The Complete Training guide of How to Find Gold Nuggets by prospecting with a metal detector, Part 1

[@Frigateman]

A truly great video Chris, essentially a "Table of Contents" for many of your previously produced videos that cover each "'Chapter" (topic) in depth. Can't wait for "Volume 2" of this video to come out, but that will give me the time needed to "do the homework" you have assigned and watch or re-watch all the follow-up videos that you are recommending in this one! THANKS!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

I have so many new subscribers, I figured a lot of them had never seen the older videos. Besides, if I did do a personal training session, the stuff I talk about in these two videos (parts 1 and 2) would be exactly what I would be saying in the training.

[@vinod_1996]

Which brand is better to buy

[@stevensherer1440]

Another great resource for anyone wishing to find gold. Having the individual videos to expand on each topic adds greatly to the potential for learning from someone who knows what he is doing. Keep up the good work.

[@ChrisRalph]

Hi Steve - Hope you are staying dry in all this rain. It makes it tough to go prospecting - up here so much area is still under snow.

[@budmanzoom4441]

There is nothing better than Chris's common sense, knowledge, and experience! 👍

[@ChrisRalph]

Thank you! 😊

[@jorgeluisesparzamonroy954]

Thank you very much Chris Ralph!!! I am living in the southern part in Perú !!! At the shore of lake Titicaca, at 3,812 meter over the sea level!!! It is a long time that I am following you. I have learnt a lot about metal detectors and gold mining!!! I have improved a lot the daily use English I had!!! (My mother language is Spanish)!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Sounds great! Your English is good. I live at about 1500 meters - much lower than you but higher than most cities.

[@milynciaedits]

I've been obsessing over this topic over the last 3 days and I believe I found a piece of gold today!

[@ChrisRalph]

Congratulations on your gold.

[@toddeftsadams5909]

Chris is right about clubs. I am in 4 different clubs and have found good gold from all 4. If you are not familiar with the area, it is the best way to find gold. Thank you Chris, your the best for sharing with us.

[@ChrisRalph]

Absolutely true , but I find a lot of guys just dont want to be part of a club - I dont know why.

[@joshuatinkham3703]

​@@ChrisRalph strange men while not at work is a recipe for trouble

[@thadmatson4754]

Chris, thank you for your thoughtful videos. They have really helped me personally parse out the many quuestions that pop up before spending all the carsh.😂

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you like them! More are on the way!

[@waltertodd4479]

Best video I've seen yet for beginners, Chris. Great Work. Thanks, Newmexbuzz

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad it was helpful! but next week I release part 2.

[@johnramirez5032]

Once again thank you for telling it like it is and not how people want it to be.

[@ChrisRalph]

Yep, that's what I do,.

[@rnrjukespot]

Excellent primer for all of us. Those that heed your advice will have a jump on the uneducated when learning the fundamentals. Practice improves prospects

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad it was helpful!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

kevin hoagland was saying friday 3/17/23 at the pcsc meeting to have your book. (prospectors club southern california) 👍👍👍👍👍. in my truck. have a good day.

[@ChrisRalph]

I need to call Kevin about some other stuff.

[@Oklahomabackroadexplorer]

I found my first “detected” nuggets in February out by Quartzsite, AZ. 4 of them, total of 1.5 grams. Smallest was 0.17 I am in the position of not living in gold country with a full time job and only able to get to areas with detectable nuggets once or twice a year. I had no idea what to do, also I’m still learning. However, I joined the local GPAA club Mike Pung and Cash Best sort of took me under their wing and have really helped me and taught me so much. I take my detector out here and hunt for lead so I can determine what I’m doing when I get to gold country.

[@ChrisRalph]

Sounds like you are well on your way to success.

[@johnramirez5032]

Having gold fevor helps detectorist have the perserverence to learn and have the drive to continue.

[@michaelstevenson3872]

another great vid, Thank you. I've found you can do a lot of training in your own backyard. As my fossicking area is 154klm (95miles) away and time to get out to this area was limited. I would bring home buckets of concentrate and replicate an area in the yard and bury tiny lead pieces to practice depth and sounds. This increased my training time immensely.

[@ChrisRalph]

Practice makes perfect - no doubt about it.

[@hosgs14]

Another awesome video. I want to get into metal detecting for gold because of your videos.

[@ChrisRalph]

You should go for it.

[@richregan8911]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sawmillsam7156]

thanks again Chris, see ya next week!

[@ChrisRalph]

The video is ready to go for next Saturday.

[@Mike_Greentea]

I just got your book “Fists full of gold” it’s like 360 pages long so hopefully by summer I’ll have enough time to read it and take my RV from Ohio to Nevada and the south western states.

[@ChrisRalph]

Best of luck to you in your prospecting efforts.

[@bcbradley]

Would love to see an updated video for the Garrett Axiom. If you have had a chance to really use it much or not. Maybe some ways we can practice with it while waiting for the snow to melt here. Thanks again.

