there are many clubs that would be gd to join and be a part of. also there is a guy named sandtrap, jerry balacer. hes friends with legeng jim straight. they are both on rob allisons nugget hunting forum. you can email them and sandtrap has a lot of experience and jim straight wrote the books on the area. they do meet and go to the rands general store café. I believe santrap rt now is recovering from some small medical issues. I do a lot of detecting in the rands areas. I, a member of the oc49ers and they have about 6 or more claims in the areas. I found my first two dinks in the goler gulch area on one of the club claims with my gpx 5000. I sold it awhile back and kept the gb pro. but am fixin to buy another gpx 5000. I live in grover beach now and do a lot of offshore fishing, as I own my own offshore boat. but im looking for areas to coinshoot herebesides the beach, more older coins and relics. anyways gd luck.
john c stidman