**Native LiDAR™** Our newest addition to the map. Custom half-meter LiDAR with six looks built for different ground: Polaris, Polaris Ridge, Nova, Eclipse, Zenith and Horizon. Adjust brightness, contrast and depth to your eye, tilt it in 3D, and take it offline with your downloaded maps. Available in California, with more states coming soon. **SiteScan™** Place a square on any spot and scan it into a 3D model. Four analyses read the ground: Workings, Flow Path, Drift and Traps. Tap a result to see why it stands out, drop pins, and save scans to come back to. Available where Native LiDAR™ exists. **Also in this update** - Cooler phone while panning the map - Native LiDAR™ and SiteScan™ added to offline downloads

Ultra 1m LiDAR, now in 7 states See through trees and brush to the bare ground in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and now Utah. Ghost Towns Old towns, camps, stage stops and forts across the lower 48. Tap any pin for the basics, or tap Tell me more for a full research card: when it was active, what it was, why it ended, and what remains today. Pay Streak Zones in 20 states Now covering the major gold states, from California and Montana to Georgia and the Carolinas. Historic Railroads and Recent Burns Pre-1911 rail grades and their stops, plus 10 years of wildfire burn scars with a read on how much brush has grown back. Community Reply directly to replies in comment threads, and get push notifications for likes, comments and messages. Easier start A new welcome tour, a quick profile setup to tell us how you hunt, and a guided map tutorial. Reminders let you know before your free trial ends. Map improvements - The opacity bar now follows the last layer you turned on. Pin layers get a quick close button. - Tap the info button next to any layer for details. - Fewer location pop-ups. Trail tracking uses Always Allow so your tracks keep saving in the background. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

NEW IN 1.3.5 Ghost Towns • 43,000+ abandoned towns, camps, forts, homesteads and old post offices across the lower 48, each with its own pin. • Tap any place for its county, elevation, coordinates and other names it went by. • Tap "Tell me more" to research its history: when it was active, what it was for, why it ended and what's left today. Once a place is researched, it opens instantly. • Keep exploring while it researches. A banner lets you know when it's done and takes you right back. Improvements • New drop-down banners across the app. • Pay Streak Zones now sit on top of Public Lands and stay tappable when both are on. • Refreshed Historic Mines info card. • Bug fixes and performance improvements. FROM 1.3.4 Ultra 1m LiDAR • One sharper LiDAR layer built from USGS 1-meter data, now covering California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona, with more states coming. Faster offline maps • Downloads are much faster and more reliable, and Historic Sites now downloads too. • See the total size of your downloads at a glance, with a percentage while downloading. A whole new look • Redesigned profile with your gold total, level, posts, saved posts, finds and pins in quick slide-up sheets. • Edit your backdrop, photo, screen name, region and interests. • Refreshed Community, Tips & News, Analyze, Inbox and Messages. GoldBot • Rebuilt chat that remembers your conversation. Notifications • Tapping a notification takes you straight to the post, profile or message. • Notifications now show screen names.

A big one. Almost every screen got a fresh look, and a lot got smarter. ULTRA 1M LIDAR Now the one LiDAR layer — the sharpest terrain we've ever shipped. Covers California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona, with more states on the way. NEW PROFILE Your own backdrop photo, region, main interest, and level, with Total Gold Found front and center. Posts, saved posts, finds, and pins are one tap away. Tap another prospector to see their page. GOLDBOT REMEMBERS GoldBot Chat was rebuilt from the ground up. It's faster, feels like a real chat, and remembers your conversation so follow-up questions just work. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Get notified when someone likes, comments, follows, or messages you. Tap the notification to jump straight there. OFFLINE MAPS • Downloads are much faster and smaller • Historic Sites now download for offline use • Opens instantly, with accurate storage totals MAP • Pay Streak Zones rebuilt with a new model and clearer red / orange / yellow tiers • Historic Mines rebuilt nationwide • Recent Burns now show severity up close • Historic Sites visible from further out FINDS & PINS • Save a pin without typing a name • Edit a find's date, zoom into photos, jump to it on the map • Redesigned Log Find and Add Pin sheets that stay clear of the keyboard AND • Community, Tips & News, Analyze, Inbox, and Messages all restyled • Haptics on everything you tap • Profile counts now show correctly on other prospectors' pages • Delete your own comments • Dozens of fixes

