Nugget Shooter Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 OK this one in from a mine dump and was inside the host rock and broken out with a 3 pound mall... Only part exposed was in the lower left, but notice how much of this specimen is fairly smooth right out of the host rock. Interesting and shows that some gold actually can almost look water worn right from the host rock except for the neat little tabs and small crystals that would be gone soon as a placer nugget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilishjim Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I can see why people don't want to sell their gold, Each piece has its own personality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 That is indeed true Jim and each one is very different as well as unique... Most of these I have posted are very small and made big for our viewing pleasure with a Cannon digital camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 OK Bill, what's the model number of your cannon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 850 IS, 8.0 megipix http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd800is bought it a few years back for doing super closeups of freshwater shrim I was raising... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Bill, great photo of the nugget. I remember Chris Ralph talking about how nuggets can be born smooth. Boy , don't that throw a monkey wrench in the works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Yo, Billy, you still raising those shrimps ... ? Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Now I know I've seen everything!! Do you eat them little things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Fire up the barby boys shrimp tonite John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 No Ron, took up too much of my time, No Don you don't eat them they are about an inch to inch and a half long and sell for about 10.00 to 60.00 each depending on species for folks to stare at in fish tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Here is the other side of the same nugget and as you see very smooth.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 When dredging, only on one particular claim I had we used to run into fractured quartz seams in the bedrock. Usually only an inch wide and 6-8 inches long. They were always a golden surprise. Took the gad bar and a single jack to break them out, but the gold in these very jagged chunks of quartz was almost polished smooth on all surfaces. There was no way the nugget could have gotten down into the cracks, the quartz was in granite bedrock and the seam was always small and never more than 4-5 inches deep. Was always a surprise to find these seams as they almost alway had a nice payday of 1-4 dwt dense smooth slugs in them. I was told by a geologist that they may have been bacterial accumulated gold nuggets....very rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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