Sonoran Dave 2,129 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Back when I was a newb, I used to toss these aside if I didn't see gold. I hunt an area famous for stringer veinlets and I wonder how many auriferous specimens I released back into the wild in those early days? This particular specimen hit hard on the GB2 and showed nothing but stained quartz. A crack of my hammer revealed the hidden beauty. Keep your eyes open... 9 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeJ 2,077 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Is that a recent find? Congrats Dave !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,129 Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, LukeJ said: Is that a recent find? Congrats Dave !! Last winter and thanks. Not many gold posts this time of year....figured I'd spice it up. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,666 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pairadiceau 175 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Dave, That is an eye opening post! Lesson learned I reckon, how is the flying machine progressing? Stay healthy, Jeff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,129 Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, pairadiceau said: Dave, That is an eye opening post! Lesson learned I reckon, how is the flying machine progressing? Stay healthy, Jeff I'll be working on it again soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 812 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Thanks. I'll keep my eyes open. I don't think I've found but a couple of quartz rocks like that which were hot. One was out by the LSD, but that got tossed back. Got a project I'm working on that will keep me home a couple of weeks, and what you show is motivation to get out once this project is done. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneguy 98 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Yeah... this season I've busted open maybe 12-15 small (sounded like hot) rocks and picked out the small flake nuggie inside. Makes me wonder how many I tossed in my first 2 seasons..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mn90403 963 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 A 'hot rock' is quite different than HOT QUARTZ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneguy 98 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) 23 hours ago, mn90403 said: A 'hot rock' is quite different than HOT QUARTZ! That's exactly why I said "rocks" and NOT quartz.... Edited September 9 by oneguy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lanny in AB 429 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Nice find indeed! All the best, and thanks for the pictures, Lanny 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,129 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 Hot rocks and hot quartz were both tossed aside if no gold was visible. I've learned some stuff since those days thankfully! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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