Finding Gold Nuggets in the Arizona Sunshine Metal Detecting

[@ChrisRalph]

On the close up still I could see that greenish glint common in a lot of electrum. Well done!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thanks Chris and when you get out here I would like to take you to that area to better understand it through your eyes...

[@dennisjamieson3328]

Your easy to listen too. Enjoyed your video. Watching from British Columbia. Canada

[@milesnn]

Sweet adventure beautiful area scored 3 each awesome more knowledge fantastic awesome awesome thank u

[@MericaAdventures]

Great day out on the range herding nuggets. Nice finds bill 👍🇺🇸⚒😊🍀

[@henryphelps3590]

Gold nuggets Bruno Tammy and Bill wonderful way to start the weekend thank you Bill !

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thank you Henry

[@jasond6770]

What a great hunt and awesome finds for both of you! Well-deserved. Thanks for taking us along.

[@rickreimer1050]

Very nice. Love to see that piece after the acid treatment. Thanks for sharing.

[@FlashInYourPan]

Hi, Bill & Tammy! Good morning, It's always nice to find VG (visible Gold) Enjoy your day out in the desert, Bill, and have a good time with my friend Bryan from American Gold Prospectors, He is a really good guy... Thanks for sharing, your day and knowledge...

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

He is coming by this afternoon to buy a GM 1000 and then we are planning some filming and gold hunting.

[@FlashInYourPan]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER Right on, HE is a good guy, Bill, I think you will like him...

[@diggindiggenit6540]

Amazing how the smallest piece of material will set off those detectors, it sure is nice watching you and tammy getting out there in such neat surroundings and exploring for the next target, very nice adventure and I hope you have many more.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Cheers and thank you for watching and commenting

[@billpowell5931]

Great stuff! Nuggets for you, nuggets for Tammy, and electrum... I learned yet another tidbit from you. Thanks.

[@scrappinbig2239]

I just recently found your channel and I'm glad that you are here in my back yard and liked it how you found your first little picker nugget right on top without having to dig it up ! Looking forward to watching your next video and you got to love it outside right now while it's still on the cool side cause soon it's going to be a scorcher out there.

[@mikechevalier2944]

make me feel good to see people who love to have fun,, too cold in Wis right now,, icant wait to get toAz to used my drywasher,and sleep under the az stars,,,

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Very nice! Great job finding that gold. I've never known that gold and silver can be found naturally stuck together like that. Would be amazing to find a large one several ounces big like that. Very cool. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy and take care.

[@curlymaplebandit1363]

Morning Bill, thanks for the inspiration!

[@davidvilla3243]

You've only just begun to dig,dig up some gold for us: A little lump and we're on our way.Sound familiar Bill? lol Keep it golden always.David out.Your GOLDEN YEAR has begun.

[@rickmessina5396]

Super day for both of you guys. Neat deal.....

[@TomokosEnterprize]

What a great way to start a day hunting. Must feel great after that long dry spell.What a great day for both of you. I sure wouldn't be telling anyone about that honey hole eh. Thanks folks.

[@garyanddoris6022]

Love to see people detecting and finding gold even if it’s a tiny speck , to me that’s the real treasure of not knowing what’s in the ground until it’s dug up...

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

That is very true for me as well

[@goldennuggs5608]

First target was a nugget almost sunbaking! great day, you both had some great finds. Close up of that electrum was cool, nice quartz in the background of where you were showing your nuggets too!

[@steveevans424]

Looks like fun....cheers..... from cloudy rainy cold Oregon

[@PAPAROUSwhatsinthedirt]

Great way to start a hunt with a nugget!!! thanks for the offer to test out a vanquish I am in northern California would be a long drive to test a detector! also found out my wife bought one for me for our anniversary next month!

[@parleygeorge7164]

Always enjoy seeing the man in action! Gold makes it more exciting,

[@reidogarimpo1691]

Good morning my friend!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Good Morning

[@AmericanGoldProspectors]

Great video! Nice gold! Nice when the heavy rains refresh the ground. Happy hunting!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Indeed it is and great meeting you Bryan and see ya later today

[@BlueEyedIndian1]

I just found a nugget wrapped in silver glad you were talking about that lol

[@williamgipson6558]

Bill, were you using your new Vanquish 540 detector? Hope to see how it does in detecting gold. Looking forward to another video of the Vanquish 540. Thanks for sharing.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I will do some more with the Vanquish and may take it out for a bit today...

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

What the heck, I thought I was already subscribed. Definitely am now 😁🤙. Great job brotha.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

That happens to me as well, not sure why KZbin drops me from some channels

[@mahatmadoo2566]

Looks like a great day out prospecting! Yee haa!

