goldbrick
Jr. Member
a few nuggets
One of the few bright spots in the crappy economy is that your laid-off family and friends have more time to go play. My son, Matt, WAS in the construction industry so now he had time to go on his first nugget hunting trip with Dad. I picked him up in rainy Oregon and we made the trip to sunny N. California. Since I recently had purchased a GPX 4500 I was able to provide my GP 3500 for him to use. We spent the first day at a location I had researched. I taught him how to run the machine and helped him while he dug a couple targets, then left him to figure it out on his own. We only dug trash at that locale but he seemed like he had a handle on it by the end of the day. I knew I had to get him on gold to keep him interested because we all know there is only one thing 20 year old boys think about. So the second day I took him to a pounded patch that still has a few left. He was able to dig a half-grammer with the 3500 and 8” mono. I think he’s called everybody on his cell’s contact list to tell them about it. While Matt was searching for his first nugget I went down the hill to a spot everyone had avoided due to the large volume of trash there. A friend had loaned me a 17” E DD to try, it worked out well, I used discrimination but still had to dig a lot of bullets for the three nuggets I got. I find the diverse character of the nuggets interesting (pictured on the left side of the dime). All came from a 20’ square area. The dink on the right I got today at a different spot.
L8tr,
Merton
One of the few bright spots in the crappy economy is that your laid-off family and friends have more time to go play. My son, Matt, WAS in the construction industry so now he had time to go on his first nugget hunting trip with Dad. I picked him up in rainy Oregon and we made the trip to sunny N. California. Since I recently had purchased a GPX 4500 I was able to provide my GP 3500 for him to use. We spent the first day at a location I had researched. I taught him how to run the machine and helped him while he dug a couple targets, then left him to figure it out on his own. We only dug trash at that locale but he seemed like he had a handle on it by the end of the day. I knew I had to get him on gold to keep him interested because we all know there is only one thing 20 year old boys think about. So the second day I took him to a pounded patch that still has a few left. He was able to dig a half-grammer with the 3500 and 8” mono. I think he’s called everybody on his cell’s contact list to tell them about it. While Matt was searching for his first nugget I went down the hill to a spot everyone had avoided due to the large volume of trash there. A friend had loaned me a 17” E DD to try, it worked out well, I used discrimination but still had to dig a lot of bullets for the three nuggets I got. I find the diverse character of the nuggets interesting (pictured on the left side of the dime). All came from a 20’ square area. The dink on the right I got today at a different spot.
L8tr,
Merton
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