Gold Seeker

Awesome finds!

It looks to me like the tag says  "Vera K Watson"

He's active here on the forum.... @Clay Diggins he should see this since I have "mentioned" him in this reply when he stops by next and can answer your question.

21 hours ago, phrunt said:

This is what we called a big snake in Brisbane, Australia... a 16 footer

 

We have some of those as well here in Florida, occasionally some are even bigger, they are a invasive species, people got them a pets and when they got too big they released them in the Everglades (swamps) and they have reproduced very rapidly and now they are killing/eating most of the native wildlife to the point many are becoming endangered!!

We have the same issue with the large lizards (Iguanas and Monitor type lizards) people got as pets and released as they got too big.

59 minutes ago, Drellim said:

Boy that’s a keeper for sure the timber rattler in the sierras was known to get up to 14/16  in the old days   Not many around anymore what a specimen thanks for that pic  

14/16 what? certainly not feet!!

The Eastern Diamondback is the world's largest rattlesnake and they don't get that big!

22 hours ago, Gold Ryder said:

Outside Helena Montana today. Massive prairie rattler. 

That could be a world record snake, I think the record now is just under 5 feet and from Montana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_viridis

Not sure about having to polish it after, I have just always read of people doing it that way, but you can also try Tarn-X instead.

Have you ever tried cleaning silver with aluminum foil and baking soda?

Do a search many websites and videos about how to do it out there.

The "gauge" appear to be very much like a gauge that came with carburetor rebuild kits, back in the day we always rebuilt carburetors instead of buying another one and I rebuild many of them and used gauges very similar to that one on every rebuild, they were used for setting float level in the bowl and various other valves, levers, and linkage all of these had to be fairly precise for the carburetor to function properly.

That gauge may not be for carburetors but it's for other similar mechanical device rebuilds, IMHO

37 minutes ago, Tanglefoot said:

I have a question, I have bought bags of paydirt from various companies plus I live in Florida so going prospecting here is out of the question.... My question is  the more a bag of paydirt costs is there more gold in it than the less expensive bags???

From reputable sellers that's the way it usually works, most good sellers will guarantee a minimum amount of gold in their different "size" bags, i.e. 1 Lb. bag with a minimum of 1 gram of gold, a 2 Lb. bag with a minimum of 2 grams of gold, etc., etc., they can do this because they add that amount of gold to the bags to be sure you get what they advertise, with some sellers the dirt they add gold too has a bit of gold already in the dirt so sometimes you get even more than what they guarantee, and some just add gold to dirt that has no gold.

Then you have some sellers that don't guarantee a certain amount of gold because the dirt comes from their mining claims and they know it has gold in the dirt, so with these sellers you may not get a lot of gold in one bag but get way more than your money's worth in the next bag, so it's truly the luck of the draw.

That being said until you find a good seller you're happy with it is either you get what you pay for or it's the luck of the draw....or you get ripped off.

Just keep in mind all of the sellers are in it to make money so you almost always will not get more than your money's worth. 

Could that nugget be a platinum nugget?

Is it heavy for it's size?

I  thought I read last year on Facebook that Ray Mills was going to stop doing detecting classes?

48 minutes ago, Monzana said:

Добрый вечер, уважаемые коллеги, я хотел бы знать, как вы относитесь к использованию современных систем зондирования земли при поиске сокровищ, поиске захоронений и так далее.
Проект был создан для того, чтобы иметь возможность понять, применимо это или нет, судить вам.
Ко мне обратился друг из России, он является главой Института археологии с просьбой помочь исследовать группу курганов, не прибегая к раскопкам, когда будет найдена погребальная камера.
У Далии будут фотографии того, что из этого вышло, с последующим заключением.
Вывод: из группы курганов в целом остался один нетронутый холм размером 23 на 12 метров.
Остальные были разрушены сельскохозяйственной техникой.
В кургане 2 захоронения, нетронутое захоронение обведено черным кругом, разграбленное - зеленым.
 

Translation....

