Finding Hot Rocks when Prospecting

In gold prospecting hot rocks bring about problems, why? Well, when the detector loop is passed over them they make a great deal of noise and this very often times deceives the prospector to thinking he has found little metal targets. And they cause problems because you may think you have found something when in fact you have only found a hot rock.

Even though hot rocks may be a little bit distressful for operators, it does not have to turn into such a big dilemma because there is a way to resolve this problem. It is possible to recognize them. This will entail practice so that you are able to make out when it is a hot rock or a real metal target. Keep in mind also that a rock can be a hot rock in one area while it may not be in a different area. Therefore this means that a hot rock is a “hot rock” depending on the sort of ground that it is located in, and depending on the intensity of mineralization, the “hotter” the rock will be.

If a rock makes a sound, it is caused by the change in mineralization in the earth. As a matter a fact, there are some rocks that are so mineralised that they not only make a signal that sounds like metal but they can also cause the audio of the detector to overload and sometimes neutralize the loop’s effectiveness. This means that they can factually kill the use of the detector so that it will not detect any target.

When these rocks are situated on the surface of the ground they are not too hard to find. On the other hand when they are deeply under the ground it can become a setback. Due to the fact that they are in existence in part because of the earth that surrounds them, they bring about a different trouble in every place you find them. There are in fact a lot more hot rocks then one might think; the thing is that some of them are very small in size and embedded too deep inside the ground for you to hear them while there are others that can be heard with no trouble. Nevertheless the problem is not with those that cannot be heard but with those that can be heard.