[@richardallen9310]

Thats some nice gold finding, have you ever heard of a small pick tool

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Yes carry a pick and crevasse tool in my pouch and use when needed.

[@jomsa]

Dude, so cool dirt you got there. I wish we had stuff like that here in Finland. We mostly just got meters and meters of overburden which is completely messed up by numerous ice ages, so next to impossible to find gold without sluicing tons of dirt first.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Yep my friend, here we are hunting on the bones of the Earth

[@Smithsgold]

Nice !!!!!!

[@outdoorwally8430]

Hey Bill, do you have any videos comparing the large and small coils on the gold monster?

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

No I don't yet and with a VLF there is not a huge difference in depth, but you get more ground coverage with the larger coil

[@outdoorwally8430]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER ty

[@wandlbaker]

Crumbs or specks or flakes - it is all good and all good. Congratulations.

[@edkubinski]

Way to go you guys! The all add up no matter what size they are.

[@kimog8406]

Saw you today by the Morristown post office. Hoping you found something good today

[@shonaghday1338]

Hi Bill, Just wondering how you go with leave litter and damp lichen with the GM1000. I know it probably best to scrape leaves away where you can. I guess I'm just wondering if you can ground balance with leave litter and lichen etc? Thanks so much

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Seems to be OK up North here, but we have little ground cover in the deserts

[@kevinhubbard8039]

another great vid bill any gold is better than none, never seen gold with silver in it cool

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Yes it is cool stuff to find

[@johnsimth8350]

Is this public land or private land where hunt for . Is this in state of Arizona or New Mexico.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Arizona on public BLM land.

[@mrmagoo9901]

Would a pin pointer make it easier to find? Getting ready to head out myself and trying to collect as my check advice as I can. Thanks

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I don't use one since we do not have to dig small holes, we can dig around the target and recover with a scoop. Much faster for me and less stuff to carry...

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Do you ever use the bigger coil , or always the 5 inch??

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I use the Monster for exploration type prospecting and hunting shallow ground so Keep the 5 inch on it to maneuver around better, when hunting deeper material I use a PI detector.

[@robmart8255]

When you find a nugget do you slow down and methodically check the area or for the KZbin video keep on going?

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I always move slooooooooooow

[@h8tnlife]

You don't happen to have any info on or about the old original gold bug metal detector? I know you sell the Minelabs but I'm having a hella hard time trying to learn this thing... dunno if it even works properly🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

They are a good detector and you can send it in to Fisher and they will do a tuneup on it for you I think.

[@h8tnlife]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER Cool!! Will have to look into that! Thanks Bill!

[@roamingwithrocco9704]

Excellent!!!

[@jwrappuhn71]

Ya'll got yourselves a hat trick, good hunting guys.

[@goldenbanjo197]

I love your channel man. I’m going through watching all your videos. I’m in New Mexico and just getting started. I’m wondering if there is as much gold here as AZ. We will find out soon!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thanks my friend

[@richardbeee]

That Gold Monster is so sensitive that I'm picking up real small targets. Now if i don't find them right off the "bat",I simply throw them in my bucket and pan my bucket when I get home.Already have found .465 gram. But of course I'm not filming. Tiny pieces. Awesome machine. Thanks for your knowledge.

[@Bullarabdog]

Nice vid great work

[@doak4886]

Think I would try strapping a coil to Bruno’s belly while I attempted to follow him in the buggy. That boy covers some ground.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Hahahaha yes he does and runs back and forth all day checking un us lol

[@Mark-TBH]

Congrats Bill on the gold

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thanks Mark..

[@edwardjj4224]

Great video and education Thanks for posting l am beginner practliy second year enjoin my metal detector hobby Just wondering if using pint point metal detector will make the work more easy All the best and happy hunting everybody God bless You all

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Hi Ed, I use a pinpointer when coin relic hunting, but find it a hassle to use recovering nuggets. But that is just what works best for me.

[@48thstateprospecting]

New to the channel but enjoying it a LOT The monster 1000 looks impressive especially finding such small pieces like it does what’s its max depth into bedrock?

[@craigarizonagoldhunters1336]

Great video Bill thanks for the info on electrum. Keeping them coming! Not sure what electrum tastes like?

[@BillyBob-tt7hy]

Ground is still frozen, dug out my Lobo, Eurika Gold machine and my 5000, I’m going to do some comparisons with different sizes and deaths, I’ll keep you posted. I have 3 coils for the 5000 and 2 for my lobo. Enjoy 😊

[@dennisjamieson3328]

Any wild varmints or snakes to worry about?

