Bruce Hearder 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 Bruce Hearder July 16, 2026 • 18 min read #old workings #mine shafts #metal detecting #strike and dip #WA goldfields