macgyver51 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 After a few dry sessions on the patch I'd been working, decided to try a nearby wash and found a couple nuggets, one small, .45 grams, the other is 12.75 grams, (.41 oz), my largest to date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Shes a beauty an the dink is a bonus, Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Outstanding, bet there are more in that spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Well that is showing us how it's done! Very nice finds man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wooo-Hooo! Beautiful!!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 ShaaaZaaaam nice nugget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Awesome nugget... Looks like you've hit your stride now...Keep on keepin' on! ... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Sweet! How about more details on your find? Congrats on finding a beautiful gold nugget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Good looking gold MacG.....I'm with El. D. on thinking there's more there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgyver51 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 I had found several bits of wire, a few nails and bullets before the GPX 5000 gave a solid signal that I thought was another square headed nail. The .4 oz nugget was found about 6 inches deep, embedded in crumbly bedrock. The dink was found about 8 feet up the wash, again in the bedrock, about 4 inches down. I had studied the goggle satelite views of the area around my private claim, and decided to hunt this spot (off my claim, but unclaimed) due to the similarity of features to the patch I'd been working. (ground and vegetation coloration, wide benches, eposed areas of bedrock, et cetera),I was using an 8" Commander coil (gets between the rocks and brush better) but today I will also pack in my 11" Commander and see if a little more depth can help find another nugget or two.I'm also taking a shovel and hoe to remove some sandy overburden from the wash. I intend on concentrating in the area between the two finds and a little on either side. I'll bring back a couple buckets of near bedrock gravel to sample for flakes and fines, but on my claim (about a mile away) I've found it's either nuggets or nothing. The few local people I've been able to share this find with have stated that a nugget of this size is rather uncommon for this area of the Bradshaws. I'm sure it will be a hit at tonights GPAA, Prescott Valley meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM how sweet it is--gold miners make the bedrock in more forms than just dredging. I dig all targets as you just illustrated as soo ez to be mistaken-tons a au 2 u 2 -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Very Nice Nugget!!I hope you fins many more!! Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_desert Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice nugget indeed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Congrats. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Very Nice Mike C... :ph34r2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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