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  1. I've been running Steve' s insanely hot settings non-stop for the past month. I got my first ferrite very recently and have done daily start-up ground balancing, but keep it under the 10 second rule per JP. My perception is the detector takes a few hrs to settle in. At start-up in the morning she's pretty jittery but settles down after some run time. Today I got into a field of strewn volcanics and it was a mess. Those hot settings really light up the volcanics and my only solution was to remove self from affected area. I ran into a guy running a GPX 4800 and he had also surrendered to the overload from the same volcanics. Conversely, I covered some nearby shallow gullies and tiny nuggets were lit up like surface trash. I got 7 nuggets that totaled 2.8 grams and everyone of them sounded off like a booming piece of trash. The deepest target I dug was maybe 8 inches but sounded like bullet frag on the surface. Today I chased one seam of red clay for a good long while, but when I switched to "difficult" it disappeared while still running a Sensitivity of 20. Granted, I'm running some fairly quiet ground in SW AZ, so I have the advantage of letting the detector settle down before it drives me crazy with its antics. I also have the advantage of detecting 3 or 4 hrs a day for at least 5 days a week, so we are mutually getting used to each other. I don't think you can go out for a weekend in variable ground and expect these settings to work for you. Your hearing and sanity will give out long before the detector settles in and your brain settles in to the nuances of this kind of detecting. I was detecting with a fellow 7K user a couple weeks ago and he was running Sens 10 and still finding sub-gram nuggets and covering twice the ground. It's working for me so I'm sticking with it. As Nevada Chris says "your mileage may vary".
  2. As one lost in the desert wilds with sanity now just a fading shadow in the growing blaze of gold fever known as dragon sickness in days of old, I set out today wielding my weapon of choice, the mighty Zed, in the quest for my 100th Quartzsite nugget...
  3. Greetings from the sun soaked sands of the desert southwest. The weather has been perfect the last few weeks here in the Quartzsite regional placer area of Arizona, and so far my trusty GPZ 7000 has recovered over 60 nuggets from some of the old patches, with a total weight of one troy ounce. With lots more winter prospecting season left, it's time to hit the rugged Arizona outback in search of new nugget patches. Good luck out there!
  4. Here in sunny Yuma by the Sea I've been having reasonable success on sub gram nuggets running the 7k in HY Normal with sens at 16 with a nearly silent threshold. I don't have the same noise tolerance as Steve H. But, after seeing JP weigh in and Lunk reiterating comments on Steve's Insanely Hot settings I thought I'd better give er a go. I was feeling poorly so I decided to make it real easy on myself just to try the settings. I drove out 30 minutes from home to an old placer operation that has been absolutely hammered over the past 10 yrs. I picked out a dozer push and fiddled with the settings described by JP. 5 minutes into it I hit a sweet tone. About 6 inches down in hardened caliche out pops a half grammer. I tried to ignore all sharp surface targets since the 7k loves that steel shed from the dozer. Half hr another really soft smooth signal. Micro gram nugget. So ended day one of the test. 2 hrs 2 micro nuggets. It gets real good on day 2. Details to follow.
