calihunter4au Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 nice gold. just joined and wanting to find nuggets like that. finally found my first nugget recently with my gpx 5000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome to the forum. That is a nice fat nugget, the kind I like to find. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calihunter4au Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Absolutely great idea Scott - I should have thought of that! Rye Patch Nugget Shoot Information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calihunter4au Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Welcome and let the journey begin - Congrats to your Son too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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