basque-man
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- W. Nevada / N. CA
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus; Minelab E-Trac; Son (Wyatt) uses XP Deus!
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Finally we were able to get out for a couple of days of detecting since getting back from vacation. Of course my son had homework that he had put off till the last weekend before school started and he was banished to home.......per the mother!!! Boooooooo
But my buddy and I made the trips out and decided to just go swing at some of our normal places and hit the town we started a few months ago where my son found his 92-S half. We made the drive, which is about an hour away. Get there and go to our first permission site. The weeds had grown to about 3 feet tall.
This wasn't going to work. So we headed out to the old store site. Lots of old glass but they turn over the ground every year. As were checking it out, nothing much. A few wheat pennies and I get a nice solid 12-30 on the E-trac. I dig it out and think, stupid melted metal........get ready to toss it aside and think, maybe I better show my buddy. He is the mining expert. I walk over and hand it to him. He punches me in the arm and said, "That your first gold nugget huh"? Wow!!! When ya least expect it.
Continued on the day looking for new spots to hit when the weeds die off, and I get a 35 buffalo, 41 Merc and 07 V Nickel. Not a bad hall for an old town that was the end of the of Northern California Oregon Railroad line for about 3 years!!! Were getting a good lay out and should be able to start grid searching this winter when the weeds die off.
Still not sure what the heck a gold nugget would be doing where it was found, but I guess back in the day, coins were few and far between in our area so we figured someone may have been using to buy stuff from the store and lost it. Anyway, it wasn't something we were expecting!!! Enjoy the pictures....
But my buddy and I made the trips out and decided to just go swing at some of our normal places and hit the town we started a few months ago where my son found his 92-S half. We made the drive, which is about an hour away. Get there and go to our first permission site. The weeds had grown to about 3 feet tall.
This wasn't going to work. So we headed out to the old store site. Lots of old glass but they turn over the ground every year. As were checking it out, nothing much. A few wheat pennies and I get a nice solid 12-30 on the E-trac. I dig it out and think, stupid melted metal........get ready to toss it aside and think, maybe I better show my buddy. He is the mining expert. I walk over and hand it to him. He punches me in the arm and said, "That your first gold nugget huh"? Wow!!! When ya least expect it. Continued on the day looking for new spots to hit when the weeds die off, and I get a 35 buffalo, 41 Merc and 07 V Nickel. Not a bad hall for an old town that was the end of the of Northern California Oregon Railroad line for about 3 years!!! Were getting a good lay out and should be able to start grid searching this winter when the weeds die off.
Still not sure what the heck a gold nugget would be doing where it was found, but I guess back in the day, coins were few and far between in our area so we figured someone may have been using to buy stuff from the store and lost it. Anyway, it wasn't something we were expecting!!! Enjoy the pictures....
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