![]() Usually it’s a good idea to dig all targets when metal detecting, but in tailing piles you really have to pick and choose your targets because there are thousands of them. To make things easier, I highly recommend a quality gold detector with accurate discrimination. It can be extra frustrating to metal detect in dredge piles. Men who worked on the dredge were always tossing out junk as they went along. They are usually loaded with trash and iron rubbish. You need to research the mining district you are in and determine if metal detecting is worth your effort or not. Some places have big gold nuggets, other do not. ![]() Some of the biggest gold specimens I’ve ever seen were found with metal detectors in tailings. The design of these dredges also caused large gold nuggets and specimens to be lost, as it was screened out and rejected just like any other large rock. As a result, there is still a lot of gold left behind in some of the tailing piles. They were large floating machinery that churned up the valley floors and mined massive amounts of gravel.ĭredges were notoriously inefficient, relying on the processing volume, rather than efficiency. July Creek Placer Co.Many of the old mining districts were placer mined with large bucket line dredges. Fourth of July Creek Bauer Ellington Fourth f Julys Co.Edgecumbe Exploration Prospect (Placer).Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District).Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - NM206 Lindblom Pit lode and lode on Byron Association Placer claim U.S.Unnamed Mine (ARDF - NM281 placer mine west of Nome River).Fred Creek Mine (or Fred Gulch-placer).Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR271 on Placer Creek).Fox Creek gold placer (Fox Gulch Gold Mine).Striplin Placer Higgingbottom Prospects.Khankay massif - Khasan-Grodekov through area.Idgimsky gabbro- peridotite-pyroxenite complex.Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex. ![]()
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