TomH Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Hey all: Well, got back safe and sound from the Q. First off let me tell you this...if you didnt go...you missed a AWSOME time!! The weather was perfect. Cool at night but T shirts during the day. Just a slight breeze and quite ground. Met up with Shep, Tom, and Wade. Shep was popping nuggets like popcorn! He had two 1/4 ozrs..I think and then his specie. Dern pic didnt come out good on that specie. But, its laced with gold. Its a beaut. Wade was dinkster diving and got about 7 of them. He always finds goldTom unfortunatly didnt find any yellow stuff. Me, well, I found gold but not in the nugget form Was mostly hitting the hills and benches and I found this up about 5 feet out of a wash where someone was drywashing a long time ago. Odd broken signal. I put some nitric acid on it tonight and it didnt go blue so im pretty sure its gold. Weighs out at 5.7 grams.Not bad even if its 14 carat.Found a lot of Pualin Weavers boot tacks. Its all good because I was getting over areas others had not.Shep brought his "dog turd" nugget so we could act all stupid and he even let us hold it. I think it was like 12 oz. It was unreal to say the least! On Sat. we ate like little piglets. John and Jane were camped just west of us for the winter and it was his 83rd birthday. AMAZING! hes still out there hitting the hills and enjoying life. Very knowledgable guy as he helped me identify some rock that I found.Would like to give another thanks to Jane for the fantastic meal we had. I have learned to really like the bungy cord now. Once I figured out how to detect with it.The 24 inch coil glides around nicely with that on the detector Heck....today I was using it on the 17" coil cuz my arm was wore out.Found a old copper mine with a 3 walled house and a lot of handstacking. It was a really great time out with friends.Enjoy! Hope you can make the next one............ADAM!!! :PTom H. Edited December 16, 2013 by TomH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLNugget Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Way cool. Thanks for the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 It looks like you guys know how to put on nice table fare. Sure wish I could have made it Tom did that gold come out of the vein like that I guess you saved face by finding some gold, regardless Who`s this Wade guy ? He must be the one with the long beard ? Glad you guys had an awesome trip, hopefully we all can get together in 2014... I guess i`m just speechless about sheps Stash.....Just amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Nice story to go along with the pictures Tom. Ya'll did pretty good from what I see. Were those 2 holes an old mine or just diggins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Nice story to go along with the pictures Tom. Ya'll did pretty good from what I see. Were those 2 holes an old mine or just diggins?Rim: It was a old mine. They were digging this really black rock. John told me what it was...malignum or something like that...it was worth something in the 50s. Just a cool old dig Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Thank's Tom. I was wondering. You know, Shep shouldn't flash that big nuggie around. I did have my gold fever at bay, but now i don't know...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Keep the story strait Tom it was a manganese dig.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Keep the story strait Tom it was a manganese dig..I was sure it had a M in it somewhere..........you called it when you saw it. John backed it up. Great times.Tom H. Edited December 16, 2013 by TomH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly starkey Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 tom thanks so much for posting Sheps finds,I've been waiting to see that speci and it was worth the wait!Way to pick up sheps rear!!!>>>SWING ON LOW AND SLOW>>>>Kelly one arm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Found Dutchman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Awesome nuggets. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT-AZ-HP Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Got My gold fix for the year. What a beautiful Dog Turd Nug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 PARTY ANIMAL TIME-sure is some purty gold fer sure!! Desert Ratz rock and a good camping cook is indeed gold also-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Congrats on some nice gold, Mikayla had to work both Saturday and Sunday so no time to get over there.... Glad the hunt is going well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconeckted Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 All that glitters BABY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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