still too many outlaws, including bank rob-bers, burglars and other thieves, out there. There are allkinds of criminals that cache money or stolen itemssuch as jewelry. The thieves eventually fence jewelry andother stolen items and spend the money unless they arecaptured or killed.

Drug dealing is rampant around the world and due torecent laws passed to control unlawful international ex-change of U.S. currency, gold bullion has become a fa-vorite medium of exchange by international drug lords.Local drug dealers still deal in cash, lots and lots ofcash, which they almost always hide safely away fromcustomers, competitors and the law. Many drug relatedmurders have resulted in cash left hidden somewhere

just waiting for someone to find. It is not advisable torecover the cache of a drug dealer who is still alive be-cause they seem to take the theft of their unlawful gainsvery seriously and death is the usual method of punish-ment if you are caught. Recovery of hidden money orother items belonging to anyone, while they are still alive,without their permission is considered to be theft and ispunishable by law.

Ordinary people who have excess money still squirrel itaway for various reasons. Some people just don=t wantto have it all in the bank. During the last several thou-sand years, people around the world have buried their

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Gold, n.: A soft malleable metal relativelyscarce in distribution. It is mined deep in theearth by poor men who then give it to richmen who immediately bury it back in theearth in great prisons, although gold hasn'tdone anything to them.

- Mike Harding

TREASURE HUNTERSCODE OF ETHICS

I WILL respect private property and do no treasurehunting without the owner's permission.

I WILL fill all excavations.

I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of naturalresources, wildlife, and private property.

I WILL use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesyat all times.

I WILL build fires in designated or safe places only.

I WILL leave gates as found.

I WILL remove and properly dispose of any trash that I

find.

I WILL NOT litter.

I WILL NOT destroy property, buildings, or what is leftof ghost towns and deserted structures.

I WILL NOT tamper with signs, structural facilities, orequipment.

Gold Glossary

Bucket Line Dredge - Unlike the modern, small scale

dredges; a bucket line dredge was very large. Instead of

sucking up water and gravel through the use of water pres-

sure, the bucket line dredges would scoop it up and run it

through a long sluice box. Only 10 cents of gold was needed

for each square yard of material to make a profit back

when these dredges were common in the 1890s and on into

the early 1900s.

How To Pan For Gold

( In case you fo rgo t over t he w in te r !)

Y

ou will need a gold pan, a 12 or 15 inch steelpan is preferred.

Darken the steel pan by placing it over a burner or ina campfire. This will make the flakes of gold morenoticeable.

If you use one of the many plastic pans, be sure towash it with mild soap and warm water to remove anyoils left during manufacturing.

- Look for gravel bars in the middle of rivers orstreams- Look for gravel bars around heavy water runoff- On the downstream side of large boulders or treeroots in streams- In cracks above the water line, along the edge of thestream- In streaks of gravel above streambeds and follow the

bottom of stream channels

Place your pan under water, keeping the pan underwater at all times, filling the pan nearly full. Throwaway the large stones and break up lumps of mudand clay.

Hold the pan level with both hands and rotate the panwith swirling motions. As you rotate the pan the heav-

ier gold loosens from the sand and gravel, settling tothe bottom of the pan. Tilt the pan downward to letthe dirty water, sand and gravel wash over the edge ofthe pan.

Continue to raise and lower the lip of the pan so thewater will flow over it and remove more of the lightermaterial.

Continue this process until nothing but gold andheavier minerals are left in the pan. Carefully inspectthe black sand for nuggets or tiny specks of gold orother precious minerals.

May, 2003 NuggetNews, newsletter of the

Northwest Gold Pros-pectors Association

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Property WantedFor Detector Hunt

RMPTH is looking for private property on which to holdan organized club detector hunt. Obviously, it would bemost ideal if this property is known to have seen some

past historical activity. If you have such property orknow of someone who does, please contact Paul Lange

or Rick Mattingly to plan a club field outing event.

Mineral Specimen Identification

As part of their community outreach, Metropolitan StateCollege of Denver, Dep. of Earth & AtmosphericScience, Professional Services Division offers FREEMINERAL SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION. Participantswill aid in the education of future Geoscientists!

Details and specimen submittal forms with instructionscan be downloadedfrom:SPECIAL OFFER FREE MINERAL SPECIMENhttp://college.earthscienceeducation.net/MINPET/MINID.pdf

U.S. CAVA LRY HORSE BRIDLE BI T

BOSS

Paul Mayhak recently detected the U.S. horse bridlebit boss shown here. From the location found this

bit boss will date from the mid-1800s. Two of thesewere attached to the curb bit. There would havebeen one on each side near the cheek area of the

horse's head. Nice historical find Paul!

