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March 2013 by Chris Ralph

Ask The Experts - What claim papers am I required to file at the county level?

November 2018

Ask The Experts - Can an Ohm meter find gold in pyrite?

April 2021

Ask the Experts

January 2015
• Is the Spenceville Wildlife area open to prospecting?

Ask The Experts - Finalizing an agreement with a mining company

March 2019

Ask The Experts - What should I know about prospecting for titanium?

July 2018

The Portable XRF Gun

November 2012
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.

Ask The Experts: Can a long range locator probe detect gold in quartz?

April 2017

Q: I was wondering how such a device could locate a rich gold vein in quartz, for example, since a metal like gold is non-magnetic.

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