Cold Gold....

[oneguy]

Weatherman claimed sunny and 50 degrees today so last night I charged batts and dug all my crap out to get ready for todays hunt!  Grabbed the 2300 and the Monster and headed out this morn, 24 degrees when I left the shack.  I get to the area I figured should have little if any snow...but NOOOOO.  Had to use 4WD, trees across road from previous windstorm so had to hike in, couple inches snow with a few bare spots.  Sun never did cut through the fog and hands/feet got real cold.  Managed to pop 3 littles (.9g) so actually had a good day considering.  SDC got 2 and the Monster got one.  Glad I got out even though anyone with half a brain would have stayed home....lol  Had a great season and best part is property owners have invited me back for next season. This is the last of them for this season...I'm done!!

 

[Calmark]

Persistence pays off!  I think they'd have been a little larger if the cold hadn't made them shrink a bit.   This reminds me once of when my dad and I went dredging with snow on the banks of the creek.  What we miners do to get out for a little treasure hunting after cabin fever has set in.  

[Valens Legacy]

4 hours ago, oneguy said:

Glad I got out even though anyone with half a brain would have stayed home....

And who says that to one of us when they are facing us, nobody because they don't know what else we might swing at them.

We may be a little crazy when we detect, but we still detect when we can.

Great finds on such a bad day, but then again when you find nice things like that it ain't to bad of a day.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[MSC]

Nice finds oneguy, I've detected in the cold and snow in NV. Not as much fun as in the warmer months but helps with cabin fever.  

[LuckyLundy]

Cold Gold and the crunch of the Frozen Dirt under foot...Luv it!  WTG

Rick

[oneguy]

38 minutes ago, MSC said:

Nice finds oneguy, I've detected in the cold and snow in NV. Not as much fun as in the warmer months but helps with cabin fever.  

Your comment reminded me of my very first season chasing gold the old fashioned, back breaking, cold, wet, and physically hard way to find  the elusive flakes.  Digging, classifying, sluicing and panning is HARD work. When I think back about my first season, I think of the day I took this pic and why I'm happy the Forest Service drove me to detect for gold because of all their BS on the creek claim I was working at that time. The day I took this pic was just before I'd managed to fell in the creek and got a left leg wader full of water and of course I had no change of clothes. Fortunately I was only five miles (45 min.) from the PU and weather wasn't that cold by Montana standards. It was a cold ride out and miserable.  Thanks for reminding me of the  miserable day 5 yrs ago (pic)!  Yesterdays hunt was a cake walk compared to how I did things in the beginning....

[rvpopeye]

Not looking forward to THAT scene! '

The older I get , the warmer "cold" gets...

Pretty hard core lookin' rig ! 👌 

[beatup]

good on you

[Gerry in Idaho]

Nothing like finding a few heavy metals to warm the fingertips.  Well earned.