  5. Well, thanks to the GPZ and Roger D I had a fairly successful trip to Bill's Outing at Gold basin...This is my 6th trip with the 7000 and I have found gold every trip...I hope this never ends!!! The rock to the left of the gold fooled me until I cleaned it up...it is the best Wrong I never wanted to find. fred
  6. The photo above is a good example of the geology I am trying to present in this thread. In my first thread, "Dikes along Turkey Creek", I touched upon the heating and cooling processes that occur during the uplift/intrusion process. Keeping in mind the cooling process that create ore deposits, you can see in the photo that the tunnel is well below the exposed dikes above, the exposed dikes having cooled more quickly eliminating the formation of precious metals and crystals. Also, notice the red soil at the tunnel entrance. Above is a close up of another tunnel A wider view of the above tunnel Here is yet a wider view of the tunnel. About a third of the way up in the photo and slightly left of center is the tunnel entrance. Notice the dikes that are up high and then the lower dikes. Those lower dikes are much more mineralized, due to the slower cooling process. The lower dikes were exposed by the cutting action of the creek (Turkey Creek). This photo is a wider view, taking in the river, shot from the upper dike that is seen in the previous photos. The tunnel entrance is just off camera in the lower right corner. This photo demonstrates the cutting action of the creek. Over time, cutting down nearly 3 hundred feet, exposing the ore body where this tunnel is located. (can you imagine being the first person to stumble across this?) inside the tunnel - as far as I dared go - notice the "drifts", one to the left and one to the right. the photo above is of the side wall in the tunnel - very hot indeed! A bar (36 in) and a chisel (8 inch) found while raking thru the tailings. Also, notice how mineralized these tailings are. I found no gold in those tailings but many quartz crystals. So, the moral of this story is, when you are standing next to an Iron Stone Dike, look below, much further below.
  7. I haunted the Northern Bradshaws during my trip to Az in the winter of 2012 - 13. One of the things that had me amazed were all the Dikes. I was drawn to them and gave them all a visit. Many times I went away empty handed but never without amazement. Turkey Creek, and surrounding area, had me wanting for more. I just could not get enough, entertaining the fantasy of buying a mule and disappearing into the hills. I could not believe how mineralized this area is. From Cleator down thru Turkey Creek, Black Canyon and surrounding area was like an Alice in Wonderland experience. What we see in these photos is Iron Stone and what I think are Basalt dikes. The Iron Stone usually projects below the Basalt dikes. During my research on the Bradshaw Mnts. I learned that these mnts., since their creation, have eroded down from 100 - 400 ft. Any alluvial deposits from that erosion happened many, many eons ago. These deposits, along with exposed hard rock veins have been worked and worked over and over. But guess what, there is still much to be found. I had my good days, hiking out with my pickers and, many days, I hiked out with a skunk.
  8. We tend to concentrate on the things that irritate us about our government. That's a healthy attitude for responsible citizens that wish to keep themselves free and their government in check. Sometimes we forget that our government is powered by it's employees. We slip into resenting the very people we employ due to our concentration on the things we don't like about how the government works (or doesn't work) for us. That attitude can be very counterproductive. Ultimately it's those government employees that we rely on to do the right thing. Reviling the people that work for us creates a bad work environment and chases away the good employees that we need so badly to help run our government with intelligence and caring. We work with a lot of different government agencies and I can tell you that the people that work for us are not all bad by a long shot. We have many good employees that are passionate about their professions and good citizens who also want, and work for, a better government. I believe if we are ever to change our government to better serve us we need to recognize and encourage these good employees. Today I would like to introduce you to just one of these exceptional people. In Arizona we are very lucky to have Lee Allison as our Arizona State Geologist. Lee is an extremely intelligent and thoughtful man that has earned a justified respect among his peers. He has changed the office of State Geologist to better serve all of the people. This transformation has been remarkable to observe. This isn't written just to stroke the ego of a friend or business associate. I've never met Lee nor do I owe him a favor or wish a favor from him. My knowledge of Lee is based entirely on the work he has done as State Geologist. You too can see his ideas and writings for yourself at his very active Arizona Geology blog. Here's an example of some recent blog posts that you might find encouraging. Here is an article Lee wrote about some misleading information that came out after the Animas River spill this past summer. Here is another recent article