wjbell Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Well, not the best to follow Bill here in showing gold found but this is my first gold found detecting! Last year I had a GM3 and only went out a few times with it. This year I had a GB2 for a short time and sold it to buy the GMT that I have now for about a month.The guy that I was going to buy the SD minelab from is a really cool guy and I met up with him last Sun and today at a hydrolic pit he goes to. He was more concerned about me having the right detector for me rather than selling me the minelab and said he'd take me out to his spots and kind of coach me along with my GMT. He showed me a lot of stuff, go low and slow put that coil on the ground.So last week he kind of "helped" me with his tesoro lobo and kind of found targets that I should go over with my GMT. And Damit, every target he thought was gold without even pulling a pick out and let me dig, WAS GOLD. So those are the three little pickers on the left.Today we went out and he brought his GP Extreme with a 18" Coiltec coil. The cool part about today was, I looked for my own places to hunt where I thought gold might be, kind of prospected it out on my own, and found two decent pickers! And skunked him with the minelab! :P So yeah, cool day, my first gold with a detector. Got a lot to learn but starting to get familiar with the GMT and how to identify different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Great news and now I bet your really hooked! Thanks for sharing your first nugget adventure with us and they seem to be easier to find after that first one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Your'e right on course now keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 WTG... best part is there are more where that came from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennM Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Great job!Many folks go a LOT longer before finding even their first gold with a detector and you've already got five little buddies. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Congrats on your first GOLD , but now there is no turning back you're not a virgin any longer and you can't wear white on any detecting trips in the future!!! :inocent: :yuk-yuk: :yuk-yuk: Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjbell Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Thanks guys! Yeah, I was pretty happy when I found the first one. After digging iron pieces and thinking mineralization are targets all day I was wondering if I would ever find any. When I narrowed it down in my scoop I said, hey, gold! I'm also used to seeing gold in water, clean and shinny where you can spot it right away.If it wasn't raining today I'd be out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerico Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Congrats on finding your first pieces, I am sure there will be more in your near future!Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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