The new Minelab GPX 6000 is a metal detector that employs new technology in ways that help prospectors detect gold with ease. Its capabilities lie in the way it adapts to different soils at a faster rate than other detectors. This detector ushers in a new and exciting era of faster and simpler gold prospecting. […]
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Metal Detecting in Hydraulic Pits – Hunt “Smarter Not Harder”
Most miners know what hydraulic mining was. Simply put, it was a type of mining operation that used water under high pressure to wash away gold-bearing material to be run through a sluice box. There are thousands of old hyraulic “pits” scattered throughout the West. These are great spots to find gold nuggets, but they […]
How to Effectively Work a Gold Nugget Patch with a Metal Detector
Every gold prospector hopes to someday find their own “nugget patch”. What is a patch? A patch is a gold deposits or concentration of gold in a relatively small area. They are super exciting to find and work, because you never know what you might find, but there is a high probability that there are […]
Using a Gold Pan to Find Nugget Hunting Spots in the Desert
Explore these 19 Mining Areas with BIG Gold Nuggets
A Gold Prospector’s Dilemma – Rework Old Patches or Find New Ground?
Having Lousy Luck Detecting for Gold? This Might be the Problem…
Metal detecting for gold nuggets isn’t easy. Even when you are in a good area and you are using a quality detector, it can still be tough to find those elusive nuggets. But sometimes prospectors set themselves up for failure. They prospect in areas where they could hunt forever and they would never find a […]
The Garrett Z-Lynk Wireless System – Works With Any Metal Detector
Do you feel that the headphones cords on your metal detector are annoyingly cumbersome? Then free yourself from the trouble by buying the new Garrett Z-Lynk Wireless System. The system lets you pair your metal detector wirelessly with any type of standard headphones. It also works at speeds in excess of six times that of […]
Pros & Cons of Using Large Search Coils on a Metal Detector
Most good gold detectors have several choices of search coils that you can use of various different sizes. Experienced gold hunters usually have their favorites, but also have a variety available for different situations. Some folks think bigger is better… and sometimes it is. Large search coils on metal detectors certainly have their place and […]
6 Tips for Finding Gold Nuggets on Exposed Bedrock
Most any experienced gold prospector can tell you that hunting on exposed bedrock is one of the best ways to find gold. The bedrock acts as a trap, where gold will get stuck and concentrate over the years. You may find a concentration of placer gold that has accumulated over just the past season, or […]
Coins, Relics, & Gold Nuggets with the Minelab X-Terra 705
The X-Terra 705 is made by Minelab Technologies which is one of the renowned names in the industry of metal detectors. The X-Terra 705 like every other detector works on creating an electromagnetic field with metallic objects affecting a change in the field hence the picks up such a change and alerts the miner via […]
3 Metal Detectors for Underwater Gold Nugget Hunting
Up until the last few years, there really weren’t any good options for nugget hunting underwater. The waterproof detectors on the market were designed for coin and relic hunting and weren’t all that good at finding gold nuggets. The design of metal detectors has really improved in recent years, and now it seems that many […]
Hunting for Gold Nuggets with the XP DEUS
There are many different things that people look for when purchasing a metal detector. The first, of course, is that it does a good job of finding metal in the ground, and in the case with most detectors, an accurate discrimination to separate the trash from the good targets. Beyond that, people’s needs vary significantly […]
The White’s GMT: A Specializes Gold Nugget Detector
People take up metal detecting as a hobby for a variety of different reasons. Some simply want a way to spend some time outdoors and visit new locations (and potentially find some treasures in the process). Some specifically want to poke around at Civil War sites or old settlements to find relics and artifacts of […]
White’s MX Sport – A New Waterproof Metal Detector
White’s Electronics, headquartered in Sweet Home, Oregon, already has a great reputation when it comes to building quality detectors, and the new Whites MX Sport Metal Detector is only going to boost that reputation even more. Previous White’s machines, like the MXT, MX5, and numerous others have earned a vocal fan club. The MX Sport […]