The 4 Unwritten Laws of Gold Prospecting in Western Australia

Your detector isn't the reason you're not finding gold. Four rules decide it before you ever switch the machine on — where you go, what you know, how you cover ground, and what you learn from every dig.

How to Read an Old Mine Shaft (and Find the Gold Everyone Walks Past)

Most detectorists crowd around the collar of an old shaft and miss the easiest gold on the site. Here's how to read the shaft, chase the strike, and work the downhill slope where gold has been shedding for thousands of years