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Welcome to the charts and regulations page where you will find a live metals chart, Prospector's and Detectorist's Codes of Ethics, and general highbanking and dredging regulations in Colorado.  Undercutting of river banks and trees has become a serious problem in Colorado.  Check the new regs at the bottom of the page concerning this, and PROSPECT RESPONSIBLY, or we will begin losing more areas of Colorado to land and forest destruction.  I live here.  PLEASE abide by the regulations and help keep prospecting in Colorado SANE!

  

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A WORD ABOUT TERMINOLOGY:

  For anyone who is beginning or is well on their way in their journey with metal, crystal or any type of activity that would be considered mining, please be aware that the terminology you use effects how the mining laws effect you. The term "Recreational Prospector" does not apply to prospecting, and says to authorities that you are not a serious prospector, and are not covered by the mining laws, which only apply in 19 of the 50 states.  The terms you need to be using to identify your activity include; small mining operator, minerals prospector, professional prospector and terms that indicate you are engaging in activity for profit not pleasure.

 The mining laws do not cover you if your activity is only for pleasure. We use the term "Recreational" as a search term ONLY so you can find us better. HOOKED ON GOLD is engaged in prospecting activities FOR PROFIT. We also engage in activities that will assist you in your successful pursuit of prospecting for profit.


HOOKED ON GOLD PRESENTS: THE PROSPECTOR'S and DETECTORIST'S CODES OF ETHICS

 

Many of you may not be aware that there is a prospectors or a metal detectorists code of ethics. Many of these codes deal with common sense ways to respect the land and other people's property. However, they do bear repeating. For your benefit we present them here. Please abide by them. Those of us who have prospected here for decades must deal with the regulations that are imposed by government entities, Federal, State, and local, when those who are here for the weekend or a week violate those codes and leave us with closed roads, prospecting and panning areas that are taken out of mineral entry, and reclamation that is costly, not to mention the liability. We love for you to visit our beautiful state, but please do it responsibly.

 

Prospector's Code of Ethics
 

  • Respect other prospectors' claims and do not work those claims without their owners permission.
     

  • Fill in your prospecting holes.
     

  • Appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife, fisheries, and private property laws or ordinances governing prospecting and mining.
     

  • Be thoughtful, considerate, and courteous to those around you at all times. (For those of you who feel the need to pack a gun, please don't threaten anyone with it.)
     

  • Build fires only in designated or safe areas in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.
     

  • Be careful with fuels and motor oils. Do not fill pumps in the water!
     

  • Remove and dispose of trash and debris that you find. Pack it in, pack it out. (sometimes we make more money on the cans we find than the gold!!!)
     

  • Have the necessary permits and/or licenses on your person. Club members using a club site need to have their membership cards on them.
     

  • Do not remove stream bank material, undermine vegetation or woody dams, or discharge excessive amounts of silt into the waterway. (Highbankers are required to use a tailings pond to hold the silt and settle it before it returns to the waterway.)
     

  • Do not refuel motorized equipment in the stream or allow oil or fuel to drip onto the ground or in the water.
     

  • Do not prospect in areas closed to prospecting or mining

Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics
 

  • Respect private property and don't hunt without the property owners permission.
     

  • Fill in Your excavations from treasure hunting.
     

  • Appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife, and private property.
     

  • Use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesy at all times.
     

  • Build fires only in designated or safe areas.

 

  For more specific regulations on small mining in the State of Colorado, please visit the Small Mining Regulations in Colorado page

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