Caliche Chris Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I've been digging a new hole in a old stream bed between several huge boulders. I always have a vial with me to put big pickers in. Yesterday was about my 12th day in the spot and I only had one small nug in there. We had rain in the forecast so I was trying to make yesterday count and ran a bunch of dirt. Well at some point this beauty turned up in the second riffle. It's almost big enough to not make it through the classifier. One of you gold bug gurus had better come check these tailings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 If you are not checking your headers and tails with a gb or gmt you are likely leaving some nice goodies behind...fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) WTG Chris.... yup on what Fred says. That looks big enough to get enough cash for a GB II Edited October 25, 2013 by El Dorado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 woohoo!!!!! that is a beauty Chris... good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49goldrushtradingpost Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Very nice Chris !! Like El Dorado suggested, check your tail piles with a detector, those bigger ones are there to, i once threw a shovel full of material into my 151 Keene and saw a nugget fly right into it, I shut the blower down and look into my riffle tray and it was a nice 1.2 pennyweight nugg stuck right in the first riffle. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Chris ... really nice find ... if you aren't running a detector over the tails by all means PM me with the GPS and I'll run my GB Pro over it. The Pro hasn't paid for itself yet! Mike F Edited October 25, 2013 by Mike Furness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Chris you said the magic word "rain".....get the pan out and when it rains pan the tails!!!!Probably some more nice ones in there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Chris that is a sweet piece congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Awesome! I've never found a nugget that big drywashing, gotta be a great feeling to look at the riffles and see that guy. Hope you find a few more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliche Chris Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 I will have to break out the vsat and run over the tailings after finding that monster! It's my biggest yet by far. I am down about six feet and as the hole tapers down I got a small spot about a foot across where I hit some bedrock. Some old soft stuff that's green and the first inch scrapes off easy. I think that's where the big one came from. Hopefully there is more in this hole. Thanks for the comments everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Chris Here is an eye opener. My Son was drywashing last week. But being a good professionalprospector he always has his Goldbug 2 handy and checks his headers and tails often. He pulled a 3/4 ounce piece out of his header pile,that was in dirty quartz. It rolled rightoff with the other oversize.It was dirty enough that it would not be detected by sight. Alwayscheck those piles often,don't try running gobs of dirt then wave a coil over it. Check your dighole sides and bottom often too. I pulled 2 1/2 ounces out of a small area that had been hammered by lots of detectors anddrywashers and only moved a couple yards of new dirt. Most of the gold was in the stuff thathad already been worked. Almost an ounce was rounded nuggets from their tailing piles.I love working behind guys that don't test,get in a big hurry,and work like mules digging tonsof dirt for just part of the gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It's not how much materials you move that pays the most. It's HOW you move it that counts. I've never drywashed in my life without a detector. Same with highbanking as them grizzly bars do the same thing, they throw them biggies away. Congrats,go get mo'-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Chris ... sounds like you found the paydirt on the bedrock ... I would try expanding the bottom a bit and use the vsat often as has already been mentioned.Here's to more big gold for you!Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 BOOM!!!! What a nice nugget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) Very nice piece of gold , WTG!! Edited October 31, 2013 by adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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