Please click on the links below and choose
"open." Print out both forms, initial and sign - and return the originals to us with your payment. Call
Terry at 914-589-3985 with any questions. Thank You!
AGA Liability Waiver Click Here
AGA Business Agreement Click Here
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Here is a list of items YOU should bring: * 1) Sturdy hiking shoes or boots that give
good traction and ankle support. 2) Long sleeve shirts and long pants to protect from desert sun and prickly
plants. 3) A wide brimmed hat, or baseball cap and a bandanna to protect your nose,
ears and the back of your neck from desert sunshine. 5) High energy snack food like beef jerky, trail mix, granola or energy bars
to eat throughout the day. 6) We supply water, but you should bring any other beverage you would like to
have. 7) Don’t forget your camera and a pair of binoculars if you have them.
You will be amazed by the abundance of birds and wildlife in the Arizona desert. 8) Always think about the weather. A coat is a good idea
in winter as is rain gear. Night time temps can drop to freezing in the desert from November - April.
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Rich Hill, is just one-hour-and-fourty-minutes from Sky Harbor Airport in PHOENIX; Just four-and-a-half hours from LAS VEGAS;
Only five-and-a-half hours from LOS ANGELES or SAN DIEGO!  A typical
room at the Sierra Vista Motel in Congress, AZ. - Two beds, shower, kitchenette with small fridge
and microwave; Direct-TV, and Internet connection. *Frequently Asked Questions AGA
gives you a PRIVATE experience in Arizona gold- and meteorite strewn- fields! There are no “groups,” YOU are in
charge. You tell us what you want to do, when you want to go and how long you want to stay that day! Private, personalized
instruction and attention with the best placer gold mining equipment money can buy! That’s why Arizona Gold Adventures
is the #1 provider of gold prospecting / meteorite hunting trips and vacations in Arizona! * - Why does AGA close from June to September? –
From mid-June, through September 15th, temperatures in the Rich Hill area routinely surpass 114-degrees.
During this time of year in the lower Weaver Mountains, dangerous and venomous wildlife, reptiles and insects
are active, breeding and hunting. While gold prospecting in wilderness areas can always be dangerous, Arizona Gold Adventures
wants to minimize these dangers and maximize our guests learning and prospecting experiences by placing them in the best possible
environment for success.
- How much gold will I find? – AGA makes no guarantee that you will find
any gold. No weight or amount of gold is ever promised. We are TEACHING you WHERE to look,
and HOW to recover placer gold in one of the richest placer gold areas of the United States. Your
best chance of finding gold is to dig dirt, or “move material” on one of our proven Rich Hill area gold claims;
classify it; and run it through our high volume machines that condense the dirt down to its heaviest properties. You then
take those “concentrates” and “pan them out,” using a gold pan, or automated “Blue Wheel.”
No AGA guest has ever gone home without gold using this method!
- What is "Nugget Shooting?" -
Nugget Shooting, is prospecting for gold nuggets with a metal detector. Your chance of discovering
a gold nugget is 30/70 on a one-day shoot (that’s Seventy-percent against).
AGA teaches you how to use both VLF (Very Low Frequency), and PI (Pulse Induction) metal detectors. Our certified instructors
show you the theory behind the two types; how to ground balance them; use the controls; and why search coils of different
sizes and shapes are used in different situations. We teach you what to listen for, and how to dig targets. On average, Nugget
Shooters dig nearly 200-targets for every gold nugget they find. Folks, we are talking about bullets; rusted
pieces of tin cans; buttons; spark plugs; hot rocks; shotgun pellets; barbed-wire; nails; 1947 truck bumpers; old coins and
more! A gold nugget is rarer than a diamond! The reward of finding a large gold nugget is high,
but so is the investment of knowledge, research and hard work. On the flip side, AGA instructors have helped multiple guests find a
gold nugget during their very first day of prospecting!
- How long is an average day? – Eight-to-Nine hours. We get started about 7:30-8:00am,
usually meeting for coffee at the intersection of HWY 71 and 89, in Congress. Then we head out Stanton Road to the claims.
We’ll work until 4:00pm. After we pack up, it will be a 40-minute drive back out to pavement, and another
five-minutes to the Sierra Vista Motel in Congress.
- How many will be
in our group? – Arizona Gold Adventures is a Private gold prospecting experience. We never put
strangers together in a group. You receive private and personalized training and supervision from an AGA certified
gold prospecting instructor for the entire length of your stay or class.
- What about Dangerous Weather?
In rare instances when Central Arizona weather becomes too dangerous to prospect on the claims – usually
due to lightning strikes; flash flooding; sustained winds of 45-mph or higher; driving rain; heat in excess of 114F –
AGA brings Arizona paydirt to you! We instruct you in safe indoor/outdoor classes using actual paydirt dug from Rich Hill
gold claims. You will learn and use concentrating machines like the drywasher, recirculating sluice/highbanker, the gold wheel,
and learn to pan out your “concentrates.” As always, you keep all the gold you find!
- What kind of Car should I rent? – AGA recommends
a high clearance, four-wheel-drive vehicle. We also recommend it be fully insured, as scratching the paint along the sides
is possible on cactus and plants along tight and rugged desert trails. This is called “desert pin striping.” Any street car can make it to Stanton
(30-minutes down a dirt road from 89), and from there, we can usually ferry two-people to the claims, which are 15-30 minutes
further east and north on rugged trails. Larger groups are urged to rent appropriate vehicles.
- What should I wear?
–Long Pants; Long-sleeve Shirt; Wide-brimmed hat –OR- Baseball cap with a bandanna to cover your ears and neck.
Don’t forget plenty of Sunblock for the kids! Good Shoes - No sandals or flip-flops! The goldfields
have sharp rocks, unexpected holes and drop-offs, and ubiquitous plants with stickers and sharp needles!
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AGA Gold Prospecting Instructors meet for coffee and snacks
at the Country Kitchen Gas Station, at the intersection of 89 and 71, in Congress. The Sierra Vista Motel is 1/2-mile West,
on 71.
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