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I’m not able to make sense of the above post.

It’s amazing the energy those guys, and us as well, get out of a basic staple like beans. I’ve worked real hard, all day long for extended times, but the kind of work these guys did was incredible. Mike

Thank you Steve. Mike

Thanks for the link to IEEE Spectrum Bobc. Very interesting. Mike

It’s actually a good idea Tom.

Lanny, the location similarity of gold and fish you mention is very true. They travel much of the same route while on the move as well, but in the opposite direction. A few years ago I monitored a couple Didson Sonar units for a fish counting operation here on the Smith River of Northern California. The salmon and steelhead took definite paths upstream along a zone at the edge of the slower and faster current where gold would settle out of high water. The fish would adjust their route with the river rising or falling. This can also be observed when fishing this river as it clears. The fish often go from an inside bend, in a general diagonal path across the straighter section, to the next inside bend, much how gold can travel at flood stage. Here’s a nice steelhead I caught on the Smith this season. Mike

It’s pretty much the same a little further north of you in the streams Jeffree. I also use the Gold Bug 2. The bedrock is often pretty homogeneous and the gravels are made up of many minerals of the drainage/area. Tough to balance for both. As you know GB2 is a pretty sensitive machine and I just have to adjust as needed. Mike

Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, my favorite. Great songs in their advertising of it. Mike

Very interesting Reg, thank you for posting these ventures. Mike

Very nice tvanwho. Good for your friend to get out and pull the plow. I’ll bet a lot of work was done to find this gold. Mike

I’ll guess 890 ounces. Great reading GhostMiner. You are right, at times the remote places in Northern California can be down right dangerous from man or beast. Thanks for the adventure, Mike

Good job finding those nuggets on a cold morning. Pine and manzanita I see. I like that type of country. I’m just across the border from there in Del Norte County. With beautiful, clear weather lately, there’s a pretty hard frost in the mornings. I did a little panning in the Smith River a few days ago. This was painful, not a good idea. The cold water was too much on my hands and I had to give it up after a couple hours. Just sampling around a new gravel bar so no loss and a little more knowledge. Mike

Merry Christmas all. Thank you for all the great posts and pictures. This is a shot of one of my favorite prospecting rivers here on the north coast of California. We’re having great rainfall for a good prospecting season this coming year. Mike

Wow, I sure hope the Legend is a hit. I don’t think Dllek really helped the situation other than saying the testers will be released from their NDAs soon. I’m sure there’s a lot of pressure with polishing up the final details of a product before sale, but customer relations is critical. Mike

That looks great Glenn.

The plain, simple explanation and wisdom said above by Steve wraps up successful detecting as well as I’ve ever heard. Now if I can practice this I’ll be much better at the sport. Mike

Wow, how encouraging that is. Thanks Rob. I’m hoping for a new detector this Christmas. I’ve places like that to use it. Mike

Take a couple hands full of the material, mix the hell out of it in your pan, then pan it down. The shiny stuff will either be one of the lightest stuff in the pan, swishing all over, or it will stick like glued to the bottom of the pan, and be gold. It will be very apparent which. Mike

The NF closures scheduled for Sunday night include many National Forests of Northern California. Mike

Well said Steve. Substantial amounts of gold are hard to find and hard to recover. Really, that’s why it’s so valuable. Mike

Thank you Mitchel. Mike

Very nice Mitchel. We’re these finds made with the Equinox 800. Mike

Very nice nugget Gerry. Thank you for all of your valuable detecting input. Mike

It’s been my pleasure to know you through this forum Norm. I pray you and your families days together are pleasant and warm. Mike

Really nice finds Peg. I’m amazed at how well shark teeth are preserved. Thanks for posting. Good hunting back here out west. Mike