How Should I Work This Prospect?

September 2020 by Chris Ralph

How big is the deposit? Are there boulders you will need to move? Do you just want to recover the nuggets or do you think there is good fine gold that you will also want to capture?

Strike and Dip for the Prospector

January 2023

Drywashing Moist Dirt

April 2022

Over the years, I’ve proved to myself over and over again that I don’t have to wait many weeks after rains before I head out to the goldfields to do some gold digging.

Southern Oregon's Illinois River—A Lesson in Sharing

November 2013
Our theory was that a dredge would collect far more material in a shorter period of time, leaving us with ounces of gold every day.

Formation of Gold Deposits in the South Eastern United States

September 2023

A Family Quest for Gold

February 2016
Back at our campsite, while the rest of us grabbed a late four o’clock lunch, Fallyn volunteered to do the clean-up panning.

Strategies for Detecting Heavily Pounded Areas—Pt II

May 2022

Look around for areas where you don’t see detector holes or drywasher piles and try your test hole at these spots to determine depth to bedrock.

Ask the Experts

September 2014
• Using drywashers to work desert gravels

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