Gold Prospecting

Gold Nugget Patch

Gold Nugget Patch Australia

Nugget patches like the one found in this video, are exciting to find: almost every target under her metal detector is gold.! There are even two nuggets in the same hole, twice!

For your average weekend prospector in the United State, when out gold metal detecting, finding even one nugget during the day is cause for celebration! But, on those very, very rare occasions, sometimes the gold prospector is extremely lucky and fines a number of nuggets in a relatively small area. This is called finding a patch! (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Illegal Gold Mines

Illegal Gold Mines – The Dark Side of Gold Mining

Local government unit of the area failed tremendously since time immemorial due to bribes at the expense of poor miners who risks their lives everyday. Thank you DW documentary for exposing this illegal activity to a greater level. In the Philippines it is ignored all these years.

In the mines of Paracale, workers search for gold using the world’s most dangerous methods. Diving into flooded underground caves, they constantly risk their lives. 

The business is illegal. But for many, it is the only way they can earn money. In the past, the mineral trade flourished in the small Philippine coastal town of Paracale. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Keene 140s Drywasher Review

Keene 140s Drywasher – Finding Gold Nuggets

Finding gold prospecting tool. This Keene 140s is a medium sized drywasher that can easily keep two gold prospectors busy and recover the smallest gold.

The Keene 140s drywasher is one of the most popular gold drywashers! It’s not a new machine, it’s actually been out a number of years, and during that time has developed a large loyal following from gold prospectors in the Southwest. Yes, water gold recovery methods are much more effective, but when you have no water available, like in the deserts of Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, the gold drywasher is the number one gold classification/recovery method. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Large Gold Nugget Found

Large Gold Nugget Found – 3.9oz Gold Nugget

Finding a large gold nugget like this is every Prospectors dream! 

What are the chances of finding a huge gold nugget?  Personally, the chances are probably similar to going to Vegas and hitting the jackpot on one of those dollar slot machines!  With that said, those jackpots are hit occasionally,  and if you want to hit the jackpot  by finding a large  gold nugget,  you have to get out there in the field and invest the time and energy that’s necessary. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Gold Prospecting Wickenburg Arizona

AZ Gold Prospecting Wickenburg Arizona

Weekend Arizona gold prospecting in the Wickenburg AZ area.

Weekend gold prospecting is a great Hobby if you like the outdoors. There are many ways to prospect for gold from metal detecting and dry washing as shown in the video here, to  sluicing, high-banking,  crevicing,  panning  and dredging.

So, depending on your preferences and where you live,  there are a number of ways to prospect for gold. But, keep in mind, the number one rules for finding gold, is to go where it was found before.

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By Bob711, ago

Gold Metal Detecting

Gold Metal Detecting

This is one of my archived videos about gold metal detecting. But, although the video is a number of years old oh, the basic concepts that I talked about are still very relevant today.

I’ve been into gold detecting for many years. On many detecting trips that’s all I find is what’s pictured here in this video and that’s trash. But, when you do find that little gold nugget, it kind of makes up for all the times you just find trash. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Arizona Gold Drywashing

Arizona Gold Prospecting – Arizona Gold Drywashing

I think this is a good honest gold prospecting video. This goes to show, number one that there’s still gold to be found in the Arizona desert, and number two, it’s a lot of hard work to find that gold.

I’ve said this many times before and some of my videos, and that is if you’re in this for the money, I think you’d be  off working at a fast-food place then prospecting for Arizona gold. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Arizona Gold Prospecting

Arizona Gold Prospecting

Plenty of gold still out in Arizona.

The perfect combination went out gold prospecting – –  a good dry washer and metal detector.  Yes, they really go together to help find the small gold that’s typical in a lot of the  Arizona gold prospecting areas. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

California Mother Lode Prospectors

California Mother Lode Prospectors

Exploration of gold in the hills of northern California.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In the United States, Mother Lode is most famously the name given to a long alignment of hard-rock gold deposits stretching northwest-southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California. It was discovered in the early 1850s, during the California gold rush. The California Mother Lode is a zone from 1.5 to 6 kilometres (0.93 to 3.73 mi) wide and 190 kilometres (120 mi) long, between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the south. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Arizona Gold Metal Detecting

Arizona Gold Metal Detecting

Bumble Bee/Cleator Arizona area with Gold Monster and finding small Gold Nuggets!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Established in 1863, Bumble Bee served as a stagecoach stop and an outpost for the U.S. Cavalry, with a post office established in 1879. The creek, and by extension the town, were so named because early travelers in the area claimed that the indigenous people there were as “thick as bumblebees”. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Gold in Quartz

Gold in Quartz

This is a December gold prospecting trip around Yuma Arizona.

We were searching through some tailing piles from an old mine where the miners were following gold in a quartz vein.. We were doing dry washing and some metal detecting and met up with Daniel who is looking for iron stained courts in the tailing piles to crush and hopefully extract gold from the quartz rocks. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Learn Gold Panning

Learn Gold Panning

This instructional video features Freddy Dodge, a mining expert and one of the stars of the hit TV series “Gold Rush.” Freddy, his brother Derek Dodge, and their family have been prospecting, panning, and building mining equipment for decades.

Freddy offers the fundamentals on: collecting and classifying material for panning; how to work the lighter materials from the pan without losing any gold; and even how to properly collect fine gold in your vial. Freddy’s brother Derek and his daughter Nikki offer additional demonstrations and tips on how you can become a better gold panner right away.  (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Australian Gold Prospecting

Australian Gold Prospecting

This is in Pinyalling which is NW of Paynes Find in WA. Found a patch that we got 1.5 ounces off and it was lucky if it was 8m long x 5m wide. We found some stray bits upstream and downstream of the patch but little else other than what was in this little spot. The first 9 grams came in the first 2 hours after we arrived.

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The first gold rush in Australia began in May 1851 after prospector Edward Hargraves claimed to have discovered payable gold near Orange, at a site he called Ophir. Hargraves had been to the Californian goldfields and had learned new gold prospecting techniques such as panning and cradling. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Yuma Gold Mine

Yuma Gold Mine This old abandoned gold mine was just outside of Yuma Arizona not far from the Colorado River.  It’s obvious that the old-timers were following a quartz vein that was carrying the gold. Dry washing the mine tailings show that this was a very rich mine. Even dry Read more…

By Bob711, ago

Arizona Gold

Arizona gold weekend Gold prospecting

Looking for Arizona gold near the Little San Domingo Wash near Morristown, AZ., approximately 50 miles northwest of Phoenix, at the junction of State Route 74 and U.S. Route 60.

We did this outing in early July, when the forecast was for 112° in Phoenix! So, what we did is we met up real early, and got out to the claim somewhere around 6:45 AM. We plan to stay, only until about 9:30 AM before the heat got too intense. (more…)

By Bob711, ago