Prospecting Stores across Colorado

January 13, 2017 · Gold prospecting tools & techniques

There are quite a few places around here to buy prospecting supplies. When you need gear, please shop via my links or support your local shop. There’s nothing like looking at your choices in person to get what you need and getting expert advice as part of the bargain.

The Rock Doc outside Nathrup

If you know of other prospecting shops, feel free to message me or add their info in the comments.

Dedicated Prospecting shops with a full line of equipment:

Delta: http://www.mrdetector.com  at 208 Ute Street, Delta Colorado, 81416.

Metro Denver: The Denver Gold Shop (Jewell St just west of Broadway). They also carry consignment equipment so there are some bargains to be had and it’s a way to sell gear you aren’t using. Also Arvada Army Navy Surplus at 5701 Olde Wadsworth St, Arvada (just NWof the I-70 & Wadsworth interchange) has everything up to sluices but no power equipment.

Between Buena Vista and Salida, in the Nathrop area on Hwy 285: http://www.therockdoc.net

Florence: http://www.sidewindersluice.com/19001.html

Other stores with a good selection of basic prospecting gear:

Idaho Springs: http://www.carquest.com/stores/co/idaho-springs/5751?utm_medium=local&utm_source=yext-gmb&utm_content=gmb-2017-01-11&utm_campaign=cq-ind

Leadville: http://www.therockhut.com on the main drag and also at “Saturday’s Discount Mercantile” 12655 US-24 highway, on the south end of town. (719) 486-5700

Fairplay: http://www.highalpinesports.com

Lake George: Tommy Knockers Consignment, 38334 Hwy 24, Lake George, 719-838-0521

Canon City: in town Cañon City Coins has some basics. For more selection head west out of town to The Gold Mine Rock Shop on highway 50 up the canyon just a bit. TNT’s Swap Shop at 1011 S. 1st St in Canon City has a fairly wide range of products. Give them a call at 719-429-3289 to see if they have what you seek! (and to confirm their hours of operation)

…and of course, Cabela’s and Sportsman’s Warehouse in metro Denver or up north in Loveland. Saturday’s Mercantile on the south end of Leadville has some basics. Murdoch’s in Silverthorne also has some panning kits and large pans, but only seasonally. You’ll also find gold pans for sale here and there in museum gift shops, general stores and such. Wherever you see pans for sale, be sure to ask, “When someone buys a pan here, where do you send them to use it?” You never know what you’ll learn!

The Western Museum of Mining & Industry has an impressive range of prospecting gear from pans to sluices to high bankers in their gift shop. They are on the on the north end of Colorado Springs. Of course, they are a must-visit site for prospectors, with some impressive industrial mining gear to ogle. http://www.wmmi.org/

OK, so what am I missing?

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