Some of our favorite links

LOCAL RESOURCES

Air St. Luke’s Medical Transport      IGPA has a group rate

Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR)  Best for Letter Permit (below 100 year water mark)

Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR)  Best for Application for Temporary Approval of Water Use (above 100-year water mark)

State of Idaho Water District 63, Boise River Water Master  Water rental

Idaho Department of Environmental Equality (IDEQ)  administers the NPDES for dredging.

Idaho Recreation Council (IRC)       Working together to preserve recreation Idahoans

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho

BLM’s Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS)  BLM claims research, reports & more

City of Boise Metal Detecting Permits

 

CLUBS

Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA)

Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA)        National Chapter Contact List

NGPAA          Nampa GPAA Chapter

Northwest Gold Prospectors   Parma GPAA Chapter

Snake River GPAA Chapter    Twin Falls GPAA Chapter

Caribou Idaho Chapter GPAA Caribou County

Mountain Home GPAA Chapter        - In Progress

Idaho Falls GPAA Chapter       - In Progress

Idaho Gold Mining   Oldest Metal Detecting Club in the Treasure Valley

Idaho Gem Club  Local gem club that holds workshops and outings

Owyhee Gem and Mineral Society

Magic Valley Gem Club 

Hells Canyon Gem Club

The American Society of Dowsers

 

MISC

Dan Hurd     Many great instruction videos

Two Toes      Many great instruction videos

About Amalgamation and Using Mercury

Build Your Own Homemade Mining Equipment

Gold Gittin’ Gadgets

Historic Silver City, Idaho

The New 49’ers

The Diggings       Research Mining Claims

Land Matters, Mining Claims Maps Research Mining Claims

Public Lands For The People (PLP)

American Mining Rights Association (AMRA)

Minerals And Mining Advisory Council

Rocky Mountain Mining Rights

Lands Access Information

American Lands Access Association

The Library of Congress

CDC Gold Prospecting

 

BUSINESSES

Idaho Pawn & Gold (formerly Sam’s Locker)     Buy & sell gold and misc

Gerry’s Metal Detecting Oldest in Boise, best detector sales & training available

Stewarts Gem Shop      Buy, sell, display and holds workshops

Rosehill Coins & Jewelry        Buy/sell gold, some equipment & detectors, Keene rep

Gem State Gold and Silver LLC       Buy & sell gold and other minerals

Idaho Gold & Silver      Buy & sell gold and other minerals

Idaho Gold Gem Silver & Coin        Buy & sell gold and other minerals

Gold Cube

Keene Engineering

Dream Mat

Camel Mining Products

The Desert Fox

Gold Fox

Mountain Goat Trommel

Minelab

Garrett (Website)

GARRETT Metal Detectors (Facebook)

Whites Metal Detectors Group (Facebook)

Fisher

JW Fishers

KellyCo Metal Detectors

GoldBay     Paydirt for sale

Mining Magnets   Boise, ID inventor of the ElectroMagnetic, Rollie Pollie, and other separators and products

Global Mining Equipment       Boise, ID crushers, and more

 

METAL DETECTING

Gerry’s Metal Detecting Top local resource

TreasureNet

TreasureNet Idaho

American Digger Magazine

Friendly Metal Detecting

Find Mall

Premier Metal Detecting

My Treasure Spot

Metal Detecting (on Reddit)

Cutaplug

History Hunts

Map Surfer

Metal Detecting in the USA

Treasure Classifieds

 

GEMS AND MINERALS

Emerald Creek Star Garnet Dig       One of 2 places in the world to find Star Garnets, the other is in India

All about rocks and collecting

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies 

Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Rock & Gem

Rock Tumbling

Silver Streams

Kingsley North

The Rock Peddler

Dads Rock Shop

Rare Rocks and Gems

Lapidary Journal

 

MUSEUMS & HISTORY

Idaho Museum of Mining & Geology

Idaho State Museum

Idaho State Historical Museum

Idaho City Historical Foundation

Owyhee County Historical Society, Museum & Library

Idaho State Historical Society