Prospecting & Detecting
The China Hat
November 2022 by Bob Larson
Memories of Shirttail Creek, Northern California
…for a few hours, we fervently dug for gold. After we did a cleanup, I couldn’t believe the amount we got.
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• What to prospect with on the Klamath River
Is It Time for a Change? New Ways to Find More Gold
The old report I read indicated all they ever did was dig some trenches and take samples. It sounded to me like a good place to take my metal detector...
Finding Gold With A Simple Sluice Box
…the sluice is a normal first step up from a gold pan for many prospectors. They are simple to use, easily portable, can capture a lot of gold, and can process gravel 10 to 20 times faster than a person can pan…
Why Assaying Placer Gold Deposits Doesn't Work
Let’s set up a thought experiment: Suppose you had some material that ran one ounce per ton gold, which is generally considered high grade to fantastic grade depending on the circumstances.
Prospecting Old Mine Dumps With A Drone
Due to the lockdown, I spent lots of time indoors this spring and I decided to add a drone as a faithful mate in my research.
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Time to go Prospecting
• Fire! In the Gold Country
• Off to the Sierra Again
• Strategies for Dig and Detect Operations
• Big River Gold Exploration: Trend Zone 1
• An Interesting Time in the Historic Rand Mining District
• Resource Maven Independent Analysis of the Resource Markets
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Blast From the Past
• PLP Update
• ICMJ Visits The Northstar Mining Museum