Rod Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 What a beautiful day to hike a few miles in gold country The pre-dawn temps felt like they were in the 30’s and somehow that good crispy chill always makes your coffee taste better. I recently replaced the handle on my Apex pick and am very glad to have it done as the GPZ really hits some deep targets. Crazy how the Z can find both small and large nuggets at depth for the size. I don’t necessarily advocate for buying the latest and greatest technology but learning the Z (zvt) is certainly proving to be a lot of fun after many years of using vlf and pi detectors. There is the expected trash in this area and some very nice gold for anyone willing to work through the trash to find it. What you see is just a fraction of the bullets, must have been a shooting gallery Even found and iron toe There were some detector digs in the area where the nuggets were found that appear to be fairly recent. My guess is weekend warriors missed them Everyone misses gold now and then, no exceptions Maybe the Javelinas found some gold too after they had a snack 6.1 grams in the poke Life is good 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Great looking nuggies. Sounds like it was a great day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Yepper, man I need to retire Nice gold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNuggetBob Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Bill I'm thinking about coming out of retirement. AZNuggetBob 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Very nice! Your posts are welcome to see. It seems you haven't posted much the past few years. Edited January 25, 2018 by matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Nice Gold Rod Casing looks kind of old. Been up some washes that were the same way, dig holes, but gold was missed. You never know what detector/coil/experience level the person was. So, we still detect. GL to ya. Keep posting the finds. Tom H. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Bill Southern said: Yepper, man I need to retire Nice gold. Dont retire Bill! Its very tough. Forget what day it is, cant figure out where to go out and eat, what day will I go detecting, stuff like that. I wish I was back working.....NOT! Tom H. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NvAuMiner Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Is that a sunbaker I see?? Congrats!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The Z says 'Give me dig holes and I'll show you more!' It is one of the best places to look. Nice nuggies. Mitchel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 That sure was a super hunt . How deep were those big lunkers ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Southerland Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Very nice gold Rod. I need to get more digging in so I ca wear out the handle on my Apex. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It doesn't get much better than finding exceptional nuggets on an exceptional day. Great job!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/25/2018 at 4:18 PM, H-2 Charlie said: That sure was a super hunt . How deep were those big lunkers ? It's funny you ask that as I have yet to put the "every 1 inch" marks on my new Apex handle. It's easy to do, measure, mark, and stain (optional). The best way I can answer that is to say that that for their size, the nuggets were much deeper than another other vlf or pi detector that I've used over the years (and there have been plenty) could have found them. I'll take some time next week and mark the handle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 10:50 PM, NvAuMiner said: Is that a sunbaker I see?? Congrats!!! If that's a sunbaker, I missed it Now you've got me curious, I'll go take a look 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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