Tips for Cleaning Gold Nuggets

June 2019 by Ron Kliewer

I pulled out the nuggets I had worked on previously and looked at the size of the wire basket that the items to be cleaned are placed into. It looks much like a miniature french fry deep fryer.

Using Sucker Guns to Find Gold

November 2013
...if you have a good, rich spot, hand-operated systems can produce some decent gold.

PLP Update: Back to The 'Swamp' on Behalf of Small Miners

July 2018

We spent the morning in a meeting with one of the higher-ups at the US Forest Service. I presented him with 412 complaints received from our readers, along with a summary of the complaints to make his job easier.

Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon Part II

March 2011
How many more clays seams lie adjacent to known shear zones and quartz veins in the pocket areas of southwestern Oregon?

Modesto, California Man Finds 18-Ounce Nugget

October 2016
Oscar Espinoza considers himself an amateur gold prospector, but the gold nugget he recently found puts many seasoned prospectors to shame.

The Black Diamond of the Forest

February 2018

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.

Sierra County Gold—Part I

December 2013
...this county contained some of the richest placer ground found in all of California and still produces some pretty impressive finds to this day.

Detecting During Summer Heat

August 2015
This concept of detecting does not always work as we sometimes get a week or so where the temperatures rise to 116°—sometimes more.

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