Popular Post Gerry in Idaho Posted February 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2018 So many people call me and ask about getting into Nugget Detecting and then comment, “Hasn’t it all been found by now?”. I’m here to tell you what I found out last week on a short trip to Yuma to get some sun. The last minute, I decided to take a GPZ-7000, as it actually packs in airplane luggage easier than my 5000. Anyway, we did the usual stuff for the first 3 days and then got the call to meet up with Lunk and another of my customers the next morning at around 9AM. I was worried my rental car 2WD Ford Escape was of no use? But when we met up at the site, I realized my riding lawn mover would have done just fine. After all, we turned off real genuine pavement and drove less than a mile on gravel, seen some dry wash piles on the side of the road and decided it was good to hunt. OK… lets cut to the chase… How did we do in the 5 hours of detecting? All 3 of us found gold with our detectors. Are we all swinging the high end GPZ-7000 that most folks can’t afford.. you ask? Nope. Only me, as I did not realize smaller coils would have served me better for that site. My one buddy was using a more moderately priced detector, SDC-2300 and he recovered more than I. Lunk was swinging the best VLF gold machine under $1000 and he too found more than me. After all, coil size to match the terrain is pretty important as I found out. So whats the verdict on AZ and Yuma specifically? Plenty of gold out there folks and I was able to drive my riding lawn mower less than a mile off a paved road when we seen old Prospects so decided to try. Each of us using 3 different detector price ranges and even technologies (VLF, PI & ZVT) scored some Au. We all went home with gold…and a few great memories. I’m still awe struck that gold can be so easily found a half mile from a paved road, 15 minutes outside of Yuma? I guess those folks enjoy dry washing more than nugget hunting? I'm thinking next winter I know of an area to put on a Gold Detector Field Training class for my customers? At least I know it is really close to town and most anyone can get there. BTW… There is plenty of lead targets in that area too, so you’ll get your share of pinpointing practice. And on the way back to the hotel, you can pull off the side of the road and get another kind of nuggets, fresh AZ oranges. 20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Gerry, it’s always a great time hunting gold with you guys; glad you were able to take a little golden souvenir back home with you. I’m liking the Yuma detector training idea.?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Yes I too like coming down to Yuma to hunt gold most areas are not very difficult to get to and when you do go off road for any distance those roads are not all that bad either. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OreElse Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I'm looking for someone to detect with around Yuma. Anybody interested? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Good stuff Gerry ? I love the look of the country where you were detecting. Who won the day out of the high end detector and the 2300? I would think it would be the 2300, but then again, Lunk is no slouch with a detector ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 "Lunk was swinging the best VLF detector under $1000" And that would be...???????? Nice pics and hunt Gerry....weather looks VERY nice down there compared to the white/wet sloppy crap up north.... Just now realized old post????? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 20 hours ago, phoenix said: Who won the day out of the high end detector and the 2300? I would think it would be the 2300, but then again, Lunk is no slouch with a detector ? The 2300 won the day with the most nuggets found, and I was swinging the Minelab Gold Monster1000. It's a rare occasion when everyone finds gold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post beatup Posted December 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2018 Here is a nice piece of Yuma gold my brother found a couple weeks ago,found with the 7000. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Prospector Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Beautiful winter weather, cheap gas, lots of hotels & restaurants ........Oh and still plenty of gold. Yuma looks like a winner to me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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