Determine The Location Of Gold Veins With Satellite

[menyarito1]

Hello Dears,

I hereby ask for your opinion regarding a request that I received from someone on the internet:
He told me that he can sell me a map taken with Satellite which determines the places where there is gold and the veins of gold for $500.

Thank you in advance for your support 

[SeabeeRon]

Save your money, there are scams all over the Internet!

[walkerrj]

It looks like "veins" is mis-spelled on the map as "vains", that would be a clue to me that it's suspect.

[SeabeeRon]

11 minutes ago, walkerrj said:

It looks like "veins" is mis-spelled on the map as "vains", that would be a clue to me that it's suspect.

Good catch Seabee!

[Tom T]

Low cost maps are available through the USGS and other governmental agencies…

You’d be surprised at what’s available…

[menyarito1]

He said he uses landscape satellite, Ortho-SAT and DEM Generation from High Resolution Satellite Imagery

[Steve Herschbach]

Sounds like you are sold. All you have to do is give him $500 and then you can evaluate his information for yourself. Just be aware that the gold business is full of people who will say or do anything to take money from people who are looking for gold. Long Range Locators are the most obvious form of scam, but there are countless schemes out there for taking your money. Anyone can take a few minutes to make maps showing anything you want and I certainly would not be taking their word carte blanche that they know what they are doing. Of course that is what they are saying since they want your money.

The problem is so bad that there is an actual definition for who to trust and who to be skeptical of. A person who meets the standards is referred to as a Qualified Person and the standards are discussed here.

"A qualified person is defined in the National Instrument as: is an engineer or geoscientist with at least five years of experience in mineral exploration, mine development or operation or mineral project assessment, or any combination of these; has experience relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project and the technical report; and is in good standing with a professional association and, in the case of a foreign association, is of recognized stature within that Organization."

If this person is legitimate then he should be willing to provide you with a list of satisfied customers at large mining companies. They will pay a lot more than he is asking you for if his methods are productive. Be aware that even references can be made up and so due diligence is required in investigating them. I guess it just depends how wealthy you are and how much money you can afford to give people in your quest to find gold.

I highly recommend people download and read this free publication:

Gold From Water (and other mining scams) 

"While many are attracted to mining because of the potential to obtain riches from rocks, prospecting or investing in mining is an expensive and risky venture. But in this business, there are indeed some valuable ore deposits left to be discovered, so proceed with great care and assistance, if necessary. Be systematic, apply liberal doses of common sense, and control your “gold fever.” If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

[menyarito1]

Thank you very much for your answers, luckily I asked here before purchasing.

@Steve Herschbach

I have a friend who purchased a long range locator and a scanner even though I advised him not to.
He lost 7000$, both devices are a scam.

 

[Steve Herschbach]

When it comes to devices the Minelab GPZ 7000 pretty much defines the state of the art at this time. Anything that claims to outperform it by so much as a centimeter should be looked at with extreme skepticism. The only other device most genuine individual prospectors might consider is a magnetometer, which only responds to magnetic anomalies. This can be used to indirectly find gold by tracing magnetic minerals.

This document is dated but still almost 100% valid to todays technology. You will note LRL devices are glaringly absent.

• Handbook of Geophysical Prospecting Methods for the Alaskan Prospector A dated but still realistic summary of electronic deices used in the prospecting industry, aimed at the individual prospector.

A more recent and technically dense publication that updates the last one:

• Geophysics For Mineral Exploration - A Manual For Prospectors A more recent publication that updates the one above, read both.

[phrunt]

All very good advice above, but nothing beats good old fashioned common sense, if you were able to map exactly where gold was located ready to be recovered would you be selling maps showing where for $500? 🙂