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Thats some beautifull rock!Hit it with the Nitric...theres more hiding in the Oxides! BIGFOOT

Zippoz, Dry Panning ...also called "winnowing" was first used with a sheepskin blanket(to help build a static charge to attract the smaller gold particals)in Europe.Then the Beaners(my grandmother sat on Poncho Villa's lap when she was very young.So I'm allowed to joke about "that" word...lol) learned this technique and used wind with blankets...later on this contributed to DryWasher manufacturing as well. Everyone talks about how great it would be to find the old DryWasher Tailings and MD it.......if theres a way to find where they were Winnowing or DryPanning(in the dryer districts) it could pay off. BIGFOOT

THE one plus of using this detector?Well in areas outside of of Lovelock,Nevada there were "Dealer Wars" going on between 2 dealers in one favored area......one would "salt" the area(area's?)with BB's in order to run out the other guy,hoping he/they would get so disgusted with all the BB's/trash and move on OUT of the first guys area.So EVENTUALLY here we have 2 "professional" dealers throwing a bunch of BB's around on top of each others patches.......I do believe this is another form of "prospecting" by Finding BB PATCHES in order to find GOLD underneath them.The GoldStrike was/is good for setting the visual I.D. on BB's then discriminating(with that setting)to find THE BETTER TARGETS. BIGFOOT

Miner Matt & Others, Makes me wonder HOW many other Arrastra's are out there that had a fire started in them(to shatter the rock,cement,ore OR burn off any amalgam)that were forgotten and left as a campfire location.......hhhhhhmmmmm...........I can hear you diggers thinkin from here!GO GET IT!!! BIGFOOT arrastra.bmp

I know this is off subject.......unless you dredge in Croc infested waters. He gets it back. http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...NEWS05/70412011 Bigfoot taiwan_zooworker.bmp

Shep DOES happen!!!Right on man!I can see a few pyramid(octhedral)shaped crystals that are a little smashed but they are there and nice sized.Shep,when you have that many pyramids in a specimen that definitely increases the value. Maybe another one out there with a bigger crystal. BIGFOOT

Tool, Actually Tool,there is more in common with finding large AU nuggets associated with large CU nugget DEPOSITS than people think!I've seen a few deposits in Nevada where Cu nuggs were found on top of the surface...IN districts labeled ONLY as a Cu districts in the books...but.......large Au nuggs were found in association with them!There was a 2 3/4 oz AU nugg found in such "Cupperous labeled/defined" areas.Of course your hunting area would have to have somewhat similar geological conditions....the areas I mention have Epithermal Deposits with Tertiary Rivers nearby.The Au is lumpy/smoothe in appearance and very little actual quartz AU(with a rough and/or crystaline texture) is found in the area as well.Others that have seen these GEO-COMBO'S should KEEP checkin!GO GET'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIGFOOT

29er, I DO BELIEVE maybe you cant see the artistic geological inspirations involved with these pictures of yours now... but later on in your life ...when you get REAL old...they could be great canadates for framing! Thanks for the visuals digger! Bigfoot

THATS a AUrific natural fishing hook!(I know.......the booger could most likely bite through the darn thing!) Bigfoot

AzNuggetBob, Thanks for the compliment bud!Another worthy point is IF possible...REMOVE ANY/ALL targets that block efficient coverage(I know ya know this...maybe others here dont). Theres a huge monster out there in the high desert of N.Nevada thats been calling for removal.NICE pieces have been found ALL AROUND this mammoth....somebody has had the b*lls to sink a few holes directly underneath the rock but its so big that holes only partially surround it.The holes sunk are only big enough for a small coil that cant go deep enough to detect any "possibles".I have figured out how I'm gonna move this thing...and I'm gonna do it before I get "premature seniality" setting in from thinking about it TOO MUCH!lol! When I was 13 my first BIG find was on the Yuba River.I was invited to help a dredge crew that already had a man camp set up with a 3"Keene Surface and 6" Gold Divers Surface Dredge.I found a quartz stringer running THROUGH the bedrock about 3 feet below the surface....I saw Bright YELLOW right there in front of my eyes!It ran for only two inces and was/IS very thin.I tapped my dive pard on the shoulder and his eyes buldged out of his head...we proceeded to attack the bedrock with every available pick/pry bar/chisel and NO GO!It wouldnt fracture..........and its STILL there sittin in that river....whats AGGREVATING as all "heck" is that where the AU ends?OR....is that where it OPENS up into a large pocket on the other side of the bedrock?!!As the years pass I find MANY(shocking!!!lol!)that want to help me recover this "stringer".The best advice comes from the hardrockers,they suggested how to drill a particular pattern and cover it with a blanket(or whatever......this IS out in the middle of nowhere....no chance of using a mattress for cover/containment).This has to be done UNDERWATER.......its not exposed........which is why I think its still there! So.........I'd BETTER get at these before its too late and I cant move around(like I used to)........either that OR somebody reading this may get it before I!!! BIGFOOT THE RUSH NEVER DIES TILL ITS ALL GONE!!!

