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This video got me:

174 diamond ore
4224 iron ore
817 gold ore
32 spawners

just from yesterday mining in wild.

 

tl;dr What is ideal for mining and differienciating from hackers?

Hello Meepers! I decided to bring this up because of general curiosity and concern for those, including myself, who use non-traditional (NOT hacking or Xraying) methods to Mine. For example, many people claim to have "the secret to good mining" Many suggest mine on level 11, or 12, or to strip mine, or to mine on 1 level above bedrock, or mining towards gravel, or Any idea you can think of that does NOT include hacking but just includes technique. But I know many of these methods can come off as Xraying if seen from a strictly efficiency based point of view. So I guess I came to the forums to confirm which method isn't frowned upon, or considered to similar looking to an X-ray user to differentiate. Is it digging straight down and strip mining? Is it mining randomly and hope for good luck? Is it only mining by entering the ground through surface showing caves? All opinions are welcome on this topic. Thanks for reading.

 

This is how I mine