Prospecting & Detecting
Maitland Bar Nugget to Go On Display
January 2016 by Scott Harn
The box sat in a hallway and employees began using it for impromptu cricket games, no knowing what it contained.
Our Readers Say
• Prospecting for Diamonds in Kimberlite by W. Dan Hausel
• Miners referring to their activity as “recreational”
Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold
We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.
What's In A Name?
The names attached to these areas came about from many sources. Many are easy to see why the name was given while others had a more contrasting note to them.
A Great Day On The Feather River
Mike and Machael dug in just downriver of that boulder pile and right away found good color and a few small pickers.
Prepping For A New Season of Gold Hunting
This article will hopefully provide a few constructive hints on how to use your downtime during the cold winter and the wet spring to best prepare for the upcoming nugget-hunting season.
Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part III
The higher the sensitivity setting, the louder and sharper the signal from a gold nugget or other metal target.
Sniping for Gold
Sniping for gold… what does it mean to you? To me, sniping is taking a mask and snorkel along with a screwdriver and squeeze bottle to search for gold lying on or in bedrock.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts
• Ask The Experts
• Ask The Experts
• Ask The Experts
• Detector Prospecting Accessories
• Electrum: Gold and Silver Together
• Drywashing Arizona Gold
• Mineralized Faults and Contacts in the Search for Gold
• Sunshine and Gold
• A Successful Trip Through Gold Basin
• Oregon Miners File for Summary Judgment
• The Significance of Nuggets in Placers
• The Strange History of the Utica Mine
• Forest Service Seeks to Lock Miners Out in South Dakota
• Company Says Central Idaho Project Feasible
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
