Every gold nugget in your pan started deep underground. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew takes you on a journey into the Earth to explore how gold ore deposits form. You'll learn about hydrothermal veins, epithermal systems, porphyry and intrusion-related deposits, sedimentary paleoplacers like the Witwatersrand, and the microscopic Carlin-type deposits of Nevada.

Think you need a fortune in gear to start finding gold? Think again. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew shows you how to build a complete, effective gold prospecting kit for less than the cost of a weekend's groceries. You'll learn the absolute essentials that cost under $50, the smart upgrades that give you the best return, and a full $300 kit that handles almost any recreational prospecting situation.

In this episode, you'll learn about the best ways to legally recover gold from old mine tailings.

The old-timers left behind more than abandoned mine shafts — they left detailed maps that point to gold. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew reveals how to research old mining maps and use them to find ground that modern prospectors overlook. You'll learn where to find historical maps and records, how to read their symbols and annotations, and how to overlay them on modern satellite imagery and GPS.

Ready to move more material and reach gold that stream sluices can't touch? In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew introduces you to the highbanker — a sluice box with a pump that lets you work the high benches, old channels, and dry ground near water sources. You'll learn what a highbanker is, how it works, and the key components: hopper, grizzly, sluice, pump, and frame.

Gold prospecting isn't a lottery — it's a discipline. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew pulls together the essential skills from previous episodes into a complete, step-by-step workflow for working any creek. You'll learn a four-stage system — Observe, Sample, Concentrate, and Recover — that takes you from your first walk along the bank to a vial of gold.

Some of the richest gold in any creek is hiding in plain sight — packed into the cracks and crevices of exposed bedrock. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andreww teaches the simple art of sniping: finding, cleaning, and processing bedrock crevices for coarse, beautiful gold. You'll learn why crevices act as natural gold traps, the small kit of inexpensive tools you need, and the step‑by‑step method for cleaning a crevice thoroughly.

In this episode, you'll learn how to tune your metal detector to recover more gold.

In this episode, you'll learn about the basics of panning to help you find your first piece of gold.

Some of the most productive gold ground isn't in creeks or hillsides — it's in the piles of rock the old‑timers threw away. In this episode of Gold Mining Tips, Andrew reveals how to prospect old mine dumps, mullock heaps, and tailings piles for the gold that earlier miners missed. You'll learn why the old‑timers left so much gold behind, how to read a dump for signs of mineralisation, and which tools work best — from detectors on the edges to pans in the fine tailings.