Admin nuggethunting Posted January 4, 2009 Admin Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hey Guys, A few friends and I hit the hills today and revisited the small patch I hit on New Years Day. We hunted the area pretty hard and ended up finding another five gold nuggets from the spot. I think it's pretty beat down now. I ended up finding four gold nuggets and my partner found one. My biggest was 2 Dwt's, parnters was about a Dwt in size. We also spent a little bit of time on the 24K Gold Hunters claims. I hit one of the pushes for about an hour and scored a decent litle nugget down about 8 inches with the GPX-4500 and Coiltek 14-inch coil. Here is a short Youtube video that I shot - Picture of gold nuggets from today. My nuggets are the four on the left, partners on the far right. All found with the Minelab GPX-4500's and Coiltek Goldstalker Searchcoils. Take care,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Dang Rob, maybe I need to get one of those 14" Goldstalkers. DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Rob,Sweet video. That oscillation is a really bad. I have experinced it when using an external speaker, but not that bad. Thanks for sharing the video. That 14" Goldstalker really sounds off on the nuggets.DigDeep,I have been using the 14" eliptical mono and it is the best all around coil I have used. Something about that coil=gold nuggets. Take care.Cheers,matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vini Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Do you guys run into a lot of dozer blade shavings? you know they did a lot of dozing up there in mariposa during and after the fire and i'm just wondering if it would be a huge pain detecting all with the broken shavings from the dozer blades?GEEZ that sucker sings a crazy song LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 4, 2009 Author Admin Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hey Guys, DigDeep - I'm really growing partial to the 14-inch elliptical. Super lightweight, don't false, really sensitive to small gold and gets great depth. All the new Goldstalker's are nice, just where I'm hunting right now is pretty rocky and brushy in spots for bigger ellipticals or rounds. The little 6-inch is also super sensitive if you have a place with a lot of smaller gold. Matt - That noise was from my digital camera getting too close to the coil. I wasn't using an external speaker, just had my Black Widow headphones turned outward so the camera could hear the sound. The video's arent the best quality, but they do allow people to see some nuggethunting. Vini - There is a club up at Rich Hill called the 24K Gold Hunters. They do pushes each month with a dozer and it does leave metal track and blade fragments when it hits solid or hard bedrock. Sometimes those little fragments sound just like small gold nuggets at depth. Take care,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLORADO BOB Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 That makes a happy New Year.Hope it will continue through the new year.Bob T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 4, 2009 Author Admin Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hey Colorado Bob, Good to hear from you. The years seems to be starting out well. Really wanted to get back out today, but it's raining down here in Surprise still. Are you still out at Quartzsite? Happy New Year to you also! Talk with you later,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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