Refreshment Volunteers

MayAnne Nichols & Ray McGeheeJune Need Volunteer!JulyEd & Mia EdwardsAugust Rick MattinglySeptemberDick & Sharon FrenchOctoberJohnny & Jeanne BerndsenNovember Barb Schuldt

Pauls Find

A complete bridle with U.S. bit boss attached

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How To Cure A New

Gold Pan

T

here are several different types of gold pans, allmade from different materials. Originally, goldpans where made of steel or copper, this of course

refers to the modern gold pan. Per-haps ancient man used bronze, stone,or copper. These were metals that they

were familiar with, there is little evi-dence on exactly how ancient man pro-cured gold. In this article I will outlinea few methods of curing the pans so asto increase the recovery of fine goldparticles.

The steel pan which was popular inthe 1800, which was actually utilizedmuch earlier perhaps even as early asthe 16th century, needed to be cured

as to enhance the fine gold recovery.Often the pans were oiled in order tokeep them from rusting, this often wasdone during manufacture. Oiling a pan

will cause the fine gold to float out of the pan. Thisfloating is a result of the surface tension created at thesurface by the thin layer of oil.

Often an area contained mostly fine or flour gold, so hav-ing your payday float away was cause for concern. Oftenthe old miners would take the steel pan and heat it up overa fire of hardwood (if possible) to burn off the oils that

were present. Pine could actually introduce oils, but ifheated up red hot and quenched in water, would serve the

same purpose.

Soon the miners were using copper pans as well, and thesame problem occurred. By heating them up and burningoff the oils the same result. Miners also soon learned that

by then coating the pan with quicksilver or mercury as itis known today, they could capture all of the flour gold

with very little effort. They didnt know the harmful effectsof mercury in those days, I am sure many a miner suc-cumbed to the effects of Mercury poisoning. This occurredas a result of both coming into physical contact with themercury as well as inhaling the fumes when they burnedoff the mercury from the gold that it captured.

Mercury will adhere to gold due to the fact that mercurycan have two electron valence states +1 or +2 so it readilyaccepts covalent mercury to mercury bond and can formoxide, halide, and sulfide bonds with other elements. Goldhas an additional valence electron (negative charge) so astrong bond with mercury will occur. This bond can only

be broken by either chemical means or by the addition ofheat (called decomposition reactions), which changes itsoxidation state. Mercury should be treated with extremecaution, so dont try this at home kids.

That brings us to the modern plastic, (or cross linked longchain carbons), gold pans. These pans are quite nice touse, their relative light weight and innovative design is a

vast improvement over steel or copper. Most of these pansare produced by injection molding equipment, the manu-facturer will use either oil based or Teflon sprays to aid inremoving the pan from its mold. This forms a layer on thepan that can be hard to remove, there is a way to do thiseasily. I start by taking some rubbing alcohol and a paper

towel, cleaning the pan inside and out.I then boil some water and add a sur-factant (dish soap), this mixture ispoured into the pan and swirledaround then dumped out. That shouldleave your pan ready to use, I will alsouse some surfactant in the panningtub until the pan is broke in from themechanical action of the material af-fecting the surface of the pan.

There you have it, by using some com-mon sense and a small amount of ef-fort you can recover more of the fine

flour gold from your favorite pros-pecting site. Just remember that anew pan will most likely have somesort of residue left on it from the

manufacturing process and should not be ignored.

As a final thought, to those who love to prospect, keep ourright to use the lands intact by respecting the land andsupport those who lobby to keep out rights intact. Happyprospecting!!

GoldBay Prospecting TipsPosted by madmac on February 17 2005

www.goldbay.com/

A new Safeway supermarket near my house has an auto-

matic water mister to keep produce fresh. Just before

it goes on, you hear the sound of thunder & the smell of

fresh rain.

When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows moo-

ing and breathe in the aroma of chocolate milk.

When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck

and cackle, and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma

of bacon and eggs frying.

The veggie department features the sound of a gentle

breeze and the smell of fresh buttered corn.

I don't buy the toilet paper there anymore.

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Meat: If opening the refrigerator door causes strayanimals from a three-block radius to congregate out-side your house, the meat is spoiled.

Bread: Sesame seeds and Poppy seeds are the onlyofficially acceptable "spots" that should be seen on thesurface of any loaf of bread. Fuzzy and hairy looking

white or green growth areas are a good indication that

your bread has turned into a pharmaceutical labora-tory experiment.

Flour: Flour is spoiled when it wiggles.

Lettuce: Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get itoff the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet.Romaine lettuce is spoiled when it turns liquid. (Wedidn't think you needed guidance with this one!)

Canned Goods: Anycanned goods that have

become the size &/or

shape of a softball shouldbe disposed of... carefully.

