How Can You Find Your First Gold Nugget

How Can You Find Your First Gold Nugget

Find Your First Gold Nugget , It took some prospectors 2 years to find my first gold nugget. That might seem crazy to most people, but most prospectors know just how elusive those little buggers can be.

Now I had certainly found gold before. Growing up just a short distance from a well-known mining town, it wasn’t too tough to find a little gold dust using a gold pan. A short 30-minute drive would put me in gold country, and with a little effort you could get a few specks of gold.

A sluice box worked a lot better for finding more gold, but it was still all fine dust. Once in a while I would find a little “picker” in the head of the box, but for the most part all the gold was small stuff.

What I Did Right, and What I Did Wrong

I’ve found quite a few more nuggets since that first one, and I have realized that I certainly did some things right, but I made some mistakes too.

Now there’s nothing wrong with hunting new areas and trying to find better prospecting ground, but I was getting discouraged way too easily. A lack of confidence was making me believe that my spots sucked, and I needed to try completely new areas.

There was (and still is) plenty of gold in those places. I have since been back and found a lot of gold there, but at the time I had almost zero confidence, and it effected my success.

I did make a good choice by getting a gold detector that was capable in the goldfields. I wouldn’t consider the MXT to be the best gold detector by any stretch. It lacks the sensitivity of some other respected gold detectors, but it was certainly capable of doing the task.

Finding junk with your metal detector can be super frustrating. It can be easy for a prospector to get lazy and “selective” about the targets that they dig. Some of the spots I was hunting were so trashy that I just didn’t think it was possible to find a nugget there. I figured I’d have to dig 1000 pieces of trash before I got lucky enough to find a nugget.

It can be frustrating to dig trash, but I have learned that there’s no good way around it. Sometimes I will admit that I will use discrimination on my detector to try and reduce some of the trash targets, but most of the time you just have to dig it all. Learn to embrace that junk and know that every piece you dig is once piece closer to the next nugget.

Ultimately, the most important thing that I got right was to not give up. I had friends who were finding gold nuggets, so I knew they were out there. I was starting to get frustrated, but also a little bit pissed off!

It fueled me to keep after it and not give up. I kept researching about different mining areas, trying new places, and hunting hard. It eventually paid off.

What to Do if You Can’t Find a Gold Nugget

If you’re a gold prospector and you are still struggling to find your first gold nugget with a metal detector, I can assure you that you’re not alone.

My story above is pretty similar to a lot of other prospectors. I’ve talked with enough to know that pretty much everyone had a similar experience.

The challenges of finding a good mining area, learning to use a metal detector, along with the rarity of gold nuggets makes it tough. It is very common for people to spend a year or two, just like I did, before they find a gold nugget.

Just remember, gold is valuable for a reason. It is super rare! And nuggets are even rarer. Finding one with a metal detector is a real challenge, much more difficult than hunting for coins at the park.

The excitement of actually finding one is unlike anything though. If you are still hunting hard for that first nugget, keep at it. It will come when you least expect it!

Can Metal Detectors Find Gold?

As far as gold-hunting detectors go, there are two types—very low frequency (VLF) and pulse induction (PI). VLF detectors designed to find gold, feature a higher operating frequency than other models in order to offer greater sensitivity to small gold nuggets. Realistically speaking, the chances of finding a pencil tip sized nugget is higher than uncovering a large one, which is why many gold hunters opt for a VLF detector. In this same frame of thinking, a small search coil will also provide increased sensitivity to small pieces of gold. However, these search coils won’t cover as much ground or search as deeply as larger coils.

Pulse induction (PI) detectors are a bit pricier because they provide newer technology for finding gold nuggets. They are built with advanced detection depth and high functionality in mineralized soil. Field tests support the claim that PI detectors can detect large nuggets at up to 2 feet or deeper. Many of these units are being designed to be more lightweight than previous iterations; many are also waterproof in shallow water. Avid gold hunters are moving toward PI units, although some say they use both varieties of gold detectors. Below are examples of popular gold-hunting metal detectors.

Simplex Metal Detector

Simplex  is a new entry from Nokta Makro detectors in 2020 for gold prospectors and treasure hunters.

It is the first water proof detector offering extreme depth and high-end features at an entry level price. Simplex Metal Detector is simple enough for beginners yet impressive enough for experts!

For beginners it offers a reliable easy to use detector that gives extreme depth and basic features of a high-end device at best price ever. Simplex is a turn-on 8, go detector with auto ground balancing!

It boasts preset search modes. including a beach mode. in a very easy-to-use. single menu design. Whether you are searching for coins. artifacts or jewelry on land or underwater. It is the most cost-effective yet durable detector featuring a modern and lightweight style

Makro Gold Kruzer

Makro Gold Kruzer is a best new device for natural gold detection because of its  modern design and high-end performance in all ground conditions and terrain.

Gold Kruzer best feature is that it is operate at 61 kHz high frequency so it offers the best sensitivity to detect tiniest natural gold nuggets and gold veins underground.

Gold Kruzer From Nokta work in all terrains even in harsh ground conditions such as  hot rocks or mineralized soils and includes 4 search modes used for different ground conditions.

With its high performance and modern design and included features is most advanced gold and micro jewelry metal detector on the market.

Garrett ATX

Garrett ATX the most powerful natural gold detector with high sensitivity for detection of tiniest gold nuggets underground.

It uses a unique Pulse Induction technology that gives most accurate and reliable results with extreme gold sensitivity to locate tiny gold nuggets in all hard terrain.

GARRETT ATX  however is a versatile device can be used for many purposes and metal detection activities such as gold prospecting, relic hunting and coins shooting and so on.

It is a robust machine that give the prospector best performance in most hard terrains, such as rocky lands and sandy soils thanks to its robust design and advanced features

Plan Your Next Nugget Hunt

Here’s a fun story: a detectorist in Alaska purchased the Garrett AT Pro for his general metal detecting which also included nugget hunting in the mining claims nearby. He let his 12-year-old son test it out and within 10 minutes, his son found two .5 oz. gold nuggets. Then, he tried his hand nugget hunting with his brand new detector and found small nuggets himself. After three hours of hunting, they struck some impressive gold.

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