I’m sure for many of you, Dave Wiseman needs no introduction. He has been around on the forums freely giving advice and sharing stories regarding the dying art of Hard Rock Sampling.

Many of us have found nuggets in washes and even traced the gold back to alluvial hillside patches. But how many of us have gone the extra mile and found the source of that gold? Sometimes the source is long gone or isn’t in the area, depending on the patch. But how many times have we left behind a wealth of gold just “beyond the tip of the pick” as Dave would say?

Dave has agreed to blog here and it’s our pleasure to welcome him. Hopefully we can all learn from his wisdom and carry on with the techniques that Dave has to share.

Dave has written a paper on hard rock sampling that has previously only been available in written form and we present it here for the first time on the web.

Quartz Sampling
Welcome Dave Wiseman!