LukeJ Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hey all... I made it out the other day for a quick hunt before the sun burned off the clouds. I returned to an area I'd been before, and decided to hunt a hillside near "My First Dink Patch". This area has been hunted by many detectors over the years and it took over an hour before I found my first trash target. A little bit later, I found a target signal behind the trunk of a little bush. After some digging and some screwdriver/bedrock action, the target was out. Another little scrap of rusty metal. But wait, there's another target in the hole. Some more bedrock loosened up and scraped out, and this little guy came to the surface. A nice .58g specimen. I was using the 5000 with the 11" mono commander. Fine gold, gain 9, stab 9, very slow.... I knew the ground would be wet, so the EVO stayed home. I doubt it was more than three inches deep. Even when it was in the scoop, it wasn't very loud. Luke 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Cool Beans. A No Skunk Day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyy Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice work Luke. It isss muggy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Good Job Mike C... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice work Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice Specimen dude ! Well done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hard earned gold for sure-John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That is a very cool looking specie, congrats.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 WTG, Luke.. Swamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 WTG on the nug and the recheck of the hole! Good lesson for a lot of us. Tom H. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDomingoJim Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice nugget...congrats!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdigger Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice , very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thanks guys... 2 hours ago, TomH said: WTG on the nug and the recheck of the hole! Good lesson for a lot of us. Tom H. Yep !! More than a few times now, I've found gold in a hole that trash came out of first. Always recheck the hole !! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice chunk Luke. Good job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertpilot Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice one Luke!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That's Figuring out where those potatoes come from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbado1 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Good job! Nice piece!! Dean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 That's a keeper Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 10 hours ago, LukeJ said: Always recheck the hole !! You got that right! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Great score , all gold is sweet . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 I went ahead and let this specimen soak in Whink for about 9 days. It's a first time for me to alter any of the nuggets I've found. I 'lost' .12 grams of rock and now this nugget weighs .46g. I realize my pictures aren't the best. Still getting by with the phone camera. What do you guys think? Did I 'ruin' it? 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMc Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, LukeJ said: I went ahead and let this specimen soak in Whink for about 9 days. It's a first time for me to alter any of the nuggets I've found. I 'lost' .12 grams of rock and now this nugget weighs .46g. I realize my pictures aren't the best. Still getting by with the phone camera. What do you guys think? Did I 'ruin' it? Well Luke, you know wat dey say, dat beauty is in the eye of the beholder . . . an dats one I wud like to be holdin'! She sho nuff ain't ruint. Nice! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, BMc said: Well Luke, you know wat dey say, dat beauty is in the eye of the beholder . . . an dats one I wud like to be holdin'! She sho nuff ain't ruint. Nice! Thanks Mac. I think I like the way it looks too. By the way.... Any chance you've been hanging out in Flint, Michigan drinking the tap water lately? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMc Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, LukeJ said: Thanks Mac. I think I like the way it looks too. By the way.... Any chance you've been hanging out in Flint, Michigan drinking the tap water lately? Just curious. Since that was a rhetorical question, I guess there's no need to tell you what happened to the cat . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 It wasn't a rhetorical question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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