LipCa 315 Posted August 10 Won't fit in a bottle. not all that pretty. Crush it and you have nothing. Guess it just can just sit in safety deposit? I thought it was just another hot rock until it sung back at me. 11 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DolanDave 443 Posted August 10 Great Find !!! , congrats LipCa.... Dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 1,960 Posted August 10 Crap! nice find!!! Get some one to slab it and make pendents out of it Looks solid enough. WTG Tom H. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzNuggetBob 1,343 Posted August 10 Its up to you Lipca. It looks fairly solid. It is a nice speci by its own right. leave it or slab it and cab it, but I wouldn't crush it. have you tested it for continuity? AzNuggetBob 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Randall 111 Posted August 10 So what would I do...….I only wish I had this question/decision to figure out. Ha! Nice score 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,027 Posted August 10 Like Bob said, have you put a meter on it yet? That piece might take a acid bath pretty well or i would look at cutting it. Either way, awesome speci. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bsumbdy 92 Posted August 10 Congratulations! Great find!! Let us know what you decide! Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcgator 169 Posted August 10 Great find!! A lot of bragging rights in that piece!! WTG!! Mike sends..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Soloman 606 Posted August 10 Beautiful - Congratulations!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllenJ 24 Posted August 10 Really nice find, congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank c 583 Posted August 10 Beautiful ! Congrats ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micro Nugget 603 Posted August 10 Not all that pretty???? Well, the eye of this beholder thinks she's a beaut!!!! Great piece of Mother Nature's artwork. Thanks for making my morning... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 770 Posted August 10 What Micro said x 2...fred Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 1,185 Posted August 10 (edited) Great looking chispa! It is perfect just like it is isn't it? Just the right size to carry and not get lost. Not too fragile, not so valuable you can't carry it around and enjoy it a bit... Why do a darn thing at all with it? I'd make a little medicine bag for it and carry it around for good luck. A solid little piece of float like that is a cool carrying piece. Edited August 10 by Bedrock Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakota Slim 501 Posted August 10 I'd go back and try find the rest of that vein. That's what I'd do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
middleforkminer2 262 Posted August 10 1 hour ago, Micro Nugget said: Not all that pretty???? Well, the eye of this beholder thinks she's a beaut!!!! Great piece of Mother Nature's artwork. Thanks for making my morning... Same here.....a stunning piece... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saul R W 599 Posted August 10 Yes, it is a nice piece. Please feel welcome, LipCa, to send it my way if you really don't like looking at it. I'll message you my mailing address shortly. If it was me, I'd leave it just like it is, and then go back and look for more where it came from. There's never just one. It might have a big brother that inherited most of the gold in the family. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyy 803 Posted August 10 Yeah, I think she's beautiful! I don't know that I would crush it. I'd save that piece for future stories. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IDdesertman 205 Posted August 10 Don't crush it man that's a nice piece! Maybe not the best but certainly not ugly. Nice find for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 705 Posted August 10 I would save it as is. Soak it in Whink Rust Remover for a week to bleach the quartz white. You'll have a really nice looking specimen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 1,185 Posted August 10 You are lucky to be in an area were the float is so durable and pieces like that are possible. In the placers I hunt the ore is rotten and oxidized and if you find a chispa it is small and really rusty looking. Most ore I find is definitely not aesthetic no matter how much gold it has showing. And if you do find gold in a more solid gangue material it is dark smokey grey microcrystalline quartz. Not pretty snowballs laced with gold like in Califaztlan. The durable quartz gangue holds the gold together and allows it to travel farther and stay bigger. In the placers I am familiar with it goes from a rich vein bearing coarse gold to micro particles in just a few hundred yards. You will rarely find chispas unless you are within feet and inches from the vein. And when you do they are just butt ugly balls of rusty quartz granules held together by gold. So even a little ball of pretty quartz like that is mighty cool. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LipCa 315 Posted August 10 I've soaked quartz in wink for an extended time before and the quartz turned a yellow color. It was carried to where it was by a glacier. Not much chance in finding where it came from. Quartz is fractured pretty good on the side with the gold. Some quartz came off when I washed it up. Thanks for the complements. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishing8046 203 Posted August 11 I consider it to be a trophy. It's like catching a 10-pound bass except you don't need to have a taxidermy mount it. The good lord has already made it perfect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 1,360 Posted August 11 Very nice find !! I agree with everyone who said to keep it as it is and maybe carry it around from time to time. Congrats !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 3,656 Posted August 11 Very nice find Love the specimens... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
