Nevada Prospecting Around Las Vegas

[Goldfleks]

Is Nevada prospecting all metal detecting and or dry washing in the Las vegas area? The only gold I've ever got in that city was from the slot machines. But now that my gear has expanded and I have a wider range of tools available to me what is there to do? I don't know if there is any stream sluicing but I'm guessing detecting is pretty popular? Anyone been that can share their experiences.

 

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[Bodfish Mike]

I think your going to have to add a dry washer to your arsenal.

 

[rodoconnor]

There is probably more accessible gold in the Kal ,Az and Nev deserts than anywhere. Using a D/W would be to your advantage Goldfleks. The only thing is ,you learn real quick that Dry Washing starts to resemble actual work. M/D ing can be frustrating at first. You'll pick up 100 to 200 bullets before you hit a decent picker. But.. then again you could swerve into patch that might give up an ounce !! If you enjoy what you're doing ,it's not work G/L

 

[Laz7777]

I've seen a lot of holes on 95 just north of Pahrump.
just look at any hillside before you get into the valley area, dunno about claims/private....

 

[brianc053]

Hey Goldfleks, I posted about a similar topic back in 2015; you might want to check out what people said in this thread:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/475593-extra-day-las-vegas.html

My results were poor, but I was very much a tourist when I did that prospecting, and I had a very limited amount of time.

Good luck!

- Brian

 

[Goldfleks]

thanks brian, will read