LuckyLundy Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Robin and I, brought in the New Years in The Biggest Little City Reno, NV and it was very chilly. I thought about bringing our metal detectors for a day hunt at Rye Patch, but the cold weather said, leavem home! Got home and recouped a day and a hunting partner text me saying the weather is great and the nuggets are biting! Where Rye Patch. Loaded up the prospecting gear and back track I-80 to Rye Patch. We found Ole Pard, at a favorite patch and he showed his poke to us. Didn't take long before Robin and I, had some noise in our poke bottles to help fight the morning chill. By mid day, with a couple of beads of sweat rolling down my face it was time to take my fleece off and enjoy the mid 50's the weatherman was talking about. We hunted a couple more spots the next day to end our trip and ended up with 16 dinks. Robin, out shot me with 10 nugglets to my 6 for a total of 1.9 dwts. Our detectors, the SDC 2300. We love our hobby, until the next hunt!LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Nice job! What's your secret to cleaning them up so they look all nice and shiny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Blackbird,Caliche covered nugget I use CLR. Just pour some in your poke bottle and let soak over night. When Caliche is gone back in poke bottle with salt & vinegar, the longer you shake the brighter they get or just put them in a sonic jewlery cleaner and let it do the shaking for you. I know guys that use Nitric Acid to clean their nuggets, but that to me takes away from the gold color and some of them look kind of fake? My gold buyers like them like this and so do I...remember all my gold is for sale!LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 My gold buyers like them like this and so do I...remember all my gold is for sale!S.O. still has her mink coat if you want to do a trade. I have no doubts your wife would love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Beauties Lucky, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Blackbird,I just asked Robin, if she needed another fur coat? Can you believe she said, No! That she doesn't wear the ones she has now...lol. Just isn't cold enough in our local, now if they'd move Las Vegas to Minnesota we could make a deal...lolLunk,Their not the biggest of nuggets, but what fun they are to find!Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 WOW.... Great looking Chevrons... The "biggies" are now hard to find (Lunk found most of them ); but left the"bits." While my memory is fading, but I can remember, fondly, the earlier days when on a wet morning sunbakerswere "specked" as when wet they gave off a sheen... This was back when section 17 was still RR property andwas then leased out. tailgate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Great memories of the many acres I walked out there at RP, never covered all of them, however... I did meet a lot of great people out there, but never any gold to speak of. Largo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Nice pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Largo,There's still some nice nuggets out at RP, just beat the brush. I know there's a couple good patches left, just to much land to cover in one lifetime. Dinks, are in every old patch...low & slow and they will add up to your next ounce!LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Thanks for posting those are some beautiful nuggets!strick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Dang Lucky...those are some really nice nugs Tks for the post on how to clean them up also.GL to ya out there.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hi Lucky,Congratulations on you nice nugget finds, and with the SDC 2300! I have yet to try mine, my wife just got out of surgery in the past two days, and that will impact my going out and trying out my 2300 anytime soon.I have met most of the big names in gold detecting as well as meteorite hunting out there, except for you and a couple others. But hopefully, I will, time will tell, as I don't get out much any more. Gary/Largo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Nice gold Lucky. You both have the SDC 2300?Wes H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yo Cuz ... An interesting and touching story ... Prayers for your soulmate and hope you can get out swinging sooner than later! ... Cheers, Cuzin Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Congrats R & R (aka Rick and Robin) ... That SDC sure is finding some great gold ... Have only used my a few hours ... no gold to show for it so far but I know it will find the gold when I can pick #7 and #9 bird shot pellets at an inch or two ... and they sound off a lot stronger and clearer than on my GB Pro that I have been making comparative tests with ... the GB Pro still hears all the SDC hears but the SDC signal/target volume is a lot stronger/louder!Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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