Hi! I'm 57, have nothing to do, so I got a wild one up my arse and bought a used Torsoro Lobo Super, a new Makro pinpointer, Koss Accusound Pro headphones, a few hand picks,, classifier, pan, 4' sluice, several buckets, a shovel, and now I want to strike it RICH at the American river. Not too much to ask --- my only problem, I don't have a clue as to what i'm doing. I've been exhausting UT, and reading countless article's on it, but when it comes to the legalities---- will this be legal if i'm on federal land? I mean, I want to camp along the river, and there's no one out where i'm going (middle fork). Can I be at ease that i'm not breaking the law? I'll also be using one of those hand pumped 'sucker-uppers' for crevicing, that is of course, if it's legal. I understand dredging is illegal, but, is one of those tools really considered a dredge? I plan on staying 2 weeks at a time, then taking about a 3 day rest and doing it all over again until next winter hits. I grew up on that river in Rancho Cordova, and I always wonder as a kid if I would do what I use to seen so many others do at that young age. Didn't take me too long to talk myself into it.
Can anyone help me out concerning a new after market coil for my TLS. I'm BRAND NEW to this hobby so simplicity would be great. I want a coild that can find nuggets AND placer gold on the American. Lots of red clay there. Mof, as a child we use to call it, "The Claybanks" when we referred to the river. Anyway, I WANT GOLD, I don't care about anythong else. I also could use some direction in 'recalibration' for the new coil.. Where does a person take their box for calibration?
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