Weekly Updates 2007

Gerry'sGroup June 17-23

The 2007 season has started off with a bang, the first group of the year

found just over 37 1/2 ounces of gold,including a 22.6 oz monster found

by Gerry McMullen. The finds for the first week also included several nuggets

over the 1 oz mark including a nice solid 2.70 oz nugget found by Chuck Linak.

Gerry's Group 'The Sequel' June 24-30

The second group of the summer continued to bring in the gold, the highlights

for the first week inlcuded a solid 4 oz nugget and an uncovered pocket of

gold that yielded over 5 ounces to various members of the second week.  The

total ounces of gold for week two came in just under the 15 oz mark. The crew

at Ganes would like to thank the first two weeks for their positive attitudes

and look forward to seeing familar faces in 2008. 

Hardworking Week 3 July 1-6

The hardworking group from week three started off their week on fire finding

nearly 6 oz of gold in their first afternoon, a trend that continued through the

week, in which as a collective group a total of 23.69 ounces were uncovered at

Ganes Creek. Among the larger nuggets uncovered were a 4.88 oz, 2.75 oz, and

a nice 1.94 oz.

The 'July Gang' July 8-14 & July 15-21

Lots of pushing and detecting in week 4 yielded quite a few small solid and

quartzy nuggets.  Including a very pretty 3/4 oz nugget found by Todd Mullican

and a 1 oz plus nugget found by Randy Clements downstream from the black

hills.Tom Kunkler led the way in week 5 when he found a 3.5 oz beauty infront

of the DC-4 airplane, and later uncovered two other nuggets that weighed in over

the 1 oz mark.  The rest of the crew from week five pulled in numerous other

nuggets, including several attractive gold nuggets laced with white quartz.Clients

also enjoyed a special treat when a C-130 Herc airplane dropped off a new

excavator for the hardrock company currently searching for the source of all those

big nuggets at Ganes Creek. The gold totals from week 4 and 5 brought the overall

number of ounces found in 2007 over the 90 oz mark with two

groups to come.

The Fall Session August 5-11 

The first group of August, despite stormy weather and some tough metal detecting,

managed to have a good time and uncover some quality gold.  Dick Brown became

the man of the week when he uncovered a solid 2.12 ounce nugget, found near the

end of the day while Dick was getting ready to take a short break and lay

in the shade.  The group finished the week with a total of 7.15 ounces.

Final Group 2007 August 12-18

The last group of the year started off their week witha 'big one', when on

the first day of the Metal Detectingweek Bruce Brown dug up a 13.7 ounce

giant right in front of the Ganes Creek Camp.  The following day Bernie

Pendergast came close to matching Bruce, whenhe unearthed a large

11.7 ounce nugget from the cobbles opposite the DC-4 airplane. 

During the final week there were four other nuggets found over the 1 oz

mark including an interesting specimen piece found by Steve Webb

weighing 3.4 ounces.  The final total of 37.98 ounces, for the last week in

August turned out to be the highestof the summer, barely edging out Gerry's

group from thefirst week in June. Bringing the final total for the summer of

2007 to over a 134 ounces.