Carrots: A carrot that youcan tie a clove hitch in isnot fresh.

Raisins: Raisins shouldnot be harder than yourteeth.

Potatoes: If it looks like itis ready for planting, tossit.

Chip Dip: If you can take itout of its container and

bounce it on the floor, ithas gone bad.

Empty Containers: Putting empty containers backinto the refrigerator is an old trick, but it only worksif you live with someone or have a maid.

Unmarked Items: You know it is well beyond prime

when you're tempted to discard the Tupperware alongwith the food. Generally speaking, Tupperware con-tainers should not burp when you open them.

General Rule of Thumb: Most food cannot be keptlonger than the average life span of a hamster. Keep ahamster in or nearby your refrigerator to gauge this.

How To Tell When Your

Food Is Spoiled

W

hether you are a mom who cooks for many,a bachelor who cooks on rare occasions forhimself, or a new college student who for the

first time has his or her own refrigerator -- you willeventually all open the fridge one day and say to your-self, Can I eat this or will it kill me?

Well here are some guidelines to help you get throughthe crisis, so you will know what to eat and what totoss.

The Gag Test: Anythingthat makes you gag isspoiled (except for left-overs from what you

cooked for yourself lastnight).

Eggs: When somethingstarts pecking its way outof the shell, the egg isprobably past its prime.

Dairy Products: Milk isspoiled when it starts tolook like yogurt. Yogurt isspoiled when it starts tolook like cottage cheese.

Cottage cheese is spoiledwhen it starts to look likeregular cheese. Regularcheese is nothing butspoiled milk anyway andcan't get any more spoiledthan it is already. Cheddarcheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but

you realize you've never purchased that kind.

Mayonnaise: If it makes you violently ill after you eatit, the mayonnaise is spoiled.

Frozen Foods: Frozen foods that have become an inte-gral part of the defrosting problem in your freezercompartment will probably be spoiled - (or wreckedanyway) by the time you pry them out with a kitchenknife.

Expiration Dates: This is NOT a marketing ploy toencourage you to throw away perfectly good food sothat you'll spend more on groceries. Perhaps you'd

benefit by having a calendar in your kitchen.

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December 31, 1974. Gold reached an all-time high price of $800 perounce in 1980. South Africa is the largest producing gold country inthe world today. An ounce of gold is based on troy weight--20 penny-

weights or 480 grains. A pound of gold is 12 ounces,while most other non-precious metals are based on

the standard avoirdupois scale of 16 ounces to thepound, and 16 grams to the ounce. Gold is chemically liquefied and injected into themuscles of thousands of rheumatoid arthritis victimsin the U.S., and it is said that the treatment is suc-cessful in seven out of ten cases. Gold is used in window glass and astronaut helmetsto reflect infrared rays while allowing sunlight to passthrough, and at the same time keeping it cool. Gold is inactive chemically and is not affected byair, heat, moisture and ordinary solvents. The largest gold mine in the U.S. was the Home-stake Mining Company in Lead, South Dakota [Now

closed and under reclamation].

This article was first published in the December,1988 issue of Gold and Treasure Hunter magazine

Gold Facts

By Lawrence Wandell

G

old is said to be so rare that the world poursmore steel in an hour than it has poured goldsince time began.

Gold is one of the world's most precious metals. All of the gold in the world could be compressedinto an 18-yard cube, which is about 1/10 the mass ofthe Washington Monument. It is recorded that only88,000 tons of gold have been taken from the earthsince recorded history, leaving far more yet to be dis-covered. A one-ounce gold nugget is more rare to find than afive-carat diamond. The amount of gold nuggets being found in the

world is less than one percent. Even though gold is rare, it is far easier to find than

winning a major state lottery. Because of its rarity, a gold nugget can be worththree to four times the value of the gold it contains. An authentic gold nugget has long been considered a

gemstone because of its rarity and beauty. Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs halfa ton. Gold is six to seven times heavier than other materi-als that equal its size. The largest gold nugget found in the U.S. weighed195 pounds; it came from California. Gold can be hammered so thin that sunlight can

shine through it. A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60miles long. Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin that apile of them an inch high would contain more than200,000 separate sheets. In every cubic mile of sea water there is 25 tons of

gold! That's a total of about 10 billion tons of gold inthe oceans; however, there's no known way to eco-nomically recover it. Gold is considered one of the most important met-als in jewelry making. Gold is so soft it is seldom used in its pure form.

