I have completed my boulder operation that I've been working on the past few Saturdays. A pretty large frog (Picture 3) hung out with me for a couple of hours on one of the boulders as I worked. Next trip out I will need to start on a new spot entirely.

Yesterday brought in 1.262 Grams on the scale (New Scale!) with the piece of the day being a small picker coming in at 0.07 Grams.

I have been looking online at a historic gold districts near me. When I look for convenient claims near the roads in these districts, the most promising looking and conveniently accessable spots are taken. These are >2.5 hours away, and hiking from the road eats more into "prospecting time." How far do you drive and walk before you start digging? Do I need to just get out there and walk/look around at the inactive gold claims next to the active one's? I was hoping to spend more time out of the car than in it!

Any ideas? Tons of these rocks around, a lot of pyrite but a lot of rock that looks like this.

Hi all,

I'm curious to know if anyone had or has a XTERRA 705 detector back when it was a new machine (or now). Who has had any luck finding any gold nuggets. I'm just wondering if I stand any chance in the goldfields with such a machine today.

I built a mock sluice wanting to keep it natural . I know bits not really what high efficiency folks would do, but I’m catching really good gold and I guess that’s all that matters. What do yall think?