A & B Prospecting Supplies (Prescott Valley)
Prescott Valley branch of the Mesa prospecting store founded in 1979
- Where
- 8101 E State Route 69, Unit C, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
- Sells
- Metal detectors, drywashers, sluices, highbankers, dredge parts, pans and classifiers, concentrators, hand tools, assay supplies
- Orders
- In the store, by phone (928) 772-4319, or on the website
- Main store
- Mesa, 3929 E Main St
- Run by
- Ryan and Jocelyn DeShon
Dealer: sells gear built by other companies
A&B's second store, a short drive from Lynx Creek
Shop with a storefront
In Prescott Valley, Arizona.
What they sell: Metal detectors · Gold pans & classifiers · Sluice boxes · Highbankers & power sluices · Dredges & parts · Drywashers · Picks, shovels & hand tools · Fine gold recovery · Assay & refining supplies
Ships nationwide.
Where to use your gear near Prescott Valley
158 gold spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
27 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 71 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
About A & B Prospecting Supplies (Prescott Valley)
This is the second store of A&B Prospecting Supplies, opened by Ryan and Jocelyn DeShon after they took over the Mesa business in 2005. It stands on State Route 69 in Prescott Valley, which puts it in central Arizona's old placer country instead of down in the Phoenix area.
The stock is the same kind you find in Mesa: metal detectors, drywashers, sluices and highbankers, dredge parts, pans and classifiers, concentrators, hand tools and assay supplies. Anything not on the shelf can be ordered through the company website, which serves both stores.
The location is the point. Lynx Creek, with its public gold panning area in the Prescott National Forest, is close by, and the creeks and gulches around Prescott have been worked for placer gold since the 1860s. A shop a short drive from that ground means a broken drywasher part or a missing classifier can be replaced the same day.
The family history behind the business goes back to Frank Lynn's garage in Mesa in 1979, and it is told on the page of the Mesa store.
Clubs and places nearby
- Prescott Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 2 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use AreaFree public dig · 5 mi
- Mingus Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 20 mi
- American Gold Prospecting AdventuresPay-to-dig · 28 mi
- Sedona Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 35 mi
- Lost Dutchman's Mining Association - Stanton CampClub · 37 mi
Other shops and gear makers nearby
- Copper Canyon Lapidary & JewelryOnline shop · 37 mi
- Dry Mining EquipmentOnline shop · 43 mi
- Nugget Shooter Metal Detector SalesOnline shop · 53 mi
- Rare Earth GalleryShop · 56 mi
Access
8101 E State Route 69, Unit C, Prescott Valley. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm. Phone (928) 772-4319.