on a similar subject regarding mineral loads in the waters of the west. Particularly important for those readers in the Eastern states so they can understand the natural differences between waters in different areas of the country. Notice that Lee isn't taking any position on pollution or politics he isn't using angry or inflammatory language in his blog he's just offering the facts and clearly explaining how those facts relate to the subject. He's just doing his job but he's doing it in the spirit and with the fairness that we hired him for. We at Land Matters have a similar philosophy. We believe that if all the facts are available to all the people, from a reliable neutral source, they will be more knowledgeable about the land issues we face today and in the future. A knowledgeable people can choose their own course with confidence. Knowledge is power. Educate yourself and prosper. Lee writes on many different Geology subjects. I've learned quite a bit by reading his writings. Give the Arizona Geology blog a read and you are very likely to become more knowledgeable about Geology. I guarantee it won't hurt your prospecting ambitions and you might just come to think as highly of our employee Lee Allison as I have. If so you might consider sending him a short Thank You email. Lee's not just our employee, he's a fellow human being and I believe he should know that we appreciate how well he's doing his job. I hope there are other posters here who will share their experiences with the best of our employees. Lets let them know we support their real efforts to make our lives a little better and richer each day. Let's help continue the legacy of dedicated people in service to the public. Heavy Pans Barry
  9. To brighten up the day...there are many kinds of gold in life
  10. my buddy jeff and I went up to Gold Basin for a few days...The Basin has never been generous with me or Jeff but we scapped out some gold and meteorites. This was the first time Jeff has ever bested me in quanity of meteorites and in their size. He also found the first little nuggy...we are not rich but had a fine time! I will attempt some pic's First is mine second is me proving I need to lose weight except I disappeared three is jeff's fred
  11. Got out the other day for a quick run up a wash that I’ve had my eye on. My goal for the day... follow the wash all the way to the end, check for bedrock, and flag those spots for later sampling and detecting. Goal was achieved. It was another awesome day to be out! Enjoy the video... make sure to watch it in HD for the full effect.
  12. Between cutting firewood, and gleaning the neighborhood citrus trees to give to the food bank, this is the first time I’ve had a chance to get out this month. I decided Sunday would be a good day to prospect one of the many areas I have marked on my geology maps. This area caught my attention because of a nice fault line running through it, and also because of the various geological changes. It’s in a known gold district, but hasn’t seen very much activity (claim wise) over the years, so I figured maybe it’s time to give it a look see. There’s a producing gold mine about 1/2 mile NW of where my prospects are located. I’m thinking (hoping more like it) that maybe some of those veins from that mine (or possibly other unknown deposits) may have leached out in some of the areas I have marked to explore. Anyway... here’s some video I shot of my day out... hope you all enjoy. Make sure to watch it in HD for the full effect.
  13. I've been exploring new areas around Yuma. Got way out there today and hit these guys. Obviously some kind of copper ore, but Yuma isn't known for copper production. I quit digging after six of them. They blow your ears away with the SDC, it could detect them easily at 18 inches, I didn't want to dig any deeper than that. They run from 4 to 6 ozt. Maybe they can be cut and polished, or maybe they cure arthritis, put one in each shoe and walk around all day. Hey Reno Chris, these are from out near Redcloud Mine, should I keep looking for gold near these rocks.
  14. I went back to the deep canyon this morning. I found 2 that I missed the other day. It seems peculiar that I found 4 quality nuggets in there with a total weight of over 1/4 oz, but nothing deeper that about 8 inches. The canyon is all bedrock with overburden ranging from 0 to about 2 ft. I covered just shy of 2 miles of this good looking ground and obviously had decent success, but just wondering what I might be missing. I found no nuggets on the margins of the wash, everything would have been right in moving water during heavy rain runoff. Today's fatboy was smack in the middle of the wash, but found a hidey hole in jagged bedrock. Perhaps when that new Minelab Super detector comes around, this spot will give up its secrets. Today's take, 3.3, and .4 grams.
  15. Bill Southern is hosting an outing at Gold Basin November 7th through the 9th. Details at http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=27534 If the thread is any indication there will be quite a few people in attendance.
  16. Drove from Reno almost to Phoenix last night. Up before sunrise to see the sun rise on the Bradshaw Mountains this morning. Now off to beep for a little gold. Well, off to beep anyway. Gold optional!
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