Ask The Experts - Why won’t my detector respond on wire gold?

October 2021 by Chris Ralph

Ask the Experts

May 2014
Sampling and mining a historic mining claim

Ask The Experts - Is a detector any good at discriminating pyrite or chalcopyrite in ferrous-reject mode?

May 2020

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: various mining courses

August 2012
Q: What classes should one take if planning on majoring in mining engineering or geology?

Ask The Experts—Highbanker legal in CA?; Best place to sell raw gold?

December 2010
Q: If a high banker is outfitted with a suction hose, is it considered a dredge in CA even if it is sitting on the ground? Also, how do I find the best places to sell raw gold (flour, pickers, nuggets, gold in quartz, etc.)?

Ask The Experts - Is there gold under the old cobble piles?

November 2021

Ask the Experts

November 2012
Where to process high grade gold ore containing sulfides?

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