Metal Detecting Partner

Not sure if this is the right section to put this in. But, I am wondering if there are any metal detectorists in the Inland Empire that would be willing to link up and do some Coin and Jewelry detecting here locally (parks, beaches, old homesteads, etc) and also do some gold detecting out near the high desert areas of Barstow and Randsburg? I'm open to other areas, too. Also looking for a meteorite hunting partner as well.

Truth be told, I currently drive a 2018 Toyota Camry. So, the local hunting I can get to with no problem. I can even get out to the desert areas. HOWEVER, once I get to the desert, I can't venture too far off-road. So, hoping to find someone with better off-road capabilities that I can meet in the area out there and possibly ride with them out to the detecting sites. Compensation will be provided. 

If this is the wrong section for this, I apologize in advance. 

Hi Chris,

There are good goldfields out near Randsburg that you can get to in a passenger car. Check out a book by Jim Straight. Lots of good info on the Mojave arae. He was from the IE also.

Happy hunting

Hi Deep, thank you for the post. I appreciate your response. I actually knew Jim personally and went to his house in Fontana several times before he got real sick and passed. I have a copy of his Follow the Drywashers book that signed for me on his dining room table that I keep in a vacuum bag for safe keeping. I have a couple of his smaller books as well. He was certainly a walking encyclopedia of geology in that particular area (and others). And a really great guy as well. 

Honestly, I have been to just about every area out in the Rand and El Paso Ranges that you can get a regular car in to (even a couple of places where it was real sketchy getting my car in to...lol). The problem with those areas is that: 

1. They have been so heavily hit by people in my same vehicle situation that there is not much to be found anymore. 

2. Those same areas are, as my good friend DolanDave put it after taking him there one day, like a freaking war zone. You literally cannot go 2 feet without digging up a bullet, bullet fragment, or casing. Not to mention all the trash from the ATV riders out there. 

I do plan to take my Camry out there and hike a couple of miles into some areas I am interested in. But it would be nice to be able to get a little farther off the beaten path, ya know? 😁😉