In April 2006, my wife Mary & I decided to go on an educational / nugget hunting trip to Rye Patch, Nevada, hosted by Gerry McMullen of Gerry's Metal Detectors out of Boise, Idaho. Three years ago I purchased a Minelab GP Extreme, but lacked the expertise to be successful in finding anything other than rusty nails.

I heard about Gerry's trips and decided to purchase a new Fisher Gold Bug 2 from him that included three days field training at Rye Patch.

I feel this training trip with Gerry was one of the best investments I've made, I now know how to set-up and operate both machines and find gold. I think everyone ended-up going home with a nugget . 

Our first small nugget was found right off the patio of our camper, on the first day while Gerry was working with me and our second was found the day after the training ended & Gerry left for home.

Needless to say we had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the company & beautiful scenery. I've enclosed pictures of the camp, scenery, our custom-built prospecting rig, my latest invention the OFC { old fart cart } and our small but prized nuggets.

We're looking forward to another trip with Gerry,

Chuck & Mary

Boise, Idaho