Blackberries and Gold

August 2018 by Ray Mills

There were iron stains all over and even a few places where I could see iron trash sticking out of the bedrock. These would be ideal spots to start with as the gold travels with the iron and lead.

Piggin' for Gold

May 2015
Take a look at the picture—it’s pretty simple and you can build it yourself.

Detecting the Fringe Areas

December 2017

One prime example is an area that I have talked about in many of my articles. This is a very large area and I will actually describe its location again.

Coprolite—A Prospector's Tale

February 2014
Gold nuggets come in all forms, but I never expected that dinosaur nuggets would too, and at a decent price.

Big Rock Gold

August 2012
Fran, and I had made a practice of turning big boulders in gold producing areas to find some great rewards. Sometimes it was slow and frustrating, but in the end “We got the gold!”

A Trip to Morgan-Monroe State Forest of Indiana

October 2014
Some experienced panners with the vigor and longevity to spend a full day panning in the small creeks and ravines can possibly find as much as a gram or more on a good day.

This is Why You Check Your Tailings

September 2014
The nugget was cast aside with larger rocks during the screening process, but it was found later by an employee...

Prospecting for Silver Deposits

August 2015
In some ways, silver is the forgotten precious metal because it straddles both the world of precious metals and jewelry, while having many important  industrial applications like a base metal. The price of silver reflects both the precious metal investment demand as well as the industrial demand.

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