A lot more is involved with successful prospecting than many people might realize. There is a whole lot more than just digging for gold. You’ve got to find a good place to go, and that’s the biggest challenge. Finding virgin ground is no easy task, but nowadays we are often following in the footsteps of […]
One thing that surprises a lot of beginners is that nearly all of the richest gold mining areas have already been found and mined. The cream-of-the-crop is long gone… the old-timers already found it. Now that isn’t to say that you can’t still go out and find gold today. Not by a long shot. What […]
What do most people think of when they think of natural treasures? I consider the natural mineral that come from the Earth… things like diamonds, emeralds, gold, silver, rubies and sapphires. Natural gold is of particular interest for a couple of reasons. Over the past few years this precious metal has hovered between $1200 and […]
Placer miners gravitate toward creeks and rivers for a very good reason. The forces of time and gravity have forced gold to move down into the waterways. It finds its way into the creeks and rivers where a prospector can work the concentrations that form within the gravels. I would never tell you to avoid […]
The method of crevicing for gold has been around for as long as men have been digging for the yellow metal. The process is simple and effective. The careful crevicing in exposed bedrock may be more important than ever. Gold is harder to find than it ever has been before. Every year there’s a little […]
If you are waiting for those nice warm summer days before you venture out into the desert to look for gold, then you are missing your best chance to find gold. And sure, those sunny days and mild temps during the summer and fall are a great time to be out in the field. In […]
You have probably heard people say things like “Ain’t technology wonderful?” Well, it can also be surprising. One of the most famous relatively new technological advances is the drone. UAVs can be used for all sorts of tasks, but I bet you never though of using drones to find gold. Since they are used for […]
I had a discussion with a fairly newbie gold prospector recently. He has been finding some decent gold, mostly down in dry creek beds on club claims and known gold mining areas. He mentioned his confusion about where gold actually occurs, and how anyone would ever go about finding the source of the gold, rather […]
One of the biggest misconceptions that most beginning prospectors have about gold is that it is only found in rivers and streams. No doubt about it, there has been a lot of gold taken out of the water, and even today miners are recovering gold in the same rivers where it was first discovered hundreds […]
There are many more methods to find gold than I will cover here, but lets discuss a few of the most common methods used by the small scale gold prospector. 1. Gold Panning Gold Panning is the most common and inexpensive method to prospect for gold. It is very simple with a little […]