Prospecting & Detecting
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February 2016 by Chris Ralph
Designing my own dredge...Tips for Detecting Nugget Patches

The Challenge of Winter Dredging

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Man vs Paydirt
As I laid in my Jeep and tried to get some rest, I began to realize how tired I was. I felt like a little kid who walked around Disneyland for 12 hours with his parents.
Reading A River: Understanding Erosion and Gold
Rivers are not just random and accidental; streams and other drainages are what they are because of the forces of erosion acting on the bedrock.
Forty-Six Nuggets

Iron Minerals, Your Detector and Gold

Ophir—Possibly the Best Kept Secret in Alaska!

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