IdahoPeg
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Some very good advice and GREAT photos! I love northern Nevada too...the solitude and scenery, the wildlife, and the beautiful nuggets. Hereâs a pic from 2012, from the 1st Patch I discovered on my own, using the 3500 and elliptical mono coil I bought from you. I was so excited, I think I called or texted you from the field lol!
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And several years later, I was so happy to FINALLY have my ounce of Rye Patch beauties! Iâve hit many other places in northern Nv and found nice gold, but these are specialđ
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1 hour ago, Jonathan Porter said:
Pic of one of the more mountainous regions Iâve worked over the years (Pilbara area WA on a 40 degree C day so was laying in the shade of my quad having lunch)
Whew! Thatâs 104 Fahrenheit?....definitely get in the shade wherever and whenever  you can! And you call those little bumps mountains lol? Yep, I sometimes use the 2300 instead of 7000 in the real tough terrain, especially if crawling under manzanita is involved. Thanks for your comments JP!đ
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7 minutes ago, RickUK said:
Peg,if you ever did come over to the UK on a visit,you would be more than welcome to come out on some prime saxon/roman permissions that i have access on.
Awesome! I might take you up on that in the next year or two! Thanks! And if you are ever over here out west, Iâd try to get you on some nuggetsđ
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17 minutes ago, RickUK said:
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this adventure,i still cannot grasp fully this gold nugget detecting its all so new to me,i have a basic idea but i really do enjoy reading about all these adventures you folks get upto.
RickUK, to me the ultimate would be finding old Roman coins like you guys have over there! Amazing pieces of history....hopefully Iâll get to try some day!
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Pretty cool find!
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9 hours ago, madtuna said:
Nice water warn bits Miss Peg.
Still trying to get my head around bears! They say we have deadly wild life but I think you trump us lot
Madtuna.....EVERYTHING in your land is out to kill you, from what I hear lol. Our bears just run away, at least so far!đ
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4 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:Nice report and photos, Peg. (The only photo my gold hunting experiences can relate to are the last one.)
You didn't mention the temps. Was this high up enough that they weren't an issue? I see Chet wearing long sleaves but maybe that is to protect from the sun. Seems like Western USA has been hit hard with a heat dome (or whatever it's called) this month, or did you get out of there before it arrived?
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Upper 80s to low 90s, maybe mid 90s a couple days. I always wear long pants and sleeves when detecting...protect from sun, bugs, and the brush. Except manzanita, NOTHING protects you from them lol!
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Packed up the toy hauler and headed out to meet up with some friends and hit a few hydraulic pits in the Sierra Nevadas. MikeB was, as usual, happy to share his knowledge and give some good advice; only had one skunk day during the trip. I had forgotten how rugged and steep the terrain is out there compared to Idaho! After 5 days of lugging the 7000 up and down rocky, slippery, manzanita covered steep ravines, Chet and I decided to work as a team on a hillside where nuggets were found. We dug and detected: he used the 7000, then I used Gold Monster to quickly identify and locate the nuggets...we pulled a quarter ounce out of a 6 x 6â area that day! Can you believe this guy is over 80 years old? He can work that pick like a man half his age! This great hobby certainly keeps us in shape!
One day I was down deep in a narrow ravine when I heard a distant shout....then Chet came on the radio saying he just saw the biggest bear heâs ever seen, up close and personal, and that it was heading down the ravine. Crap! You mean the ravine Iâm in thatâs only about 5â wide here at the bottom?!?! Luckily, I then could hear it crashing through the brush running up the hill to my left. Wish I couldâve seen him though.Â
No big lunker nuggets on this trip, but a few chunkies were found:
And hereâs  my total for the 7 or so days detecting....Iâm happy with it!
On the last day, I sat overlooking The Motherlode country....thanking her for a good time, good friends, and for sharing a bit of her riches with me!đ
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Wow, amazing! Congrats to Ron. I can only dream of finding a specimen like that!
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What an in incredible specimen....itâs got it all!Â
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How amazing! I think I have a new âBucket Listâ trip to plan! (Or at least dream about, lol!)
