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  1. This is 100% correct. My first 1 ounce nugget was actually a 2 ounce nugget in my avatar. Found by just systematically pounding a known gold-bearing area over several weekends where I was finding smaller nuggets here and there. I found it within about 20 minutes of detecting, picking up where I left off about 20 feet from where I found a little dinker the weekend before. It was a fairly loud target on my GPZ, thought it was just a bullet casing. It was right after a good rain tho so maybe that had something to do with finding it (always seem to have luck after a rain). Now that I've been detecting more I'd like to think that I'd have still found it but it wasn't in a great "looking" area. The only indication was a couple old potholes nearby. Can't overthink things so much all the time.
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  2. Those pieces I got came from an area not known for big gold either Tom H.
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  3. Hey Guys, Just browsing some pictures and I know I posted this one years ago I believe. It was a nugget I felt was pretty interesting as it has several holes through it. You can see the large hole, then there is a smaller one. This piece was found back in 2003, so I'm not sure what Minelab I was using then. I can still remember finding it, as it gave a "trashy iron" signal response, which I believe is due to the character of the gold nugget. The piece is flat, several holes and non-typical shape overall. Just one example you might have heard me say, don't but too much faint in target responses - this is gold, that is not gold! The weight was right at one Troy ounce. Hope you enjoyed. Would love to see any unique looking nuggets with or without holes if you're willing to share.
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  4. Sure do, that's it in my avatar. Wasn't mine to keep, but I was the finder. Still looking for my "official" first one ouncer. Later...Jim P.
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  5. Come on Rob...who forgets that! Pizza nugget. 3/4 mile up the wash after digging oodles of ironstone (I was still new to detecting) I get a signal that sounds like a 49 Ford hood. Dug down about 8 inches and OMG!!!! There is was and I was on my knees thanking God for it! Pizza nugget was 1.25 oz. Got a lot more out of that wash. Second bigger ones are .452 oz and .623 oz. Total out of that wash so far is 4.6 oz. That was a once in a lifetime wash for sure and I have great memories of the many times ive been up it.
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  6. Is that the same nugget from the old forums with a hole in it you used as your avatar? Here's one I found with a tiny pinhole in it at the top. Looking through my collection it's the only one I got with a hole in it. Weight is 4.46 grams. Didn't find the coin detecting (I wish), bought that one.
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