newriverblake Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I was just daydreaming, and wondering where you guys would go if you could go back in time 200 years. This might be a cheesy topic but, always thought what if. Myself being from Arizona and not knowing a lot about the mother load in California would probably end up in Stanton Arizona. I'm not asking for any of your secret patches just wondering if you guys of ever had this daydream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Yeh, it would have been nice to have a GPX5000 out here in the motherload in 1848, and know all I know now about where the good stuff was found. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Heck, who needed a metal detector back then? It was laying on the surface! But, you sure would have been a rich son of a gun if you did have a detector.My daydream or try to fall asleep at night dream is walking along a hill and getting a signal.Digging down and finding a vein that I have to hack the gold out of ,calling into work and telling them I wont be in for a week or so.....Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Reading whats happening in Africa, I would imagine it would be similar....as the ole West. One fella armed with a GPX 5000 got 8 kilos of gold with it. I would imagine..going back to the Motherlode....you would get that and more. So armed with a GPX which ever.....I would choose the Motherlode.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 My daydream or try to fall asleep at night dream is walking along a hill and getting a signal.Digging down and finding a vein that I have to hack the gold out of ,calling into work and telling them I wont be in for a week or so..... Same dream… that's why I try to get into the remotest of locations and detect the hillsides and tops. I know there's a vein out there somewhere that's buried just a few inches down with my name on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Boy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I would be happy with a 5000 and some knowledge just 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hell the eastern side of Trinity Lake before it was dammed. That would have been nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 There is a lot to be learned from the old timers discoveries.allthough it is nice to get stoaked on what the old timers found.but whats really important to me is how to use that old information to find new/undescovered deposits.there are a lot of undiscoverd patches still out there. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Id be happy just to go back to the days of the SD2000, and just use a 2000, armed with what Iv learnt since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newriverblake Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 You guys are right 20 years or 200 years ago would have been a great time being the first in all those virgin patches with less bullet and rusted tin pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Yeh, if you had one 200 years ago, you would prob. be burned at the stake as a witch. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Gary,, Dang..did not think of being burned as a witch..but your probably correct.That was a different American back than. Wonder if you just call yourself the Wizard....and tell them they would fry, all you have to do is point a 20 " NF Coil at them..and they become Crispy Critters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Kind of an interesting subject, that I've contemplated on in the past (I have been known to liberate). This appears to be shallow thinking. One has a ML 5000, 100 years ago. It will work for 8 hours and that's it, cause there are no batteries or power supply to replenish. Michelangelo, Aristotle, Archemedis (sp?), the bearded guy w/ drawings of helicopters, Poe and myself, we have dwelled on this for centuries. Maybe a better question to put to oneself would be, knowing everything you know, and that alone; what if you were transported back 100 years ago, how would you do? Most of us could hunt, trap and build a shelter. Do you know how to make a weapon, make gun powder, make power (electrical), find gold laying on the ground, know where you’re at or make a radio? With our ‘knowledge advantage”, how would you fit in back then? And you wonder why I drink? Too much and not enough time, Shep P.S. I'd really be screwed- don't know how to make beer! Would have to wait till fall when fruit ferments ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfind Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 How would I recharge the batteries. There were no electrical outlets back then. You would have to have a manual hand crank generator or small hydro generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Or take some solar panels with you!200 years ago, modern military ordinances/weapons and lots of ammo would be a must to keep from getting scalped, robbed, or prematurely dead!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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