Jewelry that is marked 10K is made of 10 partsgold, and 14 parts other metals. The hardness of pure gold (on moh's scale) is 2-1/2to 3; the melting point is 2,063 degrees Fahrenheit,specific gravity is 19.32, and tensile strength is19,000psi. Gold can be transmitted from platinum by nuclearreaction. But, because of the rarity of platinum, it isfar too costly. The United States government banned private own-ership of gold, which lasted 41 years; then lifted it on

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1880's Placer Mining

Below is a link to a 64 page document about placer

mining from around the 1880s. It has information on

the placer gold mines operating at the time in twelve

states and the Dakota Territory. If there was a pay-

ing gold mine in a given area in 1880 thats a greatarea for you to prospect today.

The document also points out where gold miners

might come across diamonds, rubies, and other pre-

cious minerals.

Heres the LINK.

http://www.gold-prospecting-equipment.net/

category/colorado-mining/

Long Shot Pays Off In

Emeralds

Sunken t reasure show n on 60 M inu tes

found by Pa. man

April 23, 2012 By Peter Mucha, Inquirer Staff Writer

Jay Miscovich might be richest man from La-trobe, Pa., outside of golf legend ArnoldPalmer.Or maybe not even close.

The problem is: Although Miscovich claims he founda king's ransom in emeralds on the bottom of the Gulfof Mexico, courts haven't granted him clear title yet.

And then there are all the investors to pay off.

Sunday night, Miscovich not only shared his tale with60 Minutes, he led cameras to the spot where emer-alds littered the sea floor off the Florida Keys.

The haul so far: more than 65,000 gems, probablyoriginally mined in Colombia. The estimated worth ismillions of dollars, and potentially more than $10million if they from some centuries-old wreck, giventhem precious historic value, too, according to theshow.

"Any question on the authenticity of these stones, atall?" 60 Minutes asked a couple of gems experts.

"No. No, this is the real McCoy," said one.

The story of the find sounds like something more outof a novel than a news story.

Miscovich, a real estate investor and amateur diverwith a fascination for treasure-hunting, "walks into abar in Key West, Florida, is shown a treasure mapand a shard of pottery by a diver friend, and then -although he's almost broke - buys the map," aboutthree years ago, according to a transcript of the show.

Miscovich said he paid the unidentified friend $500for the map, and $50,000 more for all rights afterfinding the first emeralds.

Miscovich took CBS to the secret spot.


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Calendar of Events

MAP TO TH E MEETING PLACE

Pul l iam Comm uni ty Bu i ld ing

545 Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, Colorado

Directions:The Pulliam Community Building is situated on the west side of Cleveland Avenue in Loveland,

Colorado. Park at the rear of the building (west side). Entry to the meeting room is fromthe doorway on the south side of the building (not the main entrance on Cleveland Avenue!).

RMPTH DUESRMPTH is an unincorpo-

rated Social Club withno income generated. Allexpenses are covered bydonation. Members arerequested to considerdonating a minimum of$1.00 at each monthlymeeting to cover club

expenses.

May Meet ingWednesday, May 2. We will meet at the Pulliam Build-ing in downtown Loveland at 7:00PM. Refer to theadjoining map for directions.

Meeting Agenda6:00 - 7:00 Planning & Social Hour7:00 - 7:30 Business, Announcements & Find of

the Month Program7:30 - 7:45 Break7:45 - 9:00 "Gold and Platinum in Wyoming

by Wayne Sutherland, Wyoming Geologic Survey.

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J u n e 20 12Su n M o n Tu e W e d Th u F r i Sa t

1 2

3 4 5 6RMPTH PlanningSession 6:00PRMPTH Meeting 7:00P

7 8 9Clear Creek GoldOuting

10 11 12 13 14 15 16Eldora Ski ResortDetector Outing

17Fathers Day

18 19 20Summer Begins

21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

M a y 2 0 12Su n M o n Tu e W e d Th u F r i Sa t

1 2RMPTH PlanningSession 6:00PRMPTH Meeting 7:00P

3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12Lets Go Gold Pan-ning On The Arkan-sas

13Lets Go Gold Pan-ning On The Arkan-sas - Mothers Day

14 15 16Keota Ghost TownOuting

17 18 19Armed Forces Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26Clear Creek GoldOuting

27 28Memorial Day

29 30 31

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RMPTH Field Outing Statement

NOTE: The Coordinators and participants stay in touchand continue to review and plan upcoming presentationsand outings for the year on a monthly basis. Our editorRick Mattingly needs timely event information for each

issue of The News. Please get information about any par-ticular event to him by the 15th of the month to meet the

printing deadline for the next issue.

Planned trips, outings, activities, and meeting programsare in the newsletter and on line at the clubs website.

Planning is a work in progress and additional outings andactivities are added and sometimes deleted on an ongo-

ing basis. Events planned in the upcoming month areemphasized to the attendees at the monthly meetings.Contact the Presentations Coordinators or Editor if youhave any suggestions or ideas throughout the year for

fieldtrips, outings, and programs.

