Nevada Brian

Oh my Chet! That is a lot of targets to recover. Anyone of those could have been a big gold nugget. I’m happy you did find two nuggets and had a positive experience with the new coil and made it home safely. I look forward to a new chart if there is one in the making. talk to you soon, Brian.

Nice going Peg, you found real treasure 🙂 See you in the summer. Brian.

Great finds Ray! Glad to see you back in the saddle. I can’t tell by the photo, but is that a real nugget or has it been melted into one? Hope you success continues. Brian.

I look forward to more details, thanks for sharing. Brian.

Great story and pictures. I love seeing cactus in the desert. In Northern Nevada, cactus is rare and a nice sight to see, although its typically less than a foot tall. If there is a road, Chet will get you there. We have not encountered a road yet, that we had to turn around. See ya in the gold fields. Brian.

I strongly suggest you adjust as many settings as possible, this is the best way to learn what the gpz is capable of. Start by dumbing down the machine, and then slowly working in the opposite direction with the settings until you feel you have the optimum settings for the ground beneath the coil. This will take some time and loads of patience, but you will become more efficient as time goes by. The hard part is over, you found gold, now you just need to get it all. Have fun. Brian.

Nicely done Chet. I haven't been mining in months, hopefully soon. Save some gold for me:) Brian.

Chuck, if I remember correctly, you were going to send a letter to Whites, have you done that and have you received a response? Brian.

Scott, is the kid hunt still happening as posted? Thanks, Brian.

Fantastic find, finding gold at Rye Patch in the heat is tough! Brian.

Welcome to Nevada!

Depending on the ground your detecting, while using the Detech DD, you may be able to switch the timing to either Normal or Sensitive Extra for increased sensitivity and depth and you should try it on the 14x9 evo as well for kicks. Good Luck, Brian.

I do want to upgrade my Racer 2 for a machine I can take into the lakes and rivers, this may be the one. Most importantly, thank you Dilek for being a contributor and a voice for you company. It certainly means a lot to me. Brian.

Ground noise WILL mask a target, I have seen it! That's why I have changed my settings so that I listen to a threshold, an almost smooth threshold, which means I use settings that allow for this style of detecting. When able to, I hunt in HY/Normal, turning down my sensitivity and volume so that I have an almost smooth threshold. A friend of mine uses max settings and no threshold and is very successful. It comes down to personal preference. If your detector is making you crazy, then are you in the right mind to find gold, probably not. Of all the tips, tricks and procedures, I believe the most important setting is to have confidence in yourself and your equipment. Brian.

I think for a patch hunter, the 9x14 or the 11" would be the go coil. For many years I used a 9x14 coil on my gpx and it worked great, especially when your crawling through the brush. The stock 11" mono commander coil didn't fit as well around the bushes like the 9x14 did. Nice score on the SDC! Brian.

Scott, Todd with the local club has the coils for his SDC. Brian.

Yes, Deep is an audio mode and Fine Gold is a timing. Brian.

The yellow ferrite ring is fixed, the ferrite value never changes within that ring, so why not incorporate that value into the equation through firmware everytime the QT button is depressed, as suggested by Jasong. Last summer, I spoke with a GPZ user from Australia, his recommendation was to balance the yellow ferrite ring in the air. I have yet to try this technique as carrying around a stick is the last thing I need and finding sticks in the desert is no easy task. Brian.

Jasong, depending on which part of Nevada you decide to visit, and since you will no longer have a functional 14” coil, if need be, I can meet you in the field so comparable tests can be completed on undug targets. I can bring my 7000 and 5000. Also, thank you for the youtube videos, especially the USGS import to Google Earth, its fantastic and very helpful! Brian.

We came home via Hwy 50 last weekend and the S. Fork of the American was moving fast and cold. Not too many gold spots up that way, but all that water is headed downstream; moving boulders, eroding banks and overall redistributing gold in pay streaks. Thanks for sharing, Brian.

Wes, I would contact the claim owner and get permission to prospect the claim. Before you upfront any money, as Steve said, verify it is what you think it is. I hope it is :) Brian.

A few days of detecting and almost found 1/2 oz, very impressive! Thanks for sharing. Brian.

Congratulations on the gold, where there is some, there is more! The desert is sure pretty in the spring. Thanks for sharing. Brian.

Nice chunks! Hope your luck continues in Australia.

Ok Sourdough, I didn't write down the GPS coordinates but I know I was in the Nevada desert as I remember seeing sage brush? The big one weighs 5.9 dwt and was down 11", wasn't a screamer as I was running very conservative settings but an obvious target through the smooth threshold. Brian.