MannyScoot

Got my new steelPHASE 01 enhancer from Rob's today.... Let's try and see if it helps the 4500 find elusive gold....

Anyone using these ?

I would get one like Two Toes Gary.... That man is a Gold Monster himself ......

My XP still functions perfectly...... used it today to find some lead....... My new strategy, think every target is lead and a nugget will pop out.......

How can a profile be deleted ?

10 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

These are amazing photos Manny but unfortunately there are actually copyright issues involved with just grabbing stuff wherever you are finding it and posting it on the forum. Not to mention this is a thread about prospecting picks. If you find a great picture archive that's great - link to it. But unless you are vetting this stuff properly I don't know how comfortable I am feeling about leaving it for the long term. I'll think it over. Thanks.

I double checked and they are all historical open sources for non commercial use not Copyrighted.

23 minutes ago, flakmagnet said:

Oh no not the Lost Dutchman - yet again...

(kidding)

Most saw him as a hero and mysterious, but didn't know his real background and how he killed and moved and really never worked any mines, he's known to be involved in 9 to 11 murders (That's why he hid in the Superstition Mountains) the state of Arizona Sheriff's and Marshall's investigations found these details after his death ..... He was just a scoundrel and constantly running from the law and on the move the entire time .......

25 minutes ago, fredmason said:

I am fairly sure this will be deleted....but what government? Why list those groups?

most mining districts in the western USA were run by miners. Canada and Australia ran things different....

anyway....the group that chased away , robbed and stole was not mentioned.

with respect

fred

In the United States brother..... Specially around Arizona and California....... People got tired of miners ..... 

25 minutes ago, fredmason said:

I am fairly sure this will be deleted....but what government? Why list those groups?

most mining districts in the western USA were run by miners. Canada and Australia ran things different....

anyway....the group that chased away , robbed and stole was not mentioned.

with respect

fred

Those are the nationalities listed in the Arizona deportation reports, I did my homework do yours ..... I have been studying and reading of what calamities happened during the mining years from BC, US, and other parts in the world...... Miners were a rough and tough crowd....... Read about Jacob Waltz in Arizona (The Lost Dutchman), he took a mining claim in The Mc Dowell Reserve Arizona from a couple of the Peralta family boys and worked it himself ...... When they showed up to check on the Peralta boys that were missing ...... They were found shot dead and hanging in their mine ......

Read this history article: http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/bisbee/history/overview.html

Yeah brother it takes a lot of determination and persistence, but most important is that you learned and picked up some experience which is what happens to me every time I go prospecting.

Damb brother that's niceee ...... Here in Arizona and California we get tiny ones .......

I read articles that there were so many miners that the US government gave each miner in California a claim of 50 SQ. Feet because there was no land available to prospect .....

So they dug that 50 feet claim to the Earth's Core.

The state of Arizona government got tired of the high crime rate, claim jumping, and simply murdering of families to take their property that 1,000's of Mexican, Chinese, Italian, Irish, African and many others were simply rounded up and deported back to their country (and a lot dropped of near New Mexico) because they didn't want to join unions (Copper Unions).

I have seen several claims with the owners buried on the actual claim, and the head stone read, murdered for his gold claim and the headstone erected by his grand children, also 100's of headstones in Nevada and Arizona abandoned cemeteries out in the desert marked found dead (Name Unknown)....... I also have seen several tomb stones with found shot with dates of 1842 to 1861 (name unknown)....

14 hours ago, WesD said:

This aint a pick, but how about that "prybar" in the lower right. 

I thought that was a screwdriver ......

Man, I was looking at some past prospecting images and thought you guys would find interest in viewing them.

Any luck finding the elusive nugget ?

I'm trying to figure out how to mount it on my detector .......

