Back by popular demand is our Pink Pan Video explanation about Gold pan colors and how the contrast of Gold in your pan helps you Find Gold.
Gold prospecting is about finding gold, remember…
Enjoy!
PJ
Video: The Top 3 Reasons NOT to Use a Pink Gold Pan…
The Question: Why not Use a Pink Gold Pan?
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The Reason: Not to Use a Pink Gold Pan…
You will be surprised how color can affect you ability to see gold in you pan. Take a look at this gold panning video.
how do you know the best place to dig?
The way to start hunting and digging for gold is by finding where gold has been found before, or have a degree in hydro-geo-morphology (fancy word for water cut rocks.)
Finding where it was found before is much easier and a whole lot less expensive than college geology degrees these days. Start with the USGS and BLM as they have data from which you can determine what type of gold and how much gold was found. If you want a jump start on this process we have a USGS Gold Maps product on this site that shows how to start. You can find it here: https://hunting4gold.com/gold-prospecting-deals/usgs-gold-maps/
I also cover some initial aspects of the hydrogeomorphology in the post “Where does gold go in a storm?” Here: http://hunting4gold.com/blog/where-does-gold-go-in-a-storm/
Good Prospecting,
Prospector Jess
Please let me know what you think of each video. Of course ask me: What is your most pressing gold prospecting question?
All the best nuggets you can find,
Prospector Jess
Do you think it’s better to by a claim or do the work of staking your own. pros and cons.
Thanks Dee
Good question, I’ll be covering claims & strategies for gold claims a little later. For now it is best to sample with the permission of a state BLM authority (records show the claim is open) At that time it will be worth it to go through the effort & cost to buy the claim that looks best to you.
Sometimes it is difficult to gain access before buying, for those sites you’ll need claim history. I’ll show how to use the BLM to get that info a little later too. I wouldn’t buy a claim without knowing the sites proven historic potential first (unless you knew of a big secret gold find there 😉 )
For example the BLM of Nevada: https://web.archive.org/web/20181223154559/https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en.html or all 50 states http://www.blm.gov/