Prospecting bugged...?

[Haba]

Also: silver/gold mines still exist as mines? Confirm/deny?

[loftar]

I confirm that. They are located a bit differently, though. So to speak.

[Haba]

So you can't find them anymore by prospecting on surface...?

[loftar]

That is correct. :)

[Vigilance]

That is correct.

all-mighty loftar, how on earth do you find them then?

[cgbnab]

I got high-ass exploration and good quality rustroot, so issue is not about the rr range.

http://www.learntoreadfree.com/

Man...ant...pan...

[Potjeh]

I'm getting a lot of these false readings too

[SpidersEverywhere]

Yeah, I've seen the same problem as the OP.

I also got "There appears to be copper below you" while in a cave, which means either mines and caves aren't in the same layer or it's using the wrong message .

[loftar]

I'm getting a lot of these false readings too :(

They aren't actually "false readings"; rather, nearby minerals may occasionally be overlooked. It's the "no minerals found" message that is a false reading if anything. Either way, I'll try to make it a bit more deterministic.

[Potjeh]

Is it such low odds of actually detecting minerals that I can prospect in the same spot 7-8 times and get no minerals, even though it's two tiles away from a tile where I did get a reading and in the direction of the reading?