Vendor Marketplace

Every great adventure has a beginning.

Watch the Moon Lake Gathering come to life as vendors arrive, displays take shape, and the excitement of the weekend begins to fill the arena.

Explore treasure hunting gear, books, maps, artwork, unique collectibles, and one-of-a-kind discoveries while visiting with the people who brought them.

Meet, Greet & Show & Tell

The conversations begin here.

Meet the speakers before they take the stage, browse the vendor booths, share your discoveries, and bring your own treasures or artifacts for Show & Tell.

Enjoy live bluegrass music as conversations begin and the weekend comes to life.

Reconnect with old friends... make new ones... and kick off an unforgettable weekend.

You never know who you'll meet. The person standing next to you may have spent years researching the very mystery you're trying to solve—or may hold a clue, a story, a map, or a piece of history you've never seen before.

Open Mic

Everyone has a story. This is where you'll hear it.

Share your own experiences, ask questions, and hear unforgettable stories from fellow treasure hunters, Bigfoot researchers, UFO investigators, historians, prospectors, and adventurers.

You don't have to be a featured speaker to have the story everyone remembers.

Bring your discoveries, ask your questions, or simply listen as one unforgettable story leads to another.

Every great adventure starts with one step.

Meet fellow treasure hunters, researchers, historians, and adventurers as the excitement builds for a day filled with unforgettable stories, discoveries, and new friendships.

One weekend. Countless unforgettable stories.

Join Mark Robinson as he welcomes everyone to the 2026 Moon Lake Gathering and kicks off a weekend filled with history, mystery, treasure, and discovery.

What if history isn't what we've been taught?

Wayne May shares decades of research into ancient civilizations, mysterious artifacts, giant skeleton discoveries, and evidence that could completely change how you view early America.

Some of the best conversations happen away from the stage.

Enjoy lunch from the food vendors, browse the Vendor Village, meet the speakers, and continue exploring books, artifacts, equipment, and discoveries throughout the arena.

What if you've walked past secret Spanish treasure markers without ever realizing it?

For more than 30 years, Kelly Nielson and his brothers (Dan and Gordon) have researched and studied the symbols, monuments, and trail markers that many researchers believe are connected to Spanish exploration throughout the American West. Through decades of fieldwork, he has developed a practical approach to studying the landscape that combines careful observation, historical research, and the ability to recognize details that most people overlook.

Last Year's Training

Last year, Kelly presented a two-part training program.

Part One: Spanish Treasure Code for Beginners introduced the fundamentals of Spanish treasure signs, symbols, monuments, and trail markers.

Dean Lundgren 

Bigfoot

Some people enter the forest looking for wildlife.

Others go looking for peace and solitude.

But every so often...

Someone walks out knowing the wilderness holds mysteries they never expected to find.

For Dean Lundgren of Show Low, Arizona, that journey has unfolded across the rugged mountains and deep forests of the Mogollon Rim—a place many researchers consider one of the most active Bigfoot regions in North America.

For generations, the White Mountain Apache people have spoken of the Forest People, describing large, elusive beings said to inhabit these mountains. Among those traditions is the story of a respected Sasquatch leader known simply as Grandfather.

Dean didn't begin his journey trying to prove those stories.

He simply spent enough time in the wilderness that the wilderness began revealing experiences he could no longer ignore.

Over the years, Dean has heard blood-curdling screams echo through the darkness.

He's heard whistles, growls, wood knocks, conversations, and uncanny mimicry coming from unseen places deep within the trees.

He has photographed massive tree bends, unusual structures, mysterious trail systems, and other signs that continue to raise questions.

He has even experienced the crushing effects of infrasound—a powerful sensation that is often felt before it is understood.

His presentation combines years of firsthand experiences, photographs, field observations, and stories gathered while exploring one of America's most mysterious wilderness regions.

Rather than telling people what to believe, Dean simply shares what he experienced and invites you to examine the evidence for yourself.

This is your opportunity to meet Dean, ask questions, hear his remarkable experiences, and see the photographs that have fueled years of discussion among Bigfoot researchers.

Whether you're a longtime Bigfoot investigator, an avid outdoorsman, or simply fascinated by the unexplained, Dean's presentation will challenge the way you think about the wilderness.

The Moon Lake Gathering isn't just a place to hear great presentations.

It's where the people behind the stories become the people you can meet, talk with, and learn from.

