Desert Prospecting Yields More Than Just Gold

June 2020 by Joe Chmiel

This wash was not far from where I once dug a half-ounce nugget, so I knew there was gold in the area.

Ask the Experts

November 2012
Heading for Australia to metal detect for gold. Tips? Suggestions?

Ask The Experts

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

Highbanking at the 144

October 2013
My third sample location proved to be my last and most interesting. I needed to look no further.

The Summer of ‘81

November 2019

When it was all setup and running, you had everything coming off the dredge riffles into the boil box. At the hole section, some of the water got sucked down and pulled a lot of black sand and over heavies…

Key to Successful Prospecting: Confidence

May 2015
The one undeniable truth in prospecting is that the more time you spend in the field, the more gold you will find. Here are a few keys I use to help build my confidence.

Time to Stake Your Own Mining Claim

February 2020

So let’s dive in and see what I can do to convince you that this is the year you should be out staking your own claims.

Alaskan Gold Adventure

December 2016
In Chicken I had my first experience with the famous Alaska blue clay, sometimes called the blue layer. The blue layer is where the best fine gold was to be found.

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