TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR COLORADOPROSPECTOR.COM Coloradoprospector.com reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the user agreement without prior notice to the user. It is the responsibility of the user to regularly review the terms of this agreement. PRIVACY POLICY Your personal information will not be shared with anyone unless compelled by law. As a member of coloradoprospector.com you agree to our terms and conditions of use by reading the following and clicking ACCEPT at the bottom of the page. DEFINITIONS AREA(S): Are to be defined as "The prospecting areas posted by coloradoprospector.com on this website, which are on public land, open to the public for small scale gold prospecting." Also to include all corresponding information to each "area". MEMBER: A paid and valid "member" (you), which also includes members legal spouse and children under age 18 while in the company of a valid member. MEMBERS PERSONAL USE: "Members" use of information gathered by coloradoprospector.com while recreating in the state of Colorado. SMALL SCALE MINING: Use of hand tools and/or hand fed equipment such as shovels, picks, pans, sluice boxes, rocker boxes, metal detectors, etc. (In some areas, small dredges under 3" fall into this catagory.) Member SHALL NOT re-transmit, re-post, or re-produce, in or on any type of media known now or in the future, any of the prospecting "area(s)" in all or part, or any of the corresponding information specific to each area. Including but not limited to maps, directions, descriptions, coordinates without the express written consent of coloradoprospector.com. exception: Valid members may download and print information on prospecting areas for "members personal use" ONLY! THIS INFORMATION MAY NOT BE SHARED WITH ANY PERSON OR PARTY THAT IS NOT A CURRENT AND VALID MEMBER OF COLORADOPROSPECTOR.COM AND OF THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP. FORUM RULES Our membership structure contains several different levels. The forum is open and accessible to all levels. Inappropriate material will be removed. Keeping this in mind, the following rules will be STRICTLY ENFORCED! 1) Member will refer to any prospecting "area(s)" ONLY by the designated number assigned to it by coloradoprospector.com, in this forum or any forums on other websites. 2) No member shall post any maps, directions, descriptions, coordinates for any prospecting "areas(s)" or any other information specific to the prospecting "area(s)" posted on coloradoprospector.com 3) No member shall post any information of any kind that will describe or reveal the location, or lead people to any of the prospecting "area(s)" that coloradoprospector.com has posted currently or "area(s)" that it has posted in the past. member also agrees to follow all laws and regulations that may apply to members activities. Member also understands that the laws and regulations may be different on National Forest Lands than those on State Lands, or from one National Forest to the next, or from one county to another...etc. Member acknowledges that the member himself/herself is responsible for knowing and verifying all laws and regulations pertaining to members activities while using public or private land in Colorado. Including but not limited to any permits needed for a specific activity. ie. prospecting, camping, fishing....etc. DISCLAIMER ColoradoProspector.com does not guarantee the accuracy of the information posted for each area. Some public records are not updated very frequently in undeveloped areas and may not be accurate at the time research was completed. This is usually due to a recent park donation, open space aquisition, or even mis-posted/lack of posting by National Forest of information. If ColoradoProspector.com receives notification that an "area" is in fact not open to the public for "prospecting", the "area" will promptly be removed and replaced with a valid "area". Neither Coloradoprospector.com, it's owners, nor it's officers shall be held liable for any types of damages (personal or property) incurred or inflicted by or to any persons utilizing information gathered by coloradoprospector.com. Coloradoprospector.com reserves the right to change any part of the membership, membership benefits, or user agreement at any time without notice. Coloradoprospector.com reserves the right to ban any member/membership without refund if member violates any portion of this agreement, at the sole discretion of coloradoprospector.com, or if coloradoprospector.com so chooses, a member concensus maybe used. Webmaster Copyright 2003-2023