Glenn Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 well it was just a beautiful day for a long rugged hike down through the river claims, I managed to score my first nugget in a side drainage next to the spot I park the quad, but after that it was several hours of rugged climbing and hiking and tons of trash until I sat down and came up with a new plan. I don't know how many of you have noticed how we tend to re-hunt an area the same way over and over, I started remembering running my coil into the same spots that I had hit over the last few years, so I had to make a conscious effort to swing my coil into spots that would be second or third choices and to turn the could onto its side along small ridges and above all else, SLOW DOWN, it worked out well because I pulled four nuggets out after I changed methods in an area that has been hit fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2cool Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Well done sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Good advise Glenn: Nice looking gold In the past ive been into some pretty unlikely looking spots and gotten gold out of it.One was a little side trib about 60 yards long, ended in a box canyon. But, there was a .625 oz. slug sitting in it..go figureGlad I wasn't the only one out enjoying the weather!GL to you.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 I have hit more one nugget patches than I can count, sometimes with a quarter or half ouncer and you just can't pull a second one out, you just sit and wonder how one lonesome nugget can get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Nice Work Glenn ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Way to go dude,and good advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 That's cool, Glenn... I've noticed that too over the years ... It's hard to force your brain into a new pattern on a spot you've hammered to death and convinced yourself you have it completely covered .... I have a spot that I beat to death and was rewarded with many lots of nice nuggets ... Then they stopped and I made 10 hunts with nothing... No trash, no nuggets, no nothing ... So I took a break from the spot, explored others for a few weeks then went back ... Literally 5 minutes into the hunt, which I approached from about 200 degrees different approach than I had ever used before, well, bodacious half ouncer in the midst of some spanish dagger and chollas and a small tight cat's claw ... boom shakalaka! ... Different direction, different attitude ... Also a pic of a bunch of nuggies off that same ridge ... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Nice collection Ron! And your advice as well as Glenn's is right on ... One would think a cleaned out patch is a cleaned out patch ... BUT ... there is always something hiding in an area you didn't cover the first or tenth time through .. directional changes do open new area in the same patch ... we just never cover it all!Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Here's a pic of a few I have taken out of San Domingo area including my first one ouncer, I had the jeweler put hooks on them but the big one kept breaking chains, I have found three over an ounce in that area, the big ones seem to run alone for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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