Micro Nugget 770 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 My Texan son-in-law is visiting for the holidays. So I took him with me for a half-day to some open range in Southern California on a cold, windy, not so sunny day. I used my 7000 and he used my Gold Monster 1000. He is not a prospector and had never used one before. His familiarity with metal detecting is minimal having accompanied me on maybe 3 or 4 day trips over the past 16 years. On those occasions he used a GB2. So I figured that after I gave him a 5 minute crash course on the 1000 he could pretty much operate on his own without the need for me to coach. But I wasn't expecting him to nail this 4 gram beauty, especially after the snow began falling. Nor was I anticipating my own return home covered with skunk stripes. I suspect not many nuggets like this surface very often out of the Pecos. 19 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
azdigger 1,474 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Very Nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mcgator 209 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 DANG NICE NUGGET!! Fricking AWESOME!!! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Knifemaker84 257 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Adding to the amazing stories that will be talked about for times to come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,106 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Awesome, a great day you both will remember for a lifetime! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Congratulations to both of you !! Nice nugget !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H-2 Charlie 183 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Beginners luck, almost...very nice! fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Wouldn't surprise me one bit if that package (the nugget, the detector used, 1st time prospecting and the story as laid out & presented) ended up being a Minelab Find Of The Month winner.. Isn't typical of me to promote, but this whole thing is pretty exceptional.. Nice find, ^5..! Swamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mn90403 963 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Well done! Mitchel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Very nice first find! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,120 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Very nice chunk ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afreakofnature 43 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 That is awesome, bet he's got the fever now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beatup 181 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 WTG on getting him out and onto a great piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alwaysdirty 914 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Holy cow! Congrats to the newb! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Furness 1,512 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Beginner's Luck or no ... that is a heck of a slug! Congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,239 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Nice nugget Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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