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August 2013 by Chris Ralph
Q: How do I get gold out of a saturated solution of salt with nitric acid?Ask The Experts - Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?
Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?
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Gold left in Rye Patch by the time I retire?
Ask The Experts—Difference between a Geiger counter and scintillator
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?
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Q: How can I locate good places to prospect and meet like-minded individuals at the same time?
The Portable XRF Gun
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: More suggestions for dealing with metallic trash....
Q: Thanks for the great article in the recent ICMJ [“Metallic Trash—Scourge of the Prospector,” July 2012]...
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Relationship between limestone and gold
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