even per week [size=medium](if you only recovered that one day out of a week)[/size] ... still amounts to 176.8 dwt per year, and for newcomers to gold nugget hunting that totals to 8.84 ounces of gold per year. Sure adds up to making this a great hobby!
Did you only work the Gold + with one search coil, or change them around?
Which worked better for you at the terrain you displayed, the 5" DD, 5½X10 DD or 5½X10 Concentric?
Best of success on your next journey afield. Maybe I'll e-mail you for some site suggestions when I make a California trip in a few months. I haven't been finding many productive sites like you work the past decade here in Eastern Oregon. Very thin pickin's, plus my mobility limitations sure cut in on where/how far I travel afoot.
Monte
[size=small]PS: For readers not familiar with gold nugget terminology, 'dwt' is the abbreviation for 'pennyweight,' and one ounce = '20 dwt.'[/size]