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Ask the Experts: What type of wetsuit do I need?
December 2016 by Chris Ralph
Q: Since the weather in California is not as nasty as it is in Alaska, would it be advisable to wear the same setups as he wrote about?
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: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
Any ore grading 32% silver would contain more than 9,000 ounces of silver per ton and be valued at something in the range of $150,000 per ton. Even a few tons of this type of material would be well worth shipping off to a smelter for treatment.
Ask The Experts - How do I work this glacial deposit?
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Need some help putting together a BLM proposal.
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Heading for Australia to metal detect for gold. Tips? Suggestions?
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