Goldmonster 1000/Introduction post

[sequoia]

This is my first post on the forum and as such I feel it's necessary to explain a little background. Other than being born in humboldt, I've grown up in trinity county my entire life and was raised around gold mining and the culture it holds. Never finding any gold as a kid, nor taking it seriously.

In these last couple months I went out sluicing and got what may be a gram or more. That got me bad enough I went out and purchased a gold monster 1000 locally in redding.

It's been 3 days, on and off detecting and I've yet to find ANYTHING in all the bedrock creeks and crevices, any gravel bars or inside creeks that used to produce pounds of gold. Nothing. It's got me down slightly, slightly more so irritated that I went out and purchased a $800 machine and have yet to find anything other than lead bullets and other trash. I have no doubt that it'll find me gold, I'm just looking in the wrong places I feel.

Anything is appreciated, I really want to change my life potentially just like every other miners dream because I grew up dirt poor and the family is as well. With gold being $2600 an ounce, I think it's possible to change that.

-Tree

 

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[russau]

Welcome to TNet for your first post ! Your gold vile appears tobe a happy camper !

 

[bc5391]

without seeing you swing the detector, nobody knows the problem.
Always keep the coil on the ground, skid plates are cheap.
If there is no gold, your detector will not find it, if you move too fast, your detector will not find it.
If the gold is too deep your detector will not find it, which is the reason most gold hunters use Pulse induction machines, they punch deeper.
The GM is a good machine, learn how to use it, including ground balancing.

 

[sequoia]

without seeing you swing the detector, nobody knows the problem.
Always keep the coil on the ground, skid plates are cheap.
If there is no gold, your detector will not find it, if you move too fast, your detector will not find it.
If the gold is too deep your detector will not find it, which is the reason most gold hunters use Pulse induction machines, they punch deeper.
The GM is a good machine, learn how to use it, including ground balancing.

I've been finding lead bullets, bbs, and all sorts of old metal objects so far so I think the detector and user isn't an issue, but I'm still new to this so I'm here humble and eager to learn. I really need to study geology I think, instead of just poking around random river deposits or any old bedrock creek.

I keep being told gravels is the key, but also see people finding gold in all sorts of environments. I know I'm not the first to run around these hills with a detector..so I'm sure the glory days are kind of gone with potato patches. But I also know that there's so many remote areas in trinity so there's gotta be an El Dorado out here somewhere still..might stick to sluicing

 

[OwenT]

Look up Ray Mills (trinityau). He lives in Redding and trains people on finding gold with the gold monster 1000. He's got lots of detecting experience and has found a lot of gold. He's got some great pictures on Fbook. I think he charges about $400 for 2 days of training. 1 day he walks you around to different spots talking about geology and old mining areas and the next you go detecting. I went a couple summers ago and got one tiny nugget but it was a good time and I would definitely recommend if you live there already.

As for making some $$$, even while Ray has had some big finds, I think with the time you need to put in to find the gold, it's still best approached as just a hobby.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Maybe look up Bill (Nuggetshooter) Southern

 

[Chilli]

This is my first post on the forum and as such I feel it's necessary to explain a little background. Other than being born in humboldt, I've grown up in trinity county my entire life and was raised around gold mining and the culture it holds. Never finding any gold as a kid, nor taking it seriously.

In these last couple months I went out sluicing and got what may be a gram or more. That got me bad enough I went out and purchased a gold monster 1000 locally in redding.

It's been 3 days, on and off detecting and I've yet to find ANYTHING in all the bedrock creeks and crevices, any gravel bars or inside creeks that used to produce pounds of gold. Nothing. It's got me down slightly, slightly more so irritated that I went out and purchased a $800 machine and have yet to find anything other than lead bullets and other trash. I have no doubt that it'll find me gold, I'm just looking in the wrong places I feel.

Anything is appreciated, I really want to change my life potentially just like every other miners dream because I grew up dirt poor and the family is as well. With gold being $2600 an ounce, I think it's possible to change that.

-Tree

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Patience. After 30yrs it still takes me weeks to get the hang of a new detector.
A lot of people, I worked in detecting shops for years, think its easy peasy to find gold. It's not, its a skill and like anything a skill is acquired over time. Now n then someone dumb lucks out first go, its a numbers game for that. I met a guy who first go wondered why he couldn't ground balance and found he was trying to do so on a 3 ounce nugget. But that's just a freak.
I used to hear this all the time from newbies, sometimes got seriously abused for selling them a detector that couldn't find gold after a few days. Twice they were so abusive and potentially violent we gave them full refunds.
Patience, you have a skill to learn. In the meantime you could luck out but be patient and take the advice for lessons. 👍
Good luck.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Sequoia, you've been given some good advice so far. As for the Gold Monster, it certainly will find gold, but you need to be swinging the coil in a proven gold area, one that produces flakes and nuggets. The Monster will find tiny flakes as well as fat and sassy nuggets.

So, do your research to get into a proven gold producing area, no one has ever found all of the gold in the old goldfields--there's always some left over somewhere.

Metal detecting, as has been mentioned, does require a lot of patience--couple that with all of the videos and online training you can find for your machine, and you'll have a great way to get started.

If you can find a gold club to join in your area, that's a good idea as it will connect you with like-minded people that share the same passion and they'll probably share some tips and tricks with you, if not even point you to a likely location for detectable gold; moreover, their club claims might be a good place to start too.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[ArfieBoy]

Welcome to the forum from northeastern Oregon! As you can see there is lots of advice and information here from knowledgeable people. Good luck learning your detector and finding gold.

 

[1637]

i mostly drywash, but i see guys in my club moving allot of dirt to get down where no one has detected before.. most of the ea y stuff is gone,maybe take a rake to some of those sand bars. good luck and check out clubs near you.