Prospecting & Detecting
Jim Madden's Gold
July 2016 by Tom Leftwich
Maybe we could find a few pieces of ore from that tunnel? It was worth a try. The old timers didn’t have that stamp mill for looks, so we set off to get some samples.
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January 2018
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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March 2015
Once you have a detector, learn how to use it and get out in the field—you can’t find anything with it in your garage.
Once you have a detector, learn how to use it and get out in the field—you can’t find anything with it in your garage.
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December 2014
Depending on the ore and if significant sulfides are present, a hard rock miner may be able to get away with simply using a flux to digest the other minerals that may be present.
Depending on the ore and if significant sulfides are present, a hard rock miner may be able to get away with simply using a flux to digest the other minerals that may be present.
Give That Club Claim A Chance
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