Here’s the video on the relationship between rocks, minerals and gold. Note the few essential mineral types you need to watch for, these include; quartzite (especially dark stained tertiary quartz), magnetite & hematite, pyrite, green stones such as serpentine (California state mineral), red rocks and clays (redder the better.) Take a look at the video and go back to the previous page to get more on how to find gold using only a few of the minerals it is found with. More on this topic later, for now take a look…
Take a look at these two gold prospecting videos now:
See more on how to find gold using rocks & minerals…
Finding gold?
How to find gold using rocks and minerals – Part 1 of 2:
How to find gold using rocks and minerals – Part 2 of 2:
About Prospector Jess
Great vids, but that background noise (er, music?) is annoying as hell…
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Thanks for all the information! All of it was very helpful. I’m only a novice when it comes to gold hunting although I have been searching this one particular creek for years but have only found fools gold and lots of quartz. The creek has produced gold in the past with an uncle years ago, and according to a geological map we are near a so called vein which runs thru northwest Georgia and very close to our property. I noticed the creek originates from a hillside with tremendous amounts of rock/granite and some of the rocks are very large I wasn’t sure if this means anything or not.. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi PJ,
I for one, certainly appreciate the work you have done. Í’m a person with a person with a hip & knee replacement & as such, I need to reduce the amount of work involved when looking for gold. Your information has done just that – even to the extent of putting me in better “gold finding” position than a lot of seasoned detectorist. Many thanks.
John A.
I found a waterfall. The rock all behind and around this waterfall is speckled with pyrite. What should i do to find out if there is any gold here somewheres? I panned the moss and the area at bottom of falls and found nothing but the mountain is all speckled with fools gold. I watched your videos and know that pyrite shows where gold can occur.
WATER FALLS CAN BE GREAT SPOTS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE SHAPE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER FALL. SOMETIMES THER CAN BE A POCKET THAT OCCURS BEHIND THE WATERFALL AND THAT CAN CREAT A LOW PRESSURE WATER FLOW. THE LOW PRESSURE WATER POCKET CAN CATCH GOLD. IF THERE IS NO POCKET, THE GOLD WILL BE WASHED DOWN STREAM. IF THATS THE CASE I WOULD RECOMEND GOING DOWN STREAM WHERE THE RIVER STARTS TO WIDEN AND START YOUR TEST PANNING THER. AS THE RIVER WIDENS THE WATER WILL REDUCE PRESSURE AND THE GOLD CAN SETTLE EASYER. SO I HAVE LEARNED.
I’m having trouble figuring out which videos to buy first. Can you put them in order for a novice? The free videos mention a course. Is that a video that I can buy? Many thanks.
iv found black sand quarts white glass clear light red is this a good sign of gold deposits what else should i be on the look out for
I HAVE LEARND YOU CAN READ YOUR QUARTS. IF THE QUARTS HAVE BLACK SPECKLES IN IT THEN WHAT I WOULD DO IS MOV UP STREAM. YOU MAY START TO FIND QUARTS SAMPLES THAT HAVE SMALL GOLD SPECS IN THEM. BUT THATS JUST WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ON YOUTUBE
JESS:How how would it be to find a 1/4oz of gold a week.At the price of gold today that would I think be around 300 + a week .Sure a person can find that much right
I am prospecting in South Carolina and have found small flakes of gold in about 20 gallons of dirt how can i test this area to see if this place is a true gold stick or not.
Jess,
Thanks for the information you give,I really
Apriciate it .love the videos very good info. All I
Found so far is Pyrite,but I’ll keep looking,it’s a
Great hobby
Glad you find the information so helpful. That’s part of what makes this so fun! The other part is finding gold!
I haven’t missed one of your videos since I started watching a couple of months ago. I’ve been placer mining since around 1976 off and on. Had a couple of good claims in the past then got away from it. My son, nephew and I started back 2 yrs. ago up in the Trinity area here in No. Ca. and then I joined Dave McCracken’s New 49er’s gold club with 80 miles of claims on the Klamath river and tributaries. We’ve found a bit of gold but after watching your videos and reading your blogs I can look back to some of the places we’ve mined and I know now where there will be some good gold. I really want to thank you for what you are doing for the hobby and business of recreational gold mining. Believe me Jess, we appreciate you.
Thanks,
Len
Len,
I am humbled by your compliments. I appreciate all of you fellow (and future) gold prospectors a lot! That’s a big part of my motivation to give to those who share a common interest in finding gold. This community is driven to help one another and that’s a great thing to be a part of.
Please let me know what you start finding as you use the training video’s. They were created to compliment other great gold prospecting resources such as Dave’s New 40′ers and GPAA claims as well as Keene engineering’s and Pro-Mack’s prospecting and mining tools.
Thanks again!
P.S. Remember one important key is in how you sample for gold…
You will learn what others are missing so you don’t have to go through all that trial and error stuff by yourself…
I’m here to help you connect the gold pay streaks
You are indeed a gentleman and scholar,are your teachings applicable up here in Canada as well or is your experience focused mainly in the U.S.A ?
The lessons are mostly applicable anywhere gold is to be found. My experience is mainly in the US, but that shouldn’t stop you from employing what I teach.
We have http://Hunting4Gold.com friends using it in Australia, Canada, Africa, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, South America and lots of other adventure gold locations.
Do us a favor and tell us what gold you find
I sure will after I return from Saskatchewan and Alberta, taking my trailor in search for nuggets and placer.