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

We have them, but not much to worry about if you pay attention

[@VoGusProspecting]

mmmm, nuggets!

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Why is there gold in Australia so much more brilliant gold colour than anywhere else in the world

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

nice work boy

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thanks PK

[@ach.8780]

Hi bill. Whats the biggest gold nugget you have found with the gold monster 1000

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

4 grams or so....

[@miningmonkey760]

Hey Bill, question when you are digging a Target in the ground ho is it that you can get the video shot always in the frame or at least most of the time in the frame? I'm struggling with my GoPro digging a Target using the chest option and it records to close to by upper legs and not even close to capturing the digging of the target.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I only use a tripod with adgustable legs about foot tall. Never have used chest mount. I dig all targets so a bit of work but the product helps in showing real!

[@miningmonkey760]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER sweet,no wonder they look cool all the time thanks.

[@Chris-hm4sn]

Is it pretty impossible to find gold here in Arizona without a detector? Love your videos thanks for sharing

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

No there are many ways to recover gold, drywashers, sluice, and on and on

[@nvauminer8973]

Go figure. . . The bigun is laying on top and the smaller crumbs are buried down a bit. That's how the nuggies fall sometimes. Nice Job!!!!

[@gravediggermaxvabeachva]

it was a good gold day for you two......Tammy was on the tickets.........

[@weighit]

Wondering if you are out on a claim or just out in the desert? Nice video and well done for good information, Thanks

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

on public BLM land

[@dennisjamieson3328]

Lotta work

[@DiggingCanuck]

Watching this now :)

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Well HI Liz and good to see you snooping around over here!

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

If you don't mind me asking how much is gold worth in Australia right now an ounce

[@vicvalente4874]

Hey Bill, I just found your channel here, and I really enjoy it! I have a sincere question, maybe you can help me out. My buddy and I are hunters of many things, relics, artifacts, etc. and one thing we hunt for specifically for.meteorites. We are looking to buy a couple metal detectors, and we have settled on that they should be minelab machines. My question is, is the Gold Monster a remarkably better machine than the Equinox 800? If so, what advantages are there for one over the other? Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

If you looking to do it "all" with one detector then go with the Equinox 800 as it is excellent at sniffing out small and larger gold and is a killer coin/relic detector. The GM 1000 would be difficult to work as a coin/relic detector, but will work. It mainly for gold only hunting. Hope this helps. Have them in stock as well....

[@vicvalente4874]

OK, thanks Bill, were not ready to buy just yet but well be in touch!

[@pauljacobs8073]

I want to come down with the side by side and meet you in person sometime this summer. Maybe we can do a trip out detectin?

[@cocchettimichele]

Hi, I always follow with interest your videos which are beautiful! I am writing from Italy, and I have bought the GM 1000 for a few days. I have not tried it yet ... I would like to try it in the rivers in the north which are goldmakers BUT there is also a lot of mineralization. I hope to be able to use metal in these contexts. Thank you!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Thank you much for watching and good hunting, I think the monster will serve you well

[@cocchettimichele]

Dear Billy, I would like to ask you two things; the first I'd like to know how mineralization is, high or low; secondly I would like to know the weight of the small nuggets. Sorry for the language because I'm using Google translator. Thank you!

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Well I can see it yeah your camera seems be pretty good

[@dennisjamieson3328]

What’s a hot rock?

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

A rock that has more mineralization than the ground the detector is balanced to or a rock that contains allot of iron etc.

[@ironjimno7936]

how much of a reduction in price do you take when you sale a mixed nugget like that?

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Most times a collector will pay a pretty good price for an "odd duck" specimen, otherwise, they get crushed and processed. I keep the odd specimens since they are quite rare to find.

[@ironjimno7936]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER That is cool

[@budrohammbone2806]

Pleased to see that You had Your Ferocious Beast there to protect both of you from the desert boogers.

[@dennisjamieson3328]

You kept putting your detector on the spot and digging around it.

[@dennisjamieson3328]

Saw the little nugget in the crack.

[@arielmoya1255]

Careful🙏 with your dog in regards to rattle snakes. 🐍 my cousins dog got bit in the middle of the day here in Sunland Park New México.

