Prospecting & Detecting
I Was Looking for Gold But I Found Jade
February 2021 by Matteo Oberto
Excited for this first notable evidence, I returned to that riverbed, looking for another paystreak and obviously more jade.
Metal Detector Testing Methods

Our 29-Troy-Ounce Golden Blessing

Metallic Trash—Scourge of the Prospector

Ganes Creek After The Flood

Want to Go to Australia?

Gold Rush in the Congo—Part II

Gold Hunting on Libby Creek
The biggest nugget I have found detecting here was three grams and the following weekend someone found a 9-gram nugget while detecting. Some have even found quarter-ounce nuggets, with one being a chevron nugget.
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