Where I found my 1 & 2 pounders at Ganes Creek, AK..

[Gerry in Idaho]

I found the 1 pounder at the upper end near Spalding in June 2005. I did a swim in that pond to celebrate and then decided to call it a day and walk back to camp. Took about 20 steps and then thought I might as well turn my machine on and hunt on my way back. Turned it on, took another 20 steps and the next target I found was a 2 1/2 oz solid Gold Nugget. I think I floated back from there. I hollered "Eureka" again and everyone around me thought I was still Celebrating from the 1 pounder. They could not believe that I just dug to targets and both were Trophy Nuggets of a Lifetime.
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I found the 2 pounder in Week #1 (2 weeks ago)much closer to camp and in a cobble pile next to a small pond. It gave an OVERLOAD reading at 1st and I had to raise my coil a bit to get a more accurate tone ID. There was nobody around me to celebrate with, so I patiently waited until Dinner that night when I pulled it out to show.
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In times past, the most large nuggets come from the Cobble piles at the North End just passed the Tool Shed.
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I am now taking Reservations for Ganes Creek, Alaska Adventure 2008 and Week #1 is half full already. Let me know if anyone is interested in joining us or would like more info about it.
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[auseeker]

That is some nice finds. Have you ever thought of catch and release
before they are all gone and we have to give up this sport

Hairy Gary

 

[Silicon John]

Gerry
Thanks for sharing the find location of some of your great finds there at Ganes Creek. Wonder why I did not look there? I love your photos.

 

[AU MARC]

Hey Gerry
Lookin forward to holdin that BabyYou have definately put yourself on Dougs first page of GREAT FINDS at Ganes Creekand with 2 speciman nuggets topping the scales at close to 35 ounces,and maybe another 15-20 ounces of beautiful chunks!.. you have really set the bar there...at the capabilities of one individual that exudes the ultimate drive and belief in finding the big one we all DREAM ABOUT
Nice Pics
WTG

Marc

 

[Silicon John]

Gerry

Where you found that two pounder, wasn't that just south of the tin cabbins? In the attached photo, taken in 2004, the camera is looking south, up stream. If you go south from the cabbins down a small hill, to the right of the road is a small patch. Then the road crosses ganes creek. The patch was two acres at most. Was that the place? If so it was just between Harry Gary and I, near our heads, in the photo. I hunted that patch two times in 2006 but am sure the bulldoser has worked it many times since then.

Again thanks for the great photo and interesting stories.

Silicon John

 

[shep]

Not only is it big, but it's kinda pretty also. GOOD ON YOU !!!!!!

 

[steve herschbach]

Hi Gerry,

What I like about the 1 pounder (and maybe the 2 pounder?) is it came from an area that has not been dozed. People think the pushes are the only place to find gold, but to this day many nuggets remain that everyone has walked by for years. I know I walked past that one pounder many a time!

People see dig holes in an area, and think it means every square inch in that place has been covered. But Ganes tends to make people wander around and the same places tend to get missed over and over.

Imagine taking a piece of paper and blindfolding yourself. Now take a pen and spend ten minutes trying to coloer in the paper.

Now blindfold someone else and give them the pen and let them color for ten minutes.

No matter how many people play, areas will get missed by the pen. Detecting at Ganes is like that. Hundreds of people wandering around year after year, but places still get missed. The area is so large it defeats any individuals ability to grid out anything but a tiny portion. And except for the holes themselves it is impossible to tell what has been detected or not leading to some places being hit repeatedly while other places go ignored.

I'm headed to Ganes August 12th with Bernie Pendergast so we will see if you guys left us any gold!

Steve Herschbach
Steve's Mining Journal

 

[rockyredbaron]

I certainly would love to get some more info on it..thanx

Rockyredbaron