IdahoPeg

Hi Steve...nice bits of gold! I also notice I can scuff the little coil and it will only sound off on small hot rocks mainly, and of course if I bump the cord. I am fortunate to be in milder ground here so usually run at 10 sensitivity....check out these tiny dinks from several days ago! Makes your gold look much more impressive lol! :-)

Congrats! Those are some great finds!

I hope the baby turtle made it to sea with your help, lol! I've seen the females lay the eggs, but have yet to see a hatchling! Maybe cuz I'm out west during their peak hatch season....when's the earliest they hatch, do you know?

Wow, that's a really nice haul for the day....some great gold! Congrats!

Thanks Steve! Yep, life is pretty darn good....and I am very grateful! :-)

Well I'm back from my California gold trip.....was a bit under the weather with a summer cold that turned into a sinus/cough thing that lingered the whole time! Argh! Anyway, took a day off early on and rode the quad to this beautiful view of the N Fork of American River: But on to the GOLD! Spent a lot of time playing with the Monster at a nearby hammered hydraulic pit, working bedrock areas like this: Found numerous small nuggies chipping away at the fissured areas, including this nice 1st one using the larger coil, which I love by the way! : However, I was eager to get out with the 7000 and went back to the American Hill area where my buhzillion dollar machine found me THIS!: Hmmm...the Monster was killing the Zed, until it redeemed itself in a wash finding me this nice 4.4g speci! : I had a nice time in CA detecting with Mike B. , Chet, and others, but since not feeling well decided to start heading home with a stop in Rye Patch to experience the solar eclipse at one of my favorite places: And I was rewarded with a beautiful 2.4g eclipse nugget: Here's a better pic: Thought I was the only idiot out there in the heat, but ran into 2 gals, Carol and Janna who had Gold Monsters so we detected together a few hours....Carol got her 1st Rye Patch nugget! Then I ran into Rick and Rudy who as you know from Lucky Lundy's recent post, found a fantastic 1/4 oz nugget. The guys were very generous with their time and gave me some nice tips! So no big lunkers for me, but I had a great time with some great people, and ended up with just about a half an ounce of beautiful Calif(Monster, 2300, 7000) and Nv(11 pieces on left w 7000) gold, along with a very special Troy oz silver Prospector coin given to me at the Goldhounds meeting by El Presidente Mike B! Till the next hunt! Cheers! :-)

Great seeing you guys out there and watching the Lords of the Lunkers at work lol! Really appreciate the tips and tricks in looking for those big ones.....though for now I'm still just Queen of the Dinks! ?

Wow, great finds for just a few hours! Congrats!

Incredible! I can only dream of finding beauties like that! You do your homework, and it sure pays off...congrats!

Now that's a nugget! Congrats. :-)

Nice weekend haul there, guys! :-)

Beautiful stuff! :-)

What a great find.....congrats!

Wow Jin! You are doing amazing! Congrats and enjoy.....what a thrill to find that kind of gold, I'm sure! :-)

Very interesting and informative write-up Steve. My GM1000 use falls into your "20x20" clean up category....small coil, manual 10 most of the time, deep all metal. You gave me some good pointers for when I use the larger coil! :-)

Klunker: you are a hoot! Made me lol! Steve: yep, she is a happy little rescue pup who makes me very happy too! :-)

So the pup and I headed out to some of my favorite bench areas above the creek; good thing I checked the depth of the water at the crossing before trying to take the side x side through like I normally did in previous years....mid-thigh high, so carried gear and pup to other side and hiked just under a mile to first site: A granite nob that's been hit by myself and several friends the past couple seasons, but it still keeps squeaking out little tiddlers: Got a couple there, then moved one to another spot where several more were found after moving some of the old-timers hand-stackings: Don't need a gym membership when you do this as a hobby! :-) Anyway, hit a few more areas with some success, but the creme de la creme (or should I say, creme de la crumb?) was this area I dug for hours and cleaned out at least 25 tiny bits....what fun the Monster was having! (To better get in under the roots etc, the Goldbug2 would have been better, but we managed) The next day and a half hit a couple more spots and ended up with this for my Bench Tour Total.....a lot of work(i.e. fun) for 1.4g lol! Pup and I had a great few days at the cabin.....but it's time to get the zed and 2300 out again, so off to California later this week! Cheers and Happy Hunting! p.s. kiwijw, I was inspired by your posts! :-)

Thanks guys! JW: they were about 5-6" I think Klunker: they'd be calling me "PegLeg Peg" if I tried to play with that stuff!!! lol :-)

Hi George...mine lasts all day. You and Linda will have fun with the Monster! :-)

Finally got the GM1000 out on the lode mine gravels I have access to. The small coil picked through the iron and trash easier than my GB2 did, and with it being so hot it was REALLY nice not having headphones on. Dug lots of crap, but eventually got a couple nice specimens. Tomorrow, up to one of my favorite benches if I can get across the creek! :-)

Wow! Nice chunk of gold and its little brother! Great job Lunk. :-)

What a great find! Your Sweetie will love it! :-)

Wow...some nice finds! Way to go if those bigger ones are gold.....I've been tricked when detecting in hard rock gravels/sulfides, ended up being weird copper mix byproducts in my case. Hope yours are the real deal! :-)

Amazing gold...great find! Congrats! :-)

Nice gold, Paul! Way to go! :-)