macgyver51 1 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 post Share on other sites
frank c 969 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Shes a beauty an the dink is a bonus, Congrats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Outstanding, bet there are more in that spot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,621 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 post Share on other sites
Terry Soloman 974 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wooo-Hooo! Beautiful!!! Congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,148 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 ShaaaZaaaam nice nugget Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Ron 1,492 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 post Share on other sites
matt 188 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 post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,301 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 post Share on other sites
macgyver51 1 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 post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 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 post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,193 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Very Nice Nugget!!I hope you fins many more!! Skip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Red_desert 145 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice nugget indeed!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfinger 43 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Congrats. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C... 719 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Very Nice Mike C... :ph34r2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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