Big Ed, I think you and I had talked in the past about FrenchGulch(me&girlfriend lived 3 miles UPSTREAM from the original townsite) and you sent some FIRE pictures of all the damage that had taken place.Redding was another Ol'Stompin Grounds place that I lived at for several years...those WERE my drinkin days and we used to hang out with "Merles" bass player John.Unfortunately I was more into the bottle then than finding color....Haggard has a ranch south of lake Shasta(but I cant remember exactly where because of Mr.Daniels). ANYWAYS Ed theres some decent ground not far from Redding to MD or go find a Salmon...(I ate salmon smoked,baked,fried&grilled for 3 years and never got sick of it)....I saw some pickers that were found off of a major watercourse that were recovered CLOSE enough to the surface that a shovel scooped them up for a buddys sluice box within 6 hours. As far as the responses above its accurate to say that prospecting in and of itself is already challenging enough by itself!But whenever death or a expiration date is found on your birth certificate.......you DO start to change your values and outlooks on life(Believe me I know).The risk's that are taken are discriminated upon differently...and things that were NEVER noticed before are now overwhelmingly appreciated. I believe some of us wouldnt be here today if it werent for this hobby.........TEAR IT UP WHILE YOU CAN! BIGFOOT

1dredger, Your on the right track!There was a patch out in N.Nevada that had nuggets found ONLY UNDER THE SAGE.......WHY do ya think this happened?Some wierd geological botanical/geological occurence?Of course not!The MD'ers that hit that area first did NOT tilt thier coils at a angle that enabled a better signal response. So ANYTIME you get the chance...tilt or angle your search coil.This is a great practice because not only are you going to find more targets...you are doing what a majority of what others DONT(lotta lazy ones out thier not putting in extra efforts)....and this "habit" will increase your chances of a find. BIGFOOT

Big Ed, Some of the guys here BRAG ABOUT being a member of the "1 Ouncer Club" or the "One Pounder Club" etc.......but there IS a crowd thats been TOTTALY OVERLOOKED AND UNDER-RATED. WHAT ABOUT the folks who's had a heart-attack and STILL gets out occasionaly and finds more gold???Expotentialy these guys gotta be tougher...not just lucky.......to live and still talk about it?! I'm sure somebody could make some rules...but I do believe this deserves to be a whole different catagory or CLASS of detectorist all together. Personaly...its the ones who lives the longest to continually find the color are the most successfull!The doctors that want to contribute to this new club could arrange for some angioplasti coupons for raffles/contest instead of the normal silver coin or gold nuggie. After dogin bullets,rattlers,bears and enviros for 60 years it would be a shame if the deadly Glazed Donut did him in........watch where you step.........those burgers will getchya! BIGFOOT

Dakota Slim,others, I noticed one of the Owl Eyes is square....like a cube of pyrite that got(or still is)oxidized.Also I've noticed when a piece has that many SCRAPE MARKS (of course not all scrapes run the same)that run parallel or side by side that at one point it was the nugget itself that was moving/traveling across a surface getting uniform gouges as oposed to several boulder/rocks running over the top of it.......in that situation the grooves hardly ever run parallel.When there's traffic over the top of a piece...it hardly gets grooved at the same angles(parallel gouging) by different rocks scraping it...and rapidly pounding it in strong current.NOW I'm not familiar with the Geology of RichHill....but when I see parallel grooves like that it REMINDS me of something big & heavy(Glacier?) GRABBING it and scraping it OVER another surface. NICE PIECE coil swinger!Its got me wondering if thiers been any AU associated with pyrite out there. Go find the rest of it! Bigfoot

..........possibly a mill/refiner product such as a SilverCloride of some sort. Bigfoot

