. i was out the door by o dark 30. making my way up the trail well before sunrise. the warm air was coming off the tops of the hills as i hiked up the long steep grade. i decided to cut off the trail and take the ravine down to the diggins ive been flogging. i found several more prospects to check out at a later date, but first i need to cleanup the remainder of the targets in the area ive been working. i was using the stock mono coil for the 4500. the lack of weight was welcomed as well as the stable operation of the machine. i started off cleaning an area i had skipped over last time because of trash, i dug the ones that didnt blank and within the first hour i had a nice 3 1/4 gram nugget. after several more trash targets i decided to go over the area i had done well the previous trip. i managed one piece .6 gram. turns out i did a good job on the last trip so i had to move along and try to figure out the direction the seam was shedding. i managed a couple more before i was out of water, and out of energy. so i made my way back slowly making mental notes of the other diggings id like to check out. a gorgeous day!
. i think this may be the last for this location, but what a way to finish it off. 7 grams. i clued a friend in on the location. it will be a good test to see how good the zed really is.
