Arizona Gold Prospecting Dangers – Gila Monster

Arizona gold medal detecting requires covering a lot of ground in the Sonoran desert.

Personally, prospecting around the Morristown Wickenburg areas for over the last 3 years I’ve seen all sorts of wildlife.

I’ve come across a number of wild  donkeys, huge jackrabbits and the number of rattlesnakes. But, with that said I have never seen a Gila monster, well, at least not yet.

Here are some interesting facts about the Arizona Gila Monster: (more…)