TomH 2,795 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hey all: Well, on dads urging me to go out and not sit there and watch him....I went out to a wash today that I had gotten some gold out of before. We really hit this wash hard also. I went over it a couple of times with different coils and such. With the recent floods in the area I decided to hit it again. Was able to get the truck up about 1/4 mile so I only had to hike 1/2 mile to get to my spot.It had changed so much I walked right past it and then saw a familiar landmark and relized I went too far. Figured I would detect where I was and work back. Well, lo and behold the good Lord got me over some gold! It was the big flat one about 1 inch deep. A Radio shack detector would have gotten it Then I got another signal within about a foot so I decided to record it. The three flat ones were within a 3 foot stretch.They are very fragile looking so I detected the hillsides around it and upstream....nothing.So......I moved down to the spot that I got the 1.27 oz nug from and got the fat ones about 5 yards up from where found the big one last year. I know it wasnt there before....We hammered that wash good.Its coming in from somewhere! Just got to figure it out. Got 5.8 grams Little under a 1/4 oz. It was a really good day out.Dads doing reeeeeealy good. They pulled all his tubes out and he got moved out of ICU. Expecting to be in the hospital 3 more days but he his recovering fast they said. Nurses said he was making open heart surgery look easy. Enjoy the videos.Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdlady 4 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hope your dad is doing good thanks for the videos..nice find.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Soloman 923 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Glad to hear about your Dad, and congrats on the Yellow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,123 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Nice work Tom ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ant Man 15 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rimshot 181 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 WTG Tom! And nice videos too!Rim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frank c 968 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Again Excellent news about POPS. And looking foward to seeing both of you this fall.Congrats on the detecting an thanks for postin Tom.Hapy Huntn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Great finds,nice videos -John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Furness 1,513 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Tom ... sounds like you got gold in two places ... one gold is the yellow metal ... congrats and nice videos ... and the other gold is the good news on Dad ... Keep it up Dad! ... WTG!Mike F Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Man that is fantastic..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cochetopa 15 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 gummer,Your story and gold find and photos and videos and my BIG cup of coffee have made my morning absolutely perfect. Thanks and congrats.-C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C... 699 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Nice Gold Mike C... :ph34r2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_L 4 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,288 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Great news about Dad and gold on top of that.....way to go Tom.....videos were great, got my blood pressure up.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shep 217 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Tom, great news about yer dad! If'n you want to give him abit of recovery time, keep the pics to yourself and 'no gold this time' for couple of weeks at least!Will see you both this winter!Take care, Shep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Ron 1,489 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Great gold finds, Tom and glad to hear your Dad is recovering nicely too ... It's fantastic that they didn't have to bypass him ... That will speed the healing process, make him stronger and will avoid some of the problems that the bypass can create, such as memory problems and, er, some other one's that I can't remember! ... Congrats all the way around to you both. ... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Wonderful on all counts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bucket 238 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Great video's, great commentary, great news on pops...all in all FANTASTIC Job Tom!! :wubu: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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