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Happy Birthday Lunk. I got 4 nuggets today about the size of yours (.8g total) but it was a good day. #300 ... I'll be over that way April 1 again for 3 days or so.

Good shooting!

WTG Rob!

Paul, You need to tell people here you are not going to be shooting the bear! You shoot your partner in the knee so the bear will stop chasing you as YOU run away! (Paul always thinks of his partner first. He is a really sweet guy in that way.) Mitchel Oh CaliforniaGold, nice gold. More than I have gotten so far this year total.

Happy Birthday and good fishing.

Good shooting

What? You are the one guy that I would say 'everything he finds is gold!'

I find the 2300 heavy if I try to use it without the hipstick. If I use it without it then I have to keep my elbow completely straight or I will get tennis elbow. On a good note ... the batteries that came with it last all day for me and/or my wife.

That cactus is what made cowboys men. Last year around LSD that stuff was sticking to my shoes and then my shoes were putting it into my bare calves ... pulling those out one at a time gives you strength.

Chris has a third eye for those little species. WTG He finds them with 5000, 2300, 7000, GB2 and now this!

Lunk, LUNK, LUNK they keep getting bigger. I thought you were gone from the area. We were there when I broke down. Hunted for 3 days and got nada with the same detector. Ladies and gentlemen ... it is more than what you use but Lunk finds gold where he cleaned up with his 5000, 4500, 3000, etc.

All of this talk about TRASH. If there is not any gold there and you keep digging trash then you are in the wrong spot. How long will you hunt a spot without trash and not find any gold before you go to a new location? Fred gave me a tip about a club claim that had GOLD on it. He didn't discuss the trash at the time. It took me over a day and lots of trash (perhaps 300 pieces) but I got gold. I'll go back and dig trash or ironstone or whatever if I can get a few pieces of gold. Argyle has the attitude. Dig all the trash you have to at your chosen location just so long as the rewards are worth it. If they are not ... move. It is about the gold not the trash. My biggest nugget was found in a field filled with 30 and 50 cal bullets. I'm glad they are there.

Doc got some pads and said they were the best ever. http://forums.nuggethunting.com/index.php?/topic/11798-best-knee-pads-ever/

Let's see ... 2300/7000 colors = $69.95 for the kit without a bucket.

WTG Ray. Maybe people don't know that you can make a date with Ray to get his book signed and book a lesson or two at the same time. It is a good trip. I've done it.

Good shooting. It looks a little wet?

Erik was very good. I've been to his office at the University but I had never heard his presentation. He has a good grasp on the history of several areas and he is well travelled internationally. He interacts well with miners which can be a problem for some University types. He has Phelps Dodge experience and much interaction with placer miners also. As Swifty mentioned, he is very interested in documenting Arizona gold history. If you have a story about a big Arizona nugget he would like to know about it. (I know Kevin Hoagland has found a very big one. I heard him tell the story again yesterday.) Mitchel

Gold can be hunted and sometimes found but you can always get a good hospitality from Wilma (and Chris!)

WTG Lunk. I guess you don't care much about those that say it is a 'piece of sh#t' 7000? haha They're still out there telling everyone that 40% better is a claim made that should keep you from buying or keeping this generation of detector. You and beatup are killing Quartzsite this year. Big and Small, shallow and deep the mighty Zed finds them all.

Fred, Thanks for the pictures. Patrick and I would go but we haven't made a plan and many of the 'tours' have been booked. We didn't want a total tour but a couple of days of training and a point in the right direction would do. We are still considering ...

The Prospectors Club of Southern California is pleased to announce that Dr. Erik Melchiorre will be the guest speaker at its monthly meeting on February 19, 2016. The meeting is at the Downey Women's Club at 8 PM in Downey, California. Club members begin setting up finds exhibits any time after 7 PM. Refreshments are served at a break which is then followed by a raffle. Guests are welcome and all are welcome to join and use club claims. The title of Erik's talk is: Big Arizona Gold- The story of the Rich Hill and Quartzsite Districts In addition Erik will take questions about Southern California gold. Speaker Bio: Dr. Erik Melchiorre was first introduced to gold panning at Boy Scout camp on the banks of the Stanislaus River, California. For four years on summer camp staff, he made his pocket money by cleaning out and panning dirt from corrugated drainpipe around Angels Camp and various back roads. Erik received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Southern California, where he was active in the Trojan Marching Band, R.O.T.C, and Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Erik earned his Master of Science degree in Geology from Arizona State University. While in Arizona, he worked at the CyprusBagdad Copper Mine, and the Phelps Dodge Morenci Copper Mine. Erik completed his Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. For the past ten years Erik has worked as Professor of Geology at California State University, San Bernardino. Erik and his students work on the geochemistry of ore deposits around the world, and have visited over 160 mines on five continents. Erik’s favorite field assistants are his wife Becky, and daughters Darwin and Gabrieila. About PCSC: https://www.facebook.com/PCSCDowney/

Good gully miss molly! Nice gold. Thank you for the posting. I just read something that could explain gold not being on bedrock in very dry areas. Sometimes when it rains it 'pours' like a thunderstorm and that storm doesn't wash all the way to bedrock. The flood goes over the top of the desert and slows down in depressions. All of the gold above the bedrock is not moved and some of the gold that is moved by the flood just settles in a nearby depression. Kinda like the 'potholes' in the area. The slope now could be considerably different than when the gold moved there assuming you are not at the source.

Nice shooting. Too good. I'd like to get my wife over a few nuggets like that. Maybe I'll head back to Yuma next week. I'm getting over the flu now.

Strike!

It's only gold ... I have some friends here who want to take me back to their Mexican homes and search around the houses. They know lots of things are buried. I don't know if I would make it back from that trip. Be careful and leave directions to your patches before you go back again!