My Adventure Down South With Story And Pics

[oneguy]

Thanks for the story and pics!  Helps a guy in cold country get thru winter dreaming of warmer weather, gold, and some sun!

[fredmason]

I am confused. Is that a very small shovel or some really big gold?
very nice adventure....and gold.

fred

[jasong]

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?

[Lunk]

5 hours ago, flakmagnet said:

Lunk, what is that taped onto your chest? And, are you using the minelab cross-piece on your harness? Thanks...

That is the WM-12 strapped to the cross piece with a couple of elastic hair-ties. The speaker is oriented straight up so that the sound hits both ears equally.

[IDMineralSurveys]

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!)

[flakmagnet]

2 hours ago, Lunk said:

That is the WM-12 strapped to the cross piece with a couple of elastic hair-ties. The speaker is oriented straight up so that the sound hits both ears equally.

ah, got it…how do you find using the crosspiece? (sorry for all the questions, I'm just curious as I have not used it but am thinking about it).

 

[GaryC/Oregon Coast]

OK, OK, I did not see where you figured in the "Border Crossing" Payment!  Surely it was not smooth sailing? 

Nice post and story!!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

[Lunk]

14 hours ago, flakmagnet said:

ah, got it…how do you find using the crosspiece? (sorry for all the questions, I'm just curious as I have not used it but am thinking about it).

 

I find that it works very well for me, personally. The bungee transfers the weight of the detector to the crosspiece to which it is attached, and then it is distributed equally to the left and right struts. Before the GPZ 7000 harness was released I used a hipstick, but my right shoulder would get sore because the weight was only being transferred down the right side. Now with the crosspiece and double struts distributing the weight to both sides, I can swing the Zed all day without fatigue.

[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.