Wednesday, 31st August 2005 (3273 views)

Nugget hunting has always been practised in gold-bearing areas such as Alaska and now tourists are getting in on the act too, taking home their own gold from areas such as Anchorage, Alaska.

The most recent report of a gold find comes from Dean Griswold of Kirkland, Washington who found a massive 6.5-ounce nugget.

Mr Griswold came across his booty in Alaska whilst using a metal detector on a wilderness nugget-hunting tour.

Another mammoth nugget recently discovered at nearby Ganes Creek weighed in at 42-ounces.

Advances in technology have made metal detectors more powerful and resulted in a flurry of finds as gold can be detected in both shallow free-milling gold pockets and pay streaks.

Several nugget-hunting businesses are currently operating in the Anchorage area such as Clark-Wiltz Mining and Moore Creek Mining.

Gold enthusiasts can expect to find gold with metal detectors in many previously explored areas due to the increased accuracy of modern metal detectors.

 

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