a few mining questions

[Dwaneloki]

hey i just started mining and found a nice tin vain buy i only found cause somone else had started it a while ago then quit how do i detect vains of ores otherwise while in a cave?

[TeckXKnight]

Chip walls until you no longer hit stone and instead hit ore. Alternatively use rustroot extract to find ore below you.

[Dwaneloki]

sounds like that'll take a long time also the cave i 'm talking about runs under a river does prospecting work while your over water?

[TeckXKnight]

sounds like that'll take a long time also the cave i 'm talking about runs under a river does prospecting work while your over water?

Rustroot detects in a radius so it'd be fine over water.

[Dwaneloki]

also is there any patterns i should be looking out for such as ore nodes being a certain distance from one another?

edit:thank you very much teck for thouse helpful answers

[TeckXKnight]

No, they're randomly placed. Sometimes they'll intersect even.

[Dwaneloki]

just found a shell thingy..wtf how dose it work

[TeckXKnight]

just found a shell thingy..wtf how dose it work :shock:

http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Petrified_Seashell

[Dwaneloki]

SWEET BRO they very common?

[TeckXKnight]

SWEET BRO :D they very common?

Yes, incredibly common.