yukonlewis

Hi Rob - just back from a trip to Manitoba to try out the Deus on trashy old sites specifically to look for coins. Here is one lucky days take - for the two of us - totaled over 62 dollars in coins (remember we have loonies and toonies - one and two dollar coins that can add to the total pretty fast!) I was impressed by the Deus's recover time, discrimination ability and ease of handling (ie moving from one program to another) I'll be heading back to the gold fields soon with the new knowledge acquired and will try to find some gold now!! Cheers yukonlewis

I've been hunting this spring with the Deus, GPX 4000 and the Gold Bug 2. I've found a limited amount of gold (< 3.0 grams - all sub gram) but all with the GB2. Neither the GB2 nor the Minelab are very good in high trash areas so I'm still hoping that the DEUS will shine in that department. Its certainly one of the most sophisticated detectors that I've used. I have not been disappointed in its ability (during tests) to locate sub gram gold in trash so I'm guessing that in the real world I just haven't put the coil over a nuggets as yet. More adventures in the real world to come! I'm bound to learn more before the summer is out!! Cheers

Chuck you may wish to wait a little on a purchase if you are not in any big rush. I think by the end of this summer there will be a number of options come forward after some field tests thru the summer. I have a Deus on the way up (thanks to Rob) to the Yukon here and will be testing it as soon as the ground thaws on both coins and gold. I'm expecting it to be a wonderful coin machine and am also keen to see how it manages on rubish filled gold fields. We will see! Good Luck on you hunt. cheers yukonlewis

Well I'll be darned - hard work and persistence does pay off!! Who knew!! Well done Steve - wonderful nugget! Cheers yukonlewis

Most of our gold is small so it is no suprise that the GB 11 still outshines most other detectors under the midnight sun!! The very best of the holiday season to the lot of you and may your next nugget be a skookum one!! Cheers

Nice work Steve - that is one lovely piece of gold. Hey I note that you are located in the souther 48 now so does that mean no more trips to Alaska? If you come back up this way drop in so we can have a cup of coffee or a beer. The very best to you and yours this Christmas season! Cheers Bob

I will be following up on the advice given! Thanks guys - its off to Wallmart this PM - and then, if I have to, I'll be contacting Felix. Cheer yukonlewis

I've been getting "falses" on my gold bug 11. Switched out the coils and there were different problems (actually no signal coming thru the coil). Putting the old coil (6 inch) back on, and stretching the cable put everything back into working order once again. However, I'm thinking that there must be a short in the control box around the five pin connector. Where would I send it to get it checked? Can local electronic guys open up the case and work on the insides with some success or would I be tempting fate. The machine is 15 years old if its a day and never given me a moment of headache. They were sure made to take abuse! Cheers

Way2cool you hit the nail on the head re the Klondike area having history! And lots of it. I'm playing on an old cllaim once mined by "Klondike Joe Boyle" at the turn of the century. Now there was a larger than life individual, often called an adventurer, scoundral, rougue - oh - and a miner - amongst others. Its well worth looking up the character as he was one of the "colourful 5%" that existed then - and actually they exist up here today! So when I'm on the hills - I do take my hat off to the old timers - all of them - for their imagination and guts - and sometimes unbelievable flair! Rob, I had to leave the 4000 in the truck, and it was the fine work of the Gold Bug 2 that hauled in the gold. And yes, I've hit this hill of years, and went off saying to my wife "well theres nothing there that I'm going to find this time" only to be proved wrong once again. Its nice to be surprised sometimes. The miner will be opening up the ground in an area he hopes to find big nuggets this summer. He's invited me to participate. With a little luck I'll be able to post a few more pieces of gold.

16 grams of Dawson City gold. A nice way to end the long winter! Largest nugget 1.5 grams. Most much smaller. I've always been amazed at this machines sensatively. The spring hunt was one where, as usual, I managed to relearn all of old rules: go slow, chase any fluxuation in the sounds, scrub( lightly) the ground with the coil, let the machine "reset" before swinging when switching between discrinination and regular modes etc. etc. Always fun thou - and great to be out once again. Cheers

Truly a beauty!

Insiteful comments as usual Rob. The one other aspect of the story that has changed my behavour somewhat is now an increased accountability on my part on keeping an eye on new folks I take out in the bush. Both for their sakes and mine!

At one time it was fairly easy to get access to miners claims to look for gold if you were known and had a solid reputation. However, it is getting increasing difficult in the Yukon as miners are concerned about individuals pocketing what they find (as usual) but are now increasing becoming concerned about the liability they are assuming allowing people on their claims. The liability aspect is new to me as miners did not concern themselves overly with liability in the past. althou I do understand and appreciate their point I'm loosing access to some sweet patches. For me he case in point was a miner who had given me access to his claim for years. I took a "newbe" prospector up with me to Dawson City and althou keen, the individual was not used to heavy equipment and the need to stay well away from areas the miner did not want us near. After a couple of hours I lost track of my buddy as I was working in an area where I could not see him. Within a short time he came over to me and explained that he had just been in an area where a loader (988) had just about buried him! WHAT!!!! I exclaimed - as he told the tale of becoming disoriented and wondering in an area we had asked to keep out of - for good reason. The upshot of that was the next year when I approached the miner to access his claim again - he said no - he had given the incident a lot of thought and he realized that if he had injured my buddy - or anyone - or if anyone had just broken a leg on his claim - he could be exposed to unwanted liability. I really did'nt have a talking point around that one and accepted his position and have never been back on his claim. Any other folks run into this?

one last picture.

I suppose this is a specimen? There is an oz. of gold in this nugget. Not bad. I have wondered if the composition of the nugget would have anything to do with the solid hit - but really with an oz. of gold - it should have registered earlier! However it did not get away!!!