DigDeep Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Pretty boring video but the forum is pretty slow sooooo.Can anyone figure out where I am??? (Oh BTW the Big Gold Nugget hood ornament is not real. , it's amaizing how many people ask though ) DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Digdeep. Copper City road out of Barstow? Or maybe the road to Burro Scmidt mine?----Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I thought the road out to Rye Patch but the grease wood threw me? looks more like AZ. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted December 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Digdeep. Copper City road out of Barstow? Or maybe the road to Burro Scmidt mine?----BobNo, but damn good guess, the roads look very alike.This was taken Many miles away from there.DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paseclipse Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Sheez James... you drive like me... like a bat out of hell! I always tell people I just want to get to the goldfields as fast as I can.I'm gonna take a guess and say thats the road to the Dale District.Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Paseclipse, I like your guess.Flak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted December 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Well that took all of two and a half hours LOL.Del and Flak got it.DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 As someone who rolled my Toyota Tacoma years ago, going only 15 mph, may I suggest you slow down?Hard to imagine you can roll a truck going 15 mph, but a Coyote that I used to feed, that I named Phoebe, ran out in front of my truck. It threw me into a very slow skid, which I was not concerned about at all. I figured when I hit the side of the road where the grader had been I would stop. Well I hit it with the right front tire after I had skid around 180 degrees and had just enough momentum, to tip my truck up on edge, it actually balanced right there for a second trying to decide whether to come back down on it's wheels, or tip on to it's side.Well apparently some gnat farted and caused just enough of a breeze to tip that sucker on it's side. I was so damn mad. The berm of the road just crushed the whole upper part of the cab, and the camper shell, broke out the windshield, basically trashed the truck.About 20 minutes later a guy came by with a big truck and a chain and pulled me back onto the wheels. I started it up and drove the wreck home. It took 2 months and $15,500 to repair it. They stripped it to the frame and completely rebuilt the truck. I have been driving it ever since.This is the same truck that I hit a deer with, 2 months before that, on the way coming back from a detecting trip with Digger Bob. Really takes the fun out of finding 6 nuggets when you smash Bambi coming back from a successful trip.That's why I always say, BCOT! Be Careful Out There!Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Bob Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 As someone who rolled my Toyota Tacoma years ago, going only 15 mph, may I suggest you slow down?Hard to imagine you can roll a truck going 15 mph, but a Coyote that I used to feed, that I named Phoebe, ran out in front of my truck. It threw me into a very slow skid, which I was not concerned about at all. I figured when I hit the side of the road where the grader had been I would stop. Well I hit it with the right front tire after I had skid around 180 degrees and had just enough momentum, to tip my truck up on edge, it actually balanced right there for a second trying to decide whether to come back down on it's wheels, or tip on to it's side.Well apparently some gnat farted and caused just enough of a breeze to tip that sucker on it's side. I was so damn mad. The berm of the road just crushed the whole upper part of the cab, and the camper shell, broke out the windshield, basically trashed the truck.About 20 minutes later a guy came by with a big truck and a chain and pulled me back onto the wheels. I started it up and drove the wreck home. It took 2 months and $15,500 to repair it. They stripped it to the frame and completely rebuilt the truck. I have been driving it ever since.This is the same truck that I hit a deer with, 2 months before that, on the way coming back from a detecting trip with Digger Bob. Really takes the fun out of finding 6 nuggets when you smash Bambi coming back from a successful trip.That's why I always say, BCOT! Be Careful Out There!DocDoc, are you still driving that same truck?? That happened at LEAST 10 years ago! But I guess if you put that much into it to get it driveable again, you'd want to get your moneys worth out of it. I'd say you're about even now.Digger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldhunters Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Kinda hard to swing the detector at that speed.... its looks like mojave desert to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Some guys use a stealthy hunting method slow and quiet, and try to sneak up on thier prey. When I hunt I use the fast attack method , I dont want them to have time to hide.DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Also the Mythbuster guys did a test on rough road driving, here is a link to some info.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2006_season)#Rough_Road_DrivingI am not condoning driving fast. So if you turn into a yard sale in the middle of the desert it's your own fault lol.DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Digger that truck looks like it did the last time you saw it. It is a sweet little work horse. I love that truck!DocDoc, are you still driving that same truck?? That happened at LEAST 10 years ago! But I guess if you put that much into it to get it driveable again, you'd want to get your moneys worth out of it. I'd say you're about even now.Digger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 DigDeep Speed, stealth, what ever it takes to find the gold. yard sale TCOT AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Cargo's or Chocolates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Cargo's or Chocolates?Let's see fedex or nsaexpress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael88 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I hate to say it; I had a 1988 Toyota 4x4(first owner)truck- never a problem(170,000 miles). 1995 toyota 4runner 4x4-never a problem(160,000 miles). 2003 Chevy s-10(19,000miles got rid of)- in the shop every 2 months. 2001 Mitsubishi Galant(like a dummy-still have)- you name it, it's been replaced(transmition, etc). Now have a 2006 Toyota Tundra- no problems(original owner). Toyota's rock.I would take a Toyota with 180,000 miles over any other vehicle. I am a Toyota Fanatic and THIS is my first post.Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I hate to say it; I had a 1988 Toyota 4x4(first owner)truck- never a problem(170,000 miles). 1995 toyota 4runner 4x4-never a problem(160,000 miles). 2003 Chevy s-10(19,000miles got rid of)- in the shop every 2 months. 2001 Mitsubishi Galant(like a dummy-still have)- you name it, it's been replaced(transmition, etc). Now have a 2006 Toyota Tundra- no problems(original owner). Toyota's rock.I would take a Toyota with 180,000 miles over any other vehicle. I am a Toyota Fanatic and THIS is my first post.MichaelToyota 4runner is one of my favorites. Not the most powerful pulling a small trailer but great on gas. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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