GaryC/Oregon Coast

Not like any meteorite or fusion crust I've ever seen.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Fred hit the nail on the head!  A novice should be looking for a club nearby to get involved or find a seasoned hunter who knows what he is doing (possibly Ring Finders).  Good Luck.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

I would think Santa Barbara would have a lot of sensitive historical sites you would have to watch out for when out when hunting.  Those pesky mission dudes and Indian sites are heavy around there.  Good Luck!, and welcome.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

You certainly worked for that gold!  You have the trash to prove it!  Nice nuggets!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Welcome to the forum.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

I had bought about three sets of Pro Golds, when I had my X-Terra 705.  Can they be sent in and rebuilt to be the 3030 type?  
Thanks, GaryC/Oregon Coast

Welcome to the site.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Welcome to the site.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

I agree with Strick.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

My X-Terra served me well for many, many years.  I really loved that machine and that 7.5 coil.  Moving into my 800 I get the same feeling!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

50/100 years ago!!!!  Geeeez I'm old, but not that old.  Well wait a minute I guess I am that old.  I did hunt those beaches 50 years ago.  Dry sand only, back then!  Ha!  GaryC/OregonCoast.

I would have to hunt midnight to 8 a.m. to miss the locals and crowds.  Traffic, competition, kids were just too much distraction to get the job done.  Plus the times when you would walk into a run of beached squid was magical and scary with all that expelling water sounds you would hear all around you.  I would love those early hunt hours.  I miss my So Cal beaches!  These central Oregon beaches just aren't bather beaches.  Love your finds!!!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

I use to hunt the 29 Palms area of the California deserts in the early summer.  The thing that would end some of my hunts if I had not checked in advance was the wind.  That evil wind can kill your day in an instant, if you have not done a proper weather search ahead of time for your outing day.  Just what I have experienced in those deserts.  Good Luck out there.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Whoops, my bad.  Did not see the first picture.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Doesn't look like a Merc dime?, just sayin.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Nice finds, what state are you in?  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Very Nice Gold!!!!  Made the last two years.  I really liked that place.  Was there when one guy found the 10+ ounce nugget.  Covered up the palm of your hand!  The rest of us just drooled.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Got my first barber with an X-Terra 70.  Only took me five years to get one.  Big Congrats on yours!!!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

If you check out High Desert Gold Diggers or First Class Minors they have detectable claims out in the Dale Mine District.  I have seen many, many, many nuggets come from that area in the last fifteen years.  Took me three years to find one and it was out in the Dale.  Don't give up, you have to be patient, persistent and persevere.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Julie,  What local gold hunting clubs do you belong to?  I lived in San Bernardino most of my life and eventually found gold out near 29 Palms.  My local S.B. club did not have claims suitable for nugget detecting.   GaryC/OregonCoast

I think it is time to move to MO.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Ten silvers is not a paltry sum.  I wish I could find an area around my current location that produced that well.  Nice first year!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

If that thing grows it's tail back, I'd get rid of it, Pronto!!!!  Flashback to Jumanji.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

I'm glad you showed your trash/relic pile.  It took a lot of digging to get to a gold coin.  Persistance, Patience, Perseverance!!!

GaryC/Oregon Coast

Mine measures 31" tip to tip.

GaryC/Oregon Coast