in the mountains Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 I know how everyone in the desert areas wait for the hot weather to cool down so they can get out and detect. Sunday looked like 35 degrees so I decided to take my lucky nugget hunting dog and my GPZ out for a walk. We hiked 2.5 miles in hoping to find a hill side with no snow to just detect. It is extremely tough to swing the heavy GPZ with snow building up on top of the coil. Anyway I did prevail and only a few people would understand the reward of one or two tiny nuggets out weighs the $ factor for gas and time spent just to find what I did. If you look close on the coil you can see a small nugget found through 3 inches of snow and 8 inches of frozen ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Nice Job man !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Sweet nugget. Well earned for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Congrats on the gold! That looks way too cold for me.Especially when you say "frozen ground"Good luck to you in the future.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 You went detecting in the snow!? And found gold! Amazing stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Doubled up, ooops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGator Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Very Cool!! It's not east chopping through that frozen ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Nice job! When I lived in Portola, above Quincy, we would coin-detect around the base of the trees. But we had to be getting cabin fever to do it...fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Hardcore!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in the mountains Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 There is still snow and more storms on the way here but I decided to get out some more today. I found both these for a total of 6.10 DWT. Not too bad for a winter day. The biggest nugget was under some roots and I had to decide if it was a target or the roots acting as a signal. Pretty darn good stuff when the signal became clear. One side note , I used to crack coils on my old GP in cold weather and this GPZ seems to be holding up well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 OH heck yah!!! WTG!!! those are some nice slugs you got.Your on it...don't freeze you fingers off and get a lot this coming summer.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted December 14, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Hey In the Mountains, Congrats on your recent finds and sharing them with us here on the forums. Wishing you much more success with the GPZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Detecting in those conditions is what Robson Green would call "Extreme Detecting". Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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