Prospecting & Detecting
Taking Advantage of the Desert Rains
May 2023 by Dan Stanton
The Best Indicators Of Placer Gold
December 2023Gemstones to Die For
Some gems can potentially poison you, make you sterile and even make you forget who you are.
The "Madonna Nugget"—A Weekend Hunt to Remember
I worked my way to a flat area along a ridge where I could see a quartz blowout. As I got within 100 feet of it, I started seeing rock that I knew to be associated with gold.
Geology of Placer Deposits: Reading a River
September 2022The exact point where you choose to dig for gold makes all the difference in the world.
Creating Your Own Luck
Now that you are actually going to be out there doing some prospecting, I may be able to help.
River Dredging vs. Creek Dredging—Part I
As I started walking down to the river one chilly morning, the mist was hanging over the calm portions of the water like a white cotton blanket. This scene got me to thinking about why the river was like that—the deep pools, boulder fields, gravel bars, the effects of how much water was moving at any given time along the watercourse—and most of all the relationship all these things have on where I will be able to find gold.
One Potato, Two Potato...
Normally the detector he was using would sound off with a definitive high-to-low tone when passed over a piece of gold, which distinguished the gold from the many high iron content "hot rocks," but this one was different...
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The Idaho Gamble Part 1
• High and Dry: Tips for Prospecting Hillside Deposits
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• Odd People and Other Desert Animals
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• Did The Gold Bull Market Just Start With A Jolt?
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