Real or Fool’s Gold? How Prospectors & Miners Tell the Difference
If you’ve recently started out in the amateur gold prospecting and panning hobby, then odds are that you’ll eventually come across what they call “fool’s gold.” Fool’s gold is other minerals that can look like real gold to the untrained…
Where to Find Gold in Australia: Metal Detecting for Gold Nuggets
There’s a good reason why so many prospectors dream about where to find gold in Australia and metal detecting for gold nuggets there: simply put, there’s a whole lot of gold in the Outback. Australia is the third largest producer of…
Where to Find Gold in Alaska: Prospecting, Panning & Mining
Alaska is one of the best places in the country to find gold, and is well known for vast wilderness areas and great locations for prospecting. I was lucky enough to work in Alaska one summer during my college years,…
