Duke

Hey John

Thanks for the info on Centerville . It's new to me. I have a few friends in Fortuna that might know about the regulations or at least who has jurisdiction. If it's State Parks I'd be real surprised if they allow.any mining.  I'll start playing detective. It would be great if it's open.to us. Alot closer to me ( Shasta County) than Oregon. The last couple of years I've been Prospecting along the Klamath river. My thinking was while there it's not that far to the coast. In my younger years I spent ALOT of time on the Sonoma Coast. Figure if I can be at my favourite place AND get some gold it's a win win. I'll get back to you with any info I come up with. Thanks again!

Hey John, thanks for sharing. I've been interested in trying this for awhile. Like you I know it will not make wages but get some gold and exercise. Hopefully I'll be able to check it out in a couple of weeks. When do the winds typically change from North to south ? I read where you said when the winds are from south it blows the light colored sands over blacks. A friend had good luck at a beach off Niseka Rd north of Gold beach. Thanks again for the informative post. 

            Duke.

Hey John, thanks for sharing. I've been interested in trying this for awhile. Like you I know it will not make wages but get some gold and exercise. Hopefully I'll be able to check it out in a couple of weeks. When do the winds typically change from North to south ? I read where you said when the winds are from south it blows the light colored sands over blacks. A friend had good luck at a beach off Niseka Rd north of Gold beach. Thanks again for the informative post. 

            Duke.

WooHoo!  My 10yr old grandson was in one of the scenes working his Whites PrisimV in the kids hunt. Problem is now he thinks he is a movie star . Well done video !!

Hey all, GREAT event.  Well organized, wonderful people and my 10 yr old grandson won a Mine lab Go Find 60 in the kids contest. Many thanks to the Reno chapter and the many sponsors. Also the State Park Rangers, very friendly and helpful. See you at next year's. 

Good Karma indeed Rob, very cool. Congratulations.

Gold B, I think you called it with the clay dome theory. When the shale was broken up it looked more like metal than mineral and the clay was a copper color. 

Steve, your response was VERY informative. I knew the Gold Racer would have a higher learning curve than some of the other machines out there but I'm very pleased with the unit. 

Thank you both Steve & Goldbrick. I'm new to this site but have been lurking for a few months before signing up. There's a wealth of information and the member's always seem eager to help without talking down to a newb like me.

Luke, thanks for your suggestions. I'll be going back up there this weekend and get it dialed in. 

I've been playing with the G.R. at home testing it out with different size nuggets in the ground etc. First time out in the field with the Gold Racer yesterday. I was at a hydraulic pit in the area where the Scott River meets the Klamath River in Siskiyou county Ca. To get a stable threshold the settings were: Sensitivity 69, Threshold 35, iSat 3. The mineralization was 1 bar from max. The ground I started in was about 1/4" dirt over shale. The GR would lock hard at 99, the non-ferrous bar all the way to the right. I dug into the shale/Copper stained soil, kept checking the hole with GR then no more target. I checked the dug out material w/no target. Ok so I thought a glitch and kept swinging. Not more than 8 feet away and same target readings, same rusults.  This happened three times .  It was getting dark so decided  to quit for the day. Steve or any other Gold Racer owners have any thoughts ?