Find Gold Nuggets

The best way to find larger gold nuggets is to utilize a metal detector. Metal detectors require no water, so they will work in arid climates. They will also work near rivers or along streams where gold deposits are located well upstream. After you research the best areas for prospecting, you can utilize your metal detector to find wealth underground.

Steps

Prepare for Your Search

  1. Learn the basics concerning how to prospect for gold in appropriate geographic areas.
  2. Research different areas to find out where gold is located around the world. Ask your national, state or provincial geological survey website or office for information or maps.
  3. Obtain permission before searching for gold nuggets on private lands or mining company lands.
  4. Search for gold nuggets in places where gold has been found before. Because so much land has already been prospected, you are unlikely to discover any brand new gold deposits.

Purchase a Metal Detector

  1. Consider a high-frequency detector.
    • High-frequency detectors are more sensitive to gold, but they are also more likely to give false positives when iron deposits are present.
    • Evaluate low-frequency detectors. Low-frequency detectors will tune out other metals and will find larger deposits at greater depths.
  2. Look for automatic ground balance controls. These will adjust automatically according to the iron content in the rocks, and you won't have to constantly manually adjust the controls.
  3. Choose a detector that displays the depth of the found object. This will help you to know precisely how far down you need to excavate.
  4. Buy coils in multiple sizes.
    • Larger coils will find larger objects at greater depths, while smaller coils will find smaller objects at shallower depths.
    • Small coils are good for detecting deposits in bedrock while large coils are better at detecting nuggets buried in tailing piles.
    • Buy coils created for your model of metal detector. Coils are not interchangeable between models.
  5. Purchase a pair of high-quality headphones. A good pair of headphones will:
    • Muffle outside noise.
    • Enhance the faint sound made when nuggets are detected.
    • Possess a volume control mechanism.
    • Utilize mono or stereo sound depending on the sound output type of the detector.

Practice Using Your Metal Detector

  1. Assemble your metal detector by following the manufacturer's instructions.
  2. Practice using your metal detector at home.
    • Don't practice outdoors with the detector until you become proficient at operating it.
    • Place metal objects like bottle caps, can tabs, coins, nails and gold jewelry on a wooden table.
    • Run the detector over each object to get an idea of what the detector will sound like when it encounters these metals.

Use Your Metal Detector to Search for Gold Nuggets

  1. Transport yourself and your equipment to the area that you have chosen to prospect.
  2. On the land move the metal detectors coils side-to-side and low along the surface of the ground. Avoid sweeping in a pendulum pattern in which the detector comes up high off of the surface of the ground when it goes to the far right or far left in your sweeping pattern.
  3. Perform overlapping sweeps. If you do not slightly overlap your sweeps, then you may miss small deposits between swept areas.
  4. Treat all positive findings as indicators of larger deposits. Gold rarely occurs in small swaths, so prepare to excavate more deeply if you find a small nugget.

Use a Pinpointer Metal Detector to locate your target

  1. To locate your target in the hole you must use a Pinpointer Metal Detector for coin shooting ,relic hunting and especially for gold prospecting due to the very small gold nuggets that you can find .



Tips

  • If you excavate in an area, then fill any holes that you leave. Also, remove any trash that you dig up in your search.
  • You may want to purchase 1 high-frequency detector and 1 low-frequency detector so that you have some versatility while searching for nuggets.
  • Have realistic expectations. You will not find gold deeper than {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} below the surface with a metal detector. You will also have to be prepared for slow, repetitive work, but if you find a gold deposit, the rewards will be worth your efforts.

Warnings

  • Do not prospect in national parks or in areas where you do not have permission to search. This could result in prospectors being banned from the lands altogether, which would be a negative consequence for all gold-hunting hobbyists.

Things You'll Need

  • Permission to prospect
  • Metal detector
  • Coils in multiple sizes
  • Headphones
  • Wooden table
  • Objects to practice with such as bottle caps, can tabs, coins, nails and gold jewelry

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