Uncle Ron Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Yo All...After last night's great monsoon, today dawned cloudy and cool...I was up and out the door...I off loaded my quad, enjoying the cool breeze and the smell of the wet desert...It's a good long ride to the spot I wanted to beep but the unusually low temperature, mid-70's, made it a real pleasure...Only bad thing is that lots of drone ants were flying and I was constantly pepperedd with them as I putted along...When I got to my spot, I decided to try out my brand new Nuggetfinder round 14" DD XP coil on my old baboo SD2100...This patch has lots of hot rocks and I wanted to see if the DD would ignore them...The breeze died down and the muggy air started getting a little uncomfortable...I was sweating like a pig after about 5 minutes of swinging...I was very pleased with the NF DD coil because it pretty much ignored the hot rocks...I got to an area of the patch where I'd done well before, finding nuggets on the bedrock about a foot or so deep...One area in particular I've hunted very hard with both the Nuggetfinder 14" Eliptical Mono coil and the Coiltek 17" Mono Wallaby...I really didn't expect a target because I'd hunted it so many times, but at the spot I've scoured before hardest I got a definite signal...Not loud, just a soft whisper that sounded like gold...The ground was almost muddy and as I dug down with my Hermit pick, for the first few inches the signal only got a little bit louder...I finally got through a foot of mud and hit dry dirt...The signal got really loud and when I hit the bedrock at about 15", the signal screamed...One more pull and it was out of the hole...I was pretty sure it was going to be gold... :headphones: ...And it Was!!! ... This beauty weighs in at 2.1 pennyweight....After sucking the dirt off and admiring it, I took some pix with my phone camera, playing around for some different shots...The little hedgehog cacti were in bloom so I set up a shot and, after taking it, I phone-mailed it to Dodacious...She called me right away...She thought I was sending her pornography ... Anyhow, after another half hour of hunting I was drenched, and loaded up to head back to the truck...On the way back, I came across Mr. Tortise out for a stroll...I asked if he'd help carry my cargo...He kindly obliged... :whoopie: ... I sure hope it stays cool...I'm excited about the performance of the NF 14 R D and have several other patches that need working over...Here's pix from the field and the studio portraits...Cheers, Yer Unc in the Dubyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 WTG Unc-Nice Pics and gold :icon_mrgreen: -Mike C... :ph34r2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Unc, you sure find some pretty gold-nuggies!!! Cactus and tortise backgrounds are very creative...nice!!! Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Gold and pornography all in the same morning....can't beat that Unc. ... keep us posted on how the coil does on the other beat up patches.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Prospector Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Unc, Its just down right funny how your old beat-up 2100 just keeps pumping out the gold. Nice nugget. The turtle is pretty awsume also. OL'29er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ4AU Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Hello Ron, That is another beautiful specimen for sure . WTG ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al C Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 What a team, You and that old baboo. WTG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Very nice look'n cactus and that turtle is awesome. Where'd ya get that little nuggie....LOL. Nice!!! bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hoser Oates Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 :icon_mrgreen: FANTASTIC Ron !! Great gold and sssoooooo much more in the boonies-thanx-Tons a au 2 u 2-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Since when does it get muggy in Az? After all, it's a dry heat.... :tisc-tisc: Nice find!!!! Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalt Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Ron, You sure seem to be able to handle the summer heat well. You the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 Thanks, Guys...Looks like the monsoons are ripping it up now...The roads and trails I follow out to these patches are getting pretty much destroyed...Have to build some rock crossings at some low spots...By the way, I want to congratulate the Ol' 29'er for getting out of confinement after 8 weeks or so...That's great! :whoopie: :whoopie: :whoopie: ...You'll be out gettin' blisters on the bedrock before long...WTG, Bob...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtnman Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Ron, that was nice of that tortise to pose for you and your nugget. That sure is some very pretty gold. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The gold and rose colored quartz is spectacular.... WTG :whoopie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturerock Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 nice photos. Is that quartz as purplish in real life as it looks in those pictures? If so thats some truely neat stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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