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Unexpected & Overlooked Places You Can Discover Gold

Most of the time, I emphasize the importance of focusing on reliable gold producing areas. A knowledgable gold prospector will often know right where the gold is. They don’t really need to do a lot of prospecting, at least not to find gold. They can usually recover some gold in their pan without too much effort.The do this by focusing on typical gold locations. Most of the time I am talking about searching for paystreaks and other rich areas...

Where to Look for Gold in Rivers & Creeks

Gold forms in veins that are locked up within rocks and minerals completely un-associated with water. This combination of gold and quartz is one of the most common host rocks from where the primary gold originates. These gold-bearing rocks, under several chemical and physical factors (various forms of erosion) are broken down, eventually leading the gold to separate from its host rock. Water does not affect the places where gold forms on Earth, but it has a huge effect...

Online Research Tools for Gold Prospectors

The internet provides some amazing resources to help prospectors locate good areas to find gold. The free information available to us is better today than it ever has been. The two resources below are some of the handiest tools available for research. Google Earth Google Earth is a virtual map of the Earth. It maps the entire planet by superimposing images from satellite imagery, aerial photography, and geographic information systems. It provides aerial view of every corner of the planet.The values...

Finding Gold Nuggets

Gold Nuggets Detecting Finding gold nuggets presents quite a few challenges that make it one of the most difficult ways to prospect for gold. The ground conditions in many of the goldfields throughout the world present challenges that most metal detectors have a hard time handling.There are a variety of different conditions that make nugget shooting especially challenging when compared to other types of metal detecting, but using the right type of detector will help immensely. Why a Gold Specific...

Why You Can’t Find Gold

There are no guarantees that you will find gold when you go out prospecting, and even the most experienced among us have days that they find little or no gold. After all, if gold were easy to find, then it wouldn’t be worth so darn much!Still, there are a few very simple things that can make a huge difference to increase your odds of success when you go out searching for gold. These are certainly not secrets. This is...

Using Large Search Coils on a Metal Detector

Most good gold detectors have several choices of search coils that you can use of various different sizes. Experienced gold hunters usually have their favorites, but also have a variety available for different situations.Some folks think bigger is better… and sometimes it is. Large search coils on metal detectors certainly have their place and they have probably become even more popular in recent years as the goldfields have been hunted hard and it’s tougher to find gold nuggets. There...

How To Set Up Your New Gold Detector

If you have done your research, identified a good area to start searching for gold nuggets, and you have a good quality gold detector that is up to the task. You’ve got all the gear that you need, and you’re ready to go out and dig some gold! There is still one more thing… it’s time to learn how to use that metal detector. Read the Manual This should really go without saying, but reading the manual is extremely important step...

Where To Find Coins and Jewelry

When you are searching for lost items such as coins and jewelry with your metal detector, you don’t need to travel to faraway places to find them. All you need is to know the right places near your home where you can find these items. Some of the best places to find some valuable coins include: Old Houses Of course, old houses as a viable place to find valuable coins. This is where people spend most of their time, so they...

Discrimination Gold Detector

Discrimination Gold Detector Hunting for gold nuggets is one of the more frustrating types of metal detecting. Most people give up before they ever find a nugget. There are many, many challenges associated with gold detecting, but one of the biggest challenges is definitely trash and iron rubbish. The amount of trash in some of the goldfields is absolutely overwhelming.You might think that this is the time to turn on your discrimination, but in most cases, that would be the...

Metal Detecting for Gold Nuggets

Metal detecting for gold is harder than coin hunting Most people get started by metal detecting at the park looking for coins and other lost items. Hunting in parks and playgrounds is pretty easy since coins are large targets they are easy to hear.Looking for gold nuggets is much different. Gold country presents a lot of challenges, the most obvious being that you won’t be casually walking through well groomed grass! We’ll discuss some other challenges below. Most Targets you dig...

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