[@kevincantrell2421]

You certainly inspire me kind sir! I’d love to chew your ear sometime. Do you do Facebook by chance. I’m a newly retired 47 year old that wants to get some of that yellow metal. I have had bounty hunters and Garrett detectors in the past. I’m looking for the best all around detector for nugget hunting. I live in Southern Oregon and the areas I hunt the ground is highly mineralized. I plan on joining the LDMA here in the next few weeks. I’d also like to get a solid gold detector. I’ve researched the GPZ 7000... Would that in your eyes be a better detector for all around? I plan on beach hunting as well as even up into British Columbia for my quest in search of the yellow metal 💪🤩🤘

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Yes I am on FB , but I don't go there allot my email is [e-mail]

[@novastones8914]

Yes yes yes...

[@glennsowacke9752]

Is that electrical tape on your coil???

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

yes keeps micro dirt and black sand from getting in and causing false signals

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

I had people asking me to get into a rock crawler Rock Club I always say to them the only two rocks I want to find a platinum and gold and so far have found Platinum very small amounts

[@danzoller7397]

Killer ! Whapooo Pop!

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Have you ever found a 5 oz nugget just asking what's your best nugget you've ever found in your life in Arizona

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

several in that range and my largest was a 27-pound specimen with 19.5 ounces of gold in it

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Still trying to figure out why gold and Australia is so much more brilliant colour than anywhere else I've seen dirty gold covered in quarts and I've seen dirty gold with lots of iron in it but I've an old gold which is goddess light tarnished to it but the Brilliance of the gold that's in Australia I don't understand why it's so much more brighter and gold colour

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

I have a new channel KZbin its Beeper Peeper Gold Nuget Seeker

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

@@ronaldjohnston9637 depends on carats and impurities in the gold, it is never pure in nature

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Wow thats awesome thats a good find

[@andyamysarizonaadventures5450]

First😎🏜 we want to see you guys as a drywasher team.but who would get the gold?😦🤣

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

We are going to do some drywashing in some upcoming videos when it dries out.

[@andyamysarizonaadventures5450]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER cool We are going to the claim tomorrow and give it a try. Hopefully we can get away with running slow and twice.If not definitely do some detecting. Good luck out there!

[@arizonagoldnuggetventures5564]

Hey Bill,....I've never seen anyone (other than you) who persists-in-using a plastic scoop for "trying-to" scrape-down-into hard,-tight,-semi-solid bedrock to get to a target, instead of utilizing an angled screwdriver!!! Wow, your'e giving professionalism a bad image here!!!! I'm only mess'n with ya,...and I'm not trying to brag, nor give ya a hard time, ...but I always carry and utilize three different sizes (widths) of angled screwdrivers ( for various sizes of crevices), and two different sizes of straight screwdrivers for prying bedrock (one is an ice pick for very narrow crevices). These are my "go-to-first" tools that I grab, long-before I ever grab for a scoop. Course, maybe I dig down much deeper than you , as most of my nuggets come from well-compacted mud/clay mixture where the nuggets are wedged down very deep within the cracks and crevices (4 to 6" down within) all-of-witch is usually-covered with 2-to 3 ft of overburden;.....I don't mind dig'n as long as I know there's a few nuggets down that deep. I like your video's,.... I might try videoing a few of my own. Gary

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I have a crevasse tool in my pouch always Gary, but just use the scoop to get to the bedrock. Thanks for watching my friend

[@arizonagoldnuggetventures5564]

@@NUGGETSHOOTER Glad you are done with the skunk trauma for a while,....me too

[@jimc.6127]

The product you are advertising is not the same price on the internet channel.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

The Gold Monster 1000 is 849.00 like at my store, nuggetshooter.com/store.html#!/MINELAB-GOLD-MONSTER-1000/p/80337246/category=21699411

[@MrEroshan]

My nuggets all end up being bullets and shot.

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

I get my share to my friend....

[@lj7862]

Try using a pik axe man

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

This is shallow soil and using a pick is not necessary, I always have one with me. I was picking and raking, then digging small bits from bedrock

[@daviddurflinger3104]

Arizona is just the best,don't you agree, of course there is Alaska catch you in the goldfields

[@ronaldjohnston9637]

Funny thing is platinum's not worth as much money is gold right now it's $2,222.51 an ounce right now

[@gordonsprattler4219]

Where is you pick. Plastic scoop in the desert are you insane. I’m done

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Pick is on my belt no need in shallow dirt, I have been doing this 30 years and know what tools to carry. Scoop is for shallow digs when crumb chasing and for recovering targets. Don't need the pick to dig 2 inches lol

[@gordonsprattler4219]

You played with your plastic scoop for five minutes and dug maybe 4 inches. I want to see you find gold not dig and dig and dig. This isn’t about your abilities. This is about keeping me interested. I’m not going to watch someone dig for 30 minutes.

[@bildrrick]

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