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This is a new subforum for threads on any kind of desert detecting.
Welcome To Desert Detecting
- Thread starter Treasure_Hunter
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- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I'm a little surprised there have been no posts here. I live near Tucson and find desert detecting has lots of possibilities. I hike a lot into remote areas and often notice areas of quartz on the surface. These are interesting areas to detect for possible Au. The desert landscape allows for one to notice the details of the geology. During my last hike it appears to me that there is a N-S zone of quartz and quartzite just north of Catalina State Park. I think this is associated with the Pirate fault. If anyone is interested in detecting these areas of quartz please PM me. It will be detecting on National Forest.
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Jim in Idaho
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'Way Too Cool' dual 18 Watt UV light
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Desert mountains are my favorite place to prospect, including detecting.
Jim
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Keene A52 with Gold Hog mats
Gold-N-Sand hand dredge
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Jim in Idaho
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'Way Too Cool' dual 18 Watt UV light
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- Prospecting
LOL...that may be the understatement of the century.
Jim
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- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
The main thing to remember when detecting in desert environments, is that ground conditions can change in a matter of feet. You need to be able to recognize these changing mineral conditions and keep your machine ground balanced. With the original Fisher Gold Bug, we needed to re-balance every ten-feet. Today's machines can automatically re-balance with ground tracking, but you can't always trust that. Meteorite hunting proves this out up near Gold Basin, AZ. If you are not properly balanced you can walk right over one.
bc5391
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50% of what I do.
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- Garrett Axiom, XP Deus 2, XP Xtrem
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
BC5391: Looks like an interesting site. I did a recon hike today up to some apparent prospect pits near Oracle. There are at least 20 pits with a lot of ore strewn about. It appears to be hydro-thermal quartz material with a lot of orange-brown accumulation anywhere the fluids worked through the quartz. The material appears similar to the ore from the Southern Belle mine south of Oracle. Next trip will be with the detector.
bc5391
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Greater Arivaca area is where I prefer.
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