Round Rock Chapter of the GPAA

News and Updates

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RRGPAA CHAPTER UPDATE New officers were elected last month. See the "Email Us" link to the left for contact information.

AUGUST MEETING Our next meeting will be Saturday, the 21st at 4pm. We will be discussing the upcoming Gold and Gem Rendezvous.

6TH ANNUAL GOLD AND GEM RENDEZVOUS This years event will be held in Llano at Badu Park on September 25th and 26th. Events include metal detecting hunts and the Texas State Panning Championship. See the official flyer here.

HALLIBURTON OUTING GOLD!!! See the gold recovered by Mason at the recent Halliburton Outing on our "TX Gold" page. Pictures from the outing can be found here. Thanks to John Griffin for taking these pix.

NEW SHOWS ON PROSPECTINGCHANNEL.COM Joey Wilson has just released the new "Mineral Expedition" series with 3 new shows. Watch them here. He has also released a new show on "How to Build and Use a Gold Suction Tube". Watch episode here.

GOLD FOUND IN TEXAS! I want to thank all of you for sending me pictures of your Texas gold and have created a new page showing off your finds. Click on the "TX Gold" link to the left to see what has been found. If you want your find added, send your pictures along with details on how and where you found it to texasgold@roundrockgpaa.net .

ARE YOU A BLOGGER? We have added a new category to our "Links" page called "Prospecting Blogs". Send me your link to have your blog page posted. Thanks to David Hart for being our first entry.

MAKING YOUR OWN CLASSIFIERS Thanks to Roland S for this link. This website sells screen material of all mesh sizes. Click here for detailed instructions to find the right material.

EMAIL UPDATE NOTICE We are currently compiling a 2010 members e-mail list. If you have not entered your e-mail address to our database, please follow this link.