My Adventure Down South With Story And Pics

[Lunk]

On February 16, 2020 at 6:52 PM, IDMineralSurveys said:

And Lunk didn't get gold to show...? I think he needs to post a few photos too for the rest of us who are stuck awaiting the snow to melt...(Thanks bud!)

Thanks for calling me out, Mike; I haven't made the time to post my experiences during the trip with Gerry yet. No better time than the present, as they say! I was able to stay a bit longer in Mexico than Gerry, and my Zed located 50 grams of the good stuff.

The large piece at the top of the photo has been dubbed the goldfish nugget - a very unique piece.

It was fairly deep and manifested as a faint warble in the High Yield / Normal combination.

Weighing in at over 27 grams, it was by far the largest find of the expedition.

Except for the two days in a row that the rain came down in torrents, the weather was great, with some spectacular sunsets.

As Gerry mentioned, the plentiful array of cacti made us very mindful of our surroundings at all times.

Our foray south of the border was filled with many memorable experiences, and we were most fortunate to have been given the opportunity to chase the elusive yellow metal in the beautiful wilderness of Mexico. Muchas gracias por nuestro anfitrión y al propietario de la tierra para extendar su generosa invitación.

[Gold Hound]

Nice country side and gold guys...I've always wanted to prospect in Mexico and the Mongolian step. Must be a real prick (?) detecting in cacti though!

A couple of your pieces look like worn crystal gold and your biggest pice looks like rope gold which is a type of crystal also.

[Gold Catcher]

Very cool. Would worry me though to run around in MX with alot of gold in the pocket and the 7000 in the hand

[Gerry in Idaho]

On 2/15/2020 at 10:33 PM, mn90403 said:

Well done Gerry.

Will Lunk have his own story and different gold?

 

That is up to him, but I would think he'll share a pic or two.  Thanks,  Gerry

[Gerry in Idaho]

19 hours ago, jasong said:

Nice report. Did you guys just go at it alone or did you have someone pointing you were to start at?

I've wanted to go down south to expand territory for years, that ground looks very similar to Mojave and the cactus very similar to Sonoran desert, AZ desert rats such as myself could hit the ground running. Bummer to hear the gravy is gone, but 41 grams is a decent take for a trip. How many detecting days did it take for that?

We were invited down on private ground.  I detected 10 days, so averaged 4 grams a day.

[rusty1212]

You guy are so wrong about Lunk pic I have been with him out hunting gold for a long time when I see that pic of him  that mad me very sad I have only see that face when he hunt with people that not a very  good cook I see the post and head down too him this is what he need to bring him  back mushroom risotto green goddess pasta rigatoni Firenze Dutch baby pancake French onion risotto if you go with Lunk make sure you have the food ready for him you need to make sure that you are a great friend of the gold Community

 

ps he love pie and I cream 

[Lunk]

7 minutes ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

That is up to him, but I would think he'll share a pic or two.  Thanks,  Gerry

Already posted at top of this page.

[Lunk]

2 minutes ago, rusty1212 said:

You guy are so wrong about Lunk pic I have been with him out hunting gold for a long time when I see that pic of him  that mad me very sad I have only see that face when he hunt with people that not a very  good cook I see the post and head down too him this is what he need to bring him  back mushroom risotto green goddess pasta rigatoni Firenze Dutch baby pancake French onion risotto if you go with Lunk make sure you have the food ready for him you need to make sure that you are a great friend of the gold Community

 

ps he love pie and I cream 

Thanks Chef Rusty, you’re one helluva camp cook!

[Gerry in Idaho]

10 hours ago, rusty1212 said:

You guy are so wrong about Lunk pic I have been with him out hunting gold for a long time when I see that pic of him  that mad me very sad I have only see that face when he hunt with people that not a very  good cook I see the post and head down too him this is what he need to bring him  back mushroom risotto green goddess pasta rigatoni Firenze Dutch baby pancake French onion risotto if you go with Lunk make sure you have the food ready for him you need to make sure that you are a great friend of the gold Community

 

ps he love pie and I cream 

Rusty,  You are 100% correct.  We had to eat out of cans and eat stuff raw (uncooked).   The other party with us did cook a really nice meal 1 time, but nothing like Chef Rusty can do.  It was so rough Rusty, we both lost weight.  When we hunt with you, it is such a pleasure.  I actually enjoy using up a whole roll of TP paper and gaining weight when hunting gold with you.  I still think you do this to us so you can try and take advantage....?