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I've had training and hunts with Lunk that were not as a result of his Gerry's detector gig. His association with Gerry enhances his ability to help people with technology. Mitchel

I saw the nuggets too. Good gold, I think you are holding some back! haha Mitchel

Norm said it.

Here were some other thoughts I had on that subject.

Here it is. I used your keywords. Equinox Sound 3030 Gordon Heritage

One of the Equinox testers in England had a 'program' for that. I read it and posted so let's do a search and see if I can find the thread. Mitchel

I'm headed to Rye Patch tonight. It is in the 20s (below freezing) at the beginning of the morning. Good video. Mitchel

I did have two nuggets!

Thanks Fred. I didn't see anyone. I camped behind the cabin because I didn't want to move and there was only a couple of vehicles out there maybe because there were signs it had rain and it was starting to rain again about 3 PM when I left. Maybe after Rye Patch I'll go back and before Bill's outing I'll stop in again. Maybe Shep is at the Q?

I'm surprised that no one said it: There is GOLD at the bottom of those rainbows!

I've stayed at a couple of the motels at Meadview in the past and once at the RV cabins but after an all night drive I can sleep almost anywhere. When I leave like that I don't have traffic and I get two days of detecting or a 3/2 if I stay over.

Last Thursday night it was time for a Gold Basin trip. I knew I had a couple of days so off I went. The trip for me consists of leaving sometime in the middle of the night, driving 375 miles (6+hrs) and then beginning the hunt. I've done this many times since I first started going there in 2011. It is not an area where I've found a lot of gold but I've found some. Meteorites are also around but I didn't seek them this trip. When you go into gold basin there is always this sign. It is not the old Gold Basin road that is about 5 miles away but it makes for a good picture! These first couple of pictures were taken about 8 AM so I did pretty good with a couple of stops since I left at 1 AM. The hunt was on. I wanted to find something with the 6 inch Nox so I hunted with it for the morning and the afternoon. I'll save my details about that for another thread but I did manage to get a little .32g nugget with the Zed before the day was over. No skunk at least. My camping spot was near where I found the nugget. I slept in the 4Runner with all of the things outside. It was a great night without wind. This was the dawn the next morning looking out my bedroom window. After a bit more searching in this area it was time to explore and I ended up in a gully. You can get an idea of a partially dry washed and detected gully from these pictures. I didn't get any gold out of this stop but I did later. I called a friend and told him where I had been and what I had done and he suggested a place to go. It was very similar to the pictures (it all looks the same) but this time I was using the 7000! I heard a little mellow signal and dug down about 5 inches to bedrock and thought ... oh, no ... hot rock again but then the target moved and the bedrock stayed! In the scoop screaming ... a nice little .42g nugget! Two days, two nuggets for .75g total. This is better than I normally do in Gold Basin. The weather started closing in so it was time to go. It is better to stay longer there now because of the long drive but I was not going to stay in the rain. On the way out I had some visual treats. Mitchel

More info on the 30-35,000 ounces! https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/small-miner-big-wa-nuggets-20181003-p507m2.html

JW, My biggest question is: How could you wait so long to go back to a place like that? Fantastic results ... and so many crevices yet to detect. I'm getting myself ready for my 6 hour drive to Gold Basin, AZ. I wish that I could say I have a place in mind where I've left some gold behind but that is not the case. I'll go back to a couple of places where I have found a few little nuggets in the past but not on my last couple of trips and then have to find a new little gully for this 2 day trip. I'll spend a night there and see if I can find a meteorite or two in my 'spare' time but nuggets are on my mind. Mitchel

Why do you say specimen? It looks like a bunch of fused together small nuggets without any quartz. I think you should check your scale. I'd say you were in grams mode and not grains. Mitchel