Moving to the San Diego Area..

[chinacash]

This is Dave in Japan,
Love looking for the old Bronze coins and artifacts here, but looks like I will be in the San Diego Area for a year or two before I make it back to Okinawa,

Have been detecting for over 20 years and have a lot of experience on land and in the water and have done great over the years..
I would like to give the nugget hunting a try.. Have done a little panning in Ariz about 15 years back, but that has been about it.
Just need to know if there is any good areas west of San Diego and that is not too far away, I was stationed in 29 Palms for a year and remember some old abandoned mines there.

Any help getting me started would be great...

 

[FlakMagnet]

Hi Chinacash,

You are going to be near one of the last great places to hunt, not only for gold,
but for some pretty famous lost placers, lost ledges and many other possibilities.
The Anza Borrego/Warner Springs/Carizzo Badlands area's just to the east of
San Diego hold many mysteries that have not come close to being solved.
There are lots good books about the area which should also be readily available
in San Diego.
There are of course, many areas that are NOT legal to detect and you should become
familier with where park and military boundries are located (a gps will be a great
help).
It is dangerous for the uninitiated, but if you are familier with the 29 Palms area, you already understand how the desert can be.

All the best,

Flak