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Jason and Diggerbob are correct. I was fortunate enough to be included as a character in one of these reality shows about gold hunting and was interviewed. This production companies name escapes me now but they are in the business and have many shows to their list on tv. Anyways they came up, three of them....two camermen and the director or concept idea person for the company, who happened to be the great grand daughter of the director (Greek Fella) who produced and directed Cleopatra back in the 30's. We did what they call Quick Reals for three days. We basically shot some film with showing us finding, chasing claim jumpers away with guns, and selling gold, to me as I was the buyer of the gold. We were told the company had to go back east to sell the idea to all the networks like Discovery, National Geographic and so on. Well we were put on the shelf, that's what they call it..never heard from them...lol again. They want crazy sh-t, not miners who put the nose to the ground and seek gold day after day...they love drama,without it, it don't last long. Weeks went by and she called us saying the day she had to go east to sell the idea she got sick and one of the camera guys went instead....she said he sabotaged it, she left the company..forming her own production company. It was a fun experience....oh and than their was the guy with the parrot who traveled the States interviewing gold seekers and mining with his parrot which was marketed for kids....that one never made it either. But......good luck to anyone who gives it a go. You may have a better experience than I...

Sweet set up with the 5 Keene 151 trays...what size screen do you use? From the picture I am guessing 1/4 inch. Do you detect the waste pile for nuggets?

Congrats on your awesome find....love the coarse chunky look to it.

Good luck in the field and happy hunting.

Hard Prospector, Its interesting how many miners carry a nugg in their pocket....it's not the first time I have heard of this. Up here in the Sierras a know a number of fellas who keep one as if it was a good luck charm...I personally don't as I hate losing things I find....I work hard enough and would kick myself in the ass if I lost one.

very nice.....old patch delivers......yet another impressive nugget. congrats !

The Tejon is a wicked hot detector..sometimes tricky to tame....but a well capable gold machine. I had one for relic hunting and was amazed how deep it went. I had the 5.7 round coil on mine and on air tests on sub grain gold it did very well. But in the gold fields I had to reduce gain to smooth out the threshold.

That dude is a character.....

This guy was fort knox on feet....flaunting it in one of the poorest countries in the world per capita, should have learned some modesty. I hardly think posting a few nuggets here and there would make any one of us victims...just be smart about it and carry a big stick. I would agree its a good reminder to us all to be very careful who you choose to share information with.

Very nice find.....and 12 grams of chunky gold.....congrats to you Peg.

Wow..............that's a nice one...I 've had many days like that.....skunk all day....and last half hour it shows...just never know.

Its a beauty Rick, and you got that right on trash...it's a numbers game for sure!! Congrats.

Great combo !

Rick, that's a sweet one !! Well each and every little bit is nice, but ones that size don't come often.....what's it weigh in?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh man, dreamin of a new patch. Oh where can she be....great video....

Very true Rick.....I am going to visit my patches when I buy a new tech coil, just not ready to step up to a gpz..yet that is. Right now its trashy tailings for me.

Should of called Ghost Busters.......always worked for me.....

Rick, You got me excited with the " New Technology " lol. Thought some new up and coming wizard wand was created by one of the detector companies . So many whispers out about new Fisher , Whites gold detectors and so on COMING in 6 to 12 months !!!!! I keep hesitating to buy cause of those dang whispers....great finds with the zed !! Proves again.....no ground is all worked out. Make it a golden Summer.

Yes the SunRay probe is a great tool, I know a few guys who have it mounted on the shaft of their Whites MXT Pro.

Hey Goldbrick, I think and breath nuggethunting ...lol on my days off like today. So let them curse me.... I am just saying I know about digging all targets and I would bet all who say they dig all their targets are not being truthful. Every site is different and I take a different approach depending on the site and what I find.I also visit the sites on and off and over time I do eventually kill the area of targets. But at times especially on new areas, I do prefer to use disc until over time I find that beautiful, darling nugget. I don't have the patience to hit one site and clear it all in one or two hunts...no way ! , I jump from one area to another and over time I locate the areas where I found gold and keep returning and clearing. I am fortunate I live very close to my hunting grounds to be able to do that. But that magic disc pinpointer would sure speed things up and help me locate that first nug...than I can slow down and clear it out in time, at my own pace. Not sure about the electronic, but perhaps they can incorporate disc to the next Pro pointer and add a simple button to check for ferrous. Gold is a motivator..what ever helps me find it faster the better, than I will dig all of it.

I have been thinking the other day as I was digging yet another deep hole with a sweet sound how I wish I could just reach for my small discriminating pin pointer. Something small like a Garrett ProPointer. I could reach for one in my back pocket and check it down in the hole and than I can decide to leave it or clean the trash out. Sure would save some time. Sure I can modify my Tesoro silver U max and make it a stubby disc pointer, but its too big for me to carry around as I have enough on my back all ready. I don't see any sense of nugget hunters with a vlf buying one, but for PI users with a mono coil who just want a quick id...it would be a killer accessory. The way I see it the more targets I i.d. and decide to dig or not dig the more chances of me finding gold that day....

I see a future for you on the Golden screen.....

Sounds like a plan....but dang ....that lump could be anywhere. Always comes when you least expect it, good luck.

Here it is , it feels solid and the handle feels better as it slants forward a bit rather than straight. My hand feels natural as I sweep the cool from left to right ans back. The ultimate test will be on the field next Monday. The handle came from an underwater light.

Hey Rick, great idea! Well I heard from Mellisa and Minelab came through !!! They thanked me for sending pictures and story about what happened. In the mean time I already started on fixing my proem. I created my own version of what I think would make a great handle for me. In the rough here it is.