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| Articles by Jonathan Porter |
 The Life of an Independent Prospector
 “JP, is it possible to make a living looking for gold with a metal detector?” I get asked this question a lot...
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July 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 11) |
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The Golden Surprise
 The thing about large coil, deep ground, big nugget detecting is the mind set you have to implement, which is completely different to the assuredness of a nugget or two if you chase the smaller but more prolific weights.
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January 2010 (Vol. 79, No. 5) |
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Detecting for Gold in Australia—The Kimberley Trip
 The hair stood up on the back of my neck when I saw this, especially the nice patches of wash in the bottoms of the gullies, a sure sign of an auriferous source being nearby.
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December 2010 (Vol. 80, No. 4) |
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Growing Pains of the Learning Curve
 Interestingly enough, when I first started to think about writing this article I was listening in on a conversation my wife was having with our nine-year-old twin boys. Just to add some clarification to the subject, I spend a large proportion of my time out in the...
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January 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 5) |
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The Forgotten Specimen—Part I
 In these types of cases I tend to listen to what my metal detector is telling me. The machine was very quiet, suggesting my initial impressions were right about the ground make up.
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June 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 10) |
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The Forgotten Specimen—Part II
 The walk back to the car and subsequent search for Frieda took a lot longer than I would have liked. I had wandered much further than I thought.
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July 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 11) |
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A Modern Day Prospector’s Story
 My first encounter with rocks and minerals started as a young child in the company of my siblings investigating the rocky mounds placed around the Australian coastline to help prevent erosion just north of Brisbane...
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March 2008 (Vol.77, No. 7) |
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Success With A Detector
 I’m often asked, "What is the single most important skill to be successful at metal detecting?"
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May 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 9) |