A big one. Almost every screen got a fresh look, and a lot got smarter. NEW PROFILE Your own backdrop photo, region, main interest, and level, with Total Gold Found front and center. Posts, saved posts, finds, and pins are one tap away. Tap another prospector to see their page. GOLDBOT REMEMBERS GoldBot Chat was rebuilt from the ground up. It's faster, feels like a real chat, and remembers your conversation so follow-up questions just work. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Get notified when someone likes, comments, follows, or messages you. Tap the notification to jump straight there. MAP - Ultra 1 m LiDAR now covers Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada alongside California - Pay Streak Zones rebuilt with a new model and clearer red / orange / yellow tiers - Historic Mines rebuilt nationwide - Recent Burns now show severity up close - Historic Sites visible from further out FINDS & PINS - Edit a find's date, zoom into photos, jump to it on the map - Save a pin without typing anything - Redesigned Log Find and Add Pin sheets that stay clear of the keyboard AND - Community, Tips & News, Analyze, Inbox, and Messages all restyled - Haptics on everything you tap - Delete your own comments - Dozens of fixes

ULTRA 1M LIDAR — ALL OF CALIFORNIA An all new 1-meter bare-earth terrain formula, statewide. Old tailings, ditches, and roads the forest swallowed show up under the trees even better now! Pick Ultra 1m, Standard, or Multi right on the map. More states coming! ROADS & TRAILS, REBUILT USGS, Forest Service, and BLM roads and trails nationwide — with surface, vehicle class, and seasonal closures. Tap any road to see who manages it and which vehicles are allowed. Decommissioned roads are marked. Works offline. GOLD TRAPS Creek bends and steep gullies near known gold occurrences, across California. HISTORIC SITES Battlefields from the National Park Service surveys, plus mills, camps, towns, and homesteads from the National Register. SAVED TRACKS, REBUILT Record your walk and see it colored by pace — where you were sweeping, walking, or driving. Elevation gain, finds logged per track, and sharing that works like pins. ALSO IN THIS RELEASE • Every layer now has an info button explaining what it shows • Offline downloads include the new layers • Much better battery life • Fixed deleted pins and finds staying on the map • Faster, smoother panels throughout

The Historic Map Builder is here. Go back in time. Over 250,000 town and city maps from the late 1800s through 1930, available to download and place over the modern map yourself. Line one up against today's terrain and see the streets, buildings and lots that are gone. Sheets other members have placed show up on your map too. Also in this version: • Sign in with Apple — one tap, no password, no email code • Redesigned onboarding that actually shows you what the app does • 3D map markers that stand on the ground and stay visible at any tilt • New location arrow with a course-up mode — tap the locate button twice and the map turns with you as you walk • Much finer track recording, so tight grids and turn-arounds draw the way you actually walked them • Offline coverage outlines so you can see exactly where your downloaded maps end • Better 3D terrain, online and off • Faster offline downloads with accurate size estimates before you start Bug fixes and performance improvements throughout.

STREAMS, RIVERS & LAKES Every waterway in the lower 48, named where it has one. Line weight follows actual flow, so a real creek reads heavy and a seasonal draw reads light. The map tells you which run year-round and which only after rain — a dry wash and a live creek are different targets. Tap any stream for its name, size, and average flow. Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds get their own layer. 3D TERRAIN, REBUILT Every layer now works in 3D. LiDAR hillshades, historic topo, mining claims, public lands, and property lines all drape over the terrain instead of disappearing when you tilt. Same buttons, same controls — the 3D button just tilts what you are already looking at. 3D terrain now works offline too, inside a downloaded area. CLAIM WARNINGS, FIXED The warning that tells you when you are on a mining claim had three problems, and all three are fixed. It now works whether the claims layer is on or off. It checks where you actually are instead of where the map is pointed. And it knows when you are inside a claim rather than measuring to its center — on a large placer claim you could walk a third of a mile inside it and never get warned. Filed and pending claims count too. If someone has staked it, you will know. FIXES Fixed a crash when panning across dense claim country with the claims layers on. If it caught you, the app could crash again on reopening — that is fixed too, and the app now recovers on its own. The map reopens where you left it, at the same zoom, with the same layers on, and in 3D if you left it in 3D. Pro layers no longer turn themselves off when you reopen the app. Interrupted map downloads can be resumed instead of starting over. Tapping a user's avatar in your notifications opens their profile.

