MrDingo21

The temperatures will be a bit cooler this week just like today, Well at least here in Reno. How long will you be in Rye Patch? I'm still fairly new to detecting and would not mind tagging along. I have Tuesdays and Wednesdays off for the next 3 weeks.

I'm digging the ordnance pin myself. Nice finds!!

Indeed a very good ending to this story. By the end of September I will start having weekends off finally. Now its time to finally learn how to swing my detector. Thank you for sharing your story, may one day I have a wonderful story like that to share as well.

When I was about 19 and in the military some people had a hard time pronouncing my last name (Dominguez) some would say Dominquez others would say Dominiquez. Anyways at the time I used to party like any other sailor, and acted wild and crazy lol, one day a coworker called me Dingo and I responded right away and it has stuck ever since that day and even now.

I live in Reno and I am a member of the GPAA and would love to go out and detect with someone who has been there before. I went about 2 months ago and used my phone as a gps and it took me to some place that looked like an actual mining place. Needless to say I didn't detect like I planned to so my kids were bummed even though they are a bit older (teens).

I did try a park by the elementary school about a minute from where I live and found some soda pop tabs and gum wrappers but it ended quickly since my little hand shovel ended up just bending away and broke. I will have to give figure out how to make a test bed so I can practice. I guess trial and error is the only way to kind of help me learn how to do this lol. Also I think we are supposed to be getting a storm this weekend so maybe ill just wait and like Steve said hit the parks and playgrounds. I did manage to get my detecting card for the parks in the Reno area so that's a start.

Hello everyone. I haven't really gotten out to use my detector since buying it last year spring time (Garrett AT Gold). I'm not sure exactly how to use it and would love some pointers or would be very happy to get with someone local and teach me some pointers. I am a GPAA member and I am thinking about going to the claim they have out by Rye Patch next Tuesday Dec 04. I have never been out to that area so any info on that would be appreciated as well. Thank you very much and have a great week.

Been awhile since I've posted but I have been busy with work and school. My wife got me a few things so I can hopefully find time to give this new hobby a try. Let me know what else would you suggest I buy? Also where should I begin to detect, I live in Reno, NV.

So I've had my AT Gold for about a month now and have not been able to use it due to weather. I took a trip to the California bay area 2 weeks ago and got turned at Donner Pass. Luckily it was only for about an hour. I spent a day in San Francisco at Alcatraz then later at Pier 39. The next day a took a drive down to Santa Cruz in hopes of the weather clearing up but all it did was rain. My days off are during the week so it sucks everyone's working when I'm off lol. Now we are expecting another storm here in the Reno area so no hopes in using it this week either. So far I have the AT Gold detector and a pin pointer and just ordered a coil cover. Does anyone have any other items that they recommend that I will need?

Thanks for all the input Steve I have read your link on the detectors for about a month over and over again and also have read others reviews as well. I am planning with going up to the rivers up in Auburn as well as others so with that said I think I will lean towards the Garrett AT Gold. I'm sure that it will do justice for now eventually when I make it to the big leagues like everyone else I will be able to invest in something else. Thanks for all the help. By the way Steve or anyone, how do I know where I can detect at in Rye Patch?

I live in Reno, NV., I thought about going to Rye Patch, and also maybe about hitting other places here in Northern California. Nugget detecting sounds good especially since you can mix it in with some hiking. Some coin hunting and jewelry as well, but I think for these areas up here nugget hunting might be more optimal.

Hello all I'm new to this forum and I'm interested in buying a metal detector. I was thinking about going with the Garret AT Gold. I know nothing about detecting but did some reading and this one just catches my eye, any thoughts? Thanks for your inputs in advance.