The best made plans may change at the last minute dueto the illness of the Trail Boss, weather, land access, ve-hicles breaking down, wrong meeting sites, etc. Please

be understanding of extenuating circumstances and con-tact the coordinator or Trail Boss of a specific event ifthere is any question of an event being cancelled or

changed at the last minute.

How Big Is My Gold?

Nugget - Worn and rounded by movement through waterand earth. Weighs over one grain Troy.

Coarse Gold - Remains on (won't pass through) a 10mesh screen.

Medium Gold - Passes through a 10 mesh but remainson a 20 mesh screen.

Fine Gold - Passes through 20, remains on 40 meshscreen.

Very Fine Gold - Passes through a 40 mesh screen.Flour Gold - Not really defined but smaller than very fine.

Thanks to the Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club

Gold Detectors

What is the deference between

low and high frequency in gold detectors?

Gold nugget detectors usually operate in be-tween 18 Khz to 71 Khz range. Many people

think that the higher frequency is better tohave. But it all depends on the soil conditions. Fist ofall, we can change a frequency of a gold detector from(for example) 18 Khz to 90 Khz by changing a Crystalor a Capacitor or an inductor. This can cost less than$1 worth of components.

I personally like 20 Khz range detectors for gold nug-gets. Because, If we go higher than that machine wouldbe so sensitive that will die in black sand. Dealers,usually like to sell 40- 50 Khz detectors because theyshow a very good air test. On my opinion, Air tests arethe worst way of showing the performance of a detector

especially if the detector is a gold detector, because agood gold detector is for black sand conditions (notair) to operate. If detector is in 50 or higher frequencyrange, Signal will bounce easily by black sand, becausesensitivity is high and machine thinks of black sand assmall nuggets. Here is the catch, It is easy to build adetector in any frequency we wish, but it is very hardto control the effect of minerals in higher range, unlessour design has some filters or circuits that can elimi-nate black sand and mineral response.

So far there is only one high frequency (71 Khz detec-tor) which has met the standards and that machine is

the Gold Bug II. Gold Bug II can eliminate the effect ofblack sand to a degree, that is the best you can getamong high frequency detectors. If you cannot afford it,then the 20Khz gold detectors are perfect. Lower freq.can detect bigger objects deeper. High freq. cannot godeep because of minerals in the soil (signal will be re-flected) therefore we will miss big nuggets but in ex-change we will get small nuggets just on the surface. If

you are moneywise, then, you like the big nuggets, notthe tiny ones. With high freq. you will loose depth inmineralized soil, and you will sweep over many nuggets

without detecting them. Think of high and low freq. as'light' and 'radio'. light is high freq. Radio waves are low

freq. ( with respect to light). Light cannot pass thoughmost objects and reach the target, but you can still lis-ten to radio in a submarine. That is the difference.

This information is from 1996 but the frequency con-siderations remain the same with the newest gold ma-chines.

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"Wow. We are in the middle of ever lovin' nowhere,"said correspondent Armen Keteyian, before Miscovichdove in, followed by a camera crew.

"There, sitting proper on the silty bottom, was whatwe had been promised, glittering specks of green.Soon our hands were full of rough emeralds, with

some amethyst mixed in," Keteyian narrated.

"I've never seen so many emeralds coming from sucha small part of the ocean floor before in my life," saidmarine archeologist Duncan Mathewson.

Although Miscovich could have cashed in by sellingthe gems on the black market, he went the honest -and potentially more profitable route - of hiring Key

West attorney David Horan, who got a federal court togive Miscovich temporary custody while full owner-ship is deliberated.

That process could take years.

"Until then, Miscovich can't legally sell a single stone,"60 Minutes said.

And even if he is awarded ownership, questions aboutthe find's value might mean still won't reap enough ofa windfall to pay off the millions he owes investors.

That's why Miscovich is determined to do more diving- and hopefully find an ancient shipwreck nearby that

would pin down the origins and boost the historicvalue.

He admits, though, that other explanations are possi-ble, including that emeralds were dumped by drugand gem smugglers while being chased by the CoastGuard.

"It's more romantic if we could ascertain that it was apirate ship, a great sailing ship," Miscovich said.


were killed or permanently displaced. The present warin Iraq is a good example. It is mind boggling to thinkabout the millions of dollars worth of gold, silver andAmerican currency, which were misappropriated or sto-len by Saddam Hussein and his family, that have beenrecovered there after our troops took control. Howmany billions more are hidden away which have notbeen recovered? Our troops also continue to find cachesof weapons and ammunition.

