Last Hunt For This Winter

[beatup]

My brother and I went out for one last hunt for me this winter , we went out to a spot that encompasses several washes that we both found a goodly amount of nuggets in back in the 2015/2016 season when we first got the 7000s.We have been back to this spot several times since then over the years and found a few more small nuggets but yesterday i had the new NF 17x13 Z search coil on and i got a very soft tone that sounded almost like some of the smaller white hot rocks that are found here. But the hit was under two rather large rocks when i flipped the smaller of the two off the larger one the tone was a bit better so i dug down around 8 inches under the side of the large rock and the tone was getting better all the time. There were a lot of small rocks packed in around the rock so i got out my small pry bar and started to pick out the rocks till i saw the edge of the nugget  since it was not that deep i thought a 2 or 3 gram piece as it was not really making the detector scream, but i sure was happy to see that when i kept prying rocks off it the bigger it got. Now over the years  i know this was missed while using the stock 7000 coil and since the nugget was stuck against the rock with it's fine edge facing up not laying flat the stock coil just did not see it. As i said the first passes over the spot with the 17x13 it was so faint i almost moved on but something in my mind said dig this one. It weighs  just over 1/2 oz. .

[cobill]

Beatup, 

Thanks for posting this as I just asked about the NF 17" x 13" Z Search coil reviews and results from the field. What are your thoughts on ground coverage, EMI, can you max out the Sensitivity setting, how quiet it runs, etc. compared to the ML 14" DOD coil? Thanks,

Bill  

 

[beatup]

I run in high yield , normal and i hardly ever set my sensitivity over 9 , here there were times emi could be bad lots of airline traffic and military aircraft will do that. and i really liked the ground coverage i got with the coil yesterday the coil was so smooth and quiet it was like i was running the 12 inch round NF coil .

[Dig It]

Nice looking shiny, nice work !!!

[rvpopeye]

Nice looking very soft tone !  😳

So is it still your last hunt of the winter now ?🍀

 

 

[Valens Legacy]

Great looking nugget and I know that is a lot of hard work to make a find like that.

But when all is said and done it seems as though it took only minutes and didn't bother you at all.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

[mn90403]

13 hours ago, beatup said:

here there were times emi could be bad lots of airline traffic and military aircraft will do that

I thought it was a TWR nugget until I read that!  haha

Great job going back to where you've found gold before.

[beatup]

yeah last hunt in Arizona got to get back up to Wyoming , maybe will have some time in the summer to get over to the Black Hills to detect a few .

[Goldseeker5000]

That is a very nice nugget! Way to go! 

[LuckyLundy]

Sweet nugget!  There is always something left if you look hard enough!