Went ot gold country today

diverrick

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Jan 18, 2011
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Went to gold country today

I had an offer to come beep two private lots up in gold country. First one was up near Volcano, which I figured was too high but what the heck. Second lots was just South of Wilseyville. I studied up on the topo maps, but it sure looks different on the ground!
Both lots came up with nothing but junk.
Then I went down to a town near Mokelumne hill. I had never been to before called Paloma. Drove down to the Gwin mine site down there, and took some pics of the ruins, then on down to another mine at the Consumnes river. Found the mine, but no opening to the mine as it has been blocked up I beeped the tailings and surrounding area with no luck. On the way out I noted an abandoned rock wall building, so I pulled in and found the owner, he said not only had it been beat to death before by detectorists but his son doesn't want anyone in there. So I could not beep it at all. All in all it took all day to drive up and back and do some beeping in between. I just love trips like this, as it is not so much the finding of gold, but the looking for it, that I like. Temps were PERFECT for beeping.:headbang:
 

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Msbeepbeep

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Great escape and you had fun the best part the gold is around there somewhere!
 

bootybandit

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BosnMate

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I love the gold country. No tar weed up here, and I'd love to smell some of that again. Horses used to have black sticky up to their eyes. No relatives in Calif. anymore. Liberals and their taxes run everyone off, but at one time we had family scattered between Coarse Gold and Sonora. Thinking about it brings back great memories. No place like the foothills in the spring.
 

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