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Yes, happy Thanksgiving all. We here in Northern California finally got our first substantial rain. Our local Smith River was about to go underground on some riffles. We’re thankful for the rain, although very strong winds blew my new green house all over and toppled 4 redwoods in the back yard area. The power just came back on so dinner can be finished cooking. All the best to you and thanks Steve for the great forum, Mike

Another fantastic development of your mapping / land use and ownership system Barry. It truly amazes me what you folks have accomplished. Land Matters is the most complete one stop land information repository available to the general public as well as professionals. Thank you to you and all of your people, hope you have a great thanksgiving. Mike

Get out and practice Terryden. There’s a lot of fun and maybe treasure to come your way Thank you again Steve. This is a prime example of your sincere and unbiased opinion to all who ask for help. My detectors are pretty old technology and of modest capabilities also, but thanks to you and the members of this forum I get the best out of them. Mike

Yes Steve, the New49ers forum, which Jim Foley also administers, is also down for good. He’s working on getting another board/forum for this site as well Mike

I really like your new magazine type format Steve, and had not been very aware of your journal. What great resources of information. I think the magazine format will be more inviting to introduce new detector/prospectors. Thank you for all your efforts, Mike

Thanks johndoe and Steve. Cool link and app. Mike

Up here in northern California we usually leave an inexpensive tool/ shovel, a 5 gallon bucket and possibly a gallon milk jug with a name on it. This is along the streams where we would be digging in a gravel bar or close by for placer gold. Pretty well respected up here. Mike

Thank you Reg, Please don't take a lot of time with this search. I assumed it would be in chronological order. Steve has provided a link to this publication as well as others. I'll take a look see when I have more time. I was a land surveyor (not licensed) for about 30 years. We performed many, many surveys between public and private land here in the western US. A lot of it being retracement of the original surveyors of the 1800's. Imagine being paid to traipse all over hill and dale of the west and not yet be a prospector. Only late in my career did I become interested in gold and as such, geology. What a great deal to learn with limited time. Thanks to all who contribute here, Mike

Alright, thanks Steve. What a great resource. Mike

Welcome Steelheader, you're going to like it here. The steelhead are just starting to run up the Smith River here on the northcoast of California. Mike

Very interesting post and reference Reg. What is the earliest date nugget found in this report? Thanks Reg, Mike

Thank you Steve, really looks like a great detector. Mike

Thanks for all the info on the new Equinox detector. A couple of you have mentioned a great detector for a low price. Do you have the price range for the two models? Thanks, Mike

Great thread with a lot of helpful information Steve. Thank you, Mike

GB, looking at the photos of the river, I believe he means 850 cubic feet per second. Mike

Nice gold Sjmpainter. That looks like a pretty swift current to be doing any kind of dredging in. What's your weight belt setup? mike

Good to have you join the forum Silvanus. I'm on the west coast and don't have any experience with civil war relic hunting. I'm sure you'll hear from knowledgeable folks on the forum about your interests. We always like to see photos of fellow hunters finds. Take care Silvanus, Mike

Great job on the LeTrap Harry. I have the full length one. I like the aluminum frame you're using. I;m sure it stiffens it up quite a bit. Not to long ago I ordered and received a Gold Hog Stream Sluice. I really like this sluice. I run it in quite fast water and basically don't classify at all. Just toss aside larger rocks (+3") as I fill my buckets. It catches small gold really well while kicking out most of the black sand. Post some results Harry. Hope all is well for you with the fires. We are getting a lot of smoke and ash from the Chetco Bar fire just over the border, east of Brookings, Oregon. Mike

Wow Jim, I'm sure sorry about your and our loss of these forums. I've been a user/contributor for many years. I hope all turns out well. Thanks for all your efforts Jim, Mike

Really cool Phoenix. Thanks for posting. Mike

A really good job of straightening out this problem Klunker. Clay (Barry) thank you again for your input of true information. Mike

Wow, great hunting Harry. There's a lot of rough country in your neck of the woods. I'm sure you earned those beauties. Mike

Thanks guys,. You're right Steve, I very well could need the headphones without the Z-Lynk. That is a good idea John, Velcro strap it and yes GB, I have stretched out the cord a lot. I think I'll try these suggested fixes before I go the surgery and patch up route. Mike

I agree Steve. A question for you. My only problem with this setup so far is having to deal with the long headphone wire which is not needed any more. Would it be a reasonable task to simply cut out all the excess headphone cord and splice the remaining ends? Thanks Steve, Mike

I finally tried out the Z-Lynk, wireless detector to headphones system I bought from Chris over at Arizona Outback. I was working very steep ground in Northern California and am truly happy about the purchase. I'm a better prospector using this system. Being able to set the detector aside and concentrate on digging the target is much more appealing, even marginal targets. I was using the Z-Lynk with Calrad headphones and a Gold Bug 2. I didn't find anything but large and small square nails and spikes, but was in the right area. Try it, you'll like it, Mike