Close the app and open it back up in the same spot, at the same zoom, with the same layers on. If you were in 3D, you come back in 3D. FIND ME, TWO WAYS Tap once to center on your location. Tap again and the map follows you as you move. Pan the map to stop. FIXES Pro layers no longer turn themselves off when you reopen the app. Interrupted map downloads can be resumed instead of starting over, and a partial download now says so instead of looking finished. Tapping a user’s avatar in your notifications opens their profile. Two-finger tilt no longer works in 2D, where it was easy to trigger by accident. The opacity slider now shows when more than one layer is active, so you know you can switch which layer it controls.

OFFLINE MAPS Download map areas to your phone while you have signal, then use them anywhere — even with no service at all. This isn't just the satellite view. Everything comes with it: both LiDAR hillshades, all three historic topo layers, mining claims, public lands, and property lines. The same map you use at home, working in a canyon with zero bars. Pick your areas from a grid, name them, and download. Out in the field, tap a saved area and the map runs entirely off your phone. PROPERTY LINES — 133 COUNTIES Parcel boundaries across California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, with owner names where counties publish them. PUBLIC LANDS, REBUILT Tap any parcel to see who manages it, the unit name, and whether it's open. Wilderness areas, national recreation areas, and study areas now have their own layer so you know when special rules apply. FASTER MINING CLAIMS Active and closed claims now load from our own servers instead of BLM's, so they draw faster and keep working when BLM's site is down. FIXES Pro features no longer lock out when you have no signal. Finds logged offline are now tappable on the map after you reconnect, and no longer show up twice.

LiDAR maps now go one zoom level deeper with 1-meter detail. Zoom in further and you'll see ground you couldn't before. There's also a second LiDAR layer with different lighting. Some features sit in shadow on one and show clearly on the other, so it's worth flipping between them over ground you're working.

HISTORIC TOPO MAPS Scanned USGS topographic maps going back to 1879, laid over the modern world with their own opacity slider. Fade between then and now to find the mill, the cabin, the wagon road, and the townsite that are not there anymore. Three eras to pick from: Oldest (1880s-1930s), Classic (1900s-1940s), and Detailed (1930s-1940s). Available now in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, with more states coming. Pair it with the LiDAR hillshade and you can see the old map on top and the earthworks still in the dirt underneath. COIN & RELIC ID Photograph a find and get an identification. Coins come back with the type, the years it was minted, the metal content, and the history behind it. Relics are dated from the details that actually matter: nail type, button construction, glass seams, cartridge headstamps. Everything saves to your phone so you can build a record of what you have pulled out of the ground. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE Every map layer now has its own opacity control, so you can blend two layers instead of fighting over one slider. The layer list is grouped into categories that expand and collapse. A guided tour of the map screen runs the first time you open it, and can be replayed anytime from Settings. Pin types now include relic, coin, and point of interest. Pins save directly to your phone and work with no service. Tap any pin or logged find to see its coordinates, and tap the coordinates to copy them. Public land boundaries now load based on where you are looking on the map, not where your phone is.

Gold Prospector is now free to use. Every new account gets 7 days with everything unlocked, no payment info needed. After that, the map, your pins, find log, trail tracking, tips, and the community stay free for good. Pro unlocks the full layer set, including 1m LiDAR terrain, mining claims, historic mines, and geochemistry, plus AI terrain analysis, GoldBot, and offline maps. Also in this update: smoother map controls, a persistent layer opacity slider, and keyboard fixes in the post composer and Log Find screens.

1-Meter LiDAR Hillshade The Hillshade layer now uses 1-meter USGS 3DEP LiDAR. At that resolution the ground tells on itself — placer cuts, hydraulic pits, tailings piles, benches, and old water races show up in the terrain, even where brush has covered them for a century. California and Oregon load instantly. The rest of the country works too. Also in this update: fixed the keyboard covering buttons when writing a long post or logging a find.