Sonoran Dave Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Headed into the hills this morning with the Toms and my buddy James. We went back to an area thats been pounded to death in hopes the recent rainfall redistributed some fresh gold. I got skunked...but James did not. He found a tiny wash that hadn't been hit and scored 6 in a row. He came back to the Jeep smilin' like an idiot. Wtg man Total weight 5.7 grams. The one nugget looks like either a squirt of toothpaste ...or a turd. Windy and frigid today in the desert. Even saw a frozen waterfall!?! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Those are some nice finds !! WTG James. Glad you guys made it back without any issues..... Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 That's very nice gold! Way to go guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Was a great day out in the hills! Fun with friends and the good Lord blessed James with some gold. Yah, he was grinning ear to ear when he finally made it back Thought he was messing with me again until I looked in his bottle and CRAP! Bit nippy up there though! Im going with fossilized mini dino turd Tom H. Edited January 28, 2017 by TomH 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Pretty gold with some nice character! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebutler Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 WTG James that's a cool find any day. Lovin the yeller rocks for sure. Nice pics too. We can see them together and a good up close. That really helps. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Way cool. That gold has some character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 3 hours ago, IDdesertman said: Pretty gold with some nice character! Nice character? Stinky character, unpleasant to the sight, just awful ... awfully good! Mitchel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2016 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 nice gold.....unique they are.....especially the yellow turd one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thanks guys. He earned it. He generally walks further and hunts harder than me. This was his first real gold with the 2300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 "CURIOUS", ...6-nice nuggets having a total combined weight of 5.7 grams (in a few hours ??),....that area Doesn't sound (to me) to be "pounded to death", considering the size of the nuggets: (3-being larger than pickers, and the 2-largest ones being very easy targets). Based on what was found, I'd say that "all-those reoccurring-patch-pounders" in the past hadn't been very thorough; hadn't extended their searches far enough; and had only concentrated their prior-search's to the specific area (spot) where most of the prior nuggets had been found. I've done that.....(in the past). It can be hard to drag yourself away from a reliable nugget producing area, even after you pound it over, and over, and over again, after which you label it "pounded to death". I discovered a wash about 10-years ago with a nice nugget patch, which, I came back to many times, until I cleaned it out. And (at that time) I had the bad habit of returning to it over and over, then going home empty-handed and frustrated each time. I almost give up on the wash to seek out other opportunities elsewhere, but my innate curiosity and tenacity readjusted my thinking and reasoning. So I slowly (and over time (over the years)) I started (more-thoroughly) working my way upstream hitting all the smaller tributaries and feeder washes that fed that main-wash as well. I think that I have found at least 10-12 small nugget patches, as well as individual nuggets scattered along the length of that one wash and its contributing tributaries thus far. The wash is not as "virginal" as it once was, but I still continue to find nuggets there, and am still slowly working my way upstream to see what may lay up around the next bend. SO, IF YOU GUYS SHOULD DECIDE TO WRITE THIS SPOT OFF, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DETECT WITH YOU, AND "MAYBE" SEE WHAT YOU (MAY) HAVE MISSED. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDomingoJim Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I think James extra effort definitely put him in a spot that few nugget hunters have hit. Those are some pretty impressive pieces of gold. Possibly another fine example of thinking outside of the known patch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, GDM/PV said: "CURIOUS", ...6-nice nuggets having a total combined weight of 5.7 grams (in a few hours ??),....that area Doesn't sound (to me) to be "pounded to death", considering the size of the nuggets: (3-being larger than pickers, and the 2-largest ones being very easy targets). Based on what was found, I'd say that "all-those reoccurring-patch-pounders" in the past hadn't been very thorough; hadn't extended their searches far enough; and had only concentrated their prior-search's to the specific area (spot) where most of the prior nuggets had been found. I've done that.....(in the past). It can be hard to drag yourself away from a reliable nugget producing area, even after you pound it over, and over, and over again, after which you label it "pounded to death". I discovered a wash about 10-years ago with a nice nugget patch, which, I came back to many times, until I cleaned it out. And (at that time) I had the bad habit of returning to it over and over, then going home empty-handed and frustrated each time. I almost give up on the wash to seek out other opportunities elsewhere, but my innate curiosity and tenacity readjusted my thinking and reasoning. So I slowly (and over time (over the years)) I started (more-thoroughly) working my way upstream hitting all the smaller tributaries and feeder washes that fed that main-wash as well. I think that I have found at least 10-12 small nugget patches, as well as individual nuggets scattered along the length of that one wash and its contributing tributaries thus far. The wash is not as "virginal" as it once was, but I still continue to find nuggets there, and am still slowly working my way upstream to see what may lay up around the next bend. SO, IF YOU GUYS SHOULD DECIDE TO WRITE THIS SPOT OFF, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DETECT WITH YOU, AND "MAYBE" SEE WHAT YOU (MAY) HAVE MISSED. Gary Gary: This wash is pretty much the same way. Its been hit with mining operation, dry washers and detectors over the years. Ive gotten a lot of nice gold out of it and it is a gold bearing area. We go back at least once a year and re hit areas. Sometimes we get some and others we dont. The monsoons tend to move dirt around down here and what was 3 feet deep is now bedrock and visa versa. I may have been up this trib in the past but dont remember. If I did...I suck Might want to take up basket weaving! I got one a few weeks ago in a very well hit area, up at LSD, but it was up on a hill in a VERY small drainage. You can only cover so much ground with a coil and we are bound to miss some. We will probably write it off in 10 or 15 yrs....until then, its our secret little spot Tom H. Edited January 28, 2017 by TomH cant spell! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I know what you mean Tom, the wash that I mentioned has had some activity in the past, but only surface-scratching, which tells me it is from those not-knowing what they are doing. And I'm kind of surprised that the Old Timers back in the late 1800's , as well as other's in the 1930's and later overlooked this wash in such prime gold country (Lynx Creek area). All of the gold in this wash is deep on bedrock, none on or near the surface. I also know of a wash down around the Bumble Bee area that is like yours. The gold there is only washed up after a good monsoon drenching. I have never found gold deep on bedrock there, only what is washed down after a flooding. These gold bearing areas are all different, and have different charactoristics that make them special; but once you are able to read-a-wash or an area and determine those differences a world opens up. Good luck down there. Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Congrats to the finder ! Thats some purty gold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sweet indeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Very nice guys!! The weather has moved plenty of earth up by my place's, I finally got out yesterday to explore a new area only to be turned away twice by washed out impassable roads. Had to settle for a spot and got the skunk. I'm glad you guys didn't!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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