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No, just illustrating what an old, worked-out patch looks like.

Today I'm one year older and the poke is seven nuggets golder! It's also a special day because I unearthed Quartzsite nugget number three-hundred. Who knew there were that many pieces of gold hiding in these old, worked-out patches?? Good luck out there!

Steve H. had a couple of tips here: Free bonus tip, do not forget about the hidden reset button on the WM 12 as shown below. Also, keep the module in clear line of sight with the pod on the GPZ. The signal has a hard time going through the human body so keep the module on your side closest to the hand gripping the GPZ.

That's some bad-ass Baja prospecting; congrats on more hard-won gold!

One of those desert tortoises followed me around while I was detecting a few years back, also near Q; who knows, maybe it's the same one?

Happy birthday Lucky, way to hook a nugget! Wonder if it works with marshmallows?

Great finds! I believe your strange horse shoe is actually an ox shoe: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/111393-oxen-shoes

Sorry Steve, didn't mean to usurp your response...my bad!?

I will venture a guess and say that perhaps the gold is alloyed with some other mineral(s) that give the nugget as a whole extremely weak coductivity? It's definitely a head-scratcher. Is there a physicist in the room?

No GPS required for me - I never forget where I've found nuggets, and I couldn't get lost in the desert if I tried because there are always landmarks to go by, but put me downtown in a big city in the middle of a bunch of skyscrapers, and I get all kinds of turned around in no time, lol!

Dave, you've hit the nail on the head. I knew I'd find some gold going over old patches with the Zed, but to find 300 nuggets, and some sizeable ones at that? It's a real eye opener. And yes, fewer trash targets is a definite benifit to reworking old nugget patches! ?

As much as I love nugget hunting the RP area, there's a saying amongst us old nuggetshooters, and quoting the legendary Smokey Baird: "never quit gold to find gold." Besides, I'm liking the warmer weather that has driven out the majority of snowbirds already. But I will be there in time for the 3-day detector training for Gerry's Detectors on April 8 through 10.

Unfortunately Strick, there are WAY more thorns than nuggets, lol.

It's true, and one of the reasons I have been concentrating on these old patches is to see how much of an improvement the ZVT technology is over the PI, and I can honestly say that it is as revolutionary as PI is over VLF.

Indeed, one never wants that jumping cholla cactus in the foreground.?I'd much rather take on a rattlesnake than get n a fight with that prickly green hell, lol!

We will plan on a nuggetshooters breakfast sometime during the last week of April...I'll let you know the exact date .

Gridding an old patch as usual with my GPZ 7000 the other day here in the sunny Arizona desert, I had to smile as the WM12 wireless module suddenly emitted a mellow, warbly signal. Typically heralding a deep, reasonable chunk of gold, this type of signal always gets me excited. The target was out of the ground after digging over a foot into the highly mineralized red soil-a beautiful 28 grammer! Several smaller nuggets were found within a 4 square foot area, for a total of 35 grams for the day - a rare occurrence these days. The grand total for this winters prospecting season is now up to 6.5 ounces; my goal was to hit 6, and with nearly 2 more months to go before heading back home in May it's definitely my second best season ever...so far. ? Good luck out there!

Neat little specie!

Awesome nuggets, Rick! There's a quarter ouncer waiting for you just over the next ridge!

You're not missing anything with that setup, NB. Was the target response fairly decent or was it a fainty?

Congrats on your hard-won gold.

Can't go wrong with those nuggets, congrats!

Nice shooting!

WTG Lucky, ya just can't beat fun in the sun with a nice nugget to boot!

I did not attend, but the professor speaks at the Quartzsite Mertal Detector Club meetings on occasion; Erik is very knowledgeable and always has an excellent presentation.