For thousands of years conquering armies have plun-dered and pillaged, believing that to the victors belongthe spoils and when they could no longer carry all theyplundered, they generally hid it with the intention of re-turning at some future date. This seldom was possible,which left behind many lost caches.

In an excellent articlein the August andSeptember 2001 is-sues of "The News",the RMPTH newslet-ter, RMPTH mem-ber, Ken Oyler dis-cusses several verylarge and valuablecaches hidden by theretreating Japanesein the Philippinesduring World War II.There were probablythousands of smallcaches of valuablesresulting from theJapanese occupationof the Philippines, hidden by people to prevent the Japa-nese from seizing them. The Japanese were so ruthless

that many of the people who hid those valuables wereprobably killed, leaving the caches for someone morefortunate to find.

Every year caches are unearthed around the world.Some are reported by the news media but most are qui-etly recovered in secret with no one the wiser. Some arefound accidentally but many are recovered by peoplewho researched the facts and analyzed the information,determined the probable locations and made on sitesearches leading to the successful recoveries of the tar-geted caches.

There are so many caches which remain hidden, lostand forgotten that the serious cache hunter could spend

a lifetime and not even begin to investigate all of theavailable leads. This author has acquired dozens ofgood leads, any of which could potentially result in re-covery of a valuable cache. If there is enough interest inthis subject the author will discuss some of the intrica-cies of cache hunting in future articles, which shouldbenefit anyone seriously interested in participating inthis fascinating endeavor.


Raw Emerald

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High-Altitude Or Mountain Sickness

What is high-altitude or mountain sickness?When a person goes to high altitude (such as in the mountains), medical problems can occur. This iscalled mountain sickness or high-altitude sickness.

What causes high-altitude or mountain sickness?

It's caused by a lack of oxygen at high altitude. As altitude increases, the air becomes "thinner," which meansless oxygen is in the atmosphere. This means less oxygen enters your lungs with each breath, so the amount ofoxygen in your blood declines (referred to as hypoxia) . All people can experience mountain sickness, but it may

be more severe in people who have heart or lung problems.

What are the symptoms?

The symptoms of acute mountain sickness usually begin within 48 hours of arriving at high altitude. The higherthe altitude, the greater the effects. The effects can be noticed when a person goes to a moderate altitude of7,000 to 8,000 feet. If you have preexisting heart disease (such as heart failure) or lung disease (such as emphy-sema), you may experience symptoms at even lower altitudes. A person can experience

headaches, breathlessness, fatigue nausea or vomiting inability to sleep swelling of the face, hands and feet

Both heart rate and breathing rate increase as the body attempts to deliver more oxygen to its tissues. At veryhigh altitudes, body fluid can leak into the brain (called brain or cerebral edema) or into the lungs (pulmonaryedema). Both these conditions can be serious or even life-threatening.

AHA Recommendation

The best way to avoid or lessen the effects of mountain sickness is to increase altitude slowly. Climbers and hik-ers can take two days to reach 8,000 feet, and then another day for each 1,000 to 2,000 higher feet. This maynot be an option for people who fly to a destination at high altitude - such as for skiing in the Colorado Rockies,Sierra Nevada Mountains or European Alps. Most people can adjust or "acclimatize" to the high altitude within afew days.

Avoid strenuous activity for the first day or two.Drink extra fluid.Be careful of drinking alcohol, because its effect is magnified at high altitude.

Your doctor may prescribe medication to help prevent or treat altitude sickness.If you have a heart or lung condition, consult your physician before going to high altitude. He or she can tell you

whether your condition will let your body adjust to the lower oxygen in the atmosphere.

American Heart Association

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Gold Glossary

Alluvial Or Bench Deposits - An alluvial

deposit is an ancient river-washed rock and

gravel bar that may be thousands of feet

from the nearest stream, creek, or river.

Alluvial (or bench) deposits contain un-tapped potential for finding gold because

such areas have never been worked before.

Symbol: AUAtomic Number: 79

Atomic Weight: 196.967

Melting Point: 1063 (1945 F)Specific Gravity: 19.2

MOHs Scale of Hardness:2.5 - 3

Karat

24K = 100% Pure Gold18K = 75% Pure Gold14K = 58% Pure Gold10K = 42% Pure Gold

Troy Weights

1 grain = 0.0648 grams24 grains = 1 penny

weight (DWT) = 1.552 grams20 DWT = 1 ounce =

480 grains = 31.10 grams

Gold Fac t s

YOURADVERTISEMENTCOULD BE HERE!Call Rick Mattinglyat 970-613-8968or [email protected]

Gold Miners Backpack

By Rod

January 3, 2012

Over the last few decades Ive had a lot of backpacks and Iseem to keep buying them, always looking for Nirvana.

