wjbell Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Last year I had a GM3 and only went out a few times with it. This year I had a GB2 for a short time and sold it to buy the GMT that I have now for about a month.The guy that I was going to buy the SD minelab from is a really cool guy and I met up with him last Sun and today at a hydrolic pit he goes to. He was more concerned about me having the right detector for me rather than selling me the minelab and said he'd take me out to his spots and kind of coach me along with my GMT. He showed me a lot of stuff, go low and slow put that coil on the ground. He's actually a member here.So last week he kind of "helped" me with his tesoro lobo and kind of found targets that I should go over with my GMT. And Damit, every target he thought was gold without even pulling a pick out and let me dig, WAS GOLD. So those are the three little pickers on the left.Today we went out and he brought his GP Extreme with a 18" Coiltec coil. The cool part about today was, I looked for my own places to hunt where I thought gold might be, kind of prospected it out on my own, and found two decent pickers! And skunked him with the minelab! (sorry man )So yeah, cool day, my first gold with a detector. Got a lot to learn but starting to get familiar with the GMT and how to identify different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriouskelly Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Sweet, WJ!I was playin with my GMT today here in Lake Havasu City.I've found very small targets with it but no gold (so far).Keep on swingin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLEN. H. Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Man u call those nuggets CONGRATS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjbell Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Man u call those nuggets CONGRATS.I know... heheh more to come, more to come... better tune up that minelab though, next time I ain't going easy on ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 WTG!.... know the feeling!more to come for sure....you should have kept the GB2....lolpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Good finds, the GMT will serve you well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Nice job. I am sure we will start seeing more gold pictures from you.Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Congrats on your first GOLD , but now there is no turning back you're not a virgin any longer and you can't wear white on any detecting trips in the future!!! :lol: Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted November 7, 2010 Admin Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hello WJBell, Congrats on the recent finds. Great to hear someone from the forums took the time with you in the field. The time learning from an experienced person can equal the weight in gold.Like I tell everyone, knowing the area, type of gold and mineralization can determine what detector might be the best for that location. Minelab PI's might not be the ticket for every location. I know some of the pits in California contain mostly smaller nuggets, so a big Minelab might not be the hot ticket to find those little tiny nuggets or pickers. A high freq. VLF will do much better overall. The flip side of that coin is there might be some bigger ones still buried or in the banks that a Minelab might have a better shot at. Most of the guys I know have a good VLF and a good Minelab PI and use them together in those areas successfully. Wishing you much more success in the field and a big "Thank You" for someone willing to help a fellow prospector in the field. Take care,Rob Allison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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