Uncle Ron Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Yo All...I've been prospecting hard in an area near Wickenburg and have been turning up quite few small nuggets in gulches that appear to be virgin as far as nuggetshooters are concerned...Yesterday, Friday, I decided to side hill all the way around a small mountain that seems to shed gold all around it's base...I was getting zero targets after a very long hike and decided just to go straight up hill where i could see a contact between quartz seams and sulfides (arsenopyrites)...As I neared the top of a ridge, I got a screaming signal...I figured it must be an old .50 calibur ball or such...I was too far back in the mountains for it to be trash, since there was no evidence of workings, although a few weeks ago I found a nice 1/4 ozt. nugget at the bottom of the mountain, maybe 500 feet downhill...The dirt was a rich red, but I still figured I was digging a chunk of lead...But, after going down about 10" the target was out of the hole...Really screaming...I got the target into my scoop and when I finally got it into my hand it was just a heavy glop of red dirt....I poured some water from my canteen into the scoop and quickly saw a glint of gold...It turned out to be a small slab of gold & quartz with a bunch of other rock attached...When I got it home, I put it in my sonic cleaner, hit it with soda and a tooth brush and then put it in a soak of hydrochloric acid for about an hour...The result was this nice 3/4 ozt. collector's piece...A little fragile around the edges, but an unusual beauty...The quartz on it is identical to the quartz nugget I found at the bottom of the hill... After my first find,I did my usual photo frenzy, I wrapped the nugget in some toilet paper (it wouldn't fit in my nugget jar) and started beeping again...Six inches up hill, I got another screaming signal, but it had two beeps, the typical signal for a nail or tack...Well, it turned out to be a machined screw, typical of what you find on airplanes, according to my Bro in Law, a machinest... So, I went bact today to look for what I was sure to be a patch and found a meteorite...I'm just too pooped to tell the story of that find...more tomorrow...Cheers, Yer Unc in the Dubyaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzed in AZ Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Wooooo Hooooo.....Ron, thats a bloody beaut find mate. WOW..... Thats a pretty looking piece for sure. Good for you dude. Looks like you have licked into a nice area. I hope you find a lot more where that puppy came from! HH - Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Farris Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That is a beautiful piece Ron. Congratulations and I'm sure you will find many more in your new patch. Keep on posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ron- What a nice find... :whoopie: :whoopie: Congrats... :whoopie: :whoopie: Looking forward to the meteorite photos. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Now let's see....your beeping up the hill...your starting to get tired...then you dug up a screamer.. a big beautiful piece of gold...then the next signal was a screw... Now I think I understand why you were tired..beeped UP the mountain...found gold...got screwed... :woohoo: congrat!!! PS: what's the weight?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ron, WTG WTG WTG :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hey Cuz, Congratulations! What a beauty! Thanks for sharing! Cuz Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ron, It gets me going when I see gold like that because your either on a pocket or your real close. Gold doesnt travel uphill and with the top of the hill over your left shoulder tells me there are many opportunities out there in the true last frontier!! Im one of those guys that has prospected with all sorts of equipment over the years, except detecting. I know it wont be easy, but after being on this forum I know that learning the art will be a major asset for me. Adding a detector with the way I prospect will help me find those small pockets that are out of reach for detectors. Happy Hunting-SteveT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Not wanting to "rain on your parade Ron" just want the share my good fortune also....I think like Steve T.....gotta get better and bigger up the hill until you find the lode.... Well folks got to the Eucalyptus trees today for some good beeping...this area is so huge that's it's difficult to know where your at at any given spot... Since this area has been hit pretty hard for the last two months I thought I would try something a little different....since no one down here uses DD coils except me I thought I would give it a try using my Coiltek 19" DD ....sure did quieten the ground down..a lot of good gold came out of three areas in the trees(about 5,000 acres)so I hoped going to a DD would increase my chances and going 90° to the direction that the others went...this method has given me gold in the past... 5 hours of beeping snagged one + one...the others did a good job of cleaning out the one area I went to... pics tomorrow...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks for the attaboy's guys...Don...Those are some beauties...Looks like you might be on to a real patch o'gold...WTG...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Ron with gold that size I would try a large coil (25") over the area. Who knows what you would find deeper. Super nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Ron you did it right...working uphill trying to find the source..mine was all flat ground but many times I've managed to scour up a piece or two by gridding the surrounding area of a patch that someone else has given up on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ4AU Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hello Ron, Very very nice indeed, keep finding and posting them bad boys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yo, Mike...Good to hear from you...Don't be such a stranger on the forums....I'm certain you've got a bunch to post....Cheers, Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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