Steve Herschbach Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This video is just great. These guys are relic and coin detecting an old gold camp in California and get the surprise of their lives! Good stuff. Caution for those who do not like coarse language but emotions run high in this video! The detector used is a Minelab CTX 3030. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Dude...WTG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesH Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 What a great area. Those were all fantastic finds. That nugget is just is really a precurser to what is there. It needs a lot more detecting. The sad thing is it looks like its close to development and will probably end up getting covered up by development like so many other areas. Lets hope not. Take care guys. Wes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WTG Great find. A year ago last summer I was detecting a 1900 ish town dump and found a 7 dwt gold nugget, what a surprise, didn't expect to find a nugget there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 What I love about the video is the switcheroo. I have found coins while nugget detecting, in fact, found my only silver dollar hunting tailing piles. It never really occurred to me that a nugget could be found coin detecting, but it is kind of obvious. Prospectors like carrying pocket pieces, and in the old days gold literally was money that could buy things. In California there was far more placer gold around than coins in the old days and just as much chance of a gold nugget getting dropped as a gold coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Harris Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I was thinking the same Steve, that someone dropped it. Maybe they had so much they didn't miss it. Wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kinda makes me want to take up coin hunting. I hate it when I loose those multi-ounce nuggets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (Ca) Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks Steve for sharing the video, Seen it yesterday before going to work sure was a treat seeing these guys pull some cool stuff then the nugget. Thanks again, Paul (Ca) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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