20 year old machines find the nuggies:garrett::twodetecting:

[metalhead]

Finally getting around to posting these pics of some nuggies found a couple/few weeks ago while we were prospectin' at our gold claim in CA. Found a couple with the Scorp and one with the old GMH. Two and a half grams in all. Same nuggetts shown on the Scorp coil. Wifey and I had dug down quite a bit into some overburden on the bench gravels at the creek. Moved alot of earth. Got a ton of black sand and concentrates to be processed later(not actually a ton, but a bunch/few buckets). These were all found inside cracks in the bedrook. I used the Infinium quite a bit, but just didn't seem to move it over any of the gold.I've gotten some good gold with the LS in the past, just not on this trip. Wifey found this Seated Liberty Half Dime with her Ace 250 in the area of an old camp that is on our claim. I'm just now gettin' around to postin' these pics. I'm wore out from this trip and we been travellin' headed back to the Gulf Coast now. Thanks for lookin'!Happy Hunting!

 

[oldranger]

Cool finds metal...CONGRATS!!!

hope you get a few bigger ones!!!!!

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[bearkat4160]

Great pics and gold metalhead!!!!

Love my Scorpion also....my Infinium however is my nugget workhorse!

Sounds like you had a great trip!

Alan

 

[Eric]

Very nice finds metalhead! Nindot kaayo! i would like to prospect once in my life. I managed to replace the lcd screen of my old gta1000 and it works great again. I like the analog meter of the GMH.Wish they had that meter on for example the gta1000 models.

HH. Eric.

 

[fongu]

Great finds. WTG. Can you tell what year the dime was coined? Are those the 5 X 10 Crossfire coils?

 

[John-Edmonton]

Buying brand new or spending too much $$$ does not necessarily get better/more finds.

 

[metalhead]

Hey thanks alot guys!Yeah, we had a blast! I would rather prospect than do anything!

Salamat Eric!Glad to see that you got your GTA 1000 fixed.I had one, years ago, and I've always regretted getting rid of it

Hey fongu, I think that dime is a '49 and yes those are 5"x10"DD's, my favorite search coil on any machineHappy Hunting!

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah prospecting is a lot of work but a real blast, especially when those cute little yellow things show up in your pan, dredge, sluice, drywasher, snifter, or whatever.

Bill

 

[cwilk]

Nice nuggets. I have this friend who wants to try prospecting. Maybe someday we'll give it a try. That dime is some bonus. Great trip! Congratulations!

Chris