Books on How To Find Gold for the rock collector, gold prospector and treasure hunter.

How To Find Gold

Mercury Free Gold Recovery (DVD) Click here to enlarge.

Mercury Free Gold Recovery from Black Sand Concentrates (DVD)

Learn how to recover all your gold from black sand without the use of mercury. Watch previously unrecoverable fine gold values separate from the concentrates with proven techniques developed by professional miner, Jeff Pickett. This DVD gives detailed step-by-step instructions, broken down into easy-to-follow fine gold recovery techniques. These techniques use simple inexpensive equipment that most recreational gold prospectors already own.
W-6147 $39.95

The $3.25 How To Gold Pan Book Click here to enlarge.

Everything you need to know to learn to pan for gold. Well illustrated with a section on using sniping tools and a snuffer bottle. Sam Radding, 28 pages. Soft cover, 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.

W-5811 $3.25

Advanced Dredging Techniques Vol 2 Part 1 Finding and Recovering Paystreaks

Expert guidance on locating paystreaks, sampling, dredging procedures, mining claims and advanced recovery systems. Dave McCracken, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, soft cover, 176 pages.

W-6258 $7.95

Diving And Digging For Gold Click here to enlarge.

Written by a geologist, this book stresses information about the places where you are most likely to locate gold, and the equipment that you need to accomplish that goal. Presents various methods of extracting gold including hunting underwater. Illustrated. Mary Hill, 48 pages, soft cover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

W-5266 $6.95

Dry Washing For Gold Click here to enlarge.

Updated edition with more on modern electronic prospecting and current equipment. Describes dry washing, a profitable means of extracting gold in regions where water sources are not available. Illustrated. James Klein 89 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, soft cover..

W-5383 $9.95

Drywashing: A dry Placer Gold Mining Primer Click here to enlarge.

Everything you ever wanted to know about dry washing but didn't know who to ask! Includes detailed plans to build your own Mini-Magic Dry Washer. Sam Radding. 100 pages,5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, soft cover.

W-5216 Sorry This Book is not Currently Available.

Finding Gold In The Desert: The Art Of Dry Washing Click here to enlarge.

Updated edition with expert help on how to successfully use a drywasher. Includes plans for building a puffer-type drywasher. Otto Lynch. 25 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover..

W-5236 $4.95

Gold: ABC's of Panning Click here to enlarge.

4th edition, revise and enlarged. Reprint of an old classic, this book illustrates how to find placer gold, how to use a gold pan, and what equipment is needed. E.S. "Rocky" Legaye. 90 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover.

W-5292 $9.95

Gold! Gold! Click here to enlarge.

Beginning guide and recreational handbook. Includes historical and geographical background as well as traditional and modern recovery methods. Describes where you can still find gold in the U.S. today. Joseph f. Pertralia. 144 pages, 6 x 9 inches, soft cover.

W-5295 $12.95

Gold Fever Click here to enlarge.

Favorite among beginners. Full-page illustrations on the mechanics of panning and sluicing. Maps of Western states gold locations. Numerous illustrations. Lois De Lorenzo 80 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, soft cover.

W-5294 $6.95

Gold Mining In The 21st Century Click here to enlarge.

This is the 280 page "How To Do It " bible for gold prospecting. Covers all aspects of gold prospecting and recovery methods from electronic prospecting to gold panning. Also includes sections on cleaning and selling gold. Revised in 2006. Dave McCracken, 280 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 soft cover.

W-5380 $19.95

Gold Panning Is Easy Click here to enlarge.

Field guide for the beginner that shows exactly how to find and pan gold. Includes complete instructions on how to pan for gold with, or without, water. Color and B/W photos. Roy Lagal, 134 pages, soft cover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

W-5297 $9.95

Gold Prospectors Digest Click here to enlarge.

An updated version of Jerry Keene's classic with chapters on all kinds of prospecting including electronic prospecting. 51 pages, soft cover, 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

W-5286 $7.95

Gold Prospector's Handbook Click here to enlarge.

Geological background dynamics of stream flow, how to pan for gold, and what tools to use. Non technical but advanced book for the prospector. Excellent glossary. Jack Black 176 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover.

