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Thanks fellas I've got the harness but not the hip stick. That's next on the list. Have the big coil for a while now but hardly used it much. I've got some soccer fields that I'd like to try the big coil on. Looking forward to more pics.

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Nice Ring. Do you wear a harness while swinging that big coil or just man up and swing without? I wish I had a good beach close to were I live.

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Chris- Would love to pick your and Steve's brain some day. Hello and a hand shake was good enough for me. I was surprised to see you guys there as I did not know you were coming.

Jerry- Nice pictures! She saw your face book post as well. Thanks for all the help up there in Nevada. She carries her test nugget with her now. You and your staff have shortened the learning curve for Lisa and myself immensely. Had we tried this alone we would be still looking for our first nuggets.

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The bears are like rabbits in your area....

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Well she did it again yesterday. Hit the foot hills for a short half day hunt. Girls one..... Boys zero. I gotta say that I am very excited  for her. This half gram iron stained nugget was mixed in with some trash and she could have easily given up thinking that it was trash as well. 

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Hey Lunk nice work. If you can find stuff that small with the ZED your doing something right. Hopefully you left a few in Nevada for us "would be wanna be" nugget hunters.

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Thanks Fellas or the kudos. We are both still new to this so every piece we get even though they are just pickers is exciting. The gold bug 2 is the perfect machine for the ladies as it it so light and sensitive to the smallest pieces. Looking forward to further hunts and meeting all you great folks. She said that everyone was so nice that she met. I can not think of a better hobby.

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Had a great time this past weekend in the Nevada desert. The weather was a bit crazy with lots of rain, some hail and a bit of snow even. A special thanks to Gerry and crew for taking the time to show Lisa how to use her Gold Bug 2. I think I'm in trouble now as she has the bug real bad. As we were leaving she said that the next time a big rain comes through we need to drop everything and run back to Nevada lol. Also thanks to Lunk for spending some time with me on the ZED settings. I even got to shake hands with Steve Herschbach and Chris Ralph! It was great meeting you guys. Wish I could have stayed around for the talk but there was no way I was going into that trailer! Lisa's nuggets are on the right.

Scott-  My gun safe was getting over stocked so I sold a couple that I never use just so I would not feel so bad about buying the ZED! As long as it's in your hands and you find gold  that's all that matters!  Looking forward to your up dates...

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Got it....thanks Fred!

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Thanks for the encouragement but the not so old detector isn't working right and hasn't since I got it end of March. What I thought was EMI is really my SDC just bugging out frequently. The hour run yesterday was a test where my Dad and I swapped SDC's for an hour and ran with same settings (3/3) since we got them at the same time. Within 5 minutes we both knew something was wrong with my unit. I couldn't believe how smooth and quiet his was and he was stunned that I had previously found gold with my unit because it just won't smooth out and is very frustrating to listen to for more than a few hours. I've emailed Chris over at AZO and will be getting him the unit to verify but will probably have to ship her out to Minelab. These things happen and it it's just the nature of electronics. I'll let you know how it plays it out. Good luck and happy hunting.

I've got two SDS's and they both act differently. One runs a lot smoother then the other. I've had other guys listen to it that have SDC's to verify. Thought of sending the more frantic one in to minelab but it has found lots of nuggets so I'm just going to live with it for now simply because I don't want to be without.  I'd appreciate it if you let me know what minelab says when you get it looked at.

Glad you broke the skunk Bado!

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Thanks for taking all that time to make that video. 

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OK I'll bite. How do you know you have a meteorite? Does it jump to the magnet on your pick? Are they all magnetic?

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I dont like them at all..... especially after being bitten--they hold NO beauty for me...

 

only pain...

 

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I'm with you on that one. I've treated quite a few dogs and horses bitten by rattle snakes ( another horse yesterday) although rarely fatal it can take weeks to recover. I have no problem "offing" a venomous  snake in the vicinity of people and pets.

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Thanks guys and sorry for the late reply...work and trying to get ready for our Nevada trip has me running around. I only found one 45 slug so it must have been a clean shot lol. I thought of turning in the slug to the police but the cops in my area are lazy and probably would have just thrown it away and no recent crimes that I've heard of.

Rick- there are 6 other trees in that park I still need to check out! I'll be checking out some sage brush Thurs-Sun this week!

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Headed out with the trusty CTX Sat evening for a couple hours to a near by park. Found this under a nice shady tree on the side of a grassy knoll. Still have some cleaning to do but the rocks are low quality. Last time under this tree I found a 45 slug lol

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Nice work Rick and good on you Lunk. Looking forward to being stuck in a rut soon.

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Nice work Lunk. One more week to go.

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Women and old wood saw blades? who would have thought...

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The back will get better. I've had to crawl several times and thought I needed surgery...in fact the ortho doc said I needed surgery and that was 10 years ago. The more active you stay the better your back will be.... AFTER you heal. Just take it easy for now. We need those informative posts of yours!

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Yep that's it. And I will take you up on that offer Adam. Thanks a bunch....

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Nice work Ray and what a way to break in that new detector!

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Having it permanently affixed to your pack is a great idea. I've been using the supplied Pro swing harness  but  have been looking for a small fanny pack that I can attach to the pro swing harness and have not found anything that I like. When I'm done for the day the Wireless module gets clipped to the arm strap on the 7000 so I don't loose it. 

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Hey Adam that's possible. I used to stop at the old post office when it was a store as well years ago. I used to enjoy talking to the guy that ran it. Keep forgetting his name. I think he moved to Montana or Wyoming. Thanks for the leads in that area. I'm thinking I need to make a run up there this Summer with the wife and detectors. The more I look at that country the more I miss it. You live in Gods country. Don't ever leave!

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It's funny as I've been going up there for 34 years. We miss a season here and there due to work, family,  and life in general but mostly because the hunting is not nearly as good as it used to be. In the mid 80's it was unbeatable for bow hunting. Rifle season was hit and miss due to the migratory patters of the deer but we did have some great hunts.  Imagine a black tail buck that scores net 158 BC. Another in the 135 range if I remember right. Plus many other smaller 4x4's The old topo maps had long gulch and trail gulch backwards so I still call Long Gulch Trail gulch out of habit. During hunting season we usually bypass the lake and camp over the top into S. Fork head waters so this fall I did not make it down to the lake. I don't think the glacier is there any more. The pictures below were taken in Spring 06 when Lisa and I packed in on one of our first dates. It shows whats left of the glacier back then. Another pic of a nice little 4x4 taken that Fall.  We got about an inch of snow opening morning. That beer sure is good after a long back pack trip! I have lots of Trinity pics!

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