Detected the Gold Basin Area.

TerryC

Gold Member
Jun 26, 2008
7,735
10,996
Yarnell, AZ
Detector(s) used
Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I recently took the BUBBLE up to Gold Basin recently to look for meteorites and do some detecting for gold.
Met Doug on a GPAA claim.
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He had 5 nice nuggies in the polk when I came by. BTW, he is NOT a Border Patrol agent. Just a wanna be. He uses an expensive Minelab to recover these nice pieces. I also talked to two other fellows that got three similar pieces this day. They also had Minelab PI machines. I drove up just after they killed a Mohave Green rattlesnake.... the really potent snake in these parts.

I then found this snake as I was driving out.


He wouldn't come out of my vehicle's shade so I drove forward. He then moved off unhurt. TTC
 

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63bkpkr

Silver Member
Aug 9, 2007
4,069
4,618
Southern California
Detector(s) used
XLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Well Terry it looks like you had a good amount of excitement while 'you all' were out looking for the yellow metal!

Sometimes it does not take much to make the Day Quite exciting even if the rattlesnake is only 1.5' in length as it is still a rattlesnake........63bkpkr
 

Lanny in AB

Gold Member
Apr 2, 2003
5,660
6,362
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
Glad to see you're out there living the golden dream and that you're meeting some fine people while you're at it.

All the best,

Lanny
 

meMiner

Bronze Member
Jul 22, 2014
1,047
1,176
Port Perry, Ontario
Detector(s) used
Minelab 800,
Fisher CZ21, F75SE, Gold Bug 2.9 & Minelab GPX 5000
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I'd be so worried about my dog with snakes like that about. I laughed out loud at your yelling in the video "go away, get away from my car". He had a "make me" look about him. Glad he didn't get hurt. Thanks for sharing.
 

arizau

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May 2, 2014
2,485
3,871
AZ
Detector(s) used
Beach High Banker, Sweep Jig, Whippet Dry Washer, Lobo ST, 1/2 width 2 tray Gold Cube, numerous pans, rocker box, and home made fluid bed and stream sluices.
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Yeah, about as good as alligator. Not good at all, IMHO.

Just like carp, ya gotta bake um on a board coated in butter.....throw the critter away and eat the board.8-)
 

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