rexb Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I got back last night, well, early this morning, from a trip to Northern Nevada. Luckily, I managed to snag a couple stray nuggets. The larger one is 1.12 grams and the smaller 0.51 grams. One photo shows the pair wet and the other dry. The smaller nugget was maybe about four inches deep and the larger around six or so.If you’ve been to Rye Patch you’ll recognize the scene below from the familiar base camp that everyone goes to in that area. Majuba Mountain is in the distance on the horizon at sunset. There were probably about twenty-five or so people out there shooting for gold this past weekend. I saw one guy even find an obsidian arrowhead. Near camp there was an area where a youngster had collected some quartz crystals.He showed me the spot and I dug out some dirt for us to sift through. These are some of the better crystals from that area as well as some found on the surface while detecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch john Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 rexb... Good for you... The broad area has been well beeped over the past15 or so years. But it will never be worked out as there is gold to be foundin the strangest "how did it get there?" places. Question for anyone: It is early, but does anyone have any information regardingthe possibility of the Mormon Crickets hatching out from the eggs laid in the last yearor so? It depends upon the early Spring weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexb Posted May 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 dutch john,I saw a couple crickets out there but no more than that. I thought one was a small lizard until it jumped, I knew it couldn't be a toad but it didn't look like a grasshopper at a distance for some reason. They'll probably explode in the coming months I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch john Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 RexbThanks for the comeback regarding the possible crickets. I'm most interestedin them. They are not a problem unless the Spring weather is such that theycan hatch. Over the years I have detected within an infestation so thick theground just seemed to jump. It was necessary to drive slow on the gravelroads as well as the asphalt. The "road kill" attracted the others and and starteda feeding frenzy. Cannibals they be... dutch john (Dutch John... a lonely mountain between Ely and Pioche. It was thesite of a heliograph station back about Civil War time. Anyone having a copyof Vol 3, 7th edition, pg 122 and 280.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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