got out for more practice

[G-bone]

Hello all,

Got out to a local area known for placer,but not much for nuggets.

But had to give it a go.

9 hours of bush whacking and climbing in and out gulches.

Great hike and lots to see....but no yellow.

Lots of good signs though.

Floating quartz every where.

One dried up stream bed had some float quartz cemented in a caleche type material.

Lots of deep red dirt areas that had contact zones with the white Caleche type material.

Nothing but lead and brass for the most part.

I almost could not swing without a hit on something.

So after the first hour, I only dug the mellow hits that did not scream,

See the one pic with black circles pointing out lead.

this was in one of the smaller streams coming out of a gulch.

Just littered with lead right on the surface.

I figure there's probably over 100 years worth of shooting in these canyons.

Took some dirt samples home to pan as well.

Cheers

G

[Tortuga]

With a Gold Bug Pro I'd probably focus on exposed bedrock and some of those false bedrock caliche areas.

Think thin with that detector. It will go deeper but just imagine the coil punching down only a few inches. That will keep you out of those dirt areas with all that modern lead and trash.

[oldies1955]

Holy cow!
That's a lot of lead concentrated in one spot!
You may want to dig it out and detect. Scrape all the bullets out of the way.

Least you got out and hit the hills. As Tortuga said, with the amount of trash you might stick to bedrock.

Keep at it....you will find some!
Good luck to you

Tom H.