microsniper Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Was out yesterday to a spot I found some various gold bits and decided to pull back some overburden to get down to some fresh bedrock (thanks for the inspiration Adam) and found a couple of dinks to start the day with. I got tired of all the hard work and decided to head upstream to seek out some exposed bedrock. I walked past a few spots Id detected last year (found nothing before) and spent the next couple hrs being impatient and of course not finding anything but rusty bits. I was getting tired and decided to head back to the truck and maybe go check out another local. Well, on my way back I walked over a small patch of bedrock that id detected before with no luck and just stopped. I looked at a small crack and for some reason (intuition??) said what the heck and and decided to go over it again. Instantly I got a super loud couple of targets in one coil pass. I figured id just go ahead and get that pesky junk out of the way and keep going. Probably three targets there, all inverted signals. Junk for sure....... yeah well I was shocked when under and inch of sand stuck in the crack, out pops this beauty! about 10" away was the 2x2" chunk of rusty iron that was the source of the big trashy signal. Yep, I think that kept me and whoever else went over that same bedrock from digging the signals next to it! lesson learned.... dig it all! 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Oh yeah !! Nice !! I'm still waiting for the day when I dig an inverted signal with the SDC and it turns out to be one of those. Thanks for sharing. It's a good lesson for all. Luke 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Great moral to this story and a GREAT find! Thanks for sharing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microsniper Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, Micro Nugget said: Great moral to this story and a GREAT find! Thanks for sharing. Thanks Man, so many people here have posted finding nuggets under a can, in the same hole as five square nails, nuggets covered by rusty bits of sheet metal, or any number of things, including pre supposing a big trashy signal is just trash...(heard that one too many times!) Thanks to those who shared those experiences that I'm reminded/inspired to keep digging past my impatience, false certainty, and delusion that everyone got there before I did.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Great story and lesson to us all! This is what "DIG ALL TARGETS" is about. Nice score man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Sweet find! WOW!!! Glad you got a clunker. Ive found a couple of inverted gold. One was a solid 1 gram...........and the other was sandwiched in hematite almost a half Oz. So, like you say, dig it all. Tom H. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Holy cow!! Sweet nugget sniper! I'd keep placering that wash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Wow! That's some nice gold! Keep diggin' those bad boys! ...Cheers, Unc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Now there's a KEEPER,....As the old time prospectors used to say: "Faller-Dee-Iron" (and/or): "Gold-rides-an-Iron-Horse!!" Myself, I dig all targets, and especially get excited when I find white-colored lead slugs, as I know the lead is very old; no one has been there before me to get rid of that lead; and lead has the same propensity as a gold nugget (considering it's density in weight) --that is to sink to the lowest point in bedrock. Sooooo, if there is gold there?????, it will be down deep with the lead (and heavy-iron trash). Gary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 what a beautiful piece of pretty gold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 GREAT lesson for sure-John 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Hell of a nugget Mike. Great job 👍🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Great story, pretty nugget and super valuable lesson! ... For some of us ... or me at least ... I get to the point at times that I 'think' I know more than the detector ... I 'pass' on a signal and it stays in my mind as I continue on my course. Eventually I have to go back and sometimes that trashy signal ends up being gold ... and reminds me that I am supposed to DIG ALL TARGETS!!! Thanks for the verbal and visual reminder as well! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Nice chunky fatty !! Nice work..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boorx4 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Dig all targets, always. I have followed that adage for years and it has served me well! However, what about with the new Gold Monster 1000? Are we to still dig every target or do we put our faith in its discriminator??? Curious minds would like to know! What is you all's take? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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