Take From Last Trip To California (detecting & Sniping)

[Deep Beeps]

22 hours ago, geof_junk said:

Nice display of your WORK and a good total of  gold. Your last photo shows the amount of WORK that had to be done well done.

Thanks Geof!... The trash pic is missing 150 - 200 smaller bits of unidentifiable bits of iron that I threw away..... Bad thing is I consider the area I was hunting to be rather clean. ?

[Deep Beeps]

21 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Looks like a very good trip with a lot of work to find it. I'm sure that it was fun when you pulled each piece out of the ground.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

Thanks Valens.... And it was....My first 2 targets in the desert where each .5 gram nuggets.... Cant say thats ever happened before for me

[Deep Beeps]

14 hours ago, Dig It said:

Nice Work !!!!

Thanks Rocko!

[Deep Beeps]

12 hours ago, bklein said:

Any clues where to try in the Mohave? Did you need a 4wd?

i had tried a few areas in the past but with lesser detectors. Hope to try again but I don’t have the right vehicle...

I was in a extra long 2wd MB Sprinter van..... Granted it has good clearance but its super long. So it doesn't take a 4wd. 

As for where to go in the Mohave? There use to be lots of books on this. Anything from Jim Straight will do. There are just too many places to even start on here but the Summit Diggings near Randsburg, the El Paso's and Coolgardie all have club claims and dont require 4wd's.

[Deep Beeps]

6 hours ago, deathray said:

Nice job man! Are these Josh Reinke claims? Just curious, I heard he has good ones, and I know he has some on Slate, which I'm dying to get back to. Btw...in your junk photo, top right, looks like old powder tin...if it is, cool find that many relic hunters would love, don't toss it.

Thanks Death Ray! It was JR's claim. Nice area that has lots of gold but that creek is TORE UP! I think every sniper in NorCal has hit that claim.... Lots of mercury as you would imagine. You can still get some decent gold there. Some of the other local snipers I was with did pretty well... I didn't do all that there though.

I though that tin might be an oil tin to lube with?.... I'll take a better look at it tomorrow. I also have some other finds that I need to share.⛏️

[Deep Beeps]

6 hours ago, Smigo said:

Excellent, great going there, congrats! ?

The bottom pic, oh my aching back.

Thanks Smigo... The ground is pretty quiet at this spot and the 7000 w/ the 12" coil finds every scrap of anything at depth.

[Deep Beeps]

5 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Those are some nice chunky digs my friend.  Your hard work and efforts have rewarded you with a collection of Au nuggets and even bigger of the man made trash type.  Be sure to haul that stuff out so I don't have to find it next time.  Thatks for sharing your Success pics.

Thanks Gerry.... My mantra was simple... The more holes you dig the more gold you find.

I would consider this site to be low on trash by my standards. Gold was chunky, caliche covered, corn flakes and sounded like 22's. Largest piece was 1.6 grams. Most around .5 grams. 

Of course, I always remove every target within reason. I did leave that V8 diesel engine block I found on Wabasso Beach ?

[rvpopeye]

A very productive and lucky trip ! Ya found some good yellah  , OH AYUH !

  

[Steve Herschbach]

On 11/22/2022 at 5:11 PM, Deep Beeps said:

Was fortunate to get into some gold on my last trip to California. Started the trip sniping on the NF of the Yuba, one day on Slate Creek and ended with several days detecting in the northern Mojave desert.

Very nice, I'd say you did quite well. And I really appreciate the picture of the trash digs. It not only shows you really earned the gold, but tells the newbies that yes, you have to work at it, and dig lots of holes that don't have gold in them. Good stuff, thanks!