Hi Dave, In late October I decided that I also needed a change in the way I was searching and went to open areas and used a bigger coil for ground coverage and immediately had a change in luck. In two outings I had found many times the weight that I had found in the 10 months previously. I still had a bad year as far as gold goes but I think next year will be better. Below is the first bit I found about 9 inches down and it screamed well before I had the coil over it.
Rowdy