Detecting and Recovering Those Tiny Pieces

September 2017 by Ray Mills

These are just a few tips and opinions of mine and this article is primarily intended for persons just starting to detect for gold and using a VLF detector.

Scams, Scammers and Schemes

December 2012
Gold mining has received many black eyes from many scams, scammers and schemes throughout the years. Unscrupulous scammers have swindled naive people for millions of dollars in the past and will, no doubt, continue into the future.

Mining Sisters Make History

June 2005
Judy Etherton wasn’t out to make headlines or break any barriers when she entered the mining industry more than 30 years ago.

Economic Analysis on Critical Habitat for Bull Trout

May 2004
The US Fish & Wildlife Service has released the economic analysis and reopened the comment period for their proposal to designate critical habitat for the bull trout in 18,469 river miles and 532,721 acres of lake and reservoir habitat across the Western states.

Picks & Pans: Koyukuk River Gold—Prospecting Alaska's Brooks Range

June 1999
The water rose up in a great splash around the front of the pickup. The tires smashed into a couple of large boulders and suddenly the truck nosed down into a deep hole and bounced back out as I stepped on the gas pedal.

Our Readers Say

March 2002
• “They are not planning to close more areas...”
•  “The mountain states were never regarded as lynx habitat...”

Melman on Gold & Silver

April 2014
The idea of decisive action in 2014 will be at the heart of my presentation at the ICMJ Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit of April 5-6 in Placerville. I look forward to meeting you all then.

Prospecting for Meteorites with a Metal Detector

February 2002
The following article has been written with a two-fold purpose; first, to help familiarize anyone interested in “meteorite shooting,” and second, to stress the importance of scientific research.

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