Fly poop, or ‘THE BIG ONE’?

[randystreasureadventures]

Guys, I’ve heard and been involved in a sort of debate, if you will, about what is worth the time when it comes to detecting for gold. I just want to hear opinions here, not really weighing towards one side or the other, although I realize we all want to find ‘THE BIG ONE’. SO-

Scenario 1-you’re hunting in gold bearing ground but finds have whittled down to tiny fly poop nuggets weighing in the tenths of a gram. But you may find 10-30 of these.

Scenario 2-skip that little sh**, I just want to run max sensitivity down the middle of the wash and I don’t care if I dig a few antique horseshoes, I want that lunker half-ouncer.

I see both sides here, but since I only get out a few times a year, I try the blended approach. I’ll crank the sensitivity on the 6000 and hit hillsides and small, steep washes for the first couple days, as well as search new areas myself or my buddies may not have hit. Two to three days in, after my knees start complaining, I’ll be ready to stay in a more gentle wash, dig some, and play the numbers game.

So do you care to work and dig fly poop, or just cover ground waiting for your headphones to blow off?

 

[Jennifer]

The forum just started so we have a limited audience so I may be the only response but thank you for posting... and I'll give my .02 worth. I'm not a tiny gold person, not because I don't love having the hook reset in my lip on a continuous basis, thus keeping me on the gold but because if I'm out there swinging an SDC, I keep saying to myself "if I'm spending time on the ground, I should be swinging a larger coil or it's a waste of time" and usually get my 5000 instead.

I don't need big gold, although there is lots around where I am, but what I do hate and will drive me away, is rubbish/trash. I'd rather go 8 hours without a single target than be digging .22 casings all day, that does my head in. So to answer your question, I reckon it depends on if I know the patch is cleaned up on larger size, i may go back with the Axiom, SDC, or the 5000 with a small Sadie coil to do cleanup but I'm a hug believer in the return on investment is better spent covering ground than spending 30 minutes to pin point a little gold shard. LOL

Have you watched the multi part finding a virgin patch video series that @Doc did, it's highly recommended.

Jen

 

[randystreasureadventures]

I’m with you-we’ve begun actual prospecting due to our areas just being so hammered that fly poop is all we find in some of them. Plus we have the 6000’s and those dang detectors will scream on something so tiny… We’ve also found some patches in our areas that have yielded large nuggets and in aggregate given up over an ounce! But patches are few and far between, so at a point, we give in and dig a little more in the old spots. I do feel that we may get a surprise one day because we seem to be dealing with a never ending supply of tiny nuggets, and have been following them upstream. Maybe we’ll find the source pretty soon, but so far not. I think it may be guarded by that rattlesnake from my video! That’s what I was doing that day-hitting the sides of a large ‘V’ of two washes coming into one. I had the 7000 in ‘dig to China’ mode but all I got was a cool story…

But yes, I have definitely taken the big Gold approach more often than not!

 

[Axtyr]

G'dy Randy.

For me it's not about finding gold but being out in the bush and away from the city and all the pressures it lumps on you. It's certainly great to find some gold but I just enjoy the tranquility and peace out there. Here in Australia, especially in Victoria, the fly shite is the expected result at the end of the day. However, don't give up. My largest nugget was 3.22 ounces and if it was any closer to the surface I would have tripped on it, and that was in 2020 in a greatly flogged area.

If you want the big gold then stick with the 7000 as that will improve your chances and also get the tiny bits, but if you definitely want to go home with some gold then I think the 6000 is the way to go. You could start with the 6 and finish with the 7 depending on your physical capabilities. I know exactly how you feel with the aches and pains.

Rgards Axtyr.

 

[randystreasureadventures]

That fly poop gold does add up! And keeps the skunk off your back, lol!

 

[Jennifer]

That fly poop gold does add up! And keeps the skunk off your back, lol!

The fly poop keeps the hook set in the lip so to speak.. LOL

 

[Jennifer]

G'dy Randy.

For me it's not about finding gold but being out in the bush and away from the city and all the pressures it lumps on you. It's certainly great to find some gold but I just enjoy the tranquility and peace out there. Here in Australia, especially in Victoria, the fly shite is the expected result at the end of the day. However, don't give up. My largest nugget was 3.22 ounces and if it was any closer to the surface I would have tripped on it, and that was in 2020 in a greatly flogged area.

If you want the big gold then stick with the 7000 as that will improve your chances and also get the tiny bits, but if you definitely want to go home with some gold then I think the 6000 is the way to go. You could start with the 6 and finish with the 7 depending on your physical capabilities. I know exactly how you feel with the aches and pains.

Rgards Axtyr.

As retired law enforcement doing her best to deal with PTSD issues, your statement about being out in the bush is golden!!!!! I agree, problem is, all that peace and quiet gives the brain too much time to think... need to have more targets to keep you distracted.. LOL