End Of The Season At The Cabin

[IdahoPeg]

Well we’ve had some snow and cold temps up at the cabin....here’s my thermometer for my morning walk the other day:

Hadn’t made it to my little claim in well over a month, so decided to give it one more visit when it warmed up in the afternoon. Roamed over the handstackings and found a promising spot to clear and detect a bit:

Nice little nuggies found both near the surface, and some better ones in some depressions in the bedrock...here they are in the canister cap. Was afraid with my cold hands I’d knock them off the Monster’s coil if I displayed them spread out! :

Did a final weigh-in of the gold found on the claim....used the Monster mainly, and some drywashing till it started to crap out on me mid season(a big shout out to Chet for fixing it better than new for next year!) My goal was to just find enough to at least pay for my claim fees and corner posts....ended up with 12.85grams, so did a bit better than that lol! Here’s the pic of it all....looks like a tiny micro version of Lunk’s killer Rye Patch finds that he posted about recently?

It was great fun to have my own special place to play this summer....looking forward to continuing moving rock etc on the claim next year! I am so grateful that I have my cabin in the hills and pines, and am able to enjoy the wilderness and the critters in it. Here’s a couple recent pics taken while on my walks...not the best quality on my phone, though I think you can make out Mrs Moose(Mr had stepped out of view by the time I took pic), and a huge coyote that hung around for a couple weeks. 

I’ll be heading to FL for the winter soon....so will be switching to beach hunting....wish me luck! ?

[vanursepaul]

There ya go!

Paid for the fees...and money left over for suntan oil!!!!!!!!

Can't complain about that.

Get outta there----toooo cold  hahahaha

[Gravelwasher]

 Good on you and some great looking gold!!

A gold coin from Florida to top off the season would be awesome, best of luck with the pirate treasure hunting.

[Lunk]

Looks like a mighty fine season of gold-finding fun, Peg. Hope you find a fistful of doubloons on the beach this winter.

[phoenix]

Good on you Peg.   That`s nice looking gold and you covered the cost of the lease doing something you enjoy doing.   How good is that.☺️

[Glenn in CO]

Looks like a great ending to successful season! Hopefully your luck will continue on the beaches in Florida.

Thanks for sharing your adventure!

[IdahoPeg]

Thanks for the nice comments guys!?

kiwijw...yes, it got up to 40*F that afternoon...still able to move some loose ground.

phrunt...yep, life is pretty darn good! Had a plan: wanted a place in the hills and one at the beach when I retired...stuck with it, and it worked out! Considered Arizona for the winter, but since LUNK goes there every year, knew there’d be no gold left for me to find lol?

[Jim McCulloch]

Nice season, Peg. I got some nice Idaho gold this year as well, but nowhere as nice as yours, though. Don't worry about Lunk in AZ, he moves so slow it would take him forever to cover the state. Go ahead and add some AZ gold to your poke! HH Jim

[beatup]

Looks to be a good season Peg may it be just as good on the beach this winter.

[vanursepaul]

Mine is to have good friends who have claims in all areas that need a caretaker....I mean a "property manager"..?