IdahoPeg

Great story and nice chunky nuggets! I usually get a big 'ol skunk when looking for new areas! :-)

Here's one of my favorites from Rye Patch....

Congrats on a beautiful big nugget! :-)

Wow! Congrats to you....how exciting it must be to find an area like that! :-)

Hey, you got me beat this trip. I just got back from several days in northern Nv today...hunted Rye Patch for 2 1/2 days and got 3 little nuggets which only totaled 1.36grams....better than a skunk though! Would've liked to have run into you....good luck on the rest of your hunt!

Do you mean up to "old reliable" bench? I use it for when I'm on a serious skunk and need to see gold, no matter how small, lol. That's why I took the Monster up there to learn it....wanted a place I knew I'd have a good chance finding small gold if I tried hard enough! Now, I'll spend my time up at cabin looking for new spots ?⛏

OK, I know people are probably tired of looking at my Fly-Poo gold, but check out the amazingly tiny piece in the middle that the GM1000 heard no problem this afternoon up at my "old reliable" bench! Again, I had to take out some brush and dig down a little to get these 6 little guys. Anyone who knows me, knows I love my GB2, but I think I'm starting to love the Monster more....it's such a fun machine! ?

JW, I was using the 5" coil....and I, and I'm sure the other forum members, appreciate your input and expertise! Thanks! Happy Nugget Hunting⛏?

At my age I'm at the "give me my self-contained toy hauler trailer at base camp" to do my duty! ;-)

Thanks for your comments kiwijw...up here at my cabin all I have is fly speck gold lol! But I definitely need more time with the Monster, and particularly in hotter ground, to better see its capabilities/advantages over my GB2. p.s. just viewed your 1st video on YouTube.... nice job!?

Nice nugget! Great job! :-)

Picked up my GM1000 from Gerry on Friday, then after doing chores up at the cabin got it out yesterday and today. Used the larger coil for scouting out a new spot and after a couple hours of no decent targets yesterday, went over the same area with my GB2. Still nothing, so at least I didn't miss anything in that area, but I wasn't real comfortable with the Monster yet. So today, after yacking with VA Nurse Paul last night and Scott T today...both singing its praises, I put the small coil on it and went to my "old reliable" bench to see if I could squeak out another baby nugget. Moved rocks and dug up some sagebrush....initially hunting with trusty GB2 to get a target, then compare it with the Monster. Wow, it could hear the Fly-poo AU I find up there, and the disc was pretty reliable! I found 3 pieces using the GB2 first, then once I was more comfortable with how the Monster responds, it sniffed out 6 more! I noticed on some "iffy" signals that the Goldbug heard, the Monster picked them up a bit better. I was using manual 10 sensitivity and All Metal/deep, and as others have mentioned, it does false if you hit a rock etc. Not using headphones and having no threshold hum was actually nice for a change too. Pretty cool machine....tomorrow I'm going to hit the hard rock gravels and see how it does. :-)

Looking forward to the field test and tips for optimum use! Thanks.

Wow...great story and even greater gold! Congrats to all, especially to King of the Patch Rudy!

Nice job! It is really tough hunting there this year, I noticed that a couple weeks ago!

Very nice gold and good info! I'm looking forward to my GM1000 arriving too; it'll be nice to have a lightweight "grab-n-go". :-)

Thanks George....and congrats to Linda on her great find! :-) We'll have to get together again up at the Basin this summer!

Got out for my first nugget hunting trip since getting back from my "Snowbird" gig in FL (loved it!). Spent several days looking for new areas and patches.....skunked at Rosebud/Rabbithole, and wandered seemingly aimlessly along the outer edges of Rye Patch where I did stumble across a nice little nugget all by itself...unfortunately not a new patch :-( So hunkered down and got in the "zone" to hit some of my hammered areas......and the zed didn't fail me! Here's some pics...

Very nice! Those specimens are beauties. :-)

Dang, that's a really good day of detecting! Nice job. :-)

Excellent report Lunk! I'm glad I decided to add the GM1000 to my arsenal....can't wait to get it and try it out on the tailing piles and lode mine gravels up by my cabin! Plus, it'll be a fun lightweight unit to use in the desert when taking a break from the zed. :-)

You are King of the Patch, Lucky! Hope you saved a few for me....I'll be heading there for a short trip when I get back to Idaho soon! Loved being in FL this winter, but chomping at the bit to get out nugget hunting!

Woo Hoo!!! Congrats on a GREAT day! :-)

Great story and some beautiful nuggets too! Glad you and the jeep ok!

Same here Paul! I tell my friends "I'll never find enough gold to pay for all the toys I bought to go look for it....even if I live to 120!" But I don't care.....it's the getting out there and looking for it I love. However, I definitely like finding some though....hate the skunk! ?