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Thatâs just a bit south of me here on the Treasure Coast. Captain Jonah is a great treasure hunter and a heck of a nice guy! Â Ran into him about a month ago and he shared some tips. He and his crew were out all night of the big norâeaster when they scored...I stupidly waited till daylight! Snooze ya lose lol.
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Awesome story! Congrats to your little brother!
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7 hours ago, FloridaSon said:
Today at least two reales found with the equinox  . A guy was leaving as I showed up and proudly showed his two 1/2 Reales. Also heard might be more found. Too bad it closed up again this afternoon. I managed to find a piece of lead with sack cloth imprint so I didnât get skunked. Must have been 20 people there detecting. Many using the NOX.Â
I was out there too...a bit too soon after high tide, almost got pulled out to sea lol! Congrats on the lead with imprint, thatâs cool. I only found one old nail and a bunch of change. Iâm thinking I shouldâve gone out with a headlamp the night before, with all the competition now!Â
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Wow, you did great! Congrats!
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What a cool adventure with some excellent gold and an exciting coin find! Thanks for sharing...loved the pictures, especially the one with the shovel for scale lol!Â
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What an awesome new patch to find! Gives us all some hope while we endure the many skunked days/weeks looking for new areas!Â
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Nice job! Hopefully youâll get a nice ring there too!Â
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Wow! What an incredibly awesome find! And a great few days of detecting too! Congratulations!
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5 minutes ago, IDdesertman said:
That must have been a rush when that popped open!Â
Actually they were all black with the hard coating inside, couldnât see any markings...but several hours of rubbing on wet aluminum foil safely took it off and showed the awesomeness!Â
I felt like the kid in Karate Kid...âwax on, wax offâ....HOURS of rubbing them on foil lol! Surprised Iâm not sore! đ
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6 hours ago, mn90403 said:
I agree with the waste. Florida's coastline changes so give it room to change rather than rebuild so quickly.
Where does the renourishment sand come from? (A good claim I hope!) haha
Apparently they dredge sand from Canaveral Shoals to barges 5 miles off the Cape, then truck it to different areas. I would assume itâs been surveyed etc to make sure no wrecks there lol. In some prior years they used crappy inland sand but people complained. This yearâs project along my particular treasure hunting beach sites will make it especially bad for detecting...they are super building up the dunes along with the beach as I type this. Itâll take a huge storm to open it up...Iâm so happy and grateful I found my little Spanish treasures before they dumped on them!
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49 minutes ago, FloridaSon said:
What a great find, and you kept at it. Way to go! I gave up on that stretch after all the renourishment sand pumped on it a few months ago. Really glad for you, you are keeping the dream alive!
That is a great find!
It was basically a one day event at one of the several beaches I checked that day...nice big cut! But the morons are AGAIN renourishing the whole area now, so weâll need a huge Norâeaster to come by to open things up again. What a waste of money.
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What awesome hunt! You guys know what youâre doing, thatâs for sure! Congratulations!
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Hey Guys! Remember this thing that I found on Floridaâs Treasure Coast a couple weeks ago and posted about? I was so disappointed there were no visible markings to link it to the1715 Spanish Fleet that sunk during a hurricane.
Well, I decided to carefully try to separate the silver sandwich with a paring knife, and was successful with minimal damage. The inside surfaces were dark and thick with corrosion but I kept working on them(rubbing on wet aluminum foil did the best...very time consuming. I donât have an electrolysis setup yet).Â
So glad I did it! Iâve definitely found my 1st Pieces of Eight finally (1/2 Reales likely)! Minted in Mexico between 1700-1715 during Philip Vâs reign in Spain, if my research is correct.
They may be little, but Iâm tickled pink with them! đ
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Well guys, update on that silvery sandwich. I volunteer sometimes at The McLarty Treasure Museum and one of the professional treasure hunters came in today. I showed him my find, and he feels it is definitely two 1/2, or possibly 1 reales, stuck together. When I showed him this pic of the fiber pattern that had been on one of the sides before I cleaned it, he scolded me bigtime! I learned a valuable lesson...donât go overboard with the cleaning. Apparently these small coins were in fabric sacks, and I erased the history there. But at least I think I finally found some Spanish silver....now I need one that still has its markings!
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The Thrill Of The Find
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How amazing! That would get me all fired up, for sure!đ Congratulations!đ