Trailertrash Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Well, Jan 9th makes one year of nugget hunting for me. I've had a blast, learned a lot, and gotten myself in decent shape. If I live another 30 years, I just might be able to absorb something from my pile of geology books. I spend summers in Wa. State, but spend half my time up there wishing I was down south. Here's my haul for my first year. Wifey has claimed the largest specimen as her own. I have been informed it will be a pendant hanging around her neck. Makes up for all the flowers I never get her, I suppose! Thanks for all the good advice and entertaining stories you guys post. I've learned a lot, with a helluva lot more to go! Regards, Kyle 12 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Not bad for a first year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Very nice...congrats on your gold. Hope this year is even better. Tom H. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailertrash Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks guys. It's been a fun trip so far. I enjoy a challenge, and this fits the bill, for sure! My goal for this year is to learn more about WHY I am hunting a particular spot. Right now I freely admit, there is more head scratching and hiking, than prospecting. I pick a wash from Google Earth, hope it's not full of too many tin cans, and dive in. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and sometimes I find a piece of gold. Now, I just need more, and bigger, and more often... Sound familiar? Regards, Kyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 TTrash, that's not a bad haul for any year these days. Continued enjoyment and good luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Trailertrash said: Thanks guys. It's been a fun trip so far. I enjoy a challenge, and this fits the bill, for sure! My goal for this year is to learn more about WHY I am hunting a particular spot. Right now I freely admit, there is more head scratching and hiking, than prospecting. I pick a wash from Google Earth, hope it's not full of too many tin cans, and dive in. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and sometimes I find a piece of gold. Now, I just need more, and bigger, and more often... Sound familiar? Regards, Kyle Kyle: You will learn that certain geology/rocks/ground are more favorable to finding gold as you go along. BUT......I have also found gold in areas that I googled and once on the ground it looked like crap. Detected it anyways and found some gold. Guess what im trying to say is, dont get too focused on looking for a certain type of ground that you dont detect other areas. We dont know what happened mubzillion years ago on earth or what has eroded away in the not to distant past to make the ground look good or bad. Just keep at it and you will learn. P.S. if you get into a area with iron stone/green stone and rotten rusty quartz.....slow down and hunt. The ironstone may drive you nuts, but, GOLD RIDES AN IRON HORSE. Tom H. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Good on you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailertrash Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 10:36 PM, TomH said: Kyle: You will learn that certain geology/rocks/ground are more favorable to finding gold as you go along. BUT......I have also found gold in areas that I googled and once on the ground it looked like crap. Detected it anyways and found some gold. Guess what im trying to say is, dont get too focused on looking for a certain type of ground that you dont detect other areas. We dont know what happened mubzillion years ago on earth or what has eroded away in the not to distant past to make the ground look good or bad. Just keep at it and you will learn. P.S. if you get into a area with iron stone/green stone and rotten rusty quartz.....slow down and hunt. The ironstone may drive you nuts, but, GOLD RIDES AN IRON HORSE. Tom H. Thanks for the advice, Tom. I do try to branch out, and hunt different areas, with different rock formations. I'll keep pounding away, and learning as I go. Regards, Kyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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