Prospecting & Detecting
The Ups and Downs of Nugget Hunting
April 2017 by Fred Mason

Seven Troy Ounces of Premonition?
He made some casual conversation until he got around to what really brought him into my camper.
A Few Tips and Tricks for Beach Mining

Making Adjustments to Catch Fine Gold
This fine gold that is so common is probably the most notorious for eluding our riffles and mattings.
Flood Plain Gold Deposits—What Are They Really?
We just completed a trip to another river, and yes, there was definite movement and redistribution of gravels, and other prospectors have seen this as well.
A Gold Mine on a Washington Beach?
Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that beach sands can contain small bits of precious metals, Bela decided a few years ago to build a sand sucking contraption that can sift the shoreline for anything worth keeping.
Attention to Detail - Part II

Decoding Dredge Capacity
Some typical questions that you might consider asking yourself about purchasing a dredge might be…
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