On The Gold with Kevin Hoagland
Welcome to On The Gold, a podcast created around education and practical application of gold prospecting and small-scale mining. I am your host Kevin Hoagland the Gold Prospectors Association of America Executive Director of Development.
I invite you to join me as I share with you, my 50+ years of prospecting and mining experience. Yes I started very young and it all counts, especially since I was finding gold. The goal of my guest and I is to help you become a better Prospector and Miner. We will cover, in detail the basics and the true art of prospecting and recovering gold.
On The Gold offers you the opportunity to ask questions and get answers from industry leaders. I know that we can help you find more gold. I invite you to subscribe to the On The Gold podcast. And as always, I invite you to join me out there, On the Gold.
Episodes
34 episodes
2023 Gold Rush starting NOW.
Kevin and Kevin talk about the 2023 Gold Rush in all of the Western Mining States. What it is like now and the opportunities that massive rains storms, flooding, and a record snowpack are creating, and how to take advantage now and lat...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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43:47
Recognizing your real opportunities.
There is a lot that goes into a Miners Recognizing real opportunities and not just in equipment. Looking at the ground with fresh eyes offers great opportunities that may be missed if a Prospector puts on the blinders and stays hype fo...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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49:40
Is your comfort zone your rut?
We all have a comfort zone, how we pan, sluice, or detect. It's time to think about the comfort zone and if it has become your rut and how to keep it from hindering your gold recovery. Expand the possibilities with practical ideas to keep you m...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:11
In the Kit
Kevin B asked me "What is the one tool in your kit that you will not leave home without?" This is beyond the normal things like pans and classifiers and digging tools. There are two must haves one is for detecting and the other, well ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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20:24
QT #3 Specfic or X-Over Detectors, Good idea or not the best of both worlds.
If you had asked me in 2004 if there was a good cross over detector for gold and CRT, I'd said no. Today not so much so. There are a few viable X-over detectors out there but make sure you are choosing what you need. DO not go detecting wonderi...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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15:23
Quick Tips #2 Factory preset or create custom programs
Lots of questions about trusting factory presets over creating hunt programs from the start. I have some pretty strong opinions about this topic and I have seen a lot of new Detectorists make a few mistakes in setup over go with. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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7:59
Heading back to Alaska - This time with great friends
Heading back to Alaska with Professional Prospectors Chris Ralph and my Producer Kevin Bell. Join us as we sit down with Kib Canyon, owner & operator of Gold King Creek Alaska Mine and Adventures for a long but informative podcast.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:25:03
OTG Quick Tips #1 - Eliusive Detector Signals Audio and VDI
Hey Prospectors, It's been a while. Over the last few months, we have received a huge amount of great email questions about everything. KB and I decided to take a lot of these and turn as many of these as we can into short-format Podc...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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7:10
Compartmentalizing & Confidence = Gold measured by, $ per yard over specks in a pan.
Over four decades ago I stood on a ridge overlooking a huge Desert and suddenly felt overwhelmed. I had only been out a few times on my own and honestly, they were not the most successful trips I had made. I decided to create a box in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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46:43
But the golds supposed to be here, right here.
Putting the puzzle pieces where they need to go is a prospector's life. And sometimes you have to chase that one piece that got stuck in the box or fell on the floor to finish what you started and see the even bigger picture.Rules of Thumb ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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22:33
Paydirt Payoff with Prospecting
What prompted this podcast is that I'm often asked if I believe in paydirt, and yes I do. I occasionally get in the mood for a bag or two and it all adds up. Sometimes in only fluctuating my cost per ounce up. When that happens, I mine.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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28:49
Thank you for NOT Prospecting
Kevin Bell gives a big "Thank You" to a prospector for not prospecting and leaving some of the best gold that they have found on their Thursday Mining Day under his tailings. Of course, this leads to training about trending, $$$ per ya...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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44:35
The other side of 300, Prospecting outside of California’s buffer zone.
In December 2019 Kevin and I shared the prospecting that you could do within the 300-foot buffer in selected California waterways. This time we open up the rest of the land with the opportunities awaiting all prospectors at 301 feet. A...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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24:52
Covid-19 Distance, not Isolation. A positive mental outlook is as important as washing your hands.
Isolation and separatism is not healthy for either your overall physical or mental health. Kevin and I discuss the standards for physical protection along with not shutting yourself in your house and shutting out the world around you.&...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:22
New equipment and some old friends at the GPAA Gold & Treasure Shows.
The first 3 GPAA Gold & Treasure Shows were a great opportunity to introduce show goers to some new equipment and some equipment that has come back onto the market for prospecting. Kevin Bell and I talk in depth about new and old g...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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44:35
We're BACK
After a move of the studio and the Human (me) we are back up and running with new equipment, dedicated connection and server access. Thank you to the over 5000 listeners to On the Gold for your patience and more importantly your suppor...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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25:25
This new Detector is a piece of %#*@ - Listener questions and comments
With the new email addresses pending KB and I invited listeners to send in their questions and comments. The response to the invitation generated a lot of questions and one very frustrated new to detecting, Detectorist. I cover m...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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24:51
Thank you to everyone for tuning into the On The Gold Podcast!
Over the last four months, the On The Gold Podcast has grown faster than I ever expected. The listeners and subscribers have far exceeded what I even conservatively estimated and for that, I say Thank You.2020 Will be the Year of the Prospe...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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17:58
Conversation with Dominic Ricci - LDMA 2020
I spent a week in the GPAA-LDMA office and around all of our extremely busy schedules,i cornered Dominic to talk "what's Up 2020" within the LDMA. Lot of outings, hunts and just all around great prospecting and fun for EVERYONE.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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31:17
5N5 Production Panning
Production Panning is about using specialized gold pans that allow you to move great amounts of material in a quick efficient manner creating more concentrates in less time. Gold is forced downward and trapped in a closed system where ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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20:58
California Gold - Yes, you can still prospect and recover gold in California
Many people believe that the moratorium on dredging in California has all but stopped prospecting in the state. This is just not true. There are a number of different methods of recovering gold at and around the state's waterways that are effic...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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14:50
Old vs. New ground, confidence, tenacity, research & willingness to do more.
Chris and I sat down for another amazing chance to discuss and share with you what it takes to live the essence of a prospector and setting out to find new spots. Many prospectors become lost when it comes to getting out to search f...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:03
5N5 - OK 3N30 Rules of Thumb
Kevin Bell, Chris Ralph and I sat down to talk about Rules of Thumb associated with prospecting and when they do and more importantly when they do not apply. I have been very open in saying that the 3 major Rules of Thumb can be truly ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:57
5N5 ALMOST Kevin & Chris talk about using discrimination while detecting.
Chris Ralph and I sat down down to talk about using discrimination on your metal detector while prospecting for gold. There is a time and a place for everything, or is there? Understanding that there are three types of discrim, Ferrous...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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22:23
5N5 Friday - KB's in charge this week and turned the mic on me, again.
Kevin B has been receiving questions about me, Kevin H. My background. How I got started, where I've been and I am more than the detector guy. More importantly though, questions about what drives my passion and my vision for an industr...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:54