Desertpilot

Happy birthday bro.

I’ve ran into their dad Ron on occasion in southern AZ and Colorado. He is a pretty good source on history of the superstitions mountains. Would be cool if they did a show on Skeleton Canyon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_Canyon lots of stories of stolen silver and gold are told by the locals in that part of the state. But I do have to agree most of the southwestern treasure stories are based on a small thread of truth and the rest is usually made up to sound cool.

Slam some beers and watch this.

I’ve seen a torch taken chacocite and when burned it created visible copper. Seen this at a mine down near Bisbee. I’m not sure how that worked but every piece brought out from underground did that. I agree old school smelting is a lost art on the inter webs. Be careful if your rocks have high zinc content.

Must be some nice nuggets on rec area.

Awesome score in Franconia.

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Polaris makes some nice quads, you should be able to get into some cool places on it.

Welcome to the forum. I’ve spent time in Corpus and West Texas and all I can suggest is get to know some ranchers. Texas is practically all private land. I’ve always thought searching some ranches surrounding Odessa would be cool.

Why wait for GPAA? Just go out and stake your own.

I agree with Adam, some of my hand stacks are gone after a couple of years.

How much are you asking for the rock?

or try this link http://www.azgs.az.gov/google_docs/Arizona-mrds-fUS04-39.kmz

You can find the file and others here. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/

Way cool!