bearkat4160
New member
Hey everyone,
Well i just got back from Happy Camp California area and did some nugget hunting as well as get an 8 inch dredge ready for the season. I was detecting up at Indian creek which is about 9 miles north from Happy Camp. I was detecting as much bedrock areas as I could find. A fellow miner friend from Sacramento showed me a spot so we set out and within 15 minutes I had my first nugget. It is 1.8 dwt (2.8 grams) and very smooth surface. It was at 4 inches locked tight in decomposed bedrock with tree roots trapping it tighter in the rock. I carry a small chisel with me for just this type of terrain to bust bedrock apart.
The bad news is I forgot to take my camera with me. I saw the top of the nugget stick out finally and reached for my camera to do video and pics but alas it was not there. So I called my buddy over to see me pull it out of the groiund...was very exciting as he had never seen one pulled out of the ground with a detector. He had his MXT and I with my Infinium found no more nugs but had a blast looking.
I now have an RV set up down on the Klamath river and my other RV here in Ashland so all I have to do is drive down there and I have my get away home already set up. Ready for a good dredge/mining season.
Alan
Well i just got back from Happy Camp California area and did some nugget hunting as well as get an 8 inch dredge ready for the season. I was detecting up at Indian creek which is about 9 miles north from Happy Camp. I was detecting as much bedrock areas as I could find. A fellow miner friend from Sacramento showed me a spot so we set out and within 15 minutes I had my first nugget. It is 1.8 dwt (2.8 grams) and very smooth surface. It was at 4 inches locked tight in decomposed bedrock with tree roots trapping it tighter in the rock. I carry a small chisel with me for just this type of terrain to bust bedrock apart.
The bad news is I forgot to take my camera with me. I saw the top of the nugget stick out finally and reached for my camera to do video and pics but alas it was not there. So I called my buddy over to see me pull it out of the groiund...was very exciting as he had never seen one pulled out of the ground with a detector. He had his MXT and I with my Infinium found no more nugs but had a blast looking.
I now have an RV set up down on the Klamath river and my other RV here in Ashland so all I have to do is drive down there and I have my get away home already set up. Ready for a good dredge/mining season.
Alan