Three Hours to Gold from Southern California by Jim Straight – Signed Copy

Add a rare, author-signed gold prospecting guide to your collection with Three Hours to Gold from Southern California by geological engineer and respected prospector Jim Straight.

Focused on the historic Randsburg Quadrangle and surrounding Southern California mining districts, this approximately 115-page book combines years of field research with regional geology, mining history, maps, diagrams, historical photographs, and practical metal detecting guidance.

Straight explains how to search for eolian and eluvial placer gold using both VLF and pulse induction metal detectors. The book also examines a century of gold, silver, and tungsten mining activity in the Randsburg region, giving prospectors valuable context for evaluating terrain and recognizing productive areas.

This copy is signed by Jim Straight, making it an especially desirable reference for prospectors, collectors, and readers interested in Southern California mining history.

Signed Collectible Copy

• Personally signed by author Jim Straight

• Scarce gold-prospecting reference

• Valuable addition to a prospecting or mining-history collection

• Written by an experienced geological engineer and gold prospector

• Contains specialized regional information that can be difficult to find online

Topics Covered

• Gold prospecting within the Randsburg Quadrangle

• Outlying Southern California mining districts

• Eolian placer-gold formation and recovery

• Eluvial placer deposits

• Using VLF metal detectors to locate gold

• Using pulse induction detectors in mineralized terrain

• Desert gold prospecting techniques

• Regional geology and gold-bearing formations

• Maps and diagrams for understanding the area

• Historical photographs

• Gold, silver, and tungsten mining history

• Updated regional history covering 1910 through 2010

Key Features

• Approximately 115 pages

• Spiral-bound format for convenient field reference

• Includes maps and diagrams

• Features historical photographs

• Includes a color section

• Combines prospecting methods with regional mining history

• Focuses on practical desert metal detecting

• Covers both VLF and PI detector technologies

• Signed by the author

Ideal For

• Southern California gold prospectors

• Metal detectorists searching for gold nuggets

• Desert prospectors

• VLF and pulse induction detector users

• Visitors to the Randsburg mining district

• California mining-history enthusiasts

• Collectors of signed prospecting books

• GPAA and LDMA members

• Geology and mining researchers

Book Specifications

• Title: Three Hours to Gold from Southern California

• Author: Jim Straight

• Author’s Credentials: B.S. in Geological Engineering

• Special Edition: Signed by the author

• Format: Spiral-bound printed book

• Page Count: Approximately 115 pages

• Illustrations: Maps, diagrams, historical photographs, and color section

• Language: English

• Publication Year: 2010

• SKU: JS 3 Hours

• Primary Region: Randsburg Quadrangle and outlying Southern California mining districts

• Subject: Gold prospecting, metal detecting, geology, and mining history

For prospectors within driving distance of Southern California’s historic desert mining country, Three Hours to Gold offers a unique combination of regional knowledge, detector-based prospecting instruction, and mining history—all in a collectible copy signed by Jim Straight.

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