Lost Basin Gold

[Goldseeker5000]

These might be better pics.

[abenson]

Wow nice you're killing over there in Lost Basin.

[geof_junk]

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 😁

[Swegin]

10 hours ago, Lunk said:

Sounds like a great day for winnowing!

wonder how many people know what that is.  LOL

 

[Swegin]

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.

 

[Goldseeker5000]

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. 

[Gold Catcher]

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

[mn90403]

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.

[Goldseeker5000]

mn90403, I do too. But keep in mind. This gold here is not really replenishable like in some other areas and it is dispursed haphazardly. The caliche is a foot down and in some areas, slightly less or more. I now know the 6 has no problem reaching it on sensitivity of 1 and I will go back over it one more time when the wind is not blowing loudly to listen for faint signals but all gold I got here is very audiable, even the tiny one I got here. There comes a point in areas here sooner than other places that the gold just stops coming. This is just my assessment. I am looking forward to running the 5000 with the 25" on deeper ground to caliche, here. That coil does suck to swing.

[MSC]

Good finds Goldseaker5000, I have not been able to use my 17'' yet, can't wait for good weather.