Friday & Saturday August 14–15,  1:30 - 2:20 Class room #2 / 2026 • Duchesne, Utah

Admission is FREE.Admission Is FREE

For more than two decades, Ryan Burns has been investigating one of North America's most mysterious regions, documenting unexplained phenomena throughout Utah's Uinta Basin. As founder of Space Wolf Research, Ryan has spent thousands of hours documenting eyewitness accounts, interviewing experiencers, conducting field investigations, and searching for patterns behind some of the most unusual reports in North America.

His research property is located in the same region as the world-famous Skinwalker Ranch, but Ryan's work follows its own independent path. Through careful observation, documentation, and an open-minded approach, he continues investigating the strange events reported throughout the basin while allowing the evidence—not speculation—to guide the conversation.

Ryan's presentations combine firsthand experiences, years of research, historical context, scientific observations, and compelling eyewitness accounts to explore questions that continue to challenge researchers from around the world.

What is really happening in the Uinta Basin?

Why have so many credible witnesses reported similar unexplained experiences?

Could there be natural explanations... or is something else occurring?

Rather than telling people what to believe, Ryan presents the evidence, shares what he has personally observed, and encourages everyone to think critically and draw their own conclusions.

Whether you're fascinated by UFOs, unexplained phenomena, consciousness, strange lights, Native American history, or simply enjoy exploring life's greatest mysteries, 

Ryan's presentations combine firsthand experiences, years of field research, historical context, scientific observations, and compelling eyewitness accounts to explore questions that continue to challenge researchers around the world. 

The greatest mystery isn't what we know.

It's how much we still don't understand.

Experience Ryan Burns live at the FREE 2026 Moon Lake Gathering.

Friday & Saturday August 14–15,  1:30 - 2:20 Class room #3  / 2026 • Duchesne, Utah

Admission is FREE.

Jack Tucker

Gold Prospecting

Gold Prospecting • Gold Panning • Metal Detecting • High Banking • Dredging

Every year, thousands of people head into the mountains hoping to find gold.

Some spend an entire weekend digging and never recover a single speck.

Others seem to have an uncanny ability to locate gold almost everywhere they go.

Is it luck?

Or do they simply know something the rest of us don’t?

The answer may surprise you.

Gold isn’t randomly scattered across the landscape.

It follows the laws of geology, water, gravity, and time.

Learn to recognize those patterns, and the mountains begin telling a story that most people never notice.

Few people understand that story better than Jack Tucker.

Known to thousands through his Gold Fever Adventures YouTube channel and Facebook community, Jack has spent decades searching for gold throughout the American West. His experience covers nearly every aspect of modern gold prospecting, including gold panning, sluicing, high banking, dredging, metal detecting for gold, reading rivers, understanding geology, and recognizing the subtle clues that can lead to productive ground.

Jack has also spent years sharing what he has learned with other prospectors, helping beginners avoid common mistakes and giving experienced gold seekers new ideas they can take back into the field.

Thousands of hours in the field.

Thousands of decisions.

Thousands of mistakes, discoveries, and hard-earned lessons that can’t be learned from a book alone.

Jack’s presentation isn’t about selling equipment.

It isn’t about promising instant success or pretending that finding gold is easy.

It’s about sharing the practical knowledge, proven techniques, and real-world experience that usually take decades to acquire.

Jack will explain how experienced prospectors evaluate a new area before they ever put a shovel into the ground.

You’ll learn why gold naturally concentrates where it does, how to recognize promising locations, and where a metal detector may have the greatest chance of locating nuggets and overlooked gold.

You’ll also discover how experienced prospectors study rivers, bends, benches, exposed bedrock, ancient stream channels, and the surrounding geology to determine where gold may have settled over thousands of years.

From gold panning and dredging to high banking, metal detecting, and choosing productive ground, Jack will share the secrets, tips, tricks, and lessons he has gathered during a lifetime of prospecting.

Whether you have never held a gold pan before or you have spent years chasing placer gold, you’ll leave with a better understanding of how experienced prospectors think—and practical knowledge you can use on your very next adventure.

Have questions about gold prospecting?

Wondering where to begin?

Trying to decide which prospecting method or equipment is right for you?

This is your opportunity to meet Jack in person, ask questions, learn from his lifetime of experience, and hear stories from decades spent searching for gold.

The Moon Lake Gathering isn’t just a place to sit in an audience and listen to presentations.

It’s a place where the people you have watched, followed, read about, and learned from become the people you can meet, talk with, and share stories with face-to-face.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced prospector, come meet Jack, ask your questions, and discover what the mountains may have been trying to tell you all along.

Friday & Saturday August 14–15,  1:30 - 2:20 Class room #4  / 2026 • Duchesne, Utah

Admission is FREE.Admission Is FREE

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Outlaws of the old west and their guns

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