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I think that article was from Sacramento daily union. Have fun Ray. There is lots of cool stuff to see in those old papers. Even if it dont pertain to Au.

Yes lipca. It is a wealth of info. Especially if you are new and trying to find coarse gold bearing areas. For metal detecting.

Hello beings the weather has stopped alot of us from futher detecting, I thought i would share some mining articles from our historical miners that set forth the expansion to the west and helped found our passion to hunt for gold. these articles are from jan. 10-17 from 1800's. if no one objects i can share some every week. till the dam weather breaks. what can i say i'm bored.

Nice finds with the sdc. Hope you continue to have great luck!

I hope everyone has a prosperous year. And have a good time gold or relic huntin. And good luck to the new people. I hope you find your first gold. Its a thrill. Then your addicated unfortunately. But a good thing anyhows. Good luck

Nice finds, lundy. I have a really reliable female partner too. If I cant get it done with gold finds. She will. Lol good job again

Hello, Finally got outdoors for some detecting after a very busy holiday season filled with ups and downs. Went to a new place down out in the foothills of Butte county to my cousins buddys prop. He has an a old channel surface diggings at his place with ground sluicing and hydroing. Back in the day they found alot of coarse gold and a few bigger nuggets there. Supposedly no one has ever detected there. So decided we will see what happens. So far not alot just 5 pcs. For .7 dwt. But it is a big area so we will see if it produces after more trys. Did find a few artifacts. A couple old shovels, half a gold pan. Rockerbox grizzly screens. And an old 6" knife. The soil is pretty mild so was able to run Fors gold in all metal. Did try boost mode for a few but I swear on the new plus model that boost or fast is more chattery then all metal on any soil. Quite opposite of last years tester model original Fors gold. It does run very nice on all metal ( general) with sens. 55 threshold 70-80 and even a little isat. I messed with isat and even turned it up to 4 out of 1-5. Still found tiny gold and birdshot. Well till next time good luck to all prospectors this year.

Awesome!

Good story. I wish everyone in America could be like that everyday.

Thanks for the compliments. Tv- the pocket was only 2-3 inches deep. There is small areas that the old timers didnt touch. This was one of those spots. The other small pockets that I found couple years ago were at a similar spot at the location. The host veins that deteriorated over time were literally on the surface and left the gold. It is very flat there with no creek for atleast 1/2 ml. So the gold never migrated much. Thanks

Steve, you always put information together very well. Thanks. I might have to get one of those Fors plus.

Heres a couple pics I took there couple years ago.

Hello, Its been raining alot here lately, but had a little break in the weather today. Before it turns bad again, I went out today for a bit, after a few outside things to get done. I went to a diggings that I first went to couple years ago. Back then I was using a gb 2. Then later I took the original Fors gold there to find it's first gold. I detected there with new Fors plus today for it's first. It has been pretty wiped out there for finding much gold anymore. But you never get all of it. I grided the place real good before, so everytime I go there now, which hasnt been much, I try to think if there is a spot that I might have missed. Ironically, the road I drive in goes right thru the original workings. But I never really detected the road right next to the truck. Today I parked in a different spot cause I didnt want to make ruts on my friends road. So I decided to try the spot where I usually park. Surprisingly there was gold there. Under the truck all those other days. The diggings there had alot of rich shallow small pockets of gold. I found 2 small pockets before in the begging with gb 2. The biggest had just over 1 oz of pieces Today I pulled .63 oz out of the same hole. Almost 12 dwt. I lost track counting somewhere around 50 pieces in all the excitement. But while extracting and later cleaning them, some of them broke into more pieces. The gold is really porous and crystalline so it doesnt weigh as much as it looks. After I pulled those out I detected some more , but only got some junk. Some of the pieces from the pocket were really small, but they sounded off on the Fors plus real good. It definitely was a good present Fors plus found for me. Nothing like finding a pocket of gold, right where it was born. Now back to rainy days ahead. Happy holidays!

Awesome detecting! Hope you find alot more this winter. I hope the rains clear out of here one of these weekends so I can get back out. But doesnt look good.

