Hello David. I have worked the Gold Basin area for about 10 or 11 years now.... off and on. Good gold is there! I have done a little detecting in the area too but no nuggets found .... yet. There have been reports of nuggets found detecting but not in my poke so far. You will find good, consistent amounts of flakes and fines and pickers if you are willing to go to a re-circulating system. You will certainly recover the cost of your equipment there if you are willing to expend the effort to throw dirt. I have worked the Bahde 10,11,12,13, and 14 with good results. You won't get rich but the amounts are consistent. The dirt is easy to work. Sandy, level areas with small to medium cobbles. You can get a small RV right up to the digging areas. 4x4 is recommended to assure you will not get stuck in the looser soils. Do not follow the mining guide instructions all the way to the sites. The MG says go north on Hideout 'til you make the left turn to get there. You would be well advised to use Hideout ONLY to Spring Rd. where you will turn left (W) to go to the road that goes north to the road you will turn left at. IF you follow Hideout all the way to the left turn, you will end up into a washed out road where you may not be able to turn around if pulling a trailer. DO look over the route in on a detailed (topo?) map ahead of time. Also try the Hoppy 1 through 4. Standard auto will get you to those. Added benefit.... take a stick with a strong neodymium magnet while detecting. Thousands of meteorite pieces have been found in the area of the claims over the years. Refer to ASU write-ups (Kreigh). I hope my info will help. I will be back in the area in mid April (I'm moving back to AZ) and will be glad to accompany you on a hunt or two. See you then. You can view a video of the re-circulator that I was using if you plug my name, Terry Cieszki, into you tube. You will also see other videos. If you are not a visitor to www.treasurenet.com I would suggest you check them out. Many of GPAA's members also post there. I post as TerryC. ╦╦Ç

Much appreciated Terry! For someone new to this that is a lot of great information to have! I saw a few videos under your name but not one with the re-circulator. I will look forward to hunting with you.

Tnx, David. I have been a member here since 2010. I am now a paid up life. In spite of some posts you may read here, GPAA/LDMA has some great claims! Like any other club/outfit, you have good-bad-indifferent membership. Those that make the most noise are not always the best to follow, although some of the more verbose really have info to digest.  ╦╦Ç

 

(cycle through the videos a page or two 'til you find it)

I will shoot you a message this evening. thanks for all the info!.

Terry, you should notify the GPAA about the mistake in the claims guide about the directions. It migh save somebody from a bad experience.