Lanny Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said: Nice nugget Bob! Ah, the good old days... from my last visit to Ganes Creek... 36 nuggets and 2.86 ounces total Wow! Beautiful haul!! All the best, Lanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Very nice gold nugget jewelry Bob...and it would look good around anyone's neck. I did the same thing and had one made for my dad. He is the guy who got me started into metal detecting in the early 70's. Here is one of my Ganes Creek, AK finds. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob(AK) Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Gerry, I like the way you took that photo against the sky. Thanks everyone and thanks Steve for your photos and story. Like you said "good old days" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Berkhahn Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Ok.. gotta throw mine in too... this is from Steve Herschbach, Jeff Reed and myself. I think this was our first trip in there(?) Maybe you'd remember Steve. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Hey Brian, that Memorial Day weekend in 2001 was when the whole idea of Ganes Creek as a pay-to-mine operation really got off the ground. I had an almost embarrassing run of luck that weekend! Ganes Creek, Alaska 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Berkhahn Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said: I had an almost embarrassing run of luck that weekend! Tell me about it.. I remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I read Steve's story....Thats just ridiculous...low mineralized ground..... gold everywhere...even potato sized gold ...what a great experience. Maybe some day they will open it back up? but since all you fellas did so well maybe the owners did the math and closed it to the public because of that? strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Ganes Creek ran for ten years as a pay-to-mine operation - there are several more Ganes Creek stories on the website about the place. Over 1000 ounces of gold nuggets and specimens found by visitors in that ten years including several nuggets weighing over a pound! Our visit got the ball rolling and so was the start rather than the end. The scale of Ganes Creek commercial operations made the pay-to-mine pale by comparison. The last thing they were worried about was visitors finding too much gold. Just the opposite - when it got down to where people were having to work too hard for “too little gold” then the place got shut down. I don’t expect it will reopen to the public though commercial operations continue to this day. Between Ganes Creek and my own Moore Creek operation a “golden age” of nugget detecting was possible for visitors to Alaska. Opportunities still exist but nothing even close to what those two operations produced. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve in Idaho Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I miss going to Ganes cr. They had it all going for them, with the great people and super gold hunting. The Ganes crew was top notch. The provided good lodging, food, and dug many yards of gold bearing dirt for us with the large Cats. I sure miss going up there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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