Comments on: Prospecting – where to get started http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/ Jerry's secret nuggets Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Calvin http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-212 Calvin Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:11:13 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-212 I will be moving to Arizona from Michigan soon, and hopefully I can pick up prospecting as a profitable hobby. I have read several places on the internet that it often costs more to prospect than you find, is this true? I will be moving to Arizona from Michigan soon, and hopefully I can pick up prospecting as a profitable hobby. I have read several places on the internet that it often costs more to prospect than you find, is this true?

]]> By: Mike http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-185 Mike Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:05:51 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-185 I've been wanting to do this for a long time, just for the experience if nothing else, but it would sure be fun to find some. Mike I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, just for the experience if nothing else, but it would sure be fun to find some.
Mike

]]> By: Jerry http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-30 Jerry Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:19:12 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-30 Hi Max, sorry for the late reply. One simple test you can try is that you check if the flake is magnetic. Gold is not magnetic, so if it sticks to or pulls toward the magnet, it is not gold. Hi Max,

sorry for the late reply. One simple test you can try is that you check if the flake is magnetic. Gold is not magnetic, so if it sticks to or pulls toward the magnet, it is not gold.

]]> By: Max Weber http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-28 Max Weber Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:36:26 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-28 Hi Jerry, Thanks for the info. I found some flakes which look like gold and bend like gold. They look like my 14k ring. They are on some black substrate and bend. But they did not conduct electricity when touched with my cheap ohm-meter. Is this a solid test? What would you do to see if its gold and I'm not a fool? :-) I heated it in the microwave for 5 minutes and did not have a sulfur odor. But maybe I need to heat over a flame? I have a gas camping stove so maybe that would Hi Jerry,

Thanks for the info. I found some flakes which look like gold and bend like gold. They look like my 14k ring. They are on some black substrate and bend. But they did not conduct electricity when touched with my cheap ohm-meter. Is this a solid test? What would you do to see if its gold and I’m not a fool? :-) I heated it in the microwave for 5 minutes and did not have a sulfur odor. But maybe I need to heat over a flame? I have a gas camping stove so maybe that would

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-3 Jeff Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:22:39 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-3 Great info on gold prospecting!! Like to trade links with you?? Great info on gold prospecting!! Like to trade links with you??

]]> By: Fiona http://www.jerrysgold.com/prospecting-where-to-get-started/#comment-2 Fiona Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:43:41 +0000 http://new.jerrysgold.com/?p=6#comment-2 Hello Jerry, nice article for beginners. I just want to let you know that the links in the article did not work for me. Something wrong? Nice day! Hello Jerry,
nice article for beginners. I just want to let you know that the links in the article did not work for me. Something wrong?

Nice day!

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