Arizona Prospector Rescued from Mine Shaft

November 2018 by Associated Press

“I heard him hollering down in the hole as soon as I got there,” he said. “I was just glad to see him alive.”

Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas

December 2016
Looking for nugget laden bedrock in forested mountain regions, you first need to explore the banks of the gold-bearing streams and look for the bedrock that is exposed as this is your starting point.

Ask The Experts

August 2015
Problems finding gold with a detector

Digging It Dry

October 2016
I believe dry washing is an underappreciated prospecting method. There are plenty of places where there is some pretty decent gold to be had, but the spot is a long way from any water and dry processing may well be the best way to go.

Plotting and Persistence Lead to Big Gold

December 2020

When he got home that night, he looked at the plotted points of gold and trash he had dug and saw that there was a distinct line where the gold nuggets were being found.

What's In A Name?

November 2016
The names attached to these areas came about from many sources. Many are easy to see why the name was given while others had a more contrasting note to them.

Holcomb Valley Gold, Southern California

April 2020

The first time I found gold in the creek here is when I decided to try a new place to drywash on a hill not far from the dirt path I was on.

Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas—Part II

January 2017
Patience and persistence is the name of the game when you are detecting this way for gold, as you will have to do a lot of work preparing the ground to detect with any degree of success.

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