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Fred was a great guy...
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Five nuggets in 3 hours - Sierra Gold
Reno Chris replied to Reno Chris's topic in GOLD NUGGET HUNTING
Fred, if you had it within you, then you would be most welcome. -
Hey I went back to the spot where I got some nuggets the other day and had a pretty good afternoon - even though I didn't get there until after lunch. I decided to shoot some YouTube video, and it worked out pretty good as I was finding good gold. It was a lot of fun.
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Hey Bill Southern and the rest of you gents roasting in the AZ heat - I have a question for you: Is it normal for you folks to have snow drifts among the trees in your prospecting areas in mid-July? Well, when they have a big snow year in the Sierra, its not that strange. This was just a little tiny drift, but there were ones a lot larger, including one blocking one of the roads I wanted to go down. This little guy was just the only one I photographed. Wait a minute - I forgot, you guys dont have trees, let alone snow among the trees. Sorry you didn't make it up this way Bill, we cou
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There is no tourmaline visible in the original photo - the dark mineral is Biotite mica. Tourmaline has no perfect cleavage like mica - like the minerals in the original photo. Biotite is dark colored and may be nearly black. If you cleaved off a thin flake of it, it likely would be dark brown.
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We get a lot of questions about different types of rock that might be gold ore and what this might look like. I did a video in which I show a wide variety of gold ores from around the world that vary from super rich to low grade open pit type ore. Its a long video, but there are a lot of slides of different types of gold ore. If you've ever wondered what gold ore looks like, this is the video you want to watch.
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A sedimentary rock, maybe sandstone, with some layers a bit richer in iron that others.
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Is this rock special or not?
Reno Chris replied to The Rockder's topic in ROCKS, MINERALS and FOSSILS
As fine a specimen of leaverite as one could find. Looks like a good pond skipping rock. Nothing of any value. -
Ooooh - square nails = old diggings.
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I second the motion to read Chris Ralph's book. (since that's me). Its available on Amazon - Fists Full of Gold is the title. Perhaps the best area to detect in southern California is the El Paso Mountains area. (Goler Gulch, etc.) Yes, its a fair ways up 395 from Dana point, but people do find gold there. Another location is in the area of the Dale district. Farther out is the Chocolate Mtns / Cargo Muchacho / Potholes area, and people find gold there too. All these areas have plenty of existing claims. Join some clubs to get access. The trash and bullets are a product of people
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The word is out that Jim has passed away. I last saw and spoke with Jim a bit over a year ago. He spent several hours on both Saturday and Sunday in the ICMJ booth with me at the Pomona GPAA show. He was a good man and wrote many books on prospecting as well as many articles for the ICMJ. It is sad to see him go. I know I posted this picture before, but its my last one with Jim.
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The Nugget Shooter's Field Guide
Reno Chris replied to Goldseeker4000's topic in GOLD NUGGET HUNTING
I like that cover. It looks good and I wish you the best of luck with your book project. -
The Nugget Shooter's Field Guide
Reno Chris replied to Goldseeker4000's topic in GOLD NUGGET HUNTING
Looks good. I request you do a capture on your laptop or desktop and post a version that is large enough for the forum members to read the sales print on the back. I tried blowing it up and everything just gets blurry. -
Great stuff and you know well how to trace a lead up to its source, that's for sure.