2023 Results

[Aureous]

I think my last days detecting for 2023 is now done. Gotta head off to catch up with Family for the next 2 weeks and take stock of what I'm doing next year. Single again, homeless and unsure of what direction to take. 2024 is gonna be interesting! But, my gold take has been an eye opener....almost exactly the same weight as last year, around 5.25oz but the number of pieces of gold has skyrocketed! Last year I managed to find 774 pieces...this year its 1604! Over double.....no doubt attributed to the GPX6000. Next year, I'm gonna dabble with getting a Legacy Minelab PI modded up and using CC coils or anything else that gets me depth on the big stuff. By this time next year, I'll see how that has panned out. Think I'm gonna need the money somehow lol. Just putting up a few pics of just some of the gold I've found this year. How has everyone else done? December is 'pic time' 😉  Merry Xmas everyone, and here's wishing you all a golden 2024!

[mn90403]

I like what I see.  Good work.  Nice results.  It keeps us going at it.

More this year.

Mitchel

[rvpopeye]

Is that the best you can do ? 🤔

 

Cuz it sure looks good from here !🥸

[Aureous]

1 hour ago, rvpopeye said:

Is that the best you can do ? 🤔

I'll try to do better next year....promise 😉 

[flakmagnet]

Really fun to see the results of your hard work

Thank you for sharing with us, it provides great incentive.

Happy Holidays and beyond...

[Valens Legacy]

Great finds and glad you were able to find it for yourself.

Stay safe out there and good hunting.

 

[lostmypassworddude]

Awesome, those are some nice pieces 👍. 

[phrunt]

Really cool finds, I'm not surprised by your small gold take increasing, from memory last season you used the 24k and GPX 4500 modded?   

Did you run the 24k this year or has it taken a hike? 

You did very well, sorry to hear about the single and homeless thing, you seem the resourceful type that can bounce back and do better than before.

[Aureous]

12 hours ago, phrunt said:

Really cool finds, I'm not surprised by your small gold take increasing, from memory last season you used the 24k and GPX 4500 modded?   

Did you run the 24k this year or has it taken a hike? 

You did very well, sorry to hear about the single and homeless thing, you seem the resourceful type that can bounce back and do better than before.

I sold almost all my detectors to afford getting my GPX6000 in May last year. The 4500 and 24K were the first to go.....sad but at least it paid off in the end. I am paying off a Nokta Legend and that will become my new HF VLF replacement for the 24K....just needed something that was more 'multi-purpose', even though I severely miss the 24K. I'll also be sourcing a Legacy Minelab PI for ultra-deep modding and using BIG coils only.

With every downturn in life, there's always a new opportunity if you let yourself take it. 2024 is just that opportunity I feel. Thanks for the kind words :-) 

[rvpopeye]

Aureous

I've spent most of my life in an RV or truck camper,  (since the 70s) .

Just said no to hotel/motels. (2 years was enough for me.)

Some call me homeless but they just don't know...I'd recommend it . 

And I've always been single .The single women on the road were a little too loose for my liking . (But I did volunteer to take the band to the clinic after a week in a place I shall not name....) 😉  Life out on the road  25 days a month was also tough on the married musicians relationships . (The afore mentioned loose women and just being away for long periods.)  Plus I didn't need to waste rent on a place I was only at less than a week max . Sometimes I just stayed out there. (wish I had my detector but I lived in my rig and no room !)

Life can still be good, even better than some that have it ALL . 

Your detecting skills will keep you going pretty well from what I see ! 

🖖Live long and prospect. That was a hell of a good show !