Thats a funny pic. Good on you to get some new blood in the sport. He will probably enjoy the new detector for xmas. Maybe he will be posting here someday. Years ago I was on a holiday trip over on the coast by trinidad at a rv park. I just happend to bring my gb pro. I detected a big field where they have had alot of events before to see if I could find some coins or jewelry. Within 5 minutes a few little kids were curious of what I was doing. So I told them pirates use to park their boats offshore and come inland to bury treasure. Of course most little kids have atleast heard of that. I dug up a couple nickels and told them it was old pirate money. They were amazed. They left and came back with no less then 10 more friends. When they were back, I had a deeper big signal so I dug a faded aluminum can. I showed them and told them that pirates drank booze from the can. I informed them that I was very close to the big treasure now. Luckily I found a cheap gold plated loop earring. I then informed them that I recognized it as capt. Hooks earring. So I told them he must have been here already and found the treasure. It was time for dinner anyway, so I figured it was a good way to end the hunt. They were upset that I was done looking for treasure. They asked if they could have my detector, but unfortunately I couldnt give them my detector. I hope those kids all have one now and find themselves some treasures.

I saw the story earlier this year. Definitely deserves the award. Congrads paul.

Chuck, the couple little things that I didnt like on the original fors has been addressed and changed on the new plus. My main thought was about the spiral coils. Beings I detect in brushy and rocky areas, those original coils get snagged alot. But the solid coils now are better. And the original coil covers were really cheap. I cracked one the first day. But nokta listened to its testers and changed the covers too. They are really well built now. I also sent back a few detectors of other manufactors thru the years. Some were a very serious failure. Sometimes you get a lemon from a high rated consumers report product even. Good luck chuck May the Fors be with you

Nokta is pretty quick shipping things, so you should get it in 3-4 days. Hope the handle fixes your issue. Youll be happy with it once its fixed.

Thanks for the comments and likes. But a great detector and a good location can give anybody success. My success comes from these. Also a great detector forum such as this , is a great place to see all aspects of treasure hunting. Or post on the latest technology. I'm glad steve built a awesome community. Good luck to all.

Hello, Woke up this morning and the skies were clouding up and was suppose to rain late today. I was going to hike in a long distance to a spot I found last year on one side of the river. But didnt sound like I had all day because of rain. So I hiked in a closer spot on the opposite side of the river above redding. There is alot of old pocket diggins in the area. Some have decent gold. I hit this older diggings that I havent been to since detecting with a gb 2. Found some good pieces there before, but I think Fors plus operated better there because of bad mineralization. The high powered detectors have trouble at these spots unless you dumb them down a bit. I still ran Fors in boost mode and 80-85 sens. It was pretty smooth for hot ground. Dug a few pieces again right at the edge of the detection field. They were a repeatable whisper. But had a good day with 7 pcs for 3.4 dwt. Ill have to hit the other side of the river when the rains go away for a day. So far my Fors Gold plus is holding together with no issues.

Sorry to hear of your troubles chuck. Hope you get this fixed soon. My plus seems to run fine. Ill have to get out and put it though some more time to make sure it works in the long run. But it looks pretty rainy for next few days. On a personal level. Ive seen people around the world have some minor issues with nokta's last three detectors. I think when they handled the warranty issues themselves. The service was faster and better then having a american detector sales handle it. The only way that this american service department for nokta would be faster and perfect is if Steve was managing it. He would make sure that issues get resolved fast and the detector gets back in its owners hands and back in the hills where it belongs. Nokta builds a high quality detector and I hope they can get the small issues worked out. I think when new technology that revolutionizes the detecting world comes, it likely would be from nokta. If you lived closer chuck , I would let you borrow my backup fors plus. Until yours gets fixed. But I will keep you posted if my fors plus has any issues as I will be out putting it thru some tough days testing.

Good job guys. Always fun to go back to an old patch and find more signals with newer tech. Doesnt matter if you find alittle gold or alot. Just plain fun. Alot of detectorist never get rich. Some find enough to buy something nice. But if you count the fun and adventures then we are all millionaires in that category. Good luck on your next adventure!

Good job congrads! Get some more

a couple of clips from yesterday

Also have a few videos detecting the small stuff today. But I have to upload them to youtube. Takes awhile.