Popular Post IdahoPeg Posted August 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2017 Well I'm back from my California gold trip.....was a bit under the weather with a summer cold that turned into a sinus/cough thing that lingered the whole time! Argh! Anyway, took a day off early on and rode the quad to this beautiful view of the N Fork of American River: But on to the GOLD! Spent a lot of time playing with the Monster at a nearby hammered hydraulic pit, working bedrock areas like this: Found numerous small nuggies chipping away at the fissured areas, including this nice 1st one using the larger coil, which I love by the way! : However, I was eager to get out with the 7000 and went back to the American Hill area where my buhzillion dollar machine found me THIS!: Hmmm...the Monster was killing the Zed, until it redeemed itself in a wash finding me this nice 4.4g speci! : I had a nice time in CA detecting with Mike B. , Chet, and others, but since not feeling well decided to start heading home with a stop in Rye Patch to experience the solar eclipse at one of my favorite places: And I was rewarded with a beautiful 2.4g eclipse nugget: Here's a better pic: Thought I was the only idiot out there in the heat, but ran into 2 gals, Carol and Janna who had Gold Monsters so we detected together a few hours....Carol got her 1st Rye Patch nugget! Then I ran into Rick and Rudy who as you know from Lucky Lundy's recent post, found a fantastic 1/4 oz nugget. The guys were very generous with their time and gave me some nice tips! So no big lunkers for me, but I had a great time with some great people, and ended up with just about a half an ounce of beautiful Calif(Monster, 2300, 7000) and Nv(11 pieces on left w 7000) gold, along with a very special Troy oz silver Prospector coin given to me at the Goldhounds meeting by El Presidente Mike B! Till the next hunt! Cheers! :-) 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Nice gold Peg and terrific photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Peg, You had a great trip and that is a prize of a Chevron from Rye Patch! Your coil and technique are paying off. Rick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod K Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Looks like you had a great trip and ran into some nice folks. Congrats. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Great job, Peg! And here we thought it all had been cleaned out! Thank you for proving us differently! You earned every BIT! ~LARGO~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Hi Peg, I am sure most of us would agree that a Rye Patch chevron piece is the equivalent of a lunker in anyones book. Nice job! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Outstanding Peg! That chevron nugget is perfect. Beautiful pictures as usual...Please share your finds from florida as well.... you obviously know why your doing!! strick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn in CO Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Great Pictures! Great Finds! Thanks for sharing your latest adventure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Very well done. Your chevron is quite a prize along with all the others. I spent a day at Rye Patch on Tuesday and have nothing to show for it. I left about 4 PM but I had spent the night there near the burn barrel when I got there about 2 AM from Wyoming and the total eclipse there. Mitchel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 That's awesome Peg. Great gold and great photos - you are living the dream! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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