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Great story Chet!
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Recent USA Natural Gold Finds, Over An Ounce.
IdahoPeg replied to Gerry in Idaho's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
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Holy crap! You were a slow learner on that detector, but wow have you kicked butt once you figured it out! Congratulations on your success!
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Thanks! Most bottles are broken where I hunt, as placer mining has turned ground over several times. My partner did find this intact old Worcestershire bottle with stopper, and I found some nice pieces of old porcelain I could research. Just love the history of it all!š
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What an awesome adventure with some really nice well earned gold too!
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Gpx5000 Finds In Gold Basin/meadview
IdahoPeg replied to Goldseeker5000's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
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Thanks for askingš No, I didnāt get out Nugget shooting as much as I usually do! I found some dinks with the Gold Monster, and from sluicing bench material up near my cabin. Only hit northern Nv once this season when I met up with Chet& the guys, and got a few grams using the 6000. Main gold was found dredging a couple times w partner, who plucked some beauties out of bedrock cracks. Think weāll do more dredging next yearš. Good luck to you too!
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Well this yearās hunting is about done, and I had a great time searching for all kinds of good stuff from the past. Picked out some photos of my favorites to share. First is that thing we couldnāt figure out if it were piece of a pipe, or gas lamp fixtureā¦likely the latter, but still cool. Hereās some coins and an old gold scale weight, as well as an arrowhead found up near my cabin. Look how nice the dime cleaned up. A trip to Lemhi Valley a few hours from me had amazing pictographs and gave up some wonderful artifacts from the past inhabitants. My oldest coin find was 1861ā¦a British penny. Found it near some old porcelain from England that dated late 1800s . Ended the season with some really beautiful points! I always thank the Spirits for sharing their gifts with me. My hunting partner made these really awesome pendants for usā¦.we found the arrowheads and gold while hunting together, and he found the blue Native Americans trade beads years ago. Pretty cool. Iāll be heading to Arizona next week for 2-3 monthsā¦looking forward to nugget detecting, rock hounding, relic&artifact hunting and exploring new areasā¦maybe meet up with some Arizona forum members.š
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Welcomeš
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Wow, thatās fantastic! Congratulations on a great hunt!
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First whole one found by myself! I found a couple partials while hunting with an experienced friend. This one is specialā¦.Iām really enjoying this new hobbyš
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I researched it and narrowed I.D. down to either Elko Corner Notched vs Hells Canyon Corner Notchedā¦size leans towards Elko, location leans towards Hells Canyon which were 200-1200yrs ago. Elko are much older, 1500-4500yrs ago!
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Iāve been stomping the hills detecting or hiking for years now up by my cabin and always hoped Iād find an arrowhead, but never did. Recently that changed. I went to a site to hunt for coins & relics with my Equinox, but before gearing up realized nature was calling. So just as I squatted to tinkle, looky what I saw bright & shiny right in front me! The Piddle Point!š Itās a beauty! Love the obsidian pointsš
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This past year Iāve been venturing out doing different things since nugget detecting is getting tougher, with all the known patches hammered to death and new ground so hard to come by. So Iāve enjoyed sluicing, relic & coin hunting, as well as artifact/arrowhead hunting lately. This past week my partner Jeff and I went dredgingā¦heād done it years ago, but this year upgraded his equipment, got our permit & off we went! Hereās a view of where weāre working and the big hole he made by moving lots of rocksā¦. The water is too crazy to venture out in the middle. Hereās Jeff moving one of the many bouldersā¦.mother natureās gym! My job is to clear jams in the suction hose, keep black sands from filling the rifflesā¦tons of black sand, and to keep an eye on his safety. I periodically run a big magnet over the riffles & tap it under the water flow to dislodge any gold possibly trapped before itās discardedā¦works good. Otherwise the black sands would completely fill the sluice & gold would tumble over, thatās how much sand there is! Much easier job than Jeffāsš The pups supervised us closely š Hereās the totals after about 8 hours runtimeā¦he got into an awesome spot following a bedrock crack. The chunkiesā¦. And the finesā¦ What a great way to spend a gorgeous day on the river! Next season Iāll get me a thick wetsuitā¦my florida diving suits wonāt cut it here. Then I can get in the water and play too!š
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A Rare And True Survivor.
IdahoPeg replied to Doc Bach's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
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Bushwhackin' For Relics
IdahoPeg replied to CPT_GhostLight's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
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I Stumbled Upon An Edwardian Trash Dump!
IdahoPeg replied to SwiftSword's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
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Any updates on your friend? Hope heās awake & doing better.
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Any updates on your friend? Hope heās awake & recovering from the strokes.
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The thing that stumps me are the English letters that I canāt make outā¦thought it was Chinese pipe at first till I saw them. Thanks for the tip re American Digger, I think Iāll do that.
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Greetings! I spent 6 winters in Melbourne Beachā¦finally found my 1/2 Reale after 3 seasons of detecting. A December storm had hit & there were 6-8ā cuts on the beach where I found it near the base of cut. After weather events like that, all of us detectorists are out driving feverishly up & down A1A checking all the āspotsā looking for the right place to detect! And I was competing with the great Terry Shannon & his buddiesā¦if you donāt know him, check out his YouTube videos & google him, wrote some cool books too. Heck of a nice guyā¦maybe youāll run into him someday. Good luck!
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Todays The Day! Well Not Really, Just A Fugazi....
IdahoPeg replied to Doc Bach's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Pretty cool finds! Yep that Spanish coin replica wouldāve got my heart thumping! Hereās my 1715 Fleet 1/2 Reale I found in FL Decā19. After pounding the sand for 3 seasons in storms etc, Iām proudly wearing in 2nd pic š- 7 replies
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We Lost A Well Know To Our Interests
IdahoPeg replied to dirtman's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Really liked Fred & his zest for life. Condolences to his family & friends.