Placers that are directly associated with lode deposits are sometimes overlooked and may have good potential for those who are willing to search for them.

Ultraviolet light is divided into three levels, labeled A, B and C depending on the wavelength, with C having the shortest wavelength and the most energy.

Gold can potentially be found in all the glaciated areas of the Midwest, but to find it in any appreciable amount one needs to look to areas where the gold gets concentrated by more recent water flows.

Every time we prospected here we found gold, sometimes some really coarse flakes, but no large nuggets (yet).

There were iron stains all over and even a few places where I could see iron trash sticking out of the bedrock. These would be ideal spots to start with as the gold travels with the iron and lead.