trinityau Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hello all, I took off by myself today for bit of walking and detecting. I got up late and that should have been my warning as to how the day would go. Deb dropped me off and I headed down the dirt road to the trail. I planned on going up a canyon and detecting bedrock, and when finished I would crawl up the canyon walls and cut through the manzanita to get up high on the ridge. From there I could call Deb and walk out to the road to get picked up. Well, before I hit the canyon things started to go bad. I took my shortcut down into the canyon via a small wash that was ok last time I came in to the area. This time all was well until I almost got to the bottom, then I heard all the snakes saying hello. My fault, I was on the sunny side of the canyon, morning and the beginnings of a hot day. I never seen a snake but it sounded like there might have been four or five.After getting into the clear I headed up the creek bed. I was moving through some bushes and a branch caught up and smacked me right in the face. Oh no, it couldn't be a regular shrub, it had to be stinging nettle. That was fun. I moved on and dug a few targets that turned out to be lead. I decided to go up into the canyon and hunt. I got to a spot that I had detected last year up about forty feet on a side bench. I got one piece almost immediately that turned out to be almost a pennyweight. As I went to pick up my 3000 I caught something out of the corner of my eye moving. I was on the edge of the bench and lost my footing right when the rattlesnake struck at me. The snake had so much force in the strike that he went over the edge with me, detector and all. My finger got slammed against some rocks on the way down and I got a skin tear on my butt about about a foot long. The snake had come to a stop a few feet to the right of me, right where I could nail him with the first big rock I could get my hands on, and I did.With that ordeal over I took a short break, that was when I found out why my pack felt so light, my ice tea bottles were all still at the house. I moved up the creek to a spot where a small gully entered the main stream and got some cold water. As I was sitting down and looking at the bedrock just in front of me I saw what I thought was a piece of gold. I kind of leaned over to look better and picked up the piece of gold. I decided that I better turn the 3000 on and go over this small area of bedrock and see if there was anymore gold.Well... there might be more gold in that spot, but I was not going to get it with a broken coil. My Sadie is gone.... No detector, no water, getting hotter, ass is hurting, and I still have walk out of here. And... oh hell, where is my pick? Well, I did get two nuggets for about two hours. Thanks, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Dang Ray,what an adventure!Good looking area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent in MT Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Ray, at least no snake bit. Glad you are at least able to walk out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Dang Ray...thats kind of what nightmares are made of! Glad your ok and got some gold.Man, guess youl remember that hunt for a long time Keep safe sirTom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahorton10 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 My bad days never include finding gold! At least something good came from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jczucco Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Glad you are O.K.! You should go with someone just for that reason, One never knows what might happen when you are by yourself. At least you got a couple pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 They say it's not the gold but the adventure...you just got BOTH !! Glad to hear you made it.....Rattler bites and no water could have been worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVminer Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Push dirt, not your luck. Be careful out there and always have an emergency plan when headed out alone. Did you carry a gun or air horn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Geeezzzz Ray...I`d hate to see what you call a bad morning Got to be those kind of days now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Ray, ouch , glad you survived, maybe a little worst for wear ,but no hospital involved and you apparently made it home and at least you found some gold!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Holy Cow, Ray!!! ... Glad you made it through that adventure intact!!! ... Looks like Joe Noshoulders got the worst end of the day! ... BCOT!!!! Nice nugglets! Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 At least the bedrock looks amazing. Glad some good came from your trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpuisis Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Your area looks similar to mine up here in Calaveras Co. We have the snakes, but no water this time of year. Be careful on your next adventure and keep finding those nuggets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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