I recently entered the gold prospecting world and I'm still new to its methods and technologies, and I must say its quite intruiging. And yes still no gold but thats why I'm here, to learn from experienced blokes!
The best advice I can give you is to search where others have found gold. At least that way you know you are in the right location. Be sure you are legally allowed to be there and search carefully. Gold doesn’t come easily.