Clearing the Nugget Trap with a Detector

June 2020 by Ray Mills

On the day prior to Mother’s Day I was able to get out and spend a few hours prospecting. I wanted to try some new settings on my detector, and I had a place in mind to do that.

Havin' Fun at the Uranium and Gold Mines

June 2023

Step-by-Step Crevicing

September 2019

Gold trapped in the cracks can be encrusted close to the walls or mixed with sand and pebbles, making the gold difficult to see and then extract. Crevicing requires a lot of patience to achieve positive results.

Trail to Treasure

July 2015
We are both very experienced working this type of ground, and we quickly found the pay layer where we would focus our efforts. The bedrock has good gold, but so does the red hard pan.

Continuing Hard Rock Exploration

April 2014
We had been picking away at it, but the going was mightly slow. Why not use some explosives to advance a little quicker?

Using Structural Clues to Locate Buried Placer Channels

April 2014
They must have assumed the paystreak was spotty and had been mined out, so they never mined as close to the side of the valley as they should have.

A Day with Friends in the Ord Mining District Southern California

October 2022

Ask The Experts

March 2016
Can a metal detector be used to find limonitic gossan material?

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