Realistically I only need one good one however I do a lot ofhunting and hiking. Some are better suited to long hikes when

you want to go light yet others can pack more gear when you wantto do more. Then some work better where its flat, others work

better in brush, it goes on and on.

Then there is deer and elk hunting. The one in the picture is aHorn Hunter deer hunting backpack but it carries all my gear andhas a rifle sling that doubles for the Gold Bug as a backup unit or

bedrock sniper. And I can toss on a shovel and pick too and onlyhave the Minelab in my hands and if I really wanted to compact Icould fit that too. This is a rigid pack with great hip/belt supportand a bit of the heavy side compared to others.

Then there are my CamelBaks, perfect for day detecting tripswhere I want to hike a lot and get the job done. All I normallyhave on a hunt is my detector, a 45 pistol of some kind, either myGlock 45 auto or Ruger 45 Long Colt, my SPOT GPS, a goodLeatherman type multi-tool, at least a gallon of water, some extraammo, a rain poncho, emergency foil blanket, energy type foods,Benadryl, loupe, extra batteries, sample bags, camera, fire starter,scoop, crevice tool, poke and perhaps a few other items.

Right now I have about a dozen backpacks, ones with frames,without and even an old 1970?s Boy Scout backpack. Wonderhow many other things I collect without ever putting that perspec-tive on it? As always, Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

Arizona Gold Prospectorshttp://www.arizonagoldprospectors.com/2012/01/backpack-collector/

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All mistakes and

misspellings wereintentionally made so

that you could have thepleasure of finding them.

Trading Post

About Trading Post

The News runs classified ads in Trading Postfor three consecutive issues. Trading Post ads

for topic related items up to 10 lines (or 70

words) long are free. To place an ad in TradingPost contact Rick Mattingly at (970) 613-8968evenings

or e-mail at: [email protected]

Commerc ia l Adver t is ing

Spec i f ica t ions

(Monthly Donat ion Rate)

Full Page (8 1/2" X 7") $30Half Page (3 1/4" X 7") $20One Third Page (3" X 4") $15Business Card (2 3/4" X 1 1/2") $ 5

Ads must be received by the 15th of thepreceding month. Contact Rick Mattingly for in-

formation on this service at(970) 613-6968 evenings or e-mail at:

[email protected].

FOR SALE: Tesoro Lobo Super Traq detector (likenew). I will have this unit at the May 2 RMPTH meet-ing for viewing. The first $350 takes it! This sale will

benefit the club. Contact Paul Mayhak at (970) 482-7846.

FOR SALE:Whites GMT Gold Detector. Extra bat-tery case. $600 Firm. Call Paul at (970) 482-7846.

WANTED: Silver coins - all dimes, quarters, half dol-lars, and dollars dated 1964 and before. I will pay18x face value for silver coins. $1.80 for dimes, $4.50for quarters, $9.00 for halves and $18.00 for dollars.Bring your coins to the next RMPTH meeting or con-tact me by phone. Contact Zach at (970) 308-8391.

WANTED: Used lapidary equipment. Call Kathie 970-221-1623

FOR SALE: Keene High Banker, includes stand, hoseand 5 HP Briggs and Stratton pump. Great condition,

$900.00 or Best Offer. Contact Cindy Bone at (970)669-8247.

FOR SALE: Prospecting equipment: 4" Dredge andmore plus Whites VSAT Gold Detector. ContactHomer at (970) 224-4244

WANTED: Federal or state duck stamps; mint orused. Contact John Hart at (307) 778-3993.

NOTE:Purchase arrangements are between the buyer and

seller only and involves no financial benefit to RMPTH.

Foreign aid might be defined as a

transfer of money from poor people in

rich countries to rich people in poor

countries.

-- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill

Clinton at Georgetown University

Gold Fact s

It is estimated that the total amount of gold ever minedworldwide is 152,000 metric tons, only enough to fill 60tractor trailers. By comparison, each year 907,000,000

metric tons of iron is produced worldwide, 6000 time thetotal gold produced throughout history.

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I'm 80 And I'm TiredBy Robert A. Hall

I 'm 80. Except for one semester in college when jobswere scarce and a six-month period when I was betweenjobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, sinceI was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eightyears. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job ormy income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the econ-omy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" topeople who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being toldthe government will take the money I earned, by force ifnecessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace,"when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim menkilling their sisters, wives and daughters for their family"honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; ofMuslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't

"believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslimsstoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Mus-lims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name ofAllah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cul-tures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fundmosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate inAmerica and Canada , while no American nor Canadiangroup nor Australia is allowed to fund a church, synagogueor religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and toler-ance.

