Metal detecting for gold nuggets requires a bit of preparation before successfully finding gold nuggets can be done. First consider the following metal detecting background. Metal detectors and gold nugget detectors all rely upon some interesting properties concerning electromagnetic radiation. That's a fancy way of saying radio waves and how they interact with metallic … [Read more...]
Why do flooding and fires affect placer gold?
Why do flooding and fires affect gold concentration? You may have heard me mention that floods are the primary agent of movement for concentrating placer gold. In fact water moves all that gold, even in the desert. What is possibly the most fascinating part about this is the fact that erosion of land and riverbed is strongly affected by the speed of water moving over it. … [Read more...]
Gold panning after GPAA Gold show – Gold panning adventure!
Gold panning & Gold sniping, Fun after the GPAA Gold show... Here's the video about our Gold panning & sniping demonstration after GPAA gold show. Remember last post I said that after the rain cleared we left the GPAA gold show for a gold panning and sniping test of our new Keene 14" gold pan and Gold-n-Sand sniping tool. Had a great time trying out the gold panning … [Read more...]
How to find gold using rocks and minerals video
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 … [Read more...]
How to find gold, using a few common placer gold rocks and minerals
Know how to find gold easily by watching out for just a handful of gold related rocks and minerals: Where you're hunting for gold; rocks and minerals are one of the most important things you can look at to find gold location clues. Out of the billions of combinations of rock and mineral types, there are only a handful of gold deposit minerals that you really need to keep an … [Read more...]