Valens Legacy

Great finds and I know that it is a lot of hard work.

When someone asks me about digging every target I simply tell them that I don't want to miss out on the gold.

Good luck on your next hunt.

That had to be a great week for you and I bet that you almost had a heart attack finding the gold and platinum.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

Great finds and some history recovered. They don't make items like that anymore.

Good luck on your next outing.

Great saves for sure, and I know that you will be finding a lot more coins from that area.

I would bring in a bulldozer and a sluice to get to them, but then I would probably make a mess of the area doing it.

I really would not believe my eyes finding something like that, and would not know how to clean them up.

Good luck and good hunting.

Great find and I know that it has been hard work out there to get such a nugget.

Good luck on your next hunt, and stay safe out there.

Congrats on another great hunt, and I see that you have more trucks to add to the car collection.

Seems like you always get some really nice permissions with great results.

Good luck on your next hunt, which should be soon since the crops are coming in from the fields now.

Welcome to the forum and glad to have you with us. I can see that you are hooked on this hobby already and I'm sure that we can expect some nice reading material from you.

Good luck and good hunting.

What ever detector that you may use know what the ID numbers are of the coins that you would normally find.

I always do a test with the coil that I am going to use and place coins in my garden that I expect to find where I plan to hunt.

That way you can cherry pick which targets to dig. I found that when I am digging in an area that is newer it is always with a lot of trash from who knows where. I will concentrate on the silver first and then go to the other items on my list and have much better luck.

Everyone has given you the best advice and I hope that we have helped in some sort of way.

Looks like a nice hunt again for you, with some nice gold in just 2 hours.

I just wish you could use a higher resolution camera setting so I could zoom in on the pictures.

Very nice setup you have and I like the way you can use it.

Good luck on your next outing as it seems as though you are on the gold.

Nice finds for any hunt and I'm sure you had fun digging them out of the ground.

Good luck on your next outing.

Beautiful area and I am sure that there is a lot more gold there that you have not yet found.

Should have some nice size nuggets in that river edge, and not just flour gold.

Good luck and stay safe out there.

That was a great hunt and some nice history saved from the ground.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

Looks like your on a great spot with all your hard work.

Good luck and keep up the hard work.

Enjoyed the read and loved the pictures that went with the story.

Great hunt and just shows people what you can do when you don't give up. It also shows just how lucky some people are than others.

Good luck and good hunting on your next trip.

On 9/23/2023 at 4:02 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

Using advanced detectors need not be complicated at all. The presets exist for a reason - use them and I don't see why a beginner can't get going, then expand into learning the controls later if they want. Better that than buying a simple detector, then selling it later to upgrade. Surely most people can do this:

Steve, I am a relative Newbie at this detecting thing and have really only used a Tracker IV with my grandfather.

Since he is gone and left me all his things I can honestly say that using the factory presets have been very good to me. Yes I do dig most targets still, but find that the presets have helped me in so many ways and in every type of ground.

I believe in the 800 and know when I do learn more about the unit I will have more fun with it.

Thanks for sharing those items, looks to be rather light weight than what I currently use.

I remember seeing a few rings that were made from old silver coins that my grandfather showed me. I know it took them a lot of work to make the ring.

Great find and wish you more luck on your next hunt.

Great finds and glad you saved some nice history.

Good luck on your next outing.

Great finds and I know old school yards like that can have some serious hot areas in them. Some of the old schools I have hunted still has coal ash in the ground where the school would dump it.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

Nice find and good luck on your next hunt.

Welcome to the forum and glad to have you here with us.

Always enjoy reading about the finds from your area, and love the pictures of where the area is. Beautiful country and beautiful gold you have down there.

Good luck and good hunting.

Nice find on the earring, but what did the carrot show up on your detector and does it still work.

Just kidding, good luck on your next outing.

6 hours ago, John-Edmonton said:

Here's my jerky fresh out of my dehydrator this afternoon.

Nice looking jerky, how did you flavor it.

Very nice nugget with some hard work to get it out of the ground.

How many more did you get from that location.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Nice to see you get your fair share for your hard work out there, I was almost going to have you come down here to compare creeks. I will usually get a few grams of flour gold each time we go out and sluice, and am glad that you found the right spot for you to get it out of the creek.

Good luck and stay safe out there.