A NUGGET TURNS INTO A FLAKE WHEN IT CANT TELL THE TRUTH ANYMORE! BIGFOOT

Dutchman, LOLOLOL!WHO said I was paranoid?!!Where!??When???!How did you know that??!(I know what ya mean man!). AzNuggetBob, Ya got that right!A month ago I had some mining journals Ripped Off.......but they (whoever) are in for a big suprize...I NEVER recorded places,dates or findings!(boy am I gonna be up Shet Creek when Alzhiemer's sets in!But at least I will have forgoten the whole Rip Off thing.)You burnt to plastic?I wonder IF there is a way to TAP into a computer via wireless means?hhhhhhmmm Ya think the computers transmit info through the air?hhhhhmmmm...........Well life is too short to worry about it...but when I find out it can be done...I know of some creeks with high mica content to note...and note again........then note in cryptic's then coded and recoded into a backwards retarded kinda coding after my dog re-reads then barks twice after his paws decipher the rest in canine brail!LOLOLOL!!!(maybe not?)!Hey it can happen! BIGFOOT

Dutchman, Gold by itself is fine....when you add people (jerks)to it...things get screwed up sometimes.Paranoid I'm not...and I dont live in a perfect world either.Sure people find gold without hassles,spilled blood or guns....it happens...but NOT everywhere with everybody.Your opinions belong to the guy who got shot in the chest with a crossbow(and died)on the N.Fk. of the Yuba over 2 DWT.'s of gold!Tell it to ALL the folks who have been stolen from!(I guess all that "talk" about the Spanish invading South America was just a bunch of "hype" or paranoia as well). As long as people exist ...sh*t will ALWAYS follow!Not ALL people are bad....and my proficy has some REAL GOLD AND SOME REAL PYRITE...and I know the difference between the two.The day I invent a candy coated existance is the day I have no proficy to fullfill........at least in reality. Have a REAL good day! BIGFOOT

AzNuggetBob, When I was working for Marshall Earth Resources at a GoldMine in Ione,Nevada as a MillWright/Welder 18 years ago...the mancamp had a similar David/Goliath story circulating that was never heard much of elsewhere.ONE lone prospector in that area(south of Austin,Nevada) had scraped and digged for many years TILL he got into his 60's...it was THEN he finaly found what he was lookin for...a very rich gold deposit(HardRock).From the sound of it...he made the mistake of letting others know in the bar he frequented but he never told anyone exactly WHERE he was working...but when he hit it big...allegedly the BLM MADE a way or figured out a way to legally(?) kick him off his own claims(his rich finds were at least claimed)to bring in a big mining outfit to take over.Supposedly he wasnt liked by some locals.IT WAS ALL STOLEN OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM.He ended up back in town on his last drunk showing off some of the HighGrade before he got SOO pisssed off and depressed that he commited suicide shortly there after.In this situation David wasnt wise to Goliaths "fingers".MANY MANY MANY companys and organizations haver their FINGERS out in the farthest corners of the world listening&reaching for Gold Information of any kind that they can benifit from......even if its "just a rumor"...let alone the real thing(So WATCH YOUR BACK HERE ON THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!).WITHOUT A DOUBT people do some VERY strange things just to get a glimpse of a dream that may never happen.......but in the blindness of GoldFever...ANYTHING can happen! I imagine that this kind of thing has happened before in a different town or mining district MORE than just a couple of times.I KNOW of many events that actually took place where gold(gold:finds,rumors,nuggets,mines,claims etc.)was the root cause of many "ORE WARS".......its caused entire civilization's to be wiped out(genicide) so these modern day nightmares are NOT in the least bit a stretch of the imagination as far as being REAL. ANYONE reading this that has been prospecting a few years can detest to that...(sh*t happens)...but IT happens MORE around this yellow stuff more than any other thing known to mankind.(newbies beware) BIGFOOT

