Prospecting & Detecting
This is Why You Check Your Tailings
September 2014 by Scott Harn
The nugget was cast aside with larger rocks during the screening process, but it was found later by an employee...Small-Scale Miners Rock the Mining World
With the high price of gold, there are many new prospectors out in the hills all over the United States, and while we would all prefer to be finding those larger nuggets, it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes all that is available is nothing more than a few small flakes. The truth is, new prospectors are sprouting up all across the planet—especially in the developing nations.
Metal Detector Testing Methods
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Gold in the Slate Creek Basin
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The Hunch
The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here, meaning no bold, favorable indicators.
Heavy Glacial Rocks and Gold in the Midwest
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