Highbanking for Gold

August 2018 by Chris Ralph

Pumps can be set up quite a distance away horizontally from the sluice, even hundreds of feet. It will work so long as there is sufficient water at the source where the pump is located. Vertical distance is more of a problem than horizontal distance; 30 to 40 feet is the maximum vertical climb for most pumps.

The Rest of the Story—Detecting With Ray Mills

December 2018

Ray followed up by detecting the same area and I was happy to see that he did not find any good targets in the same line. So far so good.

Old Mine Sites and New Technology

September 2018

We’ve had two trips to the deserts of Nevada and explored mines and mill sites, hiked miles of ravines in California, and swung our detector coils over thousands of square yards of bedrock.

Prospecting Underground: Use Caution

April 2011
In underground placer work, the contact point of the bedrock tunnel and the gravel is a very weak point and always has to be timbered. The bedrock here is thin, fractured, and the gravels loose from many years of oxidizing.

Prospecting Hard Rock

March 2014
We panned out maybe three gold pans of the material and we were shocked at the gold that was there. This rock appeared to be rich.

12-Year-Old Unearths Large Diamond

September 2013
It is the eighth largest brown diamond to be found and certified by park staff.

Old Patch, New Detector

March 2017
I have been detecting the area on and off since I discovered it. Every time I bought a new detector it was the first place I went to.

Entry-Level Metal Detectors for Gold Prospecting

September 2017

These are entry-level machines designed with gold prospecting in mind and with the ability to handle mineralized ground and see nuggets of a grain or so in size, perhaps smaller.

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