LukeJ 2,077 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 19 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,579 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Cool Beans. A No Skunk Day. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andyy 1,057 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice work Luke. It isss muggy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike C... 696 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Good Job Mike C... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,129 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice work Luke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,120 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice Specimen dude ! Well done 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hard earned gold for sure-John 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That is a very cool looking specie, congrats.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 WTG, Luke.. Swamp 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,757 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 post Share on other sites
SanDomingoJim 458 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice nugget...congrats!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
azdigger 1,474 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice , very nice. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 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 post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,667 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice chunk Luke. Good job. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Desertpilot 571 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice one Luke!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishing8046 329 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That's Figuring out where those potatoes come from 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dbado1 180 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Good job! Nice piece!! Dean 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,239 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 That's a keeper Luke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alwaysdirty 914 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 post Share on other sites
H-2 Charlie 183 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Great score , all gold is sweet . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 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 post Share on other sites
BMc 1,025 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 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 post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 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 post Share on other sites
BMc 1,025 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 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 post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 It wasn't a rhetorical question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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