Thanks for the reply Arthur Waugh, I sure hope it pans out or should I say metal detects out. When I get back I'll post my two cents worth. My back ground is dredging back in my early 20's on the Klamath river but now It's all about MD'ing, and I'll make sure I watch out for those pesty critters. and thanks again for the reply. 

My adventure to the Burnt river claims went good, I was able to check out the 3 GPAA claims, I was only able to MD the Eagle Rock claims, didn't find any gold in the 2 hours I was there, it was a little warm but the area looked promissing, I posted a small report for Eagle Rock 1 & 2. The other 2 GPAA claims have some possibilities for MD'ing on the otherside of the river. If you want to see a bunch of Longhorn Sheep, the Burnt River Canyon is the place to go, I must have seen over 75 of them. I had a 3 day pass for the Blue Bucket Property, nice looking area too. I did find a small piece of gold MD'ing in one of the dig areas using my Goldbug2, but lots of hot rocks, just go slow, low and easy, but alot of areas to work.