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Do you know Ron Estep. .?

Nice ring, well done.....

Very nice ring....

Nice variety of finds for sure. Great hunt..

Wow, you are sitting on ready......

Nice gold and VDO Rob.....

Interesting test....

Nice VDO, but pretty noisy, dredging is tough work, I had a nice 3 box 5" Keene that worked me pretty hard.... Hope you get some nice gold......

The Klutina River that flows thru Copper Center has a bit of 1898er stuff in it. Those tough old Prospectors built boats at Klutina Lake sites and floated the river. Many did not make it as this river starts out pretty placid then turns into a monster...I have some campsites to hunt near the main river that is very close to my home...There is a small cemetery there also that I tried to maintain but it is slowly returning to its natural state..These hardy souls had dreams and purposes, many ended at that peaceful serene place very near the river... RIP 98ers...

Nice finds, what settings work well for you?

Maybe just a sturdy shovel and patience, think that might be a better way, some shovels have sifting holes in them...

Steve this is a great well run forum, I like reading the posts from all over, I really like that folks here share info willingly hoping to help someone just getting started.. We both know it would have been a lot easier to learn if places like this site were around in for instance in the 70s when we were novices..I bought my first unit in 1972 and I learned by basically digging everything." I can say I've met some very interesting folks including yourself in this hobby..Years ago I used to travel to Nebraska to attend the Treasure week, I was fortunate indeed to have met some folks there that were really into Treasure hunting...A lot of them are gone now, including my Mate... What an adventure it has been...

Norma June and Van Fossen. Houston Texas in the late 80s

Great story, nice looking gold for sure.....They were hunting with A2Bs then.....

I read this book probably 20 years ago, just thinking about the gold these folks were finding is unbelievable, they were not talking about ounces, they were talking about POUNDS...Geo

Wow great finds....

Stuck at the beach with 3 nice Thai ladies, not much of f a beach here but probably some goods in the water. Having a great time am at Chachanaburi Thailand, about 90 probably but a nice place to be

Steve there's a book lurking inside you wanting to be written.. I hope you will do this.....On an adventure today staying tonight at the Bamboo Garden villa in Chantaburi. Bs mom and Dad and two GFs she grew up with will be there also...

Dang Steve, here I am halfway around the world reading this fantastic story,  we had some fun there for sure.. Won't be going back again tho Dudley has my share now...There's still gold to be found  I've been very lucky to have found some with some great friends.....

Awesome find, thanx for sharing....

Nice looking gold for sure...

This is the main reason too, before you venture forth on an adventure, check with MD clubs in the country you are interested in.. It is imperative that you do so...

Sad to hear that, Jim was a great guy for sure...

Dang, nice patina.....

Very nice Bob, looks like a cousin to the chunk I found there....

Yep there's lots of iron parts in the ground at Jack Wade, Years ago I was privileged to meet the old miner that had a lot of property there. A very nice old timer and he gave me permission to hunt on his claims..He wanted me to check with him everyday and I thought that was more then fair..His cabin was on the claim that has most of the buildings still intact.. I laugh to myself still, about him calling me the Detective ... I had good luck on the claims in fact I'm still part owner of some ground on the lower end of the valley....Here' a. Photo of typical JW gold, heavy. Shotty nice looking nuggets. That piece came out of a bedrock crack that produced about 9 nice nuggets, this one is 1.5 ozs.......