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3 hours ago, Lanny said:

 

I'll see if I can find the picture of my 1st metal detecting nugget, found with the Minelab SD 2100, still my favourite after all these years. . . .

All the best,

Lanny

Post away Lanny!!!!  Hope you are well up there?  We actually made it smoke/fire free locally until Sept hit then it all changed.  Nothing too close now except the smoke, supposed to cool down in a few days. Fingers crossed......

Take care bud.....

4 hours ago, Denny said:

Here’s my first and only gold nugget I’ve dug up  5.1g from a city park in central California earlier this year. 
 

Dayum.....from a city park.  Guess gold really is "where you find it".....

17 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

 all I can say is beware making your fun into a full time thing.

VERY well said.....  imo a full time gig might turn a fun hobby into a repetitious job?  Even as a fun hobby for myself going out 2-3 times/wk has tendency to sometimes turn into a grind?  I always look forward to the end of the season when snow flies...then come spring I'm all excited to get back out there fresh and do it again?

10-15hrs./week.  semi-sidelined now with physical crap going on....

I "KNEW" the one nugget thing wouldn't last long...LMAO!  Fire away with anything and everything you got...we gotta slow down these Aussies, if that's even possible?

Like mentioned above somewhere, big or small we love em all and all of them are unique. Keep em coming.....and thanx.

Tell Andy congrats....  Oh yeah, tell him I want my 6 back!  

Nice nuggie....

Phrunt, just a thought....  with all these newer lighter, etc. machines showing up you just might be able to score a low priced SDC over there?  Good on small stuff and seems to handle hot rocks really well, at least in my area?  Nice smooth threshold, folds up, built like a battleship...handles like one too, actually more like an aircraft carrier...lol

impressive stuff everybody....thanks!  keep em coming!

Beautiful stuff guys........

without a doubt...pretty cool nugg!  Liberty Wa. has some unique looking gold I've thought about hitting as it isn't that far away from me?  Problem is I'd most likely waste much time by going in "blind".....

Thinking about it after the fact...every place has it's drawbacks.  EVERY time I see a vid from Australia and see all those f'n flies, then think about snakes, heat, wind etc. I'd never hold up down there....

Kinda funny how the gold gets a little smaller and harder to find with each passing season....and I'm only on my 5th season...lol

Any gold is good gold and keeps the interest up....!!!!

Nice work there boss...!!!!  had a chuckle when Phrunt mentioned if he moved to US it'd be Alaska.  You better be real tuff between the weather and skeeters. 

looks like you found a new spot for noogies......!!!!!!!!

17 hours ago, GotAU? said:

Testing cores sounds like fun, and the GM is a good machine for that. I wonder how a falcon would work on those cores? Guess you’d have to go around them in a full circle depending on the bit size they’re using. How big were they?

The cores are 2" dia.   I plan on doing more cores even though they haven't specifically asked me too?  I'll ask the geo's if it helps them speed up the process, if it does, I'll be glad to do more of it. If nothing else, it's interesting to see what's coming out of the ground.  Maybe my job title will change from "crack scratcher" to "core checker"...?????  LoL.  Never been around a Falcon so no comment?

who needs a beast when we have a Monster?????  Just thinkin out loud......

1 hour ago, jasong said:

 

 

Actually, that H&P rig was the first place I had heard a mud hand tell me they saw gold come over the shale shakers. 

 

put on your dive gear and dredge the reserve pit...lmao.  

Two towns I really like there are Mtn View and also Saratoga...  anyways enough of that but thanx for reminding me of my short time in Wyo....

Thanks for the too kind words Mr. Gerry!  Can't help it, I was damned proud to reach those #'s but you all will get the last laugh come weigh in time. Crack scratchin the pinheads keeps me busy and helps avoid the skunk.  My legs are going cowshit on me this year which has limited me somewhat in exploring for newer patches so been sticking to easy access proven areas. Doctor wants more tests, this time in Missoula (220mi. rt), told them yesterday "after seasons over".....  My motto... "keep on going till the F'n wheels fall off!"....   LMAO....  Think I might change my screen name to King of Dink....

Seriously ...thanx again!  Coming from you that means a lot....

On 8/24/2022 at 2:14 PM, jasong said:

 

It's why I love Wyoming, even though it's too cold and too windy here for most people. I don't see another soul out when I'm exploring, I literally see more literal, real, lone wolves then people. 

Got a real soft spot in my heart for Wyo. Spent 2.5yrs in the patch (Exeter Drilling rig #24) down there and one of the things that has always stuck in my head was seeing wild horses run free down around Fort Bridger-Kemmerer area. I try not to remember the wind/cold....lol  Tuff country but good country.....

11 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Envy your permission spot !  🖖WTG

Yeah... I really stumbled into a very sweet arrangement.  These guys treat me VERY well, rarely ask me to do much and pretty much let me runamuck.  Another first today... one of the geo's asked if I might detect some of the 2" core samples off the drill so I took a shot at it and got a hit around the 95' level of the core.  I only did a few core samples then off for nuggs but I'm gonna do a few more in the future, it was fun.  Driller marked it for the geo's when they analize the cores at the shop. This hard rock shit is all new to me and I find it kinda fascinating as I get a little taste of how they go about finding and searching for the viens......

Got skunked today folks. I was using the Monster/5".  I can't give any weights yet in case any Co. guys read this as I recently found out the Co. has been having a drawing at the annual Co. party on how much weight the "detector guy" finds at the end of the season.  Found out who won 3rd place last year and he got $50, don't know what 1st or 2nd got but I LMAO and thought that was pretty cool.  This seasons' drawing I'm gonna sweeten the 1st place pot and throw in a 3.4 grammer for the winner. 

This morning I brought over donuts to the mine boys and got to BSing there for quite awhile then up on the mtn to the deep and steep and 2 hrs later had zippo so ate lunch while debating on where to go?  Then the drill crew came by and asked me to check some dirt they set aside.  I took care of the dirt and asked them to spread it out better and I'll hit it again another day. I was tired, there was no shade, hot, hornets, etc. and all this old man could think about was getting home to my Oxy bottle and the couch so I headed home early with zippo....lol

Thanx for the likes/comments everybody & good luck out there

good job on the gold and the video!!!   Drives me nuts to see that flat open ground down there, I wouldn't know how to act!

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Me either, and I hope my agreement with kostas did not sound like I do. That said, I will bet on the person that knows the detector and the ground, and really knows their stuff, over the newbie with the best of devices, any day of the week. 

Understood both you and Kostas and agree....  I had to give my opinion and a thumbs up on the 6 and the new tech.  The 6 was a game changer in a few ways (imo) and doubt anybody that has swung one can deny?  I've stated many times my issues with it and why I parted with it, once again, no problems with it and nothing a person couldn't work around but we just didn't mesh......