The "Madonna Nugget"—A Weekend Hunt to Remember

July 2017 by Tom Reyes

I worked my way to a flat area along a ridge where I could see a quartz blowout. As I got within 100 feet of it, I started seeing rock that I knew to be associated with gold.

A Trip Down the Yukon River

April 2013
My girlfriend Beth and I decided to take our canoe down the Yukon and do some gold dredging...

Recovering Fine Gold with Oleophilic Adhesion

April 2014
Oleophilic means "affinity to or attracted to oils," and this includes gold an diamonds.

Gold Prospecting in Gatesville, Indiana

May 2014
Gatesville is not the only place to find easy public access for gold prospecting opportunities in Central Indiana.

Is It Time for a Change? New Ways to Find More Gold

October 2017

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...

Locating Gold In Ancient Streambed Material

January 2024

Gold Hunting on Libby Creek

January 2018

The biggest nugget I have found detecting here was three grams and the following weekend someone found a 9-gram nugget while detecting. Some have even found quarter-ounce nuggets, with one being a chevron nugget.

Are Permits Needed For Highbanking In California?

November 2011
...this contradicts the fact that mining claimants are considered landowners with exclusive rights to possess and use that claim, and miners have “riparian rights” on mining claims that do not require permitting.

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