Prospecting & Detecting
Divide and Conquer—Detecting Old Placer Grounds with Friends
February 2014 by Ray Mills
He no sooner had turned around and started moving when I hollered again that I had another nice one.
Following the Clues
It took me awhile before I finally got a nice mellow signal. My nugget turned out to weigh in about two dwt (pennyweight). Over the next few hours, we all picked up a few more nuggets apiece.
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NOI or POO for small backhoe
Detecting for Gold in Nevada
Within a few minutes I got my first signal and dug out a small flake about three grains.
Holcomb Valley Gold, Southern California
The first time I found gold in the creek here is when I decided to try a new place to drywash on a hill not far from the dirt path I was on.
The Perfect Summer
Within the first 3 hours he and I had found pocket after pocket of gold and couldn't wait to tell Levi of our treasure.
Prospecting Research
These are just some of the ways I have been able to find new spots to metal detect for gold.
Bedrock
I am going to break bedrock down a bit and explain my view of the varying scenarios I come across in the field.
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