Rocky Mountain Gold

oneguy

Sr. Member
Aug 26, 2015
415
1,415
Montana
Detector(s) used
2 Goldmonsters, SDC 2300
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Almost done this season but may get in a few more hunts. My 3rd and best season detecting for gold. Gold is from Montana and Idaho from 5 different locations. Total count was 436 pieces, 119 with the SDC and 317 with the Monster. SDC got the 3 big ones and also the bulk of the total weight. Big nugget weighed 3.55ozt, then 25+gram, and 12 gram (3 nugget pic). SDC also found me my 1st "pocket" where I'd had a 20 piece day with 14 coming out of a 6" wide x 8" deep hole...THAT was FUN!!! Total weight (so far) is 7.66ozt. Nuggets came from public, private and permission ground. The Monster still amazes me and the addition of the SDC really helped make this season by far my best.

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season 3.JPG
 

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Shunkaha

Sr. Member
Apr 2, 2013
305
192
Helena, Montana
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Xterra 705 Gold Pack, Garrett pro pointer
Primary Interest:
Other
Wow! Nice haul. All I find is 22 casings in Montana. LOL
 

IMAUDIGGER

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Mar 16, 2016
3,400
5,194
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Impressive, were the largest nuggets found in material that had already been ran over punch plate?
 

Blak bart

Gold Member
Jun 6, 2016
18,621
98,023
FL keys
🥇 Banner finds
5
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
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Mine lab primary fisher secondary
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All Treasure Hunting
some of the better gold I've seen posted in awhile. Congrats on some bigger gold.
 

tamrock

Gold Member
Jan 16, 2013
14,928
29,744
Colorado
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Bounty Hunter Tracker IV
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All Treasure Hunting
That's impressive oneguy. Leaves hope for today's prospector that the old timers actually did miss some worthwhile placer gold. History says the old timers who were first in the steams of the Rockies quickly exhausted the easy pickings and the big money dug into the the source and took most of that. Your definitely proving otherwise.
 

terrafirma

Full Member
Sep 9, 2020
138
145
new england
Detector(s) used
SE PRO, Safari, Excalibur II, Garrett gold scorpion, Whites PI
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All Treasure Hunting
Holy cow! congratulations on a great season!!
Wishing you many more!
 

The Aluminum Monster

Hero Member
Mar 18, 2015
595
777
New Bedford, MA
Detector(s) used
White's Coinmaster Pro, Tesoro Mojave, Garrett AT Pro, 5x8 DD, 15" NEL Attack, Garrett Pro-pointer, Pro Series 5x9 sand scoop, 30" Royal Compact sluice, 36" Bazooka Gold Trap, Gold Cube.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Absolutely gorgeous stuff. What a great life. Congrats!
 

ArfieBoy

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Aug 11, 2011
3,400
5,641
N.E. Oregon
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Compass X-70, Compass X-80, Compass X-90, Compass Judge 2, Garrett AT Pro
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All Treasure Hunting
Beautiful finds! That gold gave itself to you tis season! Congratulations and may you find much more! Thanks for sharing with us!
 

Gravelwasher

Hero Member
Jan 3, 2011
523
689
El Dorado County
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab
Fantastic season Way to pull the Nice gold!! I metal detect as well and know the hard work that took. You Scored big!!!!! Keep on beeping and digging)) Banner all the way
 

islamoradamark

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Aug 26, 2016
3,630
3,993
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thats what im talkin about congrats on all that hard work, looks fantastic
 

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oneguy

Sr. Member
Aug 26, 2015
415
1,415
Montana
Detector(s) used
2 Goldmonsters, SDC 2300
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Thanks a bunch guys!!!!
 

Lanny in AB

Gold Member
Apr 2, 2003
5,654
6,349
Alberta
Detector(s) used
Various Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705, Equinox 800, Gold Monster), Falcon MD20, Tesoro Sand Shark, Gold Bug Pro, Makro Gold Racer.
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Incredible haul of some beautiful gold. That monster nugget is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime find.

I'm glad you had some great success this summer.

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny
 

Tnmountains

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Staff member
Jan 27, 2009
18,714
11,703
South East Tennessee on Ga, Ala line
🥇 Banner finds
1
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Tesoro Conquistador freq shift
Fisher F75
Garrett AT-Pro
Garet carrot
Neodymium magnets
5' Probe
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All Treasure Hunting
Now that is a good season. I bet you did a happy dance when those big ones popped out. Wow!!!
 

trdking

Gold Member
Feb 28, 2015
5,139
7,923
Fullerton CA
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Minelab CTX 3030
AT Pro
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All Treasure Hunting
Proof that it is still out there Nice Biggies and monsters!
 

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oneguy

Sr. Member
Aug 26, 2015
415
1,415
Montana
Detector(s) used
2 Goldmonsters, SDC 2300
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Got a few more tiddlers yesterday.....

2gram.JPG
 

Lanny in AB

Gold Member
Apr 2, 2003
5,654
6,349
Alberta
Detector(s) used
Various Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705, Equinox 800, Gold Monster), Falcon MD20, Tesoro Sand Shark, Gold Bug Pro, Makro Gold Racer.
Primary Interest:
Prospecting

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