nugget108 1,745 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Well the old gold bug definitely has been saving my rear this year but the ol Gp Extreme finally came through today. Got up to my spot today with my little guy and my friend. The first area was fruitless so we moved up the draw a little ways. I was detecting an old working that the old timers chased a shallow quartz vein and just piled it up in small piles along the test trenches. I was pulling out blasting caps and nails like crazy, then I got a nice sweet mellow hit. Down a little over a foot I finally got the target out of the hole. I pinpointed it in the pile and started running the dirt over the NF coil. I grabbed one of the rocks that came out of the bottom of the hole and it screamed in the headphones. I checked it over the coil a few times and came to the conclusion that it was definitely my target. I bounced it up and down in my hand and got a huge smile. I could see a few small pieces of gold showing so I dropped everything and met my boy and friend at the truck. After a little water and some scrubbing more gold showed. I knew there had to be more in there than what was showing because the minelab picking up that deep with what was showing was impossible. Got home and cracked it open and WOW. There is well over an ounce in it. It is by far my biggest EVER. What a beautiful find. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H-2 Charlie 187 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Sweet dude . Way to go . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mn90403 980 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 That works! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,849 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Man that is nice! Bet it would look really cool with the face polished up WTG! Hope you find more in that spot.Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frank c 969 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Congrats nice find the ol Xtreme comes thru. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Thanx for the tag a long and great finds-John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,244 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 What a nice piece, but that crushes and pans gobs of color. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Thanks guys, been a long time waiting for something with some size to it. I have 3 pieces of it now and the smallest peice is 3.17 oz. I have to get a bigger scale today then I will do a specific gravity test and let you guys know the outcome.Dan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,617 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 WOW very nice find and congrats. Thanks for sharing with us! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 A question for you guys. I know how to do the Specific Gravity test for gold in just quartz. But this speci has the gold and quartz sandwiched between the host rock which is mainly rhyolite. How do you test that? Or can you even do it? Thanks guys.Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 NICE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,136 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Rhyolite and Quartz seem to have a similar specific gravity, so you should be pretty close ? Edited May 14, 2015 by adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Great thanks Adam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jim straight 187 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Dan you are into portions of a hardrock vein. There could be more that has been overlooked. Frankly there is no way you will be able to get a accurate sg. sample of the gold content, other than crushing and panning. At this point I would shift my activity to tracing the vein. At this point... Silence is GOLDen jim 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 I believe you are correct Jim. This is my second quartz speci of any size from the same area. The last one was the size of a soda can but only had 7 grams of gold in it. This was a little bigger than a baseball but is loaded with gold. My last one was pretty much Electrom. It had a pretty high silver content but this one is very pretty yellow gold. Thanks Jim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,134 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Awesome! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 27.6 grams of contained gold in the speci. Looked like more with the naked eye but still very happy with it. Thought Ide let ya all know. Hope your all having a great Memorial day weekend. Bless all you who have served and who are serving now. Thank you all.Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andyy 1,060 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Wow, awesome find. It's interesting to see dirty quartz / iron oxide(?) on the specimen. I am always looking for that dirty quartz. That's a really good example and nice find. Big congrats! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Yes it is very mineralized quartz. The area I hunt is loaded with it so you have to hunt it slow so you don't miss a peice. Not the prettiest stuff but hey its AU. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Great find, Dan.. May I borrow these two photos to share on another prospecting board..?There's a thread running about gold in quartz that has some questionablephotos.. I'd like to show them the for sure real deal as found by a known.. Thanks,SA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Not a problem and thanks for asking. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 They aren't the best photos and it's not the prettiest piece of quarts with gold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Relichunter2 129 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 That's awesome, congrats on your find and hope you find the end of the rainbow. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,745 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thank you RH. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 They aren't the best photos and it's not the prettiest piece of quarts with gold.Hmmm, you're correct..So go get a macro lense or a loupe n take better pix right now..! j/k of course.. They're absolutely great as examples satisfying my intended usage..It isn't about "pretty," it's about provenance -- and these perfectly fill the bill.. Thanks again,SA 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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