Quick Tips - Post quick and easy down and dirty tips about prospecting.

[LP13]

Let me get it started. Had some concentrates with a whole lotta slivers of lead in it. Found a safe, easy way to get rid of the lead.

Add equal parts of 3% hydrogen peroxide (like you put on a cut) and 5% vinegar (white vinegar that you buy from the store). Let it sit for a while and you will see little plumes of grey 'smoke' rising in the pan wherever there is lead (it's not really smoke). Pretty soon the lead is all gone.

Someone else want to offer up a good solid tip?

 

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[Terry Soloman]

“Fists Full of Gold” – By Chris Ralph - Cover Price $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-9842692-0-4 Goldstone Publishing; 362-pages

Some of the information contained in the book includes:
How to use a gold pan, including crevicing, mossing and sniping for gold
How to get the best recovery out of your sluice box or highbanker
How to use a suction dredge to find and recover paystreaks
How to operate a dry washer for gold
An extensive section on metal detecting, perhaps the best on the market
Building your own equipment: including building your own:
Portable sluice box
Lightweight suction dredge
Desert dry washer
How to get the most out of your black sands
How to get the best prices for your gold, specimens and nuggets
Full coverage of the geology of gold and silver mineral deposits
How to do research to find your own rich concentrations of gold:
Using and understanding topographic maps, aerial photos and GPS
Where to find little known sources of information on gold deposits
How to use geology maps to find gold
Mining law and how to stake and maintain your own claim
Platinum placers and deposits – How to prospect for them
Diamonds in placers – How to recognize them
Plus hundreds of photos, diagrams and illustrations

 

[Lanny in AB]

Always look for gold where the Oldtimers were active--don't ever believe they got it all.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Fullpan]

After packing yourself and equipment into remote locations, if you find nice gold, "Mad Dog" it. Beat yourself to death moving material - you never know
when, or if, you'll ever get back there again!

 

[wa-au-nut]

Chris's book is a must have for anyone starting out!!!!!

 

[Barndawg]

After packing yourself and equipment into remote locations, if you find nice gold, "Mad Dog" it. Beat yourself to death moving material - you never know
when, or if, you'll ever get back there again!

That's how I mine anyway. If I know there is gold there, I move as much as I am physically capable of. "Get as much as you can, while you can."