First detecting trip and found gold!!!

[calgeologist]

Well I finally got out with my gmt for the first real time.

Took some time to tell the difference in sounds, but it's coming quickly to me.

Found lots of trash at the first site. At the second place I only spent twenty minutes or so, but I found gold!!

Needless to say I'm hooked and hope to find more tomorrow. Full report and pics to follow.

 

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[kazcoro]

How fair is that? Lucky dog!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Many congratulations!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Oakview2]

We need PICTURES

 

[calgeologist]

Well here is a bit of an update. Made a trip to the motherlode down at really low elevations to avoid the snow.

Back from my two day detecting trip. Lets just say I don't think I could have started out any better. Gold on the first day and even more on the second.

I went to a little area that I have been researching, and as expected it hadn't been worked at all, at least by a detector. Lots of evidence of old workings in the area, but no modern human trash.

It was great to get out and really get to see what the GMT could do, and learn the subtle differences in sounds between iron targets, gold, and hot rocks.

Final gold total. One piece the first day (left side of the pic) and six on the second day. Not sure how much it weighs.


One question for GMT users. What does it sound like when your coil is over a larger piece of gold? More like an iron target in terms of signal intensity?

Cheers,
JD

 

[kazcoro]

Sounds like good research paid off well. Congrats.

 

[Goodyguy]

WTG!

GMT's Rule

GG~

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome! Looks like hard work paid off! Congratulations!

 

[AzViper]

Well I finally got out with my gmt for the first real time.

Took some time to tell the difference in sounds, but it's coming quickly to me.

Found lots of trash at the first site. At the second place I only spent twenty minutes or so, but I found gold!!

Needless to say I'm hooked and hope to find more tomorrow. Full report and pics to follow.

That's a rarity for sure. I found a 1.1 gram banana nugget the first hour I was out with my Gold Bug Pro. From reading many threads many people can go 6 months or more before they find gold. I chalked it up as just DUMB luck on my part. I stuck the coil into a bush bingo bango I had a nugget. Congrates...

 

[Jim Hemmingway]

That's a rarity for sure. I found a 1.1 gram banana nugget the first hour I was out with my Gold Bug Pro. I chalked it up as just DUMB luck on my part. I stuck the coil into a bush bingo bango I had a nugget.

Same here AzViper... many times over the years I've walked directly to a spot and got a piece of silver up here, then spent the rest of the day finding nothing. Luck does play an important role, but you can't have any if you don't get out there and bushwhack in the first place...

Jim.

 

[AzViper]

Same here AzViper... many times over the years I've walked directly to a spot and got a piece of silver up here, then spent the rest of the day finding nothing. Luck does play an important role, but you can't have any if you don't get out there and bushwhack in the first place...

Jim.

This is what I mainly dig up, but I am digging and finding the dang brass.

 

[2cmorau]

it will scream if it's close to the surface, by close to the surface anything within 6", the heart shape nugget in the avatar was 4 to 5 inches deep, i thought at first just a large cal. happy wrong
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