Prospecting & Detecting
Cold Alaskan Gold—Part I
September 2012 by Chris Ralph

Gold Placers of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Tips for Detecting Nugget Patches

Selecting A Low-Risk Region To Explore, Mine or Invest
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The 15 rare earth elements were discovered long after the gold rush began to wane, but demand for them only took off over the past 10 years...
Gold Dredging on Oregon's South Umpqua

WWII Vet & Prospector Still Going Strong
Lately I’ve been having success utilizing two types of detectors in succession. The first is a pulse induction (PI) detector with a blanket-style antennae, and I follow it up with a very low frequency (VLF) detector.
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