AzNuggetBob, No,I'm not familiar with Aus Mining laws....I know a few that go there on occaision but thats about it.Send us a link to that David vs Goliath story...I wouldn't mind reading about it. As far as PostalPiracy existing here and abroad...even though I'm not a conspiracy buff...I DO believe it occurs!Its another one of those "Control" things ya know what I mean?In other words its a very old ancient war tactic called "If we can get away with THIS...then we can do THAT!"For example; When I used to caretake at a Pocket Mine(last piece out of there took 3 men to lift it INTO the pick-up) one day some ass starts firing his gun AT the mine property(at buildings ,equipment etc.) to see IF HE COULD GET AWAY WITH IT.If nobody shouted back with yells and gunfire it would be "somewhat" safe to say nobody was living/caretaking there so he could later HighGrade Anything of value...but this wasnt the case.As it turned out I saw this man before in the area and I KNEW he was very familiar with the area... his BS excuse of "I didnt know there was any buildings around" IN PLAIN SITE OF PORTALS AND A MILL didnt fly ...and THAT he did! Also I knew an ol gal that could never get the life or death meds (in the mail)she needed because the postal service wanted her OUT of town.......she was discriminated against and eventualy died because of no-where else to go,no friends,no family. The "other woman" that was the suspected source of the problem that ran the post office had her job relocated....so I guess it could happen on a larger scale. If there are ways to mark/tag everything(just like internet info)for control(like BigBro)....to see who gets what where & when or why then ANY mail can be pirated for whatever the excuse.I dont think it happens all the time...but with these Legal(?) Homeland Security precautions I guess its safe to say "they" are gonna do whatever they want....like another VietNam!Dont get me wrong.......I love my country...just dont agree with the way its run sometimes. BIGFOOT

GoldMember, Do ya understand now?IF not,you will when you have a favorite diggin place claimed and/or stolen from ya....all they need is a picture or a picture with a place name...a email, etc. etc.. AzNuggetBob, I like the same program...I use it as well.If you ever have Spybot come up with nothing AFTER scanning/searching your computer when its only been to a few gold forums online...your Spybot got replaced with a fake.Also pay attention to those forums/places that causes your Spybot to come up empty after a search as well.It does happen...occasionaly...even after constant updating where "something" or "somewhere" you've visited online causes the Bot to show NO FINDS...then its time to download another fresh Spybot program.Another good one is "ZoneLabs"...its not freeWare but it shuts out EVERYTHING you tell it to AND it teaches you how to operate it as you go or use your computer.I've even had a few hacker's and spy's SHUT DOWN(thier ISP cut off THIER service!)when ZoneLabs Hacker ID spotted them...even tells ya thier approx location. Anyways...as far as these modern day HighGraders and rip offs go.......THERE ARE A TON of website's/pictures/articles that contain programs built INSIDE them that go into your BIOS/computer background WITHOUT being detected by the average Joe.Until you've had people,places and things stolen via the internet.......you may never understand the severity and importance of which I speak of here!My character has been attacked...private detecting places uncovered.......and the liars hang with the rip offs to gang up on ya like a bunch of wussys. Why do the moderators&website managers put up with all the afore-mentioned BS??!!hhhhmmmmm? Not having these programs that protect yourself&computer from spyware is just like running around out in the sticks without any "iron"! Have a good one! BIGFOOT

Last night I found ANOTHER gold forum site where I discovered spyware running in the background(Bios) of my computer....this has happened before.I usually dont make a big deal out of it......but I am suprized to find out the difference of responses between actuall prospectors and webhosts(or website ownwers).I am not here trying to pimp a million dollar claim or talkin bs about how bitchin I am but am just making a simple observation of the masses of computer users/prospectors out there today. I truly am suprized by the amount of "fight" produced by those older/seasoned prospectors with old school or old values compared to the younger generation of "who care's?" and spineless yuppies. To each there own I guess.......I can bet which claim owner has had thier bedrock properly scraped cleaned....think I'll go work the "who cares" grounds and see how much of thier character has been highgraded as well. BIGFOOT

Shep, A sense of humor will make things easier to handle on the dry days........I'm sure ya know this already but is worthy of repeat to the silent GROUCHES out there!Gooooood Luck This Season. BIGFOOOOOT

Rob, There are other similar sites as well and hope you do get some vids going on this site because it is the wave of the future...WAY more exciting seeing how its done rather than just reading about it!Good luck. BIGFOOT

Hey Shep, All in good fun(no offense bud) I thought you mite get a laugh out a this T-Shirt named after a GermanShepard named "SHEP".The dog belongs to a man named Rob(from morning radio show "Rob,Arnie&Dawn"). Its about time someone started making TShirts in honor of a famous nugget hunter!LONG LIVE SHEP! CLK Link and scroll down a little to see TShirt http://www.robarnieanddawn.com/BuyRADStuff.htm GoodLuck Beepin Out There Shep! BIGFOOT