Detecting Under Ski Lifts

[Gold Catcher]

15 hours ago, phrunt said:

Well, my wife found her on Facebook and has sent her a message about it, no reply yet but she hasn't seen the message at this stage.  I bet she'll be surprised, she lives in Auckland on the North Island so another unfortunate thing is she spent an entire day of her holiday down here looking for it with no success, and her access to the ski field would have been around about $130 for that day for her to look for it.  At least we have found her now so if there is important stuff on the phone I'll ship it up to her, I'm sure the SD Card will still work, those things can handle a lot.  The phone may even work when it dries out, I've found phones at the ski field before that came to life after drying out. 

This is a photo of the front of the mountain range where the ski field is that I took yesterday, you'd never even know the ski field is there, or all that stuff like the lake and so on as it's all on the back side of the range.

 

Simon, what a great story and thanks for the wonderful pics. Such a beautiful area. I bet there must be some really important things on her SD card. Please keep us posted  and let us know when she hears the news. Also, she might be thrilled to read "her" story on DP. I would send her the link so she can see how this story was shared with prospectors around the world. I actually thought of this story every now and then since you first posted it and wondered what ever happened to this saga. You are a good man Simon, may the Gold Goddess reward you handsomely ?.

GC

[F350Platinum]

That's a really great end to a really great story! Probably one of the best I've read in a while. Thanks for showing everyone what someone can do in these situations. Must have been fun and taught your child something too.

Good on ya. ?

[rvpopeye]

Well done ! ?

Great ending, ! well , almost.  

(She'll probably turn out to be a princess 'er something and reward you with a bag of gold.)

Major karma points.?

 

[Erik Oostra]

Did the girl claim her phone? the suspense is killing me.. ?  

[phrunt]

14 minutes ago, Erik Oostra said:

Did the girl claim her phone? the suspense is killing me.. ?  

Nope, my wife left a message on her phone number we found on her works website, no reply to it.  She also sent an email to her works Email address and again no reply.  The other side to that is Auckland where she lives is in a Covid lockdown for another week so perhaps when they're out of the lockdown she'll get the messages.   I don't know exactly how the messaging system on Facebook works but she sent her a message on there too but my wife thinks her security settings prevented her seeing it as she still hasn't seen it.

[Erik Oostra]

when she finally claims her phone (i'm sure she will, all that digging wasn't for the fun of it), you'll have to let her know the detecting world has closely followed the story.. it would make a great documentary, or even a Hollywood blockbuster.. please keep us posted..    

[GB_Amateur]

On 11/20/2021 at 12:05 AM, phrunt said:

It's a lot steeper than it looks....

Conjured up this image in my mind:

On 11/20/2021 at 12:05 AM, phrunt said:

The Nugget Finder solid skid plate was awesome on the 11" coil

This is the first I've heard of this 3rd party aftermarket option.  Is it actually made for the Eqx or for another model's coil and just happened to fit?  Do they make them for the 6" round, also?

Excellent report -- gives a very good view of what you (and she) were dealing with.  How about chronicling another Cointopia adventure next?  Seems like a couple years since you made one of those jaunts (maybe the pandemic prevented you going there last summer)?

[phrunt]

3 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

This is the first I've heard of this 3rd party aftermarket option.  Is it actually made for the Eqx or for another model's coil and just happened to fit?  Do they make them for the 6" round, also?

Excellent report -- gives a very good view of what you (and she) were dealing with.  How about chronicling another Cointopia adventure next?  Seems like a couple years since you made one of those jaunts (maybe the pandemic prevented you going there last summer)?

I did a post on the NF 11" Skid plate when I first got it, sadly they don't make one for the 6", I wish they did as it's all it needs really.

The pandemic hasn't stopped me from anything as we've rarely had any restrictions here, about 6 weeks of restrictions in the past couple of years and even then I could have still done my detecting in my local area.   I've still been at it with my coin hunts, just not put posts up about them, mostly using the CTX now with the 17" coil  and loving it for deep silvers. 

Here's the post on the NF skid plate, well worth the investment if you can get one in the USA, even if all you do is detect in longer grass its useful.

 

[NCtoad]

What a great story Phrunt!  Thanks for posting!