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Got out the other day for a quick run up a wash that I’ve had my eye on. My goal for the day... follow the wash all the way to the end, check for bedrock, and flag those spots for later sampling and detecting. Goal was achieved. It was another awesome day to be out! Enjoy the video... make sure to watch it in HD for the full effect.

This was an eye opener. Indiana gold dredge tailings piles reworked via panning contained good gold. Dennis tip was to watch for where the dredgers are running their machines with really fast water flow, then pan their tailings piles. He gets quite a few pickers. I always wondered why people still get good gold at places like Gatesville,Indiana, where the same gravel bars must get reworked 100 times a year? -Tom

Great video showing some really great gold!

We have been on a tear lately!! Amazing and unbelievable really!! But I ain't complaining!!

Sometimes a video is all you need. I know this video may seem long and many of you will not want to watch a 16 minute video. But this is one you WILL want to watch. (Sorry, it is not all gold nuggets but hopefully you will forgive me) Watch in full screen for the full effect! Enjoy!! I know I sure did!!

Metal detecting and the jar of gold1 hannon from AMRA makes an exciting find. Not sure he even realizes how outstanding it is,lol. You may want to just fast forward to the last couple minutes. Ray

Here's a video one of my dirt biking buddies shot a few years back. It's pretty solid proof that Ma Nature has a way of taking care of herself...

Had mine out in the pouring rain and mud the other day and the control box took a total bath for at least 2 hours strait. Despite the mud and rain she is still running perfect. I see guys buying water proof covers for the control box....I'm gonna keep running mine commando and see what happens... strick

And this was 70 years ago.....

My buddy Mark and I hit a 1850's house site a couple times and Mark was on fire!! Thanks for looking Ron Swenson Ron (CA)

I'm loving the performance on small gold below .3 gram of the new SDC 2300. So doing a bit of testing vs the ATX I got the ATX performing a bit closer to the SDC2300 performance on this small gold. Tested in the video is a .25 gram nugget. The dirt in the video will stick to my magnet on my digging pick. Check out the video to see what I did... Bonus video... How to use the Minelab SDC 2300 as a meat slicer:

Hi folks, I did an all day hunt with my mining partner, and unearthed a couple of small pocket gold nuggets in an area I've been detecting for years and have found a 1/4 oz nugget at. As usual we did some video just in case we hit some nuggets. This is in Northern California about a mile up a creek from the Klamath River. Video is from my partners Youtube channel, "The Handergard". I also did an all day Oregon hunt with the Minelab SDC 2300 to no avail for nuggets, but did enjoy hunting with it. Oregon gold nuggets seems a bit more hard to find than California nuggets... Beautiful scenery in this video also...

Ron Swenson (Ron(CA) on some forums) and friends are coin and relic hunters in California. Ron uses a Minelab CTX 3030 and while hunting an old cabin site recently made an amazing find - a 2.5 ounce gold nugget! Many of us who search for gold do not make finds like this and these guys have made several accidentally while coin and relic hunting. It raises the question of how many nuggets are hiding around old campsites and old cabin sites, overlooked because the trash keeps regular nugget hunters away. It shows the need for a good discriminating VLF and also the need to get patient and hunt the trash from time to time. The CTX 3030 is more known for its coin, jewelry, and relic hunting capability but can of course also find gold nuggets. I would rate its ground handling capability as being merely adequate but its trash handling capability as top notch. Machines more the norm in the nugget hunting world up to the task are any of the multi use models, Garrett AT Gold, Fisher Gold Bug Pro or F75, Minelab X-Terra 705 (or CTX!), Tesoro Lobo, or White's MXT variants. Ron does also look for gold and when doing so uses a Gold Bug Pro or GPX 5000. Enjoy the video. You rarely get to see a nugget like this uncovered. Dude!

Well, here it is folks!

Whats the smallest nugget I could hit with the big coil? You might be surprised...check it out: Part 1

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 7, 2014—When geologist John Rakovan needed better tools to investigate whether a dazzling 217.78-gram piece of gold was in fact the world’s largest single-crystal specimen—a distinguishing factor that would not only drastically increase its market value but also provide a unique research opportunity—he traveled to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Lujan Neutron Scattering Center to peer deep inside the mineral using neutron diffractometry. Neutrons, different from other probes such as X-rays and electrons, are able to penetrate many centimeters deep into most materials. More at http://www.lanl.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2014/April/04.07-single-crystal-of-gold-verified.php

Here is a nice little interview of electronic prospector Jonathan Porter of Australia. It was my good fortune to have JP as my host for over a month in Australia looking for gold in the Australian outback. I could not have asked for a better guide and host. JP is not only a superb prospector but a true gentleman. Check it out at http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2014/03/10/3960406.htm

Youtube- Making a gold button mat brandl

The competition for the scarce dollars of artisanal gold miners in the 3rd World is heating up. Nokta is a turkish (I said Russian before) company. All those clever engineers who don't have either US tech industry or US Defense industry are busy designing metal detectors. Notice the form factor - remind you of a certain PI detector. It's a VLF, of course.

Steve and I saw this video at a Minelab meeting a few months back. Its really interesting and different, and I am sure they paid a pretty penny to make it. We were told that other than a drum track in the music, there is nothing in the music other than sounds from the detector (though I an sure they have been heavily processed and synthesized). Not fully sure what the point is, but its different. Perhaps they will use it as a Superbowl ad.