looking for mentor/guide, topic Options

[Mireton]

Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I'm new to the site and prospecting all together. I moved to Colorado over the summer and when I heard about prospecting, it's like something in me woke up. I knew that's what I wanted to do. So I began learning everything I could about it. But you can only learn so much from books and the internet, I need experience. So I am looking for someone who would maybe be willing to teach me the ropes. Sort of like an internship. Right now I'm not interested in money, just knowledge. I'm very serious about this and want to do it right. So if anyone needs a helper or just wouldn't mind teaching me a thing or two. Please let me know. :-)

[fenixsmom]

I have so many questions for you I keep coming back and leaving LOL!
1. How much money are you really willing to risk on a claim?
2. What's your endgame?
3. What gold recovery system do you have in mind?
4. What area have you thought of?
5. Can you work the LR 2000 system on www.blm.gov?
6. How can you test an area if you can't gold pan? (There are ways around this but it's pricey)
7. What scale is your operation?
8. Placer or lode claim?
9. What topo maps have you bought?
10. What's your BLM office phone number?

I only ask all this because I was like you. Well, still am, but I've slowed my role. What you want is not a small deal. A good goal indeed! But I highly recommend seriously asking yourself these questions to decide where you stand. As a recreational prospector, a small scale miner (symantecs(sp?)) or on a large scale.