I am new to gold prospecting and I would like to find out the best way to clean up nuggets, any advice on what to use and any pitfalls I may encounter would be greatly appreciated.

Try Mag cleaner, it works great.

try mag wheel acid,soak for 3 days and then if they are only small ,put into a film cannister with a small amount of trix or morning fresh dishwashing liquid asnd shake the **** out of it for about 10 minutes the result......gleaming ,bright saleable gold and ive got good prices for it this waY