Over time, he explained that quartz that was, quote, down inside the earth has made its way up to the surface. End quote. Furnishing this region with gold Dayton is a jack of all trades when it comes to gold prospecting, although he said that metal detecting is his professional specialty. He stressed, however, that he likes to do it all, including methods such as panning sniping and sluicing. Sniping requires lying down in a creek bed and prying the gold piece by piece from the bedrock