Detecting For Nuggets The Hard Way
Armed with my detector one balmy, late-summer weekend, I set off to find a nugget or two.
As a nugget shooter, I sometimes stupidly fail to appreciate the difficulties associated with hunting nuggets or the low level
A Lonesome Nugget Tale
Flashback to the the summer of '99, and I was swinging the SD2100 up in Northern British Columbia. We four-wheeled up an incredibly bad road to get to the site. The road was so bad that one of the other mining operations had dro
Lost Drift-Mine Cache
Quite a few summers back, I heard a fascinating story, one set in a mountainous, heavily wooded area with pines, firs, balsams, birches, and aspens. The forest floor is covered in undergrowth, dark canyons abound in the wildern
More Nuggets In The Bedrock Tips
One Saturday, June 14th, I got ready to head to the hills to try to find some gold. I grabbed my pulse machine, and I picked up my partner. We drove the four hours to get to the gold fields. The day was incredibly be
Checking old hand-stacks of rock and old bedrock workings
I ran into a guy from the Yukon a few years ago while I was up in north-central British Columbia, and he was running a big placer operation in the Yukon. He told me that they always pushed off
Read more…Just thought I'd post this: Move Those Rocks!
One of the greatest mistakes I see made in gold country by eager rookies, is the mistake of not wanting to move the rocks--the ones in the channel, or the ones high-and-dry out of the present channel. I'll
SPECIAL FREE EVENT. November 9 Saturday 9 am. There will be a 'Bucket List' Free Seeded Hunt .This will be the fourth seeded hunt put on by the Menifee Valley Metal Detectorists (not an official club, just four lunatics that enjoy metal detecting). I
Read more…Another tip, High up bedrock.
I was out one day digging a whole bunch of old boot tacks from long since disintegrated miner's boots! The little nails were all over the place, including down in crevices, well rusted or (for the non-ferrous) green with
Now, for a few things I've learned about working bedrock.
When checking bedrock, always look very closely at the surface. Clear all of the material off of it first. Moreover, any clay, and associated material, that is sticking close to the bedrock, ca
Discouraged at not finding a nugget?
I've been doing some reflecting lately on the topic of finding that first nugget.
I've read many posts on this forum over the years of people that buy a nugget machine, but then they're quickly discouraged after a f
Warning! Annual Prospecting Poetry.
The New Year’s Shift
Now Blackjack Bill rode the outlaw trail
But he somehow dodged the marshal’s jail.
He’d rustle cows when his poke was slim,
Then rob a stage if the mood hit him.
He tried his hand at the mi
The Ballad of Shifty Eye and Curly Sue:
A handsome thing, named Shifty Eye,
Just never worked, nor would he try.
Yet he was always flush with dough.
Well, this set folks to wonder so
Just where that Shifty got his cash.
Was Shifty doin’ something b
In recent years, domestic and foreign sand and gravel markets have put forward higher requirements for sand making equipment: gradually moved towards large-scale and centralized production to meet national requirements for environmental protection an
Read more…Did something the end of the summer season I haven't done before.
I went to visit a friend of mine that runs a large placer operation.They had made a cut 70 feet deep to bedrock, and they'd piled the dirt up near their huge washplant to be processed.
SPECIAL FREE Metal Detecting EVENT. November 9 Saturday 9 am in SoCal. There will be a 'Bucket List' Free Seeded Hunt. This will be the fourth seeded hunt put on by the Menifee Valley Metal Detectorists (not an official club, just four lunatics that
Read more…So as with anything in life, we have a lot of great people but there are some out there who may be not quite up front and excuses and read messages and not reply. I’ve had a couple recently and one finally stepped up did the right thing refunded afte
Read more…The views, comments, and opinions of the co-hosts, guests, callers, or members no way reflects the views of goldprospectorsspace or prospectors radio. We (goldprospectorsspace & prospectors radio) do not endorse any plans, trips, or adventures discus
Read more…Miami University (of Ohio) is putting on an event related to gold prospecting at their Hamilton Campus on September 4 at 7pm. Here's the press release:
http://miamioh.edu/regionals/news/2019/08/fall-for-gold.html
Seating is limited so I encourage yo
Read more…So I won a $50 gift card to Carolina Prospectors from Dennis Dayton's latest Patreon drawing. It was my first time ordering from them and I placed my order over the phone. Talked to a great guy who was very helpful and fun to talk to. My order w
Read more…looking for members here around the east Tennessee area....I'm a couple hours from the good gold in either direction lol...both from coker creek in Monroe county, TN and from the famous mines over in North Carolina. but am able and willing to travel
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