El Dorado 965 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 all from the 16-1 private collection Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,301 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 WOW...never have seen anything like that...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
29 Prospector 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I'm Speachless OL'29er Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 it is amazing what the 16 to 1 has produced...and equally amazing the art they have generated from some of the ore. Were you involved in any of that work, El Dorado? Fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 NO not me, only thing I did was cut and paste from their site. Their private collection is for sale at a cool 3.5 million. I sure hope it is picked up by a museum so it can be viewed by the public Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZMD 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Absolutely amazing!!!! Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Micro Nugget 770 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Just when you think its safe to turn the pace maker off ... WHAM!!! But, thanks, that jolt was worth it. Does this mean what I think it means? Nah, say it ain't so Steve. Their not packing it in at the old 16 to 1, are they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gatorguy 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 What brought the 16-1 back to life back a few years is, they went in with metal detectors and found patches of gold in walls and started blasting them out. I used to know wife of owner back then. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LOOKIN4GOLD 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 WOW!!!!! That is absolutly beautiful! Never thought you could make a speci more beautiful until I seen these! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 What brought the 16-1 back to life back a few years is, they went in with metal detectors and found patches of gold in walls and started blasting them out. I used to know wife of owner back then. Don One of our very own was the person with the beeper..... you will never ever guess who Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Digger Bob 33 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 One of our very own was the person with the beeper..... you will never ever guess who I don't know who you think it is, but I DO know who were the first in there. Both of them are dead now, but one in particular was my mentor and good friend. If you've been to Rye Patch the last few years you might have seen the memorial we put up in his memory. But on the 16 -1 story, he was the first using a Goldmaster. And the owner screwed them out of what split they had agreed to after he saw how much gold was to be found using a detector. They ended up getting nothing (except a few pieces they swallowed while in the mine and later retrieved. Yuk!) This was back when the Goldmaster were first out, about 1991 or so. Digger Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,301 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Digger Bob ....your right about the Goldmaster being the first there...it also had a special coil made for it that the public never saw.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 of all the many things I almost had, one was the chance to get in the 16-1 back in 1980 with my Garret deepseeker...I had a friend name of grey weaver that knew the owner of the 16-1 and so Grey and I tried to interest them in letting us survey the mine for hi-grade ore...to bad for me the gentleman had no use for modern technology....oh well... then there was the penny stock they were selling in the early 90's....should of bought a bunch of that....too. Fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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