[@ChrisRalph]

I want to do that video, and its on my list, and if it were not for all the snow and rain this winter, that video would have already been out. Its on my list to do another video on the Axiom as soon as the storms dry up.

[@Smithsgold]

@@ChrisRalph Good !!!!!

[@royjohnson465]

@@ChrisRalph ~ My hang-up really is I don’t know which detector to purchase, a GPX 6000 “or a” Garrett Axiom?? (I wish someone would do a comparison test report comparing the two of them.)

[@Smithsgold]

Good information for both the New guy and the experienced prospector !!!!!!! Do yourself a favour and get a copy of Chris's book !!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@charlese.prospecting6627]

Always information. Thank you very much for the video sir. 👍⛏️😎

[@ChrisRalph]

No problem 👍 Glad it was helpful.

[@SageOfEchoes]

Gold Monster 1000 just arrived. Cannot wait to get out this year. Late starting season with the snow pack in Lassen/Plumas area but I suspect the high water will move a lot around to find.

[@ChrisRalph]

The snow and rain has been crazy.

[@johnramirez5032]

@@ChrisRalph yes it has ! Its going to be a great year after the snow melts ! I hope people near the rivers and creeks dont get wasted out. I think warning should be inportant t For people to adhear to. Ive seen rivers in California screaming down inclines and deafening. I hope people read this. Stay away from the rivers .

[@swann548]

Hi Chris, do u think a regular gold bug will do everything you mentioned in this video or should I get the gold bug pro ? Love your channel ❤

[@ChrisRalph]

The pro give you a bit more flexibility, but the other does most of the same.

[@duanebartlett4885]

Thanks for the great tips. Are you familiar with the town of Mohave area of the Mojave Desert? Near Soledad mountain? There are some streams with running water that are usually dry in the summer.

[@ChrisRalph]

The Mojave area is a gold and silver hard rock mining area. It is not known for placer gold in stream drainages. Randsburg, located not too far to the NE of Mojave is much better known for placer gold nuggets.

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

My biggest hangup with the GPX 6000 is that I`m not sure how well it punches on deeper nuggets.

[@ChrisRalph]

I've never tested one, so I cannot say.

[@goldfools5445]

I have experience with the GPX6000. It will monopolise on smaller nuggets other detectors might miss. In short you may have five grams of smaller nuggets in your jar at the end of the day. Like other quality detectors, sure it will find bigger deeper nuggets “if they are there” So in reality, there is no hang up. It’s probably the most productive detector in highly mineralised eolian environments.

[@royjohnson465]

@@goldfools5445 ~ -Good report, thank you! My hang-up really is I don’t know which detector to purchase, a GPX 6000 “or a” Garrett Axiom?? (I wish someone would do a comparison test report comparing the two of them.) ~Eolian means:: Related to, caused by, or carried by the wind. Formed or deposited by the action of the wind, as sand dunes.

[@goldfools5445]

@@royjohnson465 yes. Or erosion by wind, causing the deep gold to be nearer the surface.

[@prospexican]

hi, i own that book and cant remember were i got it from, but now my question is what kind of soil or geology to look for to hunt for nuggets. answer might b in the book probably, but is there any of your videos to cover that part? thank you.

[@ChrisRalph]

Yes it is discussed in the book. I've touched on it in some videos, but the book is a better discussion.

[@dawsongraves-jj5zv]

I found a 4 gram gold nugget (not pyrite) on my first real metal detecting trip. Found nails and bottle caps and then boom gold. Still nuts I didn’t keep looking in the same spot and left soon after but it was with a super cheap metal detector and it was very close to the surface.

[@ChrisRalph]

Congratulations and that is a great start!

[@timbenham516]

Thank you sir I wish I lived in a place to electronically prospect gold. Heck just trying to find a gold ring amongst 1000's of pull tabs is hard enough. I have never done it but I keep seeing videos of guys finding a decent amount of glacier gold in Indiana creeks and rivers around my area. I think when it gets to hot and the ground is to dry I'm going to try some panning.

[@ChrisRalph]

Good luck! I do have a video on Midwest gold.

[@timbenham516]

Sweet I'm going to check it out now thanks.

[@sparks4025]

Are you primarily doing metal detecting because it's more productive than other methods or more for enjoyment?

[@ChrisRalph]

I do whatever method works best for that particular spot. A lot of times I am metal detecting but I also do dry washing, sluiceing, panning and ore rock crushing. I do enjoy the metal detecting. It not as much hard work as digging.

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

I don’t have nuggets in my area, (largest gold is maybe 0.1g), but I do have a lot of float that has gold values in it. Would a detector be good for identifying gold bearing ores? I’m considering the GM1000

[@ChrisRalph]

only if the gold is coarse. It can see 0.1 grams but not from a great distance - maybe an inch.

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

@@ChrisRalph occasional picker sized coarse in the ore (1-2mm dia) but mostly fine 30-200 mesh but the ore is anywhere from 1-10oz/ton or 30-315 ppm. What would it take to detect it?

