Yesterday we made a short recon trip to an area I've been eyeing for some time now to the east of Lake Havasu City. Although we were there mostly to have a look, check the condition of the access roads etc, we did manage to get a little detecting in with the Gold Bug. This was my first time working the "Desert Pavement" and I found it to be rather interesting. I learned real quick that knee pads are a must! I think I've still got the impressions of a couple of those rocks on my knees. Diging was easy due to the moisture left over from the last storm, but I could tell that when it's dried out it will be like digging real pavement! As we were there on a recon, we didn't detect for long. We still managed to find two .30 cal bullets, one .50 cal bullet in almost pristine condition and a couple pieces of the linking belt from a .50 cal belt. I had heard that this area was used for aerial gunnery practice back in WWII and I guess this pretty much prove that true. It would be cool to find an old practice bomb from that era to add to my collection.
The recon showed us that the access is good enough that I'll be able to gt the prospecting trailer in there without too much trouble, the area is HIGHLY mineralized, and will be good for both detecting and drywashing once it's had time to dry out. It's much closer to the house than Gold Basin is and isn't as shot up as the last area we checked out was. The research is paying off in new areas to check out but I want to get back at it full time here a.s.a.p. and Mother Nature isn't helping one bit!
