Metal Detecting discussions and finds

Then, are you really off work??

 

Nope. I get off work, when I go back to work in the morning.

 

Thats cool!

 

Neat! Enjoying yourself is a perk

 

Very nice! It's always good to add gold to your stash!

 

Some more fun reading...

https://www.blm.gov/download/file/fid/29130

It actually has descriptions of some cool artifacts found it mines, some that I know I’ve seen before but didn’t know what they were.

 

I read an article today in the June 2020 ICMJ Mining Journal illustrating a prospecting trip a couple of guys enjoyed. They went to the Dale Mining District near 29 Palms and found a few pieces of gold! The article made it sound like there is open (unclaimed) land to detect on.
It was an interesting article and I thought about your trip out there.

 

WOW great find !!!

 

I scratched up 0.42 grams of gold this morning. Three hours produced three nuggets. It was a beautiful morning and I'm glad I got out to enjoy it.
I had to do a bit of trail maintenance on my way out.

 

Awesome!

How did you move the rock?

 

I dug under the down hill side and just rolled it over into the left track. That allowed plenty of room to get around it.
I was able to drive around to the right (you can see my tracks on the bank) but I didn't want to drive around with it being on my passenger side.
Next time I'm out that way I will bring a 6' bar and scootch it off the road. Can't have that shit gettin' in the way of my gold!!

 

Awww boy, you raised the ante? Well you know what I’m gonna say, right son?! Well come on, let’s go find more!

Thats a nice find, did you use the GPX for it?

 

GPZ, it finds the crumbs. And that may be all that is left in most of the places around here...

 

Ya never know...

 

True!!

 

Forget the detectors, drywashers and gold pans, boys! Come on, let’s get some dynamite and go!

https://youtu.be/RnDQi2DD8ik

 

What i was telling @OnHartung'sRoad it was amazing these oldtimers found all kinds of gold with zero modern day equipment...so chances are theres still gold to be found...

 

Absolutely they did! They got all the easy gold and some of the difficult to recover gold. But they didn't get it all.....

 

Let's go to Australia !

 

Newbie here, looking to buy a beginner all around detector. I remember getting a Garret brochure 30+ years ago and wanting to spend my junior high school lunch money in order to buy one, but never did even through college or after. but it's always been in the back of my mind. Anywho, since I bought my first truck this past Feb, I've been thinking about what I can do with it now, and detectoring is prominently in my mind.

Garrett is kinda what I'd like to go with, seem to be good all-around usage detectors, but I am wondering if I should wait until the new Ace Apex comes out, since it's supposed to have multi freq capability. Not sure when they are coming out but I would like to have yalls feedback or opinions. Amazon has the Ace 300 and AT Pro 55th anniversary packages for 300 and 600 respectively and they include a Pro Pointer AT in the package. Should I go with that and get to hunting or wait for the Apex?