Find Your First Gold Nugget I realized pretty quickly that the guys who were finding the big nuggets were using a modern metal detectors. Now as the time I was also interested in coins and relics too. I had a fine beginner coin detector, but it struggled in the gold country. I knew better than to try using it in that hot mineralized soil.With a bit of research I decided that I needed to upgrade my choice of metal detector....
Find Rocks with Gold For the average small-scale prospector, there are just a few methods that work well to locate gold in rock. First, I always recommend that you carry a gold pan and sample the gravels in the area. Even in a desert, you can dig down into a dry wash and pack in some water to use while panning. If you are able to locate even some very fine gold, this will tell you that you are in...
If you are brand new to metal detecting, let me take a moment and welcome you to this exciting hobby! Metal detecting is a lot of fun, and depending on what you find, can also be somewhat lucrative (if you’re lucky).For the most part, you will learn the ropes as you go with a lot of trial and error, but there are some helpful tips that will make life a little easier as you get started.In this article, you...
Digging a little deeper into your research will result in more gold if you implement these tipsSpend much time with other gold prospectors and you will probably have someone tell you the importance of “doing your research” when it comes to gold prospecting. This is good advice, but it’s also pretty vague. And often the person saying it too you doesn’t really know how to do it properly either… Mistakes that Gold Prospectors Make Picking areas to prospect based on common...
VLF Detectors,gold prospectors have two basic choices when metal detecting for gold. There are very-low frequency (VLF) metal detectors, and there are pulse-induction (PI) metal detectors. Both types can find gold, and each has their own place in the goldfields. PI Detectors These two detector types each have advantages and disadvantages, but most serious gold hunters have gravitated toward PI detectors in recent years. And this is for good reason… PI detectors run much quieter and smoother than VLF detectors....
Most any experienced gold prospector can tell you that hunting on exposed bedrock is one of the best ways to find gold. The bedrock acts as a trap, where gold will get stuck and concentrate over the years. You may find a concentration of placer gold that has accumulated over just the past season, or you may find a pocket that has accumulated over millions of years. Obviously, the later can be very rich indeed and may result in...
Gold Geology and the Natural Indicators that can help you find goldNot all gold deposits out there have been found and mined. There are still places that contain gold that have never been worked, despite the fact that miners have been searching for gold for hundreds of years now. If you can find one of these undiscovered gold deposits you have a good chance that you have found something special, since you will have been the first person to...
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...
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...
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...
