Prospecting & Detecting
Small High-Grade Pocket Districts
February 2022 by Chris Ralph
…the excitement passed so quickly that little work was done, but they still have good potential, and I find they are not as well-known and not hit so hard by most prospectors.
Detecting for Gold: A Return to Familiar Ground
I probably swung over a few targets without noticing them. My first target came about ten minutes later as I went over a part of the high bench in this wide section of the dry wash.
Detecting For Gold—Are You Up For It?

Search Coils and Techniques

Talking Metal Detectors with Brent Weaver of Garrett
… I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Brent Weaver, Garrett’s chief design engineer to talk about gold-oriented detectors, how they work and how prospectors can get the most out of them.
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Breaking cemented gravels
Trying Out the New Highbanker

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