Terry Scott Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 So the other day I was at Gold Basin working an area that had been well hunted over the years. I was hunting the side hills avoiding the hard pan ridges that were covered in old dig holes. As I walked around a bush I saw a rock that looked exactly like a meteorite. "No Way"! I thought to myself. Having been fooled before I ran my GMT over it and was rewarded with the familiar iron grunt! I was pretty excited as visually finding a stony in Gold Basin is like finding a needle in a haystack in my opinion. I wondered why this one hadn't been found by John B or Jim Kriegh or the numerous other people over the years. This one was sitting on top of the ground in plain view as the picture shows. I guess this one didnt sink into the ground because of its circular shield shape, not sure though. Guess I just got lucky! Regardless this will make an awesome addition to my collection. Here's some other recent finds from GB Total weight of the shield one was 45 grams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Terry, Wow! Nice finds man. I've only found one on top in a wash, face up, just setting there, a 24 grammer; there rest were dug up, except for less than 10 gram fragments. Excellent work! Great pics, keep'm coming. Clifton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hey TS, nice finds and photos! Thank's for sharing Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertsunburn Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 So the other day I was at Gold Basin working an area that had been well hunted over the years. I was hunting the side hills avoiding the hard pan ridges that were covered in old dig holes. As I walked around a bush I saw a rock that looked exactly like a meteorite. "No Way"! I thought to myself. /snip/Awesome find, Terry! I've got to get up to that area and check it out!!Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Great hunting Terry, Yes some days you produce up there and some just get exercise.But the bottom line is the "HUNT" a "find" is a BONUS. :twocents: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 judging from its position on top of the other rocks I am guessing you found one of those "pesky hot rocks" some nugget hunter found and gave a throw...all the surface exposed meteorites I have found were at least a little bit down in the soil matrix...either way it is a nice find!Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seas3to5 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Terry Nice finds, boy are you spending the time down there pounding the ground, but you sure are getting the results...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hi Terry and AllOOOOOPPPPPPSSS :whaaaa: !! SOB dangit :angry-smiley-010[1]: !! If it was near a barrel cactus I dropped it while rolling down the hill while chaining !! I had a pouch with several kilos that went flying when my chain got hooked on a barrel cactus sending me rolling backwards down a hill flinging meteorites in all directions . Terry we specked quite a few of them and I had several on my video that we specked at quite a distance. My personal largest GB 1600 grams I specked at 50 foot or so poking up outa the ground. I'm certain Jim and I picked up several hundred pieces that other gold prospectors had dug and left in the hole, on the side of the hole or in the bushes closest to the detector holes :yuk-yuk: . We sure had a lot of chuckles outa those :hahaha: !! Happy Huntin John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hi TerryOne more story :unsure: . My largest GB nugget I found while skirting an obvios nugget patch picking up all the caliche coated meteorites that some nugget hunter had been flinging down the hill :whoope: . Well one of those calechie balls was a 1.5 ounce specie with about an ounce in it :whaaaa: !! Happy Huntin John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Those are great! Maybe I can go with you sometime! Pick you up at 0500 Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highbanker58 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I was up there for the get together with Bunk and Frank.I really wanted to find a meteorite, but after 4 days of hunting ,all I could scare up was 2 small gold nuggets. Maybe next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Kickin Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 That was the one that fell out on my pocket, thank you for finding it for me. I'll send you my address so you can send it to me.. :hahaha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimi Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Aloha Terry,Excellent job out there but then again you were using a GMT! BTW, where you using a stock coil or the goldmax coil?:shrug: Nice finds and hope to run into you out there one day.Aloha,Stan aka Ka'imi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Scott Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Stan, I've been using the stock coil, I have the goldmax, but man it gets heavy after awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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