Glenn in CO

I and my wife were in Alaska in May and her left hip was really bothering her and she was having a hard time walking. I told her when we got back home she needed to see a doctor. They gave her shot in her hip and that only lasted a few days and the pain was getting worse, so she had a hip replacement two weeks ago, so now she's on the mend. We haven't been able to do any detecting of any kind the whole summer, but hopefully in a few weeks we might get some nugget hunting trips before the weather sets in high country. Great story, photos and gold! Thanks for sharing.

The buckles might be nickel plated which would make them older. Great finds and story, thanks for sharing!

Nice nugget there Gerry, WTG!👍

Great write-up and helpful tips. Congratulations on finding gold in a new area you haven’t been before. Can’t wait for part two!

Very nice gold and successful with your new detector. WTG!

Very nice gold and the right combination of knowledge, detectors and tools for a successful trip. Well done!

Glad to hear you’re trip to Alaska went well, hopefully you will share some stories and photos of the chunky stuff you found.

Great write up! Ghost towns are tough to hunt, but can be very rewarding. My wife found a 1899 $5 Gold Coin on a club outing at a coal mining town in southern Colorado, I'm still tying to find mine!😄

GPX 6000 Equinox 800 Minelab 6” round coil $179.00 Save the rest for fuel and grub, which at today prices won't last long!

I read your post on Monte's site and sounds like you and your sister had great time. Ghost towns are tough to hunt, sometimes it's the amount time you put in hunting a site and the layout of the town to get the good finds. My wife and l would like to make one of the outings in the future.

Enjoy your new ride, sounds sweet! Good luck on your upcoming adventures.👍

Have a great trip Steve, hope you come back with some great finds and adventures to share! Take care and have a safe trip.

Any newbie wanting to get into nugget hunting and prospecting with the expectation of being successful, this is the best advice they can get. Great thread Steve!

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Thanks Gerry for the very kind words. Unfortunately the old age crap is beginning to catch up on us, more my wife than me. We still enjoy the friendly competition when we are nugget hunting or coin/relic hunting. In fact she has found a gold coin and I'm still looking for my first. This coming July we will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary and I wouldn't change anything if I had to do all over again. I'm very blessed and we have many memories of great finds, adventures and friends.

Gerry, thanks for a great write-up, always enjoy your posts. I and my wife enjoy the hunt and if we come home with a few nuggets big or small all the better. It's great if friends or family can join you too. Here are some specimens that we found using a VLF detectors between 1990 and 1995.

Very nice nugget!! That one will be a nice specimen when cleaned up. 👍

Hi GB, The Ghost Town was a old coal mining camp that began in 1877 and closed in 1924. Can't reveal the town's name due to the site being on private land and our club's policy in protecting the site for future outing. One of most unique finds on a previous club outing from this site was a nameplate from a billiards table.

Well our club held it first club outing last week since the pandemic began last year. The club has had Zoom meetings every month for those who wanted to keep in touch, but everyone was itching to get together and enjoy some relic hunting. The club trip leader announced that this outing would be the thirty-fifth time the club has been to this site, the last time was 2018 and many coins (Seated Quarter, Indian Heads, Shield Nickels) tokens and relics were found. This club outing V-Nickels, Shield Nickels, Seated Dime, Indian Heads, Wheat Cents, tokens and relics were found. You would think after thirty-five times to this site it would be some what hunted out, but the site keeps producing or is our metal detectors technology getting better? Mostly Equinox's, Garrett's, XP Deus's , Whites were being used. My wife was using a XP Deus and I was using a Nokta Kruzer with a five inch coil. Looking forward to the next club outing the first part of June and other outings for the rest of the year. Club members getting ready to head out to the Ghost Town Beautiful day to be relic hunting Here are some of the tokens and relics I and my wife found

Gerry, Very interested in hearing your results on the GPX6000. The the type of wire specimen gold and some leaf gold specimens we find a PI detector will not pickup. Would love to have a PI detector that can detect our type of gold and provide additional depth compared to a VLF.

Nice and Chunky Gold! WTG👍

Looking forward to see your review on the GPX 6000.

Great bottle finds, looks like the transom fix and new motor are working well for you! 👍

Tom_in_Ca any further discussion with you I will yield to Steve H. comment below: Please read and reread as needed.