[@royjohnson465]

@@MerchantMarineGuy Try sluicing it instead.

[@prospexican]

hi Sir, how do i find the part 2?

[@ChrisRalph]

Wait until next Saturday. It will release then.

[@jayshields9919]

Cheers👍

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks.

[@BWowed]

Great video Chris. Thank you. I have found a rock in Wyoming that I cannot identify. Neither can the geologists I have spoken to locally at BLM. Is there any way you can help me? Thank you.

[@ChrisRalph]

I get many requests like yours,but I cannot offer a mineral ID service.

[@johnramirez5032]

Ah! The lure of gold ! Gold fevor has ruined many and still does to this day. Very few people strike it rich. Be careful what you wish for you might just get it. I guess were all dreamers and dreams come true. Enjoy the outdoors and be careful first. Thats were the riches lie.

[@ChrisRalph]

In whatever you do, enjoy the ride, enjoy the time.

[@royjohnson465]

…not getting rich but many make just daily wages the exact same as a working job.

[@waynecopeland1854]

Can Canadians joint a prospecting clubs in AZ

[@ChrisRalph]

I'm sure that would be no problem.

[@ExposeTruth..]

Hew do we email you Chris?

[@ChrisRalph]

Just message me here. I don't offer any private training or advisement.

[@peacewinn8887]

Hi Garretts

[@ChrisRalph]

What???

[@glencaple3888]

👍

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

clubs are prospecting schools. they'll tell you claims are like $200 something dollars. to file. paper work.

[@ChrisRalph]

True but too many new guys buy a claim for $5,000 and expect they are going to strike it rich.

[@Smithsgold]

@@ChrisRalph yep !!! so true

[@robertcameron3193]

what you can do is? you can experiment with a tape manager and find out yourself how deep your detector will go?

[@ChrisRalph]

Watch the full length video on the topic before you come to a decision that you know all about it.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

gotta find areas were most cant get to. and be familiar with the detector. be in barstow today. swing the gm1000. have a good day

[@ChrisRalph]

Best of luck to you in your prospecting. Several places out there by Barstow.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@ChrisRalph rain. soaked. nothing we can do.

[@TyOtis]

Not just guys, women too :)

[@ChrisRalph]

Yes, of course.

[@Fishfinder-sl4pm]

There’s the guy who likes to work the sluice and spot the gold, and there’s the guy who likes to read the land and stream and doesn’t mind doing the digging. If your the sluice guy then go take up knitting.

[@ChrisRalph]

what about they guy who runs the metal detector?

[@Fishfinder-sl4pm]

@@ChrisRalph That's me Chris once my gold bug pro arrives in the post, but I've spent long days digging the Scottish streams for nuggets so I deserve a break😂

[@vinod_1996]

I'm from India i want to buy metal detector please can you guide me please sir

[@ChrisRalph]

Find someone in your country. I do not sell metal detectors.

[@windrider23]

When you mention trash. Your forgetting the largest amount of trash you will dig up, bird shot and bullet fragments. I have been using a Garrett 24k with a 6" coil for 2 months daily on claims in AZ. In that time I have collected 8oz of lead and no gold. The amount of patience I have left is running thin. It's been 30 years since I last used a metal detector. I would find 2 or more grams a day average back then. All those claims are played out for detecting. The claims that have gold now are 20 miles from a good road and very private. Today it's about the claim your working rather then the machine or your ability to run it. Because all gold detectors are turn on and go, and will find sub .10g gold. But the ground must have the gold to find it, and it's very slim pickens anymore. KZbin videos aren't about not finding gold just like Vegas isn't about losers. Today most people out prospecting aren't finding gold, they are only finding lead.

[@ChrisRalph]

Get out and search new places and dont keep going to the same unproductive spot over and over. - I found good gold in 2022 in California within 100 feet of a road that could be accessed by a 2 WD vehicle.

[@royjohnson465]

In 1990 I found about 12 oz with a VLF detector in one day with a 2WD vehicle.

[@tradermunky1998]

Think before I purchase...? Sounds un-American... 🤣

[@ChrisRalph]

very true.

[@alexrichardson3503]

on Sunday 26/03/2023 I am getting a gold monster

[@ChrisRalph]

An excellent detector - I wish you the best of success.

[@paulbegley1464]

Ya. But can you imagine the money you would make if you started your own club. And train us green horns. 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🙃

[@ChrisRalph]

This video is better.

[@fleamine]

If I could Download your brain, I would be RICH in knowledge.

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad it was helpful.

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[@ChrisRalph]

OK

[@jansugalski4856]

I would like to see the claim system eliminated. It is a relic of a bygone era. Most geologists I have known regard filing gold claims as a land grabbing technique. The whole thing needs to be trashed and a new system established. If you can claim acres of land for gold why can't I put in claims for any commodity, A claim should be valid only if you OWN the land..

[@ChrisRalph]

If you OWN the land already, why would you need to claim it?