barry Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Good to be back in the woods, in addition to the nuggets I found a handful of Civil War bullets. It has been a while since I found over 1/2 ozt. BTW, trash or no trash the 14X9 Coiltek is hard to beat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azoverland Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Wow - that's amazing - you sure are successful - what's your secert LD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertNuggets Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 That is some beautiful gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 AZ, my success? Lucky I suppose to have permission to hunt some of the larger tracts of land in the gold pyrite belt. Unlike the western states where BLM land is abundant, in the east every square foot is privately owned. That wasn't a problem when we detected for civil war relics 40 years ago but today after housing developments, shopping malls, and parks its difficult to gain permission to hunt, fish, detect or even take a walk in the areas that contain relics or old mining sites. If you carry a detector, pan or shovel on state or federal owned land you will go to jail, serious stuff. Over one half of the old sites in my area have been developed or owned by the state or Feds.Other than that, I have used detectors for nearly 50 years and I am persistent. You have got to believe there is a nugget on the next swing. Oh, most of the mining here stopped in 1849 when everyone left for Sutters, little did they know that I would be along a little later with a GPX 5000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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