The Bawl Mill

February 2000 by Staff

Picks & Pans: Tips for Nuggestshooting—How to Increase Your Gold Finds (Part II)

May 2000
Thus far we have only briefly discussed the methods used by early miners to process auriferous desert gravels. However, old workings can be extremely productive places to search with a metal detector.

Picks & Pans: Prospecting at Mills Creek, Alaska

March 2000
I particularly enjoyed this little expedition. It is always nice to get out and spend time with my father, Bud Herschbach. He has taken a liking to Mills Creek and was anxious to return and look for more nuggets.

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Lesson Learned

December 2018

I have a slight mental disorder. It causes frequent lapses in common sense, good judgment and bouts of high fever—gold fever.

Thinking Outside The Creek

March 2015
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.

Mine Market / Circulation Manager Returns to High School

July 2000
Over the past 4 years many of our readers, advertisers, and newsstand vendors have had the pleasure of talking with Matt Koumaras...

How to Become a More Successful Nugget Detectorist—And Basic Information on Machines

November 2001
The intention of this article is to summarize the highlights of the past 25 years which have led up to metal detecting for gold nuggets and to cover some basic information...

Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part II

April 1999
People always ask me how much gold I'm getting? I remind them that after 27 years digging in that same mountain, I'm still a small miner. But my wife hasn't divorced me—probably because the lawyer wants all the money up front.

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