Uncle Ron 1,492 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yo All...Finally! The heat took a friggin' break today...High 90's - Low 100's ... So after a business meeting this morning, I beat feeted it out to a new spot I've been eye-ballin'....Takes quite a ride to get to it, but I've been studying it hard on Google earth...Just looked good...The ground seems a little deep so I decided to try the Coiltek Wallaby Mono (17" E) ... I've found a few dinks with it in the past and a butt-load of deep trash ... In fact, my second target today was a tin can down over three feet ... But on the other side of the little flat wash area, I found my first target, this real purty specie...A bit shy of one ounce ... It was down about 14 inches, and the Wallaby on my old reliable SD2100 heard it loud and clear right from the surface....My problem with it, as you can see, is that it's got a solid layer of caliche on the back side ... I've been soaking it in both CLR and Limeaway all after noon without much success...It went from .83 oz to .80 ... Not much luck...This speci is really shot through with lots of gold and I have a suspision that the best display of gold is right under the caliche...Also tried vinegar which did absolutely nothing ... Maybe an overnight soak will bring results...If anyone's got any secrets on dissolving the caliche, let me know.....I know lots of guys like to keep the nuggets natural as found, but not me...I like to see the gold...I've got a yard full of caliche I can look at any old time... ...Hope it stays chilly... :icon_mrgreen: ...Cheers, Yer Unc in the Dubyah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Unc, you sure are proving that the operator is the most important component in the detecting shed...you might try heating the white vinager or clr to increase it's effectiveness... Fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goldstudmuffin Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hi Uncle Ron, Very nice... use some nitric acid on it... it will take the caliche off with no problem and not eat the quartz. Can't wait to see it all cleaned up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paseclipse 3 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Nice one Ron, congrats! Hey how do you go about doing your research if you don't mind me asking? I've been trying to learn how to research gold spots out here in California and Google Earth seems like it's a very useful tool to use. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks Del Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frank c 969 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Uncle Ron I think you've got it covered if the CLR has the same ingredients as Lime Away, I soaked in Lime Away for 2 days to remove all the caliche from my magnetic gold specemin. I've also used Muratic Acid to dissolve caliche. And again a beautiful find you have made there. Hapy Huntn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Ron 1,492 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yo All...I used hydrochloric diluted on it and it is amazing...It's like it fell off the vein into the forming caliche...Very delicate and chrystaline...I've had a couple of tiny bits just fall off...Almost like I used hydrofleuric acid on it...Pics in a bit...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LOOKIN4GOLD 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 BEAUTIFUL!!!! Very nice find Ron, anybody would love to find one like that!!!! Thanks for sharing! Darren Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfinger 43 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hi Ron: Another fantastic find!!!! Congratulations!!! :whoopie: :wubu: If you can't remove the caliche with acid, see if you can find someone with a small hobby type sandblaster. They use these for gently removing matrix from fossils and should work great on your specimen. I don't know if the acids will work on caliche but HF will work on quartz and enhance the overall appearance of the specimen. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 WOWSA WOWSA WOWSA :whoopie: :whoopie: :whoopie: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SGTFDA 56 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Super nice Ron, bet there is more where that come from. The old Minelabs are great for finding that big deep stuff. :wink2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Wright 0 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Nice speci!!!!! :icon_mrgreen: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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