Gold is one of the rarest elements on the planet. Only a tiny percentage of ground has any significant quantity of gold. I suppose that is the reason it is currently valued around $1500 per ounce! If you like to metal detect for gold nuggets like I generally do, then we are talking about an […]
Metal Detecting
Metal detecting is one of the best ways to search for gold nuggets. Unlike other prospecting methods, metal detectors are specifically designed to locate large metals objects, while ignoring other non-metallic objects. Learning how to successfully find gold nuggets with a metal detector can be extremely challenging, but it can be one of the most rewarding and profitable types of gold prospecting when you learn how to do it. This page has information about how to successfully find gold nuggets using a metal detector.
Metal Detectors – When is it Time to “Trade Up” to a Newer Model?
I wander around the early goldfields of the Western United States and try to find gold that the old-timers missed. Lately I’ve been thinking about getting a new metal detector. Metal detectors have been marketed to gold miners for over 50 years. In fact, I recently picked up an old prospecting magazine from 1965, and […]
New Coil Options for the Minelab SDC 2300
My 4 Favorite Books about Gold Detecting
VLF Detectors Still Have Their Place in the Goldfields
Overview of Metal Detector Types Gold prospectors have two basic choices when metal detecting for gold. There are very-low frequency (VLF) metal detectors, and there are pulse-induction (PI) metal detectors. Both types can find gold, and each has their own place in the goldfields. (Note: The new GPZ7000 uses a completely new technology, […]
Forget Big Mines – Prospect for Gold around the Smaller Diggings
My Current Metal Detecting Setup for Gold Nuggets
An “Old” Metal Detector Will Find 95% of the Targets Out There
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of new products, whatever your hobby is. Advertising is all about convincing you that the new product is the latest, greatest thing and everything else is obsolete. This couldn’t be more true when it comes to the marketing of metal detectors. Whenever a new unit hits […]
Nugget Hunting with the Minelab Equinox 800
Minelab’s new Equinox Metal Detectors – the Models 600 and 800 – are reliable and offer a number of important features. The two detectors share a number of the same features, and most purchasers have said their performance is essentially identical for each of them. Comparing the Equinox 600 & Equinox 800 Both […]
Magazines & Online Forums for Gold Prospectors & Treasure Hunters
Gold Prospecting Magazines Even though we are in the age of the internet, some folks still prefer to sit down and read a magazine. Even though I own a gold prospecting website, I still prefer to just read a magazine sometimes. Here are 5 magazines geared toward treasure hunters, gold prosectors, and metal […]
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 […]
An Introduction to Metal Detecting for Gold Nuggets
This is the ONLY TIME I use Discrimination on my Gold Detector
Hunting for gold nuggets is one of the more frustrating types of metal detecting. Most people give up before they ever find a nugget. There are many, many challenges associated with gold detecting, but one of the biggest challenges is definitely trash and iron rubbish. The amount of trash in some of the goldfields is […]