Welcome to Ganes
Creek Alaska
Updates from Summer 2009!
- Check Below for 2009 Pictures and Details
The opportunity of a lifetime! Your chance to metal detect for large gold nuggets
on Alaska's largest, premier nugget producing creeks - Ganes Creek, Alaska.
The largest nugget found at Ganes Creek weighed 122 ounces - over ten
troy pounds!
Ganes Creek has produced over 250,000 ounces of gold... and much of that gold
includes some of the largest nuggets ever found in Alaska. Thousands of acres of
tailing piles contain nuggets lost by bucketline dredges and inefficient bulldozer
operations of the past. The chances of finding very large nuggets on Ganes Creek
with a metal detector are some of the best in Alaska. Roads and trails run the
length of the operation, making for easy access.
Over the last eight years over 1,415 ounces of gold were found by
prospecting metal detectors on the Ganes Creek property!

Opening Week Ganes Creek 2009
The first detecting week of 2009 started off the summer in style
bringing home from their trip to Ganes Creek 14 ounces of gold.
There were 6 nuggets found over the 1 ounce mark, the largest
uncovered by Loraine Cruise on the last day of the week, and
weighed 2.65 ounces. Our start up crew this summer also had
something to smile about as the brought in an additional 11
ounces of gold. Including a 4.5 ouncer, found by our resident
metal detecting guru, Dave Rankin, and a 2.45 ounce nugget
found by Bob Carlson. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves,
and our thanks goes out to our startup crew and our guests from
week one, for their positive attitudes and steady enthusiasm.
The End of June Brings Home the Gold
Our second group of the year had a week of detecting that will
bring a smile to your face, as they took home as a collective
group 22.32 ounces of gold. During the course of the week one
small area in particular had everyone's blood pumping, as the
group pulled out over 12 ounces of nuggets from an area only
about an acre in size. Altogether there were 8 nuggets found
over the 1 ounce mark throughout the week, with the prize of
the biggest nugget of the week going to Bernie Pendergast, who
unearthed a 3.39 ounce beauty, barely edging out Buzz
Rassmusen's 3.15 ounce nugget. To check out pictures from
the first and second week click on the Ganes Creek Pictures
2009 link, featured below this summary. Thanks goes out to
everyone in week two, and we look forward to seeing familiar
faces in 2010.
- Pictures from 2009!
- Weekly Updates from 2009!
Booking Updates:
The 2009 Metal Detecting season has begun!
We are taking reservations for the following weeks:
The Weeks Marked in Blue have been Filled, book
your detecting trip Today!
- June 14-20 - June 21-27
- June 28-July 4 - July 5-11
Booking Information:
If you are interested in booking or have
any questions about a week of metal detecting/
high-banking, e-mail us at ganescreek@yahoo.com.
Note: All deposits and payments will be final and
non-refundable. See cost and availability for
further info.
Ganes Creek Pictures
- Pictures from Ganes 2006
- Pictures from Ganes 2007
- Pictures from Ganes 2008
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