On 6/27/2017 at 12:29 PM, DSMITH said:

Well I received my hermit pick and i have to say it is a beast at digging holes, as big as it is you would think it would be really heavy but it is not,Bunk shipped it out on the 17th and it was sitting in my post office that Monday but I could not pick it up till the following Monday as I had to go to the valley of AZ for an emergency and was down there a week boy was it hot,the only thing I really do not care for on the hermit pick is the handle is pretty large diameter for my hands and I have large hands but that can be adjusted to the way I like it with a little red neck ingenuity over all though it seems to be a well built pick have already dug a couple of hole with it and it makes really quick work of the job.  

Just got mine today..... So I will give a full review when tested ......

3 minutes ago, madtuna said:

To clarify, what I mean is if you are constantly digging 12 to 18 inch holes in concrete hard rock strewn ground, you need a good and larger heavy duty pick.

I'm sure your pick is a beauty and I don't want to take away from that but it looks a bit light on...the blade is obviously the front part cut off a shovel as can been seen by the indent in the middle. 

I can see some of the ground you've pictured resembles some of ours, and I'm afraid I'd kill that pick in under a week by either snapping the handle or bending the blade. Even if I didn't, frustration and fatigue would see me lobbing down a mineshaft.

You need a pick to do the work, not you to work the pick.

Well the guy that makes it dared me to break it ...... So I'm on it ........ I'm going on Sunday to Wickengurg AZ to tear up some quartz veins ...... and try the Hermit .....

26 minutes ago, madtuna said:

Thank god your pick has a lifetime guaranty then....you're going to need it

Yeah, the picks suffer with hard material and abuse, the owner lives by the moto " Try To Break It" .... The guy lives in my area here in Arizona.... So I just drive by and have him sharpen it, poly the wood, and keep it always in top condition....Ha ha..... Don't tell him that ....... I'm going to carry it in my Apex Pick holder on my belt, so I needed a pick that wouldn't pull my pants down.... Not a pretty sight.

Just now, Jin said:

This is my pick.....much faster at recovering/discounting targets. Quick kick of the ground and if it moves out of the loose stuff i move on. Pesky pellets are a little more annoying but general a inch into the hard stuff and if the target comes out i move on. The golddigger pick only comes out for deeper stuff. A quick recovery is a good recovery. See too many people stuff around on a hole for 10 minutes when it could have been done in 30 seconds.

 

Finding shallow targets it's a luxury to me...... Everything I dig is 12" to 18" inches and tons of rocks...... I get lucky once in a while with one the size of a scoop in length ...... I do try kicking shallow target but the ground here in Arizona is like concrete .....

4 minutes ago, davsgold said:

No worries, just sayin, and they never sat in customs etc and went straight through, and there were no extra charges, just sayin.

cheers dave

Yeah man shipping overseas has become a nightmare since New Years 2020 ........ Take care man, you do have beautiful picks .....

13 minutes ago, davsgold said:

Wow, I have send a few of my Gold Digger medium size picks to the USA and total was $185 AUD (for pick and postage)

Spotted Gum handle 700mm long and weight is aprox 1.7kg

 

Now you pay $150.00 AU for the pick and they charge you import tax, any package over 24" inches pays additional fees and it sits in EU customs and California or New York customs for weeks ........ That's why I bought it in the US and is guaranteed for life .... it was $59.99 and it weighs 1.22 Kg./2.70 pounds .... and can't wait all that time while someone plays with my pick (It's a pretty nice pick)...... and I'm happy .... Now I can say Mine is bigger than yours to my buddies... Ha

9 minutes ago, Mugsy said:

My all time favorite pick is made in Australia, the company is "CCpicks". The owners name is Craig and he is very easy to deal with..  May cost a few bucks to get it here but was well worth it.

The price for this one was cheap

7 minutes ago, Mugsy said:

My all time favorite pick is made in Australia, the company is "CCpicks". The owners name is Craig and he is very easy to deal with..  May cost a few bucks to get it here but was well worth it.

I contacted him and the shipping is the same as the price of the pick......Total was $300.00 AU to USA

Got my Hermit today..... And he is so light and sturdy..... A sweet purchase and glad I found it...... Ordered yesterday and got today....

The ORX is a super machine .....

It's pretty awesome once you learn her ...... Simply don't give up !