Is It Time for a Change? New Ways to Find More Gold

October 2017 by Chris Ralph

The old report I read indicated all they ever did was dig some trenches and take samples. It sounded to me like a good place to take my metal detector...

Hard Rock Milling: A Matter of Scale

April 2013
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.

Hunting Down Paystreaks

April 2018

When I teach people about finding gold, I often explain that it is helpful to think of any river or stream that carries gold as being something like a sluice box.

Highbanking at the 144

October 2013
My third sample location proved to be my last and most interesting. I needed to look no further.

Comments on Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold Series

March 2014
The 316 Mining Company has not been all that successful, but does not ever seem to learn from their past mistakes.

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.

Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas—Part II

January 2017
Patience and persistence is the name of the game when you are detecting this way for gold, as you will have to do a lot of work preparing the ground to detect with any degree of success.

Prospecting The East Fork San Gabriel Canyon, Southern California

January 2020

I have found gold more than 200 feet above the river. It was not unusual for nuggets of an ounce or more to be found in these deposits, but fine gold and flakes are much more common.

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