In recent years, massive advances have been achieved with regards to the technology of gold detectors. Ideally, you want to purchase a good VLF or a PI detector to gain good results. On the market today there are at the very least a dozen or more great gold detectors and your budget will likely have a play in which one is best for you.

Certainly in mineralized areas strongly consider the pulse induction, PI gold detectors.

Now, as regards accessories, there are many on the market that can aid you vastly as you search for your ideal and suitable gold detector. If you pick the right ones these can greatly increase your gold detectors overall performance. One must have, is a good set of high impedance headphones. If at all possible, what you want to try and do is to to match the impedance of the headphones to your actual gold detector. You will find that some work great with some gold detectors, whilst on others, the results will not be so good.

Another worthwhile accessory is an audio booster or signal enhancer which will help to increase faint target sounds, but be aware also that these can increase the background noise whilst you are out in the field conducting your gold detecting.

Nearly all gold detector manufacturers produce a variety of search coils, i.e. the round device that you move just above the surface of the ground and/or terrain. These can vary in size and also in configuration (DD, DD pro, Mono and Salt). As a general rule of thumb, the smaller circumference loops work best for tighter areas and smaller gold which is close to the surface. Larger coils have the advantage of allowing you to cover more ground, although they have less sensitivity to smaller pieces of gold, the advantage with these though is the depth to which they can detect gold nuggets lower down or deeper, this does depend though as I said on the size of the coil and the target. Recent advances have made some gold detectors very advanced pieces of equipment in their own right and there are now some very good ones on the market, the MineLab 4500 gold detector springs to mind straightaway if you have the budget for this one.

You will also need a decent digger, often called a prospecting pick, this will enhance your digging speed considerably. Consider first a lightweight pick as the less weight you need to cart around the more ground you can cover at the end of the day. A metal handle or a wooden handle makes little difference, just make sure if the latter that the handle is not going to snap on you at the worst possible time, unexpectantly as this can be rather infuriating and time consuming should it happen to you.

Acquiring a super strong magnet is also very helpful in area that have a lot of iron trash. A strong good sized magnet will save you so much time when digging in an area where there is lots of iron rubbish.

Gold locations occur in many areas throughout North America and around the world. If you are on your own personal gold trail quest to discover gold perhaps for the very first time, or to take up gold prospecting as a hobby, discovering where these likely gold locations are, will significantly add to your eventual gold recovery from the field.

As with anything in life, you can just go straight out there and start trying to find these gold locations with nothing more than a wishful dream and therefore it is unlikely that you will ever find your pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow, so the first advice is to always carry out due diligence and research first.

Whilst this may not seem very exciting to some individuals who are very keen to find gold locations straightaway, much fun can be gleaned from this gold research adding to your gold learning and your overall success in locating gold on your gold trail.

Knowing where your chances are significantly increased is half the battle and this gold locations research too can save you a lot of hassle falling foul of some of the gold regulations and laws surrounding gold prospecting wherever you live in the world.

One of the most logical places to start your gold locations research is the local library or to dig around and search online.  You could also join one of the many gold prospecting forums on the internet to find out the best gold locations in your area. Joining a gold prospectors club and striking up new friendships, swapping skills etc and given time you will no doubt be given a few good tips to help you find ideal gold locations which will have a positive bearing and increased likelihood on striking gold for the first time, then as your own gold skill develops, you can further refine your research to find better gold locations.

You can also buy gold maps online, which will give details of where gold is likely to be found.  One or two sites specifically supply these gold maps to the wider public.

Another option is to visit directly known gold areas and to pop into the local secondhand bookshop heading for the section on local minerals.  It may be that your gold luck is in if you manage to pick up an old mining book for next to nothing or gold magazine or gold journal, which highlights some excellent technical gold discussion, sparking off in your mind a great thought to locate that gold lode being talked about.

This research in the beginning will surely pay off for you handsomely in the long run and overall can only enhance your overall gold knowledge upon the subject, so although perhaps not as pleasant as direct gold prospecting itself, you will come to realise given time, just how valuable and insightful such gold reasearch is, for this gold knowledge will give to you tips and advice which you will carry with you for many a long year to come in the future and especially in the beginning, such advice can be invaluable.

GoldsGold wish you the very best of luck researching gold locations upon your own gold trail and hope that this advice stands you in good stead for finding lots more very productive gold locations in the near future.