Prospecting & Detecting
Exceptions to the Rules: Re-Thinking Prospecting Rules of Thumb
January 2020 by Chris Ralph
Looking at the exceptions to the basic rules is sort of an advanced prospecting discussion, but the readers of ICMJs Prospecting and Mining Journal are plenty able to handle it.
Gold Deposits of Montana
Historically, Montana has been an important gold producer, in terms of both lodes and placers, and it still produces gold for the prospector today.
Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part I

Getting A Successful Start in Metal Detecting for Gold
Once you have a detector, learn how to use it and get out in the field—you can’t find anything with it in your garage.
Following Clues to a Hidden Gold Deposit

Prospecting for Surface Flood Gold Placers on Low and Intermediate Gradient Streams

Picking Our Way Through Bedrock

Moving The Big Rocks

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