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard tofight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, andI must help support and treat them, and pay for the damagethey do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grabthem, and stuff white powder up their noses while they triedto fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politi-cians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stu-pid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know theythink their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of peo-ple with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility fortheir lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame thegovernment, or discrimination or big-whatever for theirproblems.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 80. Because,mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these peopleare making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter.

Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served fiveterms in the Massachusetts State Senate.

- Well said Robert !

WEEKEND & SMALL-SCALEMINERS CODE OF ETHICS

I WILLrespect other prospectors claims and not workthose claims without the owners permission

I WILL have on-site all necessary permits and licenses

I WILLbuild fires in designated or safe places only, andin accordance with current State and Federal guidelines

I WILLbe careful with fuels and motor oils and be cog-nizant of their potential destructive effect on the envi-ronment

I WILL remove and properly dispose of all trash anddebris that I find -I will not litter

I WILL be thoughtful, considerate and courteous tothose around me at all time

I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of naturalresources, wildlife, fisheries and private property, andrespect all laws or ordinances governing prospectingand mining

I WILL NOTremove stream bank material, destroynatural vegetation or woody debris dams, nor dischargeexcess silt into the waterways

I WILL NOT refuel motorized equipment in the stream

I WILL NOT allow oil from motorized

equipment to drip onto the ground or into the water

I WILL NOTprospect in areas closed to prospectingand mining

Offer Your Assistance To AnyOf Our Program Coordinators

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Month Meeting Program Trip/Activity

January East Coast Silver Treasure FindBerkely Lake Detecting

No Trip/Activity Scheduled

FebruaryGold Wheel Recovery Systems Presentation

By Darrell KoleberNo Trip/Activity Scheduled

March Historic Gold Scale Presentation GPS, Compass & Map Clinic

AprilFound Explosives Safety Presentation

Prospecting, Detecting & More Clinic at Lions Park -Advertised and Open to the Public

Berkely Lake Detector Outing

MayGold and Platinum in WyomingBy Wayne Sutherland, WGS

Lets Go Gold Panning On The Arkansas EventClear Creek Gold OutingKeota Ghost Town Outing

JuneDetecting Presentation

By Tom Warne & Rick MattinglyEldora Ski Resort Detector Outing

Clear Creek Gold Outing

July Spanish Treasure Trails PresentationTeller City Ghost Town TourNorth Park Sand Dunes Tour

Eldora Ski Resort Detector Outing

AugustGold Refining Presentation

By David Emslie

Ames Monument Tour and Vedauwoo Detector OutingLucite Hills Gem Outing

Vics Gold Panning Outing

SeptemberCripple Creek Historic Video

By Johnny Berndsen

Annual Coin & Prize HuntColorado Mineral & Fossil ShowDenver

Off-Road Detector Outing

OctoberRailhead Camp Presentation

By Rick Mattingly

Off-Road Detector Outing

NovemberAnnual Show & Tell &

Silent AuctionLocal Detector Outing

DecemberAnnual Find of the Year Awards &

Christmas PartyFlatirons Mineral Club & Model Train Show

Good Hunting in 2012!

Rocky Mountain Prospectors and Treasure Hunters Club2012 Schedule of Events

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Rocky MountainProspectors & Treasure Hunters

Contact ListRMPTH Coordinators Home E-Mail

Coordinator Paul Lange 1-970-663-5776 [email protected]

Coordinator Robert Crain 1-970-484-6488

Coordinator Bryan Morgan 1-970-416-0608 [email protected]

Coordinator Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

The News Staff

Editor-in-Chief Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

Assistant Editor Dick French 1-970-482-2110 [email protected]

Internet Web Site

Web Master Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

Volunteers/Coordinators

Find of the MonthJoe JohnstonBetsy EmondPaul Mayhak

1-303-696-69501-970-218-02901-970-482-7846

[email protected]

[email protected]

PresentationsPaul LangeJohnny Berndsen

1-970-663-57761-970-667-1006

[email protected]

Club Historian Peggy Stumpf 1-307-632-9945 [email protected]

Club Librarian Joe Johnston 1-303-696-6950 [email protected]

Panning Demos Bryan MorganDarrell Koleber

1-970-416-06081-970-669-2599

[email protected]@yahoo.com

Setup &Refreshments

Volunteer Needed!

Door PrizeTom WarneJacob WoottonJohnny Berndsen

1-970-635-07731-970-980-60161-970-667-1006

[email protected]@yahoo.com

General Information Contact: Rick Mattingly at 1-970-613-8968

Visit RMPTH on the Internet at: http://rmpth.com

Lets Go For The Gold !

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The NewsRocky Mountain Prospectors &Treasure Hunters Club

P.O. Box 271863Fort Collins, CO. 80527-1863

MAY, 2012 ISSUE

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