Prospecting & Detecting
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April 2015 by Chris Ralph
• Making a noisy dredge more quietTime Well Spent

Cherry-Picking for Gold Nuggets
We have a location where nuggets over an ounce have been detected over the past twenty years. This location is a small hilltop on which an ancient river channel once flowed.
Determining the Amount of Gold in Rich Ores

That First Nugget

Prospecting for Diamonds
Let’s take a look at diamonds and diamond mining and see how they form, how they are used beyond just jewelry, and what leads geologists to find diamond deposits.
Gold Too Big to Carry

Pay Attention to the Features and Landmarks
People always ask me what is so important about locating contact zones. The answer to that: Gold.
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