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Reno Chris | 09-09-2007 03:55 AM
Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada 3 Attachment(s) I went out prospecting with my metal detector and got a nice 1.8 dwt nugget last weeknd, and a 2 grain dink to go with it. It is a beautiful area. Within a few miles there is a chain of a couple dozen natural alpine lakes. Some have very good fishing. Many of the streams in the area carry gold. Some carry a lot of gold! Just a location thats hard to top. Also here's some area photos and a shot of the gold I got. Chris

woodman | 09-10-2007 06:05 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Nice. I drove through the Sierra Nevada late spring. Still snow and closed roads but one of the most beautifull places I've been.

bottom feeder | 09-10-2007 07:02 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Man, Reno those pictures are just beautiful - all three of them. Just add some rain to it and it would look just like it does around here. bf

woodman | 09-10-2007 08:52 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Quote:
Originally Posted by bottom feeder (Post 731265) Man, Reno those pictures are just beautiful - all three of them. Just add some rain to it and it would look just like it does around here. bf
Yeah, Seattle area is pretty. I've gone there twice to set up domicile and it didn't work. Last time I slept in my car at a campground and night after night it rained and I got progressively more depressed and turned tail for Michigan. Lots of work there though. Maybe third time is a charm? A side note and I don't mean to derail the thread but it is about beer, (liquid gold). I used to love the Ranier Beer; could only get it out west. Well farging Anheiser Bush bought em out and I can't get Ranier Beer anymore. What a piss-off.

CajunCoin | 09-10-2007 08:55 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Nice Gold, enough to keep the family fed! Seriously, when I was in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia a couple of years ago, I panned and detected for some gold in sand, found a few flakes. An old timer up there told me about the depression when people would pan for dinner to get about 2-3 dollars worth a day to keep on going. A good gold claim could be a heck of a retreat in hard times!

goldminer | 09-10-2007 09:21 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Great looking colors, congrats! Just right of center of your first picture looks like old tailings from mining. If it was a gold mine, you might want to work the pile with your nugget detector. The 'ole timers didn't know a nugget was there unless they saw it. Good nuggets are frequently found by detecting old tailings. Best of luck. If you find nuggets call me; I need to know where you're diggin! :wink

<SLV> | 09-10-2007 10:27 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Beautiful! I live here in Colorado, so I should be doing more prospecting. I have a stupid question... what is "dwt"? I know it must be a measurement of weight, but I'm unfamiliar with it.

Reno Chris | 09-10-2007 11:05 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada slv: dwt means penneyweight. A penneyweight is 1/20th of a troy ounce. So my nugget is just shy of 1/10th of an ounce. goldminer: I see the rock you are looking at, and its a slide. There are gold mines on that mountain, mostly on the other side. Chris

blueice | 09-11-2007 02:33 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada Nice pictures, Chirs. How long where you panning :questionm

Reno Chris | 09-11-2007 07:54 PM
Re: Prospecting in the Sierra Nevada I got the larger nugget with a metal detector - I was probably looking around for about 2 hours before I found it. The smaller nugget I got panning - I probably panned for an hour. Chris

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