“Fools Gold” isn’t worthless as the name would have you believe. In fact this couldn’t be further from the truth. In the American West the largest gold finds are accompanied by heavy deposits of Iron Pyrite or Fools Gold”. It is true that many early prospectors looked for fools gold as a predictor of where “real gold”…
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Huge Nugget Found
An amateur prospector in Australia has found a 177oz gold nugget. This is a tremendous find! This amateur did what all good prospectors do, go to where gold has been found before and use new methods to detect the gold. This nugget, in an area that has been mined for over a 100 years, was…
Simple Prospecting Tips from an Old Timer
Prospecting Tips Gold prospecting is a lot of fun even if you don’t find any gold. But we can almost assuredly help you with these tips from an seasoned prospector as well as a few fresh ones Choose an area that has been productive with gold in the past – chances are there still is…
How To Find Gold Using a Metal Detector
Metal detectors are frequently being used to find gold. However, not all metal detectors are the same. There are metal detectors that use higher frequencies than others and there are different technologies that are employed by the metal detectors. Which ones are the best for finding gold? We explore this and more in our video…
5 Big Mistakes People Make Trying to Find Gold
There are many errors people make in attempting for find and prospect for gold. I know, I went through this myself. But slowly I learned the methodology that has helped me to prospect and actually find payable gold. 1) Looking in the wrong places – I don’t care how good you are, if you are…
7 Secrets to Finding Gold
The biggest question out there is “where to find gold”? There are no magic bullets when it comes down to finding gold but with the recent spike in gold prices it doesn’t take finding much gold to make an outing worth it. There are people who have quit their jobs to become full time prospectors….
Basic Geology of Gold
Gold is commonly found in combination with other minerals in rocks. Iron pyrite is a very common associated mineral compound seen where gold deposits are found. Similarly, gold is also found in other minerals such as pyrrhotite, sphalerite, hematite and magnetite. It also occurs in the form of calverite which is a telluride. Other common…