oregonneil Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hit a nice patch yesterday, 12g total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Oregonneil, Beautiful chunkies, nice texture, GOOD JOB!! SteveT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 oregonniel, Nice looking gold nuggets. That looks like a great patch. Keep at it! Congradulations. Cheers, matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al C Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Congratulations, oregonniel, bet you can't wait to get back cuss there just has to be some more there. Go get em big boy. AL. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Dude !! Thats awesome man ...Congrats :icon_mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayray Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 ON, Very nice gold, let's hope it keeps producing. Jason :;): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Nice Pieces, keep at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Way 2 go!!! no go get the rest of the family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Great looking nuggets!!!!! Congrats!!! :whoopie: :whoopie: :whoopie: Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Neil, now that's some good looking gold. I'm positive, you'll be pulling gold off that patch all Summer! Good Lucky LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregonneil Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Thanks for all the kind words. I could hardly control myself all day Sunday thinking about all the times I went back to a spot where I had found a couple of nuggets, really pumped with high hopes of finding more, only to go there and not find another one. Well after a long day Sunday, went back to that spot on Monday and what a great day it was. Here is Mondays take: 12 nuggets with the biggest 13.8g and it’s a beauty with nice white quartz in it. The total patch gave up 19 nuggets for a total of 29.8g. Best 2 days I have ever had. I have to give my hunting partner the credit for getting me in the area. He got a couple of little ones in the side of a small wash and called me over to show me what he had, we always do that. He was chasing another signal in the wash and I watched him for a while and finally decided to go and detect the big flat over by the next wash. On my way over there, after I got far enough away from him to not interfere with his detector, I turned mine on and was just swinging it as I headed for that wash. I almost made it to the wash when I got a pretty good signal. I was pretty sure it was a bullet but dug it anyway, first nugget of the patch. My buddy decided to work on up the hill above me to see what he could find. I got 2 more little nuggets and then called him back to take over and I went on the other side of the wash where he found the 2 nuggets and started to work that hillside. I hadn’t gone far before I got a nugget, then the rest of them for the first day. On Monday he decided to take the big flat and I took the small flat where I finished up the first day. The rest is history. The back side of some of the nuggets have grey looking rock or caliche, like this one: These are Arizona nuggets and I will have to wait till fall to take another trip to that patch to see what we missed. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayray Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Neil, you can pass the location on to me and I'll keep it company until you return :innocent0009: :laught16: ... Jason :;): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregonneil Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Neil, you can pass the location on to me and I'll keep it company until you return :innocent0009: :laught16: ... Jason :;): Jason, it's sure going to be a long summer :coffeetime: Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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