LuckyLundy

Steve, i just got home from Rye Patch area! Yesterday, it was overcast and cold. Today it was Sunny and Windy! Wind won, went home...but, got some color Rick

Gerry, you had a big crowd attending your training! Glad a few got their coils over some nuggets. It’s always a thrill, even for guys like us. See ya on another trip. Rick

Well they cleaned up nice! Big one is 4.91 grams.

Paul, been following your slow trip! Yep, you were close to our new home just off Hwy 395 too! 395, is a great ride on the back side of the Sierras! Catch you on your trip back South. Rick

Peg, I grew up in Florida and moved to Arizona after High School Graduation. Fell in love with big open spaces and required daily views of Mountains. Ground will be great next month.

The weather may have turned for the better in Northern Nevada. It was time to get out and check how my GPZ 7000, would handle the moisture/salt from the Winter Storms. I pulled into the Burn Barrel to camp, but it was like pulling into a KOA. I unloaded my trusty RZR and hit the trail to find a nugget. I ran into several folks out trying their luck, all had smiles on their faces and enjoying our outdoor hobby. I was told that Gerry was having his training at the Burn Barrel which explained the crowd of RV’s. I did get time for a short visit with Gerry and Lunk, before heading out. The soil, is a little noisy with High Yield/Normal. Using Difficult settled it down perfectly, but not my preferred setting for dink nuggets. Anyways, I hunted in Normal and ground balanced often to give my ears a rest from the noisy ground. I didn’t find any dink nuggets which are the Bread & Butter to any poke, but did find a couple of Steak & Lobster nuggets before loading up and heading home from the short Dirt Recon Trip. There’s gold out there, you just need to get your coil over it, I need some Bread & Butter Nuggets to complete my meal. Talking about meals, my Dog Marley refused to eat his normal dog grub on this trip, and only wanted what I brought “Fried Chicken”. Until the next Hunt! LuckyLundy

Plenty! A few spots in Arizona with some hot Basalt and of course wet ground of Rye Patch area.

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Now your Prospecting! WTG Rick

There ya go! Nice poke Rick

Great Hunt! WTG Rick

Yep, you have to meet your goals. Having a Goal, keeps the engine running and the flame burning! Each trip requires new unproven ground to be swung on. If your goal is to find new spots/patches on a trip it may take a couple trips to put a pattern together to lead you to that new patch. Swinging old spots/patches requires patience and great knowledge of your detector and recognition of tones! It’s a great hobby and all of us are still students of it! Rick

Great shooing!

You keep that dream and the adventure of the hunt! Your armed and dangerous to any Nugget now, you’ll find your Huckleberry Nugget soon. If not touch base with me, I’ll give you a pointy finger! Rick

Great Shooting, Tex!

Now to see if it will work! I’m sure I’ll run into someone out in the field for me to give it a couple minutes swinging it! I’ll save a couple targets for someone out in Rye Patch! Rick

Depends on the Hunt! If I have to hump a mile, it’s only one detector! If it’s a new spot, more than likely it will be something light weight. SDC 2300 or VLF, if I can establish small gold with one of these the next trip will be the 7000 for the depth. Repeat if necessary, fun digging them little dink’s! Rick

Z, A slow and steady swing of any detectors coil, is a major factor in finding nuggets. If I’m swing on and old patch or a juicy looking spot, my coil is real slow. I’m not so much of a believer of a machine charging the ground, it’s giving the little extra time for your detector to send your ears then brain to comprehend as a target, with a slow swing. Your next slow coil target, give it a test, swing your coil over it faster...lots of times you won’t hear this target at your normal coil swing speed. Remember, this slow swing isn’t what you want to do Patch Hunting, your only looking for one shallow nugget when out hunting new ground. You find that one and back off a couple notches and slow your coil swing to help establish if you stumbled onto a patch. Your deep sounding nuggets sound vary and most will sound just like a little dink nugget...you always hope with each swing of your pick that it’s a deep one which will get louder as your hole gets deeper! Keep on swinging! LuckyLundy

Great Hunt! There’s Gold there, just have to get your coil over it, WTG Rick

Wow! I was looking for two old patches and I can find them! I know I riding right past them...I hate the thought of swinging 500 acres to see if I can find them again. WTG, Great trip and you did just miss a season ending storm that set the perfect GPZ dirt back to wet and noisy! Rick

WTG! Nice looking country down there! Rick

Oh, another thing about the RZR 570! Seems funny being the smallest of the models that it has the largest back storage of them! Motor is in rear and not under you so you can have a regular conversation without being drowned out with engine noise! Cover all open spaces under the seats with good duct tape to block dust (at least I think it helps 😂)

I left yesterday mid day! I did pass a Jeep closely following another vehicle on the main dirt road as I was heading to the Damn Dam! Good luck Rick

The 570, is small two large guys fit nicely or Wife and two small Dogs. I have mine with and aftermarket Rack on the rear for added storage! I have my gun rack on the Racks Bars with hold my 7000 with a death grip. I can set another detector between the Rack and the top roll cage...of course must have cooler. Tusk Storage bags inside keeps dust off things that don’t need to get dusty (TP). One of the most important things on any Side by Side is maintenance and service. One thing Polaris has is easy access to change your Drive Belt. I have other Buddies with different brands and to change a bad belt in the field is a major deal. The shocks on the 570 make it ride like a tank...that’s my next upgrade.

Brian, Just let me know! Empty patches with no Prospectors. I could have used and extra coil putting a pattern together out there! Rick