Flash in the Pan Blog

Gold is banging out at new record highs, Season One of Gold Rush Alaska has come to a close and a new season of gold shows is rapidly coming upon us. Wow, we had a full agenda for the night. Check out Ore Dump Episode 12.

Sorry for the delay. Life’s been a bit crazy and with this gang of contributors, editing can take a bit of time (and patience). Originally recorded on February 11th, this week’s episode of the Ore Dump Podcast started with the shocking news about Chris Lee’s public scandal over shirtless Craigslist pictures that resulted in his quick resignation from Congress. While we are unsure if there is a connection between this story and own Chris Angus Lee (aka, Uno), it seemed to be a plausible reason behind his suspicious absence from the podcast recording. Is this a coincidence? I think not. Our hearts go out to Chris Angus Lee in his time of need. LOL – what a donkey!

This was one of my most favorite podcasts to date. We started by discussing gold January drop in the precious metals markets. This conversation lead us to ponder, if gold where down to 750/ounce, or, if the US had better unemployment rates, would there be as many people getting into prospecting as we see today? Really interesting conversation. We then took two questions from our forums, one from M.Gordon on finding gold below false bedrock and the other was from Roy48 who asked for recommendations on where to send ore and concentrate samples for analysis.

Well, I have to say, the new year of prospecting has already been exciting. In this week’s episode, we discuss the stumble gold took in the opening days of trading, the Big Foot sighting outside out Goldbar Washington store, review some of the largest nuggets ever recorded and debate the impact that the Discovery Channels hit Gold Rush: Alaska has had on the perception on gold prospecting. It was a pretty heated discussion around the table on that last one. Who would have thunk?

This week's episode of the Ore Dump Podcast closes out 2010 with a bang. To help celebrate the joys and successes of the year, we played a "secret word" game with prizes. Wouldn't you know it - Chris was the first winner (and didn't want to share his prize with Michele). We discussed the hit show "Gold Rush: Alaska" (highly opinionated), shared news about the recent installation of an ATM in Florida that spits out gold bars rather than cash, and shared some of the exciting events we have planned for the coming year!

Well, not without great difficulty - Episode 7 of the Ore Dump Podcast is posted and available for your consumption.

Well, I must admit – sometimes life just sorta catches up on yeah and a person falls behind. That’s where I find myself today - weeks behind on reporting out all the great stuff happening in our club. I shamefully haven’t posted to the blog in almost two weeks, yet there has been tons of stuff happening. I am also the editor for the Ore Dump Podcast, which if you are an avid fan, will notice that it too is a full week behind schedule on uploading to the internet. Well, between work, the kid’s winter sports and prepping for Christmas, I’ve done a pretty poor job of it lately. Sorry.

This week's episode of the Prospectors Plus ‘Ore Dump’ podcast ended up pulling a lot of conversation from our club forums right to the old kitchen table. As typical we opened by discussing the changes in the gold and silver markets, quickly followed by an update on our prospector t-shirt contest, our funniest post of the week (which turned out to be Chris' post on fracking) as well as answering our forum question of the week. Dead Air lost a bet to old Deuce on the name of the state fish of Hawaii. Back rubs commenced.

This week’s episode of the Prospectors Plus 'Ore Dump' Podcast was a hoot to host. The episode opens with a lively discussion on the continued run in gold and silver in the commodities markets. While gold is currently butting up against nearly $1400/oz it was interesting to hear that the metal to watch in the coming months is silver. Silver closed on Friday at $26.73.