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Date Posted: 19:34:56 06/25/02 Tue
Author: jim straight
Subject: Re: Compass Magnum 420
In reply to: Dave Neubauer 's message, "Re: Compass Magnum 420" on 15:35:34 06/24/02 Mon

Dave
Although you did not ask, since you are in Wisconsen I will briefly mention the ice age. Unfortunately the ice-age glaciation sort of skipped part of Wisconsen and it was the most recent of the stages of glaciation. Therefore since the retreat of the last glaciation, the "Wisconsin," about 125,000 years ago, there has been only time for limited physical dissection and chemical change.

Therefore, any gold brought down has not had a chance to weather out of the till. However, diamonds have been reported in Wisconsen and "going west" to find gold is not as valid as it once was. Take a look at your eastern areas first. Gold is where you find it, and it can be found in glacial moraines associated with the great ice sheets.

As far as snakes, in the western desert Basin Range, Mojave, and Sonoran areas; snakes seem to prefer the "creosote brush" and "blackbrush areas," particulary in the southern, rather than the northern section of the Great Basin. They must follow the food chain. Since it is the rattlesnakes you are interested in, the Western Rattlesnake is most universal and found nearly anywhere in the cordillera. Thus, it is the rattler I'm most familiar with and have never had an unpleasant contact. However, they like to hide around outcroppings and can hole-up very compact within the rocks on a mine-dump ore even a drywasher header pile.

The Mojave is limited to the the Mojave and Sonoran deserts and I have occasionally seen a lethargic one on the north Rand Mtn slope. The Sidewinder of the Mojave and Sonoran like to bury in the loose sand; however, their head is above ground. The Western Diamondback is more limited to the Sonoran and southeastward. They can be fearsome looking and if startled stand their ground. Just give them a wide birth. I once saw one that must have been about 8-ft in length-- just a guess as I didn't try to measure him.

Snakes try to avoid anything not in their foodchain and if you are walking slow and swinging a detector you may only occasionally see a lethargic one; easily avoided. I have never delibertly killed a snake. I suppose it is because I spent most of the first five years as a kid in Depression mining camps. In a snug wall tent, but slept in the backseat of an old 1920's car. At Muleshoe, between Ely and Pioche Nevada. And later at Osceola, Nevada.

As far as a small coil. I have an extra one. It is about 3-inches in diameter and it is the "'Magnum Prospector.'"
Cost? email me with your addess and I'll mail it through the post office. All I need is the shipping charge. I will insure it and put tracking on it. Naturally, when you find a 0ne-pound troy nugget I expect you to cut it down the middle and give me half.

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