adam Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 This weekend past, I managed to find some time for a hunt. My initial plan was to traverse the hillsides, hilltops, and slopes for a new patch. Well, I accomplished both. Found a slope with a very reddish decomposing pegmatite , and decided to hunt it. First two swings and I found the little guy in the pic ( .5 Gram) , 15 feet above that one, I get a subtle target, but defined. About 8 inches down, I unearth a black rock that`s screaming. Turns out to be a chunk ( 4 grams ) of what appears to be hematite, with a gold seam running right through it Bailed out of that spot to go hit an area I had found a few before. Wouldn`t you know it, I banged out a nice 3 gram quartz gold specimen, and and a .6 tenth piece. All this gold is about as coarse as it gets . Eluvial nuggets can be very attractive.. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDomingoJim Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Nice...real nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Oh man.... Merry Christmas Adam. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Awesome nuggets, great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) Very nice gold! I really like that specie. Looks good with a white background. Might try a some diluted muriatic acid to clean the hematite piece up some. But, what im most interested in is that screw??? Can you tell me more about it? Is it 10/24 or 8/32??? Tom H. Edited December 26, 2017 by TomH 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Nice work adam. Wish I was unwrapping presents like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgator Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Nice gold Adam!! And a good man is never afraid to show off his junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just think what you would of found with the Gold Monster! Hope you had a Merry Christmas! Shep 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moody Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sweet!! Sounds like the plan worked out and you scored some nice Christmas gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 8 hours ago, shep said: Just think what you would of found with the Gold Monster! Ounces more ,I`m sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Thanks for the comments everyone ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Great work there Adam ... Nice little Santa Claus Rally for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Very nice I would like to see a close up of the Hematite. Looks like some old and new stuff in the iron dig pile looks like your cleaning it up for the next trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Good job -but you already know that and to top it off you used a Dino 2200-Mike C... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 22 hours ago, TomH said: Might try a some diluted muriatic acid Nah, That stuff usually only works on carbonate minerals I think, and it smells . I need something that will dissolve Iron Oxide ( Hematite) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) I'm reading up on cleaning some rust stained crystals, and I can find for easily purchased chemicals is iron out (a bisulfate cleaner for iron stains) and navel jelly (phosphoric acid). Those can be purchased at any Wal Mart or auto store. There's also oxalic acid, but that requires heating near boiling. Oxalic acid is available off amazon. For some reason oxalic acid is the preferred method to clean crystals, but I don't know how those chemicals react with gold. CLR does not work. My quartz has been soaking in CLR for a week, but is barely changed less red. I was just getting ready to post to see if anyone had cleaning instructions for crystals. The red I'm trying to get out is just like the rust stains on the quartz / gold sample, just minus the gold. Edited December 27, 2017 by chrisski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, adam said: Nah, That stuff usually only works on carbonate minerals I think, and it smells . I need something that will dissolve Iron Oxide ( Hematite) Nitric Acid will,.. And it won't affect the gold, other than clean it. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Dang I wish I could of gone.. See what happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjadair3 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Right on man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregal1976 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Great gold!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowkiller Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Great gold! And good video of the 4 Grammer I watched it this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 19 hours ago, chrisski said: I'm reading up on cleaning some rust stained crystals, and I can find for easily purchased chemicals is iron out (a bisulfate cleaner for iron stains) and navel jelly (phosphoric acid). Those can be purchased at any Wal Mart or auto store. There's also oxalic acid, but that requires heating near boiling. Oxalic acid is available off amazon. For some reason oxalic acid is the preferred method to clean crystals, but I don't know how those chemicals react with gold. CLR does not work. My quartz has been soaking in CLR for a week, but is barely changed less red. I was just getting ready to post to see if anyone had cleaning instructions for crystals. The red I'm trying to get out is just like the rust stains on the quartz / gold sample, just minus the gold. Those rust stains can be hard to get out. You've done just about everything you can short of using Armour Etch. But that might ruin the crystal. I remember one time in Nevada I found some reddish yellow crystals. I spent quite sometime and expense trying to clean them up since they had a nice crystalization. Turns out they were actually citrine crystals and not stained quartz crystals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyy Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Beautiful finds Adam. That is some nice hillside hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Thanks Andy , and thank you for the Minelab Hat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Good crap Adam! (It auto changed me ... you know what I meant!) Mitchel Edited December 29, 2017 by mn90403 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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