Metal Detecting discussions and finds

Would love to join on next outing

 

That Jupiter is really neat!

 

Amateur rock hound

 

Hi Fernando, Anthony here. This is a good guide to both areas, the Limonite cubes and the pebble plain:

https://www.desertusa.com/desert-minerals/limonite-cubes.html

 

Awesome thanks. Found this in Barstow last year

 

Cool! That’s a big thunderegg if its one of those! What color is the darker ring?

I learned a good idea from an old desert rock hound to mark a line straight down from the top to the bottom of those before pulling them out of a hole - it gives you an idea on which way to cut or break it across the grain- if it has fill lines inside, they will show up nicely like this:


Cut from top down, don’t cut across the sides to get the best lines.

 

Yours looks like there’s some beautiful crystals inside, that’s really neat. Good find!

 

Yellowish I guess. This is the other side

 

Wow! Ord mtns?

 

Would love to find some petrified wood

 

Rockhounding Locations
1. Opal Mountain Black Mountain – 5 miles north of Fossil Bed Road via dirt road . Jasper . Nodules . Opal

2. Mule Canyon – 3 miles north of Yermo . Agate . Borax . Celestite . Jasper . Olivine . Petrified Wood . Satin Spar . Silver . Travertine . Olivine

3. Alvord Mine – 7 miles north of Manix via dirt road . Agate . Calcite . Chalcedony . Jasper . Pyrite

4. Pisgah Crater – 1 mile south of Interstate-40 off of Historic Route 66 . Lava . Volcanic Bombs

5. Cady Mountains – 6 miles north of Pisgah via dirt road . Agate . Chalcedony . Geodes . Jasper

6. Afton Canyon – 1 miles southeast of Afton off ramp via dirt road . Agate . Calcite . Chalcedony . Jasper . Nodules

7. Broadwell Dry Lake – 6 miles north of Ludlow via Crucero Road; west to hilly area . Banded Agate . Moss Agate . Geodes . Jasper . Onyx

8. Halloran Spring – Turquoise Mountain North of Halloran Springs . Azurite . Turquoise

https://www.sierrapelona.com/rock-info/

 

Get this book if you can find it, it is packed full of sites. It’s an old one but a good one!

 

Hey guys, I’m selling a brand new Gold Monster 1000 (I got as a GPAA promotion) and a lightly used SDC-2300 on fleabay- The SDC has an auction bid right now for $2850, but the gold monster has none which means if someone here wants to buy it I can give you a offer sale on eBay. Don’t bid on the gold monster, that locks out the offer option, just let me know if you want it and I can do a direct sale as an offer as long as nobody bids on it (It’s currently starting auction price at $700, so I can sell it directly for that as an offer sale) I’m “eumops-calls” on fleabay.

The SDC works fine, and the GM is brand new in a unopened box, it’s just that Im not using the SDC as I have two other VLF and PI favorites, a GM and GPZ.

Edit: both were sold.

 

Looking into metal detecting around Tucson. Anybody local to meet with or guide me into some good spots to learn more before I get to invested. Thanks

 

Getting “too invested” in it is kind of easy... If you’re ever near Quartzsite or Yuma, let me know. I’m into looking for gold and meteorites near there.

 

Yea your right. I guess it’s more of getting the right setup for me and not a whole bunch of crap I won’t use

 

Great episode; “whatcha doin’ just sittin‘ there watchin this at home, boy?!”

https://youtu.be/M6LmEJjo2Ts

 

Lol nice video good info

 

I just received my Minelab Gold Monster-1000. I’m totally psyched! Charging the batteries right now. Gonna take it out first thing tomorrow. I’m in southern NM, kinda wishing I lived in AZ. Been watching a bunch of videos of guys pulling nuggets out of the desert. If I get even a few flakes here I’ll be happy.

 

If I’d seen this sooner I would’ve snatched it up. . .