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Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA)
You are becoming interested in panning gold. So now what? Many think the next step is to buy a membership into the Gold Prospectors Association of America, or GPAA. Well that depends. Can you find places to gold pan on your own? Do you want prospecting buddies? Could you spend your hard earned money on a piece of equipment that would be of more use than the GPAA membership?
I am going to look at three levels of membership. The first is a 12month renewal. It runs $50 and that is all you get. But if you are new to this game you most likely would want the GPAA Mining Guide. Well this guide is the big draw for most people to become members. It is very attractive to have access to thousands of claims all across America. Well it depends. A lot of these claims get hammered hard by members. Others are so remote you would have to take a month off work to get to them but there are some great claims to work found within the pages of the GPAA mining guide. So if you are getting a membership for the first time defiantly get the one with the guide, $60.
The next level of membership is probably the best level for first timers. It is called Buzzards Special, it runs $68 and includes a 12month GPAA membership, a year subscription to Gold Prospectors Magazine, the GPAA mining guide, 2 DVDs; Sure Fire Panning Methods and How to use the GPAA Mining Guide, a green plastic gold pan, a black GPAA hat, 2 GPAA patches, a snuffer bottle and a sticker. So the things I like in this membership are the Guide, and the magazine subscription. Most individuals already have anything else of use and don`t care about the hat, patches and stickers. The how to pan DVD is fairly worthless as any of that info can be obtained from youtube.
I hope this helps you make an informed decision. Happy Prospecting!