You’d think holding the state record for a silver nugget would be good enough, but oh no, now his goal is to find Arizona’s largest gold nugget so any animal hunting is out. Until then, you can’t get that metal detector out of his hands.
I can understand! Once you get the gold/silver bug, it's hard to cure. Arizona is a beautiful state. I've seen a lot of it, especially the eastern half. Great memories!
Arizona has some pretty cool and varied geography. I haven’t seen it all, but I’ve spent a good forty years try’n to! Came down here from CO & WY a little after high school. Prospecting has brought me to some amazing places and sights to behold and that really has been worth more than any gold or silver I have found.
A man needs to live a whole lot longer than he does to see and experience all that this earth has to offer.
Amazing geography in AZ. Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, the desert floor, the White Mountains. I never saw an open pit mine as big as in Morenci. The Coronado Trail was scenic, the Grand Canyon was beyond words, Bisbee was fun, Tombstone was interesting, 4 Corners was not, petroglyphs were amazing. So much to see and do in AZ. I almost moved there years ago, my Aunt passed away and left her house near Springerville to me. She said she hoped I would someday retire there. I loved the area but my roots were too deep here - and the general lack of water + expensive but crappy tasting city water was unsettling - water is abundant and delicious here. I kept the house and rented it out for about 8 years before I sold it. I'd love to go back someday, see what I missed and revisit some that I remember.
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