Goldseeker5000 Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 I got one more today 10-15 minutes into detecting, 8 ft from the last one. I used an entire spool of surveyors twine to box off a grid and it was on the second swing row in line with the last on the top edge of the ridge of the wash. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldseeker5000 Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 These might be better pics. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Wow nice you're killing over there in Lost Basin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Goldseeker5000 said: I got one more today 10-15 minutes into detecting, 8 ft from the last one. I used an entire spool of surveyors twine to box off a grid and it was on the second swing row in line with the last on the top edge of the ridge of the wash.   What is the purpose of the red? rope/string at the top of the photo. Today I have run out of LIKES so I will sneak a couple in when Steve is not looking ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Lunk said: Sounds like a great day for winnowing! wonder how many people know what that is. LOL  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 hours ago, geof_junk said: What is the purpose of the red? rope/string at the top of the photo. Today I have run out of LIKES so I will sneak a couple in when Steve is not looking ? I believe he was using that to grid with.  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldseeker5000 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 I use it to grid with. After I am done detecting the size box I have laid out and I am confident I have left no more pieces of gold, I will then walk to each corner and log a pin into my OnXHunt app. OnX will show you moving with a blue dot. When I am at each corner and apply the four pins, I will then connect each corner with a distance line and save it under section searched. This way I never go back over any ground I already hunted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 2:21 PM, Goldseeker5000 said: Changed spots from Gold Basin to Lost Basin and results are better. Three pieces in a day and a half. The Six was screaming on this specimen at a foot deep. I honestly thought it was going to be trash. I was heading back to camp at the end of the day before sundown and started to swing haphazardly and bam - It lit the six up. It was on caliche and when I realized it was a nugget, I just sat down on the ground, turned the six off and sat there laughing for 15 minutes. I don't have any doubts the six will go deep. I didn't get to do some testing with it with lower sensitivity at all as I figured it was trash and really had no idea it was as deep as it was. I will be gridding the area and any other signals will be tested well before I dig. It weighed 2.54 g Congrats, Reese. Nice find! Looking forward to meet up again. Will check out Lost Basin ? GC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Goldseeker5000 said: This way I never go back over any ground I already hunted. I go back over my same ground when I'm finding color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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