Good evening, dear colleagues, I would like to know how you feel about the use of modern earth sensing systems in the search for treasures, the search for burials, and so on.
The project was created in order to be able to understand whether it is applicable or not, to judge you.
I was approached by a friend from Russia, he is the head of the Institute of Archaeology, with a request to help explore a group of burial mounds without resorting to excavations when the burial chamber is found.
Dahlia will have photos of what came of it, followed by a conclusion.
Conclusion: from the group of mounds as a whole, there was one untouched hill measuring 23 by 12 meters.
The rest were destroyed by agricultural machinery.
There are 2 burials in the mound, the untouched burial is surrounded by a black circle, the looted one is green.

In your 4th photo it looks like you have a cut/sawn face on the stone, can you post a photo of that side of the stone? 

RIP Oneguy, you'll be missed.

1 hour ago, Goldseeker5000 said:

This Grizzly was photographed in Augusta, Montana this summer,about 40-50 miles from where I am working my claim. The bad thing is there are two very large boar grizzlies walking back and forth on top of the continental divide between my two claims. The pair of grizzlies are an old male reported to be over a Thousand pounds and the two year old boar is very large already. And I figured out what the log dropping noise is that I have been hearing on one of my claims is. I described the sound to one of the ranchers in the area  today and he said that is a grizzly raising up in the air and slamming both front paws into the ground. He said they do that to warn you to stay away. Now I know what this noise is I keep hearing at my claim . 

He sorta looks kinda friendly, you can tell by the way he's waving at you when you took his photo, he probably just wants to drink a beer with you!!    

RIP Jim.

If there wasn't any gold in that dirt, there is for sure a piece of gold in it now!

39 minutes ago, dig4gold said:

While I didn't know Jim personally, as I live in New Zealand, I was well aware of him in the gold world. RIP Jim.

Talking of Happy Camp, What is Dave McCracken up to these days. Haven't heard of him for a while.

D4G

Here's a link to the "The New 49ers" website/new letter, on that page is the latest New Letter...August 2023, if there' any new what Dave is up to it's probably is in that new letter, or there's also a link on that page to their Facebook page.

 https://goldgold.com/newsletter-august-2023.html

49 minutes ago, Doc Bach said:

Yeah it's cool alright Dig it.I realize that this is a D F way to send a link but it's the best that I can do until I learn how to insert links properly.I'm self taught on my Mac but now using YouTube as a learning tool.When you get to the Point Cabrillo site make sure to click on the ships history from the origin in Baltimore, it's days as an opium runner to the final voyage to California.

Being that I grew up in Mendocino County and basically got involved with treasure and antique bottle collecting on the ground floor so to speak I have a kind of personal connection and love affair with this.But that is a long and probably somewhat pretentious sounding story that's better left untold.

Here's the links to the story of the Frolic..

https://pointcabrillo.org/learn/history/frolic/

https://pointcabrillo.org/learn/history/frolic/frolic1850/

RIP Jim, you will be missed by many.

Oh Wow, I very saddened to hear of Steve's passing, RIP Steve.

Yes Steve recently moved to North Carolina on the coast, he was looking forward to spending his time fishing the local waters and offshore.

I found a site to watch it for free.

https://gomovies.sx/watch-movie/watch-sisu-gomovies-96190.9599536

8 hours ago, Dig It said:

If you could just Dig up that Hot Wheels Volkswagen Beach Bomb, it make you closer to Rich !!! HaHa !!!

Yes if he found a Hot Wheels Beach Bomb it would at least pay for the parking!!

Linda,

My heart goes out to you, your family and friends along with my thoughts and prayers.

I have only known Jim over many years through the many forums we are members of but he became my friend, I will miss him greatly!

Please if you feel the need to "talk" don't hesitate to post on the forum here, we all will give you support as best we can.

Not sure how well it will do if the chain is under a lot of sand, I found video of it being tested and it seems it will only detect a coin at 9 or so CM or 3 1/2", chains are much harder to detect than a coin so it may not even signal on the chain even if you get close to it.

Video

9 hours ago, Rivers rat said:

Hi Steve just a question what is RPG????😆 Can you enlight me once more

 

Good write up! Not too sure who said that but always remember Nostalgia is a seductive layer

 

RR

RPG...Role Playing Game

Thanks for all you have done over the years Steve!