TomH Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Dad and I decided to take the day off and drive up to the Goodwin fire area. Wanted to scope out our little camp spot at Poland junction and make sure we can still get to it and what condition it is in. Thankfully its still there. The fire got to within a half mile of it. We drove in Poland road along Big bug up through breezy pines until the road block getting close to Mt Union/5 corners. Some of the houses along Big Bug had the fire right on their door steps....literally! The aircrews dropping the slurry did one heck of a job saving them. Unfortunately one house did get destroyed that was on top of a small hill. The wood fence around it didn't burn but somehow the house did, the house right next to it was untouched. The fire came right up to 69 in a lot of areas. After that we went out the back road from Mayer towards Turkey creek. Its blocked off about 3 miles in so we turned around. Guess that area is still closed. Its amazing when you look at what those tankers had to fly around and through to drop their slurry without hitting a mountain. Kudos to them. There were signs all over saying THANK YOU. The Poland area was wet in a lot of spots so they are getting rain up there. Has anyone ever detected a burn area? You can see a lot of mines/roads/foundations that were not visible before up there. I tried but the EMI was just too much today. Don't know if it was because of the burn or what? Tom 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Thanks for the update and pictures Tom, wow...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Cool photos, Tom....You bring up a great question about beeping fresh burns ... I've hit spot where lightning hit or old campfires and got lots of ground noise from those places...Any one else know about this? ... Cheers, Unc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I tried to hit an area in the Prescott area right after a fire (four-days), and I got a lot of problems from the charcoal - I think. Couldn't pin it down, but it was hitting like coal sometimes will. Went back six-months later, and it was easy-peasy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Yep, fresh charcoal is just like a hot rock to a GB2. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahorton10 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I've had the same experience detecting over charcoal. Hopefully it doesn't stay that way too long! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Nice post Tom and great pictures. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick in Havasu Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thanks for the info 2-Tom's. I agree. Our firefighters are awesome. They don't get the credit or pay they deserve. Shep and I are talking about making a trip up that way in the fall. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 It's pretty awesome that most of the structures in there did not burn. It will be interesting to see how things will grow back in the future. Looking forward to going to see it in person. Thanks for the update 2-Toms. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 14 hours ago, Patrick in Havasu said: Shep and I are talking about making a trip up that way in the fall. Make sure you let me know when you are coming ... would like to meet up. Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 There are detectors out now that can work areas with charcoal.... Even the GPX 5000 in Special/Fine timing does well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 (edited) Where was this fire at ? Edited July 14, 2017 by adam Mental illness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 47 minutes ago, adam said: Where was this fire at ? I believe the pictures were taken from Poland Rd. Pretty sure you've been there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 1 hour ago, adam said: Where was this fire at ? Northern Arizona :P Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Third picture down shows where a big beautiful house once stood on the knob of a hill. There is defendable space all around it but sparks got to it anyway. How they bombed right up to those homes with the big planes is fantastic. Signs all around said "Thank you Fire fighters", "God bless you Fire Fighters". Adam I think that you were a little under the weather every time you went up and down that road. Old Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdu Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 We recently bought a place off Big Bug Mesa. One of our friends there said the fire was within-in 1\2 mile of our place. That was when it was 93% contained and the part not contained was between Breezy Pines and Big Bug Mesa Rd. Still waiting tonfind out if ours was burnt or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick in Havasu Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/14/2017 at 10:23 AM, Mike Furness said: Make sure you let me know when you are coming ... would like to meet up. Mike F Will do Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Man the folks in the area of the Goodwin Fire are now dealing with flooding and loss of property from water and ash/mud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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