W-5299 $10.95

How To Find Gold Click here to enlarge.

The latest methods and equipment geology of placer deposits, staking a claim and much more. Illustrated. James Klein & Jerry Keene, 120 pages, soft cover 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

W-5281 $8.95

Looking for Gold Click here to enlarge.

Here are the facts about gold prospecting today, from success stories to places to start looking for gold. Covers the equipment, laws, regulations, analyzing ore, and everything about staking claims from A to Z. Detailed instructions about the business of mining including information on getting free assistance from outside sources. With a minimum investment an outdoor vacation can be turned into a fun and challenging search for gold. Bradford Angier, 218 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover.

W-5262 $18.95

Magnificent Quest: A Guide to Prospecting, Drywashing and Nugget Shooting in the Desert

Originally published in 1990 as a guide to those who prospect and metal detect in the arid southwest deserts of the western United States. It's main purpose is to give basic tips on staying comfortable and safe where the only shade is your shadow. Revised in 2009 and expanded with color photos. Jim Straight, 76 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover.

W-4043 $9.95

Methods Of Placer Mining Click here to enlarge.

Discusses the gold rush areas of the continental U.S., Alaska and Western Canada and explains the various methods used to recover gold from winnowing to the sluice, dredge and spiral gold panning machines. Maps, drawings, historic and modern photos. Garnet Basque, 88 pages, soft cover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

This book is out of print as of 4-06. We have a few copies in stock

W-5285 $12.95

The Modern Goldseekers Manual Click here to enlarge.

This book will introduce you to the equipment and the techniques used by recreational or small scale miner. Includes well illustrated equipment plans with detailed instructions in the use of all the common gold prospecting equipment. It includes a section on amalgamation and searching for diamonds. Tom Bryant , 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 soft cover with 243 pages.

W-5301

$16.95

Modern Prospecting: How to Find Claim and Sell Mineral Deposits Click here to enlarge.

A gold pan, a couple of screens, a small shovel, rock hammer, hand lens, and sample bags are the essential tools for prospecting. However to have a better chance of discovering a deposit, a prospector must also recognize the signpost of a favorable area, do the land status research, and follow through with a valid claim staking, soil and rock sampling, and assaying. Roger McPherson , 6x9 soft cover with 303 pages.

W-5227 $14.95

Placer Gold Mining Click here to enlarge.

A book of methods and materials for recreational placer gold miners. First printed in 1980 it covers all the basics on the tools and techniques used in prospecting for placer gold. Well illustrated with a nice glossary of related terms. Allin R. Copp, 81 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches with a soft cover.

W-5323 $8.95

Simple Methods of Mining Gold Click here to enlarge.

A concise little book covering the basics of placer mining using a gold pan, sluice, rocker box, and long tom. Also covers dry panning, retorting, and amalgamation. Terry Faulk, 36 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 inches with a soft cover.
W-5428 $4.95

Successful Drywashing Click here to enlarge.

Everything you need to know about drywashing. Well illustrated with lots of pictures of unusual drywashers. Includes a section on how to sample and estimate the gold value of placer gravel. Jim Straight, 34 pages. Soft cover, 5 1/;2 x 8 1/2 inches.

W-5282 $9.

Underwater Sniping For Gold Click here to enlarge.

This is a great book by Sam Radding and Jim Garlock. True to its title it is the first book that covers the art of sniping for gold. To those of you who have never tried sniping it is a fun, inexpensive way to collect nuggets from rivers, creeks or even dry washes. These techniques use inexpensive tools, many of which he includes plans to build them yourself, you can go after the big gold. This book covers much more than sniping in that it has a section on cleaning, sorting and selling your gold as well as a large section of maps and descriptions of gold areas in California and vicinity. 144 pages, soft cover, 6 x 8 inches.

W-5239 $11.95

The Weekend Gold Miner Click here to enlarge.

One of the most popular gold titles. The author becomes your personal guide to finding gold and getting it out. A.H. Ryan, PH. D, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, soft cover, 80 pages.

W-5309 $5.95