Prospecting & Detecting
Secrets of Gold Research and Why You Need It
October 2021 by Chris Ralph
Prospecting may not be as much fun as it once was. If that sounds like you and you want to figure out what to do to get back on the gold and be successful, I’ve got the answer: Research.
Picking Our Way Through Bedrock

A Few Tips and Tricks for Beach Mining

Key to Successful Prospecting: Confidence

Fault Zones and Prospects
As we walked back we were just reaching the point of where the faulting should be and there, covered with deep grass, was very faint evidence of an old road going up the mountainside! What was that old road doing there?
How Rich Must My Ore Be?
How rich does a hard rock ore have to be for it to be worthwhile to process and extract the gold?
Detecting Basics: Lose the Bad Habits Not the Gold

A Family Quest for Gold

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts - Is the trumpet plant a good indicator of minerals?
• Ask The Experts - Why won’t my detector respond on wire gold?
• Ask The Experts - Should I be able to locate gold near old volcanoes?
• Detecting 'New Again' Spots
• The Miner’s Theme Park: MINExpo 2021
• Downieville: Another Gold Rush Favorite
• Placer Sampling for the Small-Scale Miner
• Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: The Disappearing Nuggets
• National Mining Hall of Fame Names 2021 Inductees
• Lithium Fuels Hopes Around Salton Sea
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices