First Gold On New Claim

[TX Todd]

Finally got to spend a day on my new claim. It's south of Butte MT in a known Gold producing area. It's a gulch claim and appears that just the very bottom of the gulch is all that's ever been worked. I was told it was detected  with Minelab 5000. They turned every large rock over in the bottom of the gulch. I was told some pretty large nuggets were recovered. Bedrock is a volcanic clay layer about 10 inches below top soil. The borders are mostly quartzite.

I filed the claim to drywash it.

Right now I'm just digging holes trying to find hot spots to set up my drywasher. 

Using my new shortened GB2 as a digging pinpointer while I'm in the hole. 

This is the first find off the claim. 😆 it ain't much but hopefully it's a start. Very flat .24 grain dink. This little flake gave a great zip zip with the GB2 set in audio boost and normal.

 

 

[Valens Legacy]

Nice find and even though it is small it can only go up in size and amount of pieces.

Good luck and my you fill your truck with gold.

[Lynk]

Thanks for sharing and congratulations!  Any find is encouraging and I do love to see how small a bit these machines can see.  I hope you find its bigger relatives next. 

[MSC]

Keep going TX, they all count, good luck with the rest of the claim.