Prospecting & Detecting
Strategies for Detecting Heavily Pounded Areas—Pt II
May 2022 by Reese Townes
Look around for areas where you don’t see detector holes or drywasher piles and try your test hole at these spots to determine depth to bedrock.
The Black Diamond of the Forest
Hearty trees, shrubs and plants are a product of the soil conditions in which they grow, so it makes sense that roots near an ore deposit will take on nutrients containing metals if they are present.
Moore Creek, Alaska—Then and Now

Sniping for Drought Gold

The Highs and Hazards of Desert Prospecting
We hit on a good spot the last time we were at this location and we made up our minds that we weren’t going to let hurricane-like winds stop us.
Using Countercurrent Material Flow to Improve Gold Recovery Efficiency
There is a material processing principle widely used in large milling operations to improve recovery that is poorly understood by most of the micro-mining and prospecting community...
The Essence of Gold Prospecting

Cold Alaskan Gold—Part I

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• Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Mineralization, Ground Balance and Metal Detecting
• Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Warning Signs
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• Proposed 100-Mile Road in the Yentna Mining District
• All About Trommels and Screens for Placer Gold Recovery
• Judge Orders FBI to Produce Records on Civil War Gold Hunt
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• Old Water Channels Provide Important Clues
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