Prospecting & Detecting
Improving Your Nugget Count With A Detector
July 2023 by Reese Townes
Ask the Experts
• Using drywashers to work desert gravels
The Underground Mining Adventure Continues
Our group of independent miners have been busy crafting a uniquely designed ladder/ore cart track from the bottom of an 85-foot mine shaft in a historical hard rock mine.
I Finally Made It to Northern Nevada
After a while I got a very nice signal and out came a sweet kidney-shaped bit of gold weighing about three grams.
Over the Divide: Retta Atkins & Darren VanHouten
Drywashing for Desert Gold—Part I
If you have a bad case of gold fever like me, then it’s nice to know that you can get some of that pretty yellow metal almost any time of the year, wet or dry.
'Outer Space' Diamond Headed for Auction
Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally only in Brazil and Central Africa. The cosmic origin theory is based on their carbon isotopes and high hydrogen content.
Q&A With Detector Designer Dave Johnson
...it’s been a little known secret that one man was involved in designing many of the most respected very low frequency (VLF) nugget detectors on the market. Dave Johnson has designed gold-oriented detectors for Tesoro, Whites, Fisher and others for more than 25 years.
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The Idaho Gamble Part 3
• First Gold
• Explosives Outlook 2023
• The Rich Mining History of Two Mother-Load Towns
• Finding Art in the Desert
• Resource Maven Independent Analysis of the Resource Markets
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The Bawl Mill
• Fight for Public Lands in the Eagle Mountains of the Mojave Desert
• Legislation and Regulation
• PLP Update Downieville Gold Rush Days Is Fast Approaching!
