greendave41 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I recently got to spend a week with my dad out in the goldfields. I had been on numerous trips before that had only yielded 2 detected nuggets, so with 6 days to look, my goals were simple.1. Find atleast 2 nuggets with a detector (size does not matter)2. I have owned a Goldbug2 for 4 years (primarily used on the east coast, and have yet to get it over a piece of gold). So goal #2 is to find atleast one nugget with the GB2.Well, 20 minutes into day 1 and the GPX-4000 w/ 11" commander mono hits on a small but nice specimen gold piece.Day 2- was spent mostly investigating a recent small patch, did some detecting, but mostly drywashing, 2 sample holes, not great gold, none detected.Day 3- more drywashing in a different wash and explored an area that had yielded some small gold in quartz specimens in the past, perfect spot for the GB2. As luck would have it, found 7 small specimens with the GB2. Both goals checked off 3 days in...success.Day 4- 6 more with the GB2 in the same area.Day 5- spent 5 or 6 hours exploring and then hit an older patch that yielded some larger nuggets, tried the 11"mono and an 18"or 20" with the 4000, no hits. Took the GB2 over, and alas 4 small nuggets.Day 6- explored all day for a lonely isolated nugget with the gpx400 11" mono, no success.All in all, not that i didn't believe before, but I can now say with confidence and firsthand experience that the GB2 is an unbelievable machine. Nothing against the minelabs at all!, but for this situation and type of gold, the GB2 allowed me to come home with 18 pieces of gold (+1 from the drywasher) instead of 1. I ran the 11" mono on the GPX-4000 on the hillside patch that yielded 13 detected nuggets prior to taking the GB2 up there, and didn't have any hits. In the photo, the nuggets circled in the top left, we tested with the GP3500 with the joey coil and only the 2nd from the right within the circle registered a hit.All in all a great time spent with my dad prospecting, great weather and scenery, and gold to carry home.-Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Jim Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Way to go, Dave. What a great hunt + doing it with your dad....makes icing on the cake.Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Way to go man!! Nice nugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Well done !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Very good take. Nice nuggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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