Bryan

8 hours ago, Gold Catcher said:

Aha, I did not see that you posted the link already, Mitchel (thanks Phrunt). I was just browsing yesterday and saw it on YouTube. There is an Amz link at the bottom when you click on it it leads you to the ML go-find. I thought this clip was hilarious. Starting off with the soil that is just not a gold bearing soil, but I gave it the benefit of a doubt at the beginning. Then, there was how she swings the coil and digs (never checked if she already recovered it or not during digging). Then, when you look at her hands in the close up shots, these were not hands that probably ever held a pick before. Then the way the camera shot her body during digging, oh well.... The only thing that was exciting (it always is whether fake or not) are those action shots when the gold starts peeking out from the hole. This is just the greatest when this happens to me (much more rare and on much smaller size however...). Amazing though, how you can get 178k views with a clip like that. At least you have to give ML credit that they didn't post this on their website....😂

do we think it's a ML promo stunt? or a 3rd party Amazon store party? either way the video reeks of fraud. 

2 hours ago, SeabeeRon said:

Right on about the ptarmigan and some mighty fine halibut fishing!

When I was there in '70 - '71 the Crab Boats would come every season as well.

Adak has all gone to private use now, no more USN or Air Force as far as I know.

you are correct Sir. there are only about 25 full time residents on the island. when the military pulled out they left entire buildings of furniture. it's a bizarre place to visit because of these reasons. there is also only one "store" which opens every other day for 2 hours. think large walk-in closet with some metal shelves and one reefer with hot dogs and some meats. i paid $13 for a bag of doritos on the trip when we got stuck. gimme a bit and i can post some pictures.

i'll attempt to answer everyone's questions is one thread.

1. i am in anchorage. i just retired from the USCG two weeks ago and decided to remain here in the last frontier.

2. i am a life long all around treasure hunting, prospecting, outdoors type. if it's of value i'll dig for it, metal detect, search for it, yard sale hunt, thrift store rummage, storage unit auction, etc etc. 

3. i currently have only 2 detectors- a Garrett GTI 2500 and my trusty old Fisher Gold Bug II. a new coin/relic machine is in my near future.

4. i have more pans and sluice boxes than i probably should.

5. rocks are pretty and i've been known to carry more than i should down off some remote mountain.

6. i've been to adak. twice. once we got stuck for 9 days. that place feels like the edge of the earth. also some of the best ptarmigan hunting you could ever ask for. 

-bryan

greetings all. i'm bryan. i've been lurking the forums for a very long time but now i'm official! hope everyone has a great weekend.