LowPoint Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I was down in the lower desert today, and what a Beautiful day it was down there. It "may-have reached 73 as a high" with cloudy skies, a nice light wind, and no one around,....'WOW' !! I was digging just upstream of two different (massive) exposed bedrock outcrops that stretched from bank to bank. The boulders, rocks and overburden where piled-up just behind (upstream) each outcrop. The exposed bedrock outcrop had stopped all this overburden in a jumble of boulders and rocks. Using my pick and shovel I dug down right at 2 to 2-1/2 foot to finally get to bedrock; this after physically removing the large boulders, rocks, etc. out of the way. Some of the boulders where so large and too heavy to move, so I first dug under them (undermining them) detected the area, and then "gruntingly" helped them to slide down in the hole that I had just dug. One location was on an inside bend that led up to the bedrock outcrop where it dropped about 5-foot down like a waterfall. Anyway I managed to dig up these 5-nuggets (between the two spots) having a total weight of 3.04 Grams. The largest nugget weighed in at: 2.01 Grams. Anytime I can find a 1gram + nugget in a day, I am stoked Gary 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Heck Yes !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Very nice !! Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 More nice finds 4 U 'downstairs'..! Bonus points for digging straight through the dry slough to get to the good stuff..! Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NvAuMiner Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Well earned nuggets for sure.. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Nice! WTG Gary! LSD? Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjadair3 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Right on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Very nice gold Sounds like you worked for it Friday was a perfect day....cloudy and cool. Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 By my lights that was a very nice return in exchange for the amount of labor invested. The line between prospecting and mining activities is blurry. A willingness to dig, probe and sample often can make the difference between wearing a smile or skunk stripes at the end of the day. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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