First Nugget With GPX 5000

[calihunter4au]

nice gold. just joined and wanting to find nuggets like that. finally found my first nugget recently with my gpx 5000

[Steve Herschbach]

Welcome to the forum. That is a nice fat nugget, the kind I like to find. Congratulations!

[calihunter4au]

thanks steve, I am very interested in detecting and want to go as much as possiable. I live in auburn so

right in the middle of gold country. been out looking for areas to detect. I would like to try rye patch.

seems like you guys are doing good out there. I really need to take a training lesson to learn this machine

I think I got bit by the gold bug. haha

[Steve Herschbach]

I honestly think you are better off nearer to home. Lots of gold near you whereas Rye Patch is beat to death. I admit I do enjoy wandering the desert more than most anything however. In California I spend most of my time digging nails. In Nevada it is more like Australia where you go for ages with no targets at all, but if you get one a good chance it might be gold.

The GPX is pretty forgiving, main thing is to just get out and use it. Beginners Guide To Minelab GPX 5000

[Sourdough Scott]

Welcome, come to the rye patch nugget shoot on September 19th. There will be many knowledgeable detectorists that can shorten your learning curve on the 5k.

[Steve Herschbach]

Absolutely great idea Scott - I should have thought of that! Rye Patch Nugget Shoot Information

[vanursepaul]

Yes,,   I agree with Steve! You are in a great area for gold!!!!

 

I was in the American yesterday sniping... and trying out a new invention....

 

Don't miss Rye Patch and if you do go ask them where Scott is!

[calihunter4au]

I was at mineral bar yesterday. got skunked but the water sure felt good. I would like to go to rye patch

but my son took my detector on his drive back to Colorado. he stopped in rye patch and found a 2.57 gram

nugget yesterday in about 2 hours. he never even used it before. he watched the video that comes with it right before he left and found his first nugget. he was one excited guy. now he is hooked. moving back in 2 weeks. so no minelab till then.

so I got me a new detecting buddy

[deathray]

Hey bud, first congratulations!! You should consider joining the motherload goldhounds. Big Mike is the pres, and ONLY detects. Hook up with him or others there, youll be good to go.

[Featherdfishead]

Welcome and let the journey begin - Congrats to your Son too!!!