Some Of That Alaskan Au!

[Bryan]

Ahoy! Most of you do not know me. I'm relatively new to the forums and don't post very often, so this is also an introduction. I am a recently retired veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and the new Mining Manager for Alaska Mining & Diving Supply. I had the good fortune of being invited to a very special place. While my pictures aren't as pretty as Steve's gold, I was honored to have spent the time with him. My take came from a combination of detecting, dredging, and high-banking. Detectors used were the GPX 6000, the Equinox 800 with the 6" DD coil (talk about a scorching machine for that smaller stuff), and the new 24K from Garrett (super impressed with it). Anyhow, enough TLDR out of me...

Fair winds & following seas,

Bryan

[IdahoPeg]

Nice to meet you😄 Awesome pics and gold!

[Lunk]

WTG!

[phrunt]

Outstanding, great gold there, Alaska is my kind of place.  Thanks for your introduction post and welcome aboard.

Cool photo of that cute little critter too, I assume it's a squirrel? We don't have whatever creature it is here.

[Valens Legacy]

Great job on the hunting, and it seems that you found a new friend out there. Nice looking gold with some nice areas to hunt in.

Glad you had fun and wish you more luck in your next hunt.

[Bryan]

12 hours ago, phrunt said:

Outstanding, great gold there, Alaska is my kind of place.  Thanks for your introduction post and welcome aboard.

Cool photo of that cute little critter too, I assume it's a squirrel? We don't have whatever creature it is here.

That is Scar the arctic ground squirrel (up here they call them Parka Squirrels). After about 3 or 4 days feeding him Goldfish and tortillas scraps, he was my little buddy. He'd pack his cheeks full, run down his hole, offload, and came back for more.

Truthfully, the ground squirrels were our entertainment during the off hours. 

 

-Bryan aka HookFynn

 

 

[phrunt]

That is awesome! what a cool little guy he is. 

[Steve Herschbach]

Was a real pleasure hanging out with you Bryan, and finding some gold. And happy to find another person who would rather feed the parka squirrels than shoot them!  Amazing creatures really, only known vertebrate than can survive with a core body temperature that drops below freezing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_ground_squirrel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jn3v7

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=arcticgroundsquirrel.printerfriendly

 

[Bryan]

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Was a real pleasure hanging out with you Bryan, and finding some gold. And happy to find another person who would rather feed the parka squirrels than shoot them!  Amazing creatures really, only known vertebrate than can survive with a core body temperature that drops below freezing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_ground_squirrel

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=arcticgroundsquirrel.printerfriendly

same to you, steve! now that i've had a week to rest up i'm ready to go back!

[beatup]

well done