Some GPZ and SDC gold from the Northern Nevada Goldfields


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Here is a bit of gold I have got on a couple recent trips to the northern Nevada goldfields - Been a really wet last 6 weeks or so up this way in Northern Nevada. The total weight for this gold is about ten grams, or roughly 1/3rd of an ounce. The bigger pieces were found with the GPZ, while the smaller stuff, mostly to the right side of the photo, was taken with the SDC - both very definitely have their place for the types of detecting I do. I've had rain shortened days where I had to sit in my car and wait out a storm, etc. and some partial days that were spent with some time prospecting but some time driving back and forth to the gold fields and later returning home. I'd say this gold represents the equivalent of about 5 full days of prospecting.
I wish I could claim the biggest piece was some faint warble of a signal that I had the talent and skills to hear and identify, but it was a loud booming target less than an inch deep that any metal detector could have heard. When it boomed through my earphones I was sure it was trash, but I dug it and in much of northern Nevada there is not a lot of trash. The second swing of my pick a dirt clod flipped over and the nugget was shining back at me.
Its still out there, it just takes some work, persistence and a bit of luck - and sometimes patience while waiting for the thunderstorms to stop.

Sorry, - The small photo was all I could upload on this forum (I've posted bigger versions elsewhere).

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Nice Gold Chris;-) Hey Chris, is the shaft longer on the SDC 2300, then the GPZ ? or are they the same length. just wondering.

Take care, Ed

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Hey Chris here you be. jim

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