Facebook YouTube Share Tiktok Linktree by Goldminingtips Admin How to Spot Fool’s Gold It is understandable for a gold prospector to celebrate finding rocks with a shiny appearance in their gold pan; thinking that they have found gold. Before celebrating your find, you should make sure that you have actually found real gold and not one of the rocks that are often mistaken for gold. In this blog, we explore some of the rocks that are often mistaken for to gold. We also provide some useful information to help you identify if you found a material that looks like gold but is not. Why Learn How to Identify Fool's Gold? Although some rocks / materials can be mistaken for gold due to their metallic appearance, if you know what to look for, and how to do proper tests, you shall be able to easily distinguish between fool's gold, and other worthless material, and gold. This shall allow you to co...
Facebook YouTube Share Blog by Goldminingtips Admin In June 2019, a retired prospector, who decided to remain anonymous, found a large gold nugget while using a Minelab metal detector. The nugget is far from being the largest gold nugget, but nonetheless it weighed 2 kilograms (or 63 ounces). The nugget was unearthed near Ballarat, Australia. 'You Wouldn't Believe It' Nugget The nugget, which was named "You Wouldn’t Believe It," would be worth over US$160,000 at the current gold price....