An Introduction, and a Question (On the Mammoth Lakes area)

[YetAnotherMike]

Greetings! This sure seems to be a great group here and I'm looking forward sharing my bad sense of humor with the community (and continuing to learn). Here's the requested introduction so you can see just how bad it can get ...


THE SELF INTRODUCTION?
While I haven't held a metal detector in 25 years, it seems that I'm getting back into it, and then some. I've spent the last 3-4 months educating my wife (who has no interest yet) about all of the little things I've learned reading this site and others, in hopes that sharing this information will help me remember some if it a little longer!

I live in California near the coast, and love the idea of hunting for gold nuggets. With that in mind I have a gold bug 2 on order. Recognizing that I'll have far far more opportunities to detect parks / beaches / farms where I live I'll have a second detector darn soon. And then it'll be all work (play!) finding trinkets to justify this all to the aforementioned wife.

THE QUESTION:
Okay - you made it this far, I should get to the second part of my subject line. I haven't done much research on the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, or Western Nevada I suppose. I'm going to be in Mammoth over Memorial Day. Are there any suggestions for publically accessable areas where one can detect within 90ish minutes of Mammoth Lakes? I've got my BLM maps on order, so at worst I'll check online and with the BLM for unclaimed BLM land that has potential, but I'm always up for suggestions.

(is there a spot online that shows BLM lands?)

Thanks much - happy hunting.

 

[DigginTexas]

I know nothing about your area but welcome from Texas!

 

[poppoplou]

Welcome from Long Island, New York.

 

[fogcity]

Welcome to the forum from Katy, Texas !!!

 

[YetAnotherMike]

Thanks you three. It's great to be here. Found a few spots to try and talked to one of the US Forest service personnel. I know I'm good to go for one spot at least. (Forest Service Land, Detecting okay, no claims where I'm going) ... about an hour from where I'm staying. Now here's hoping I hear back on the closer one.

I figure, if I'm going to have painful learning experiences, it might as well be closer to home.

 

[BentRod]

Welcome from Washington.

 

[kaliguy]

from Costa Rica

 

[bearman56]

Hi your original post is a few years old so I hope you are still among us. I am from Henderson NV. although I grew up in So Cal. and have gone to the Mammoth mountain area for years, never metal detected there. So now I am looking at doing so in the Ansel Adams wilderness / Ritter Range coming out Devils postpile. Have you been to that area? that areas in the Mammoth area have you explored?

 

[JWalker3]

Welcome to the forum from Western NY