cabelafella Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I went out this weekend with my regular friends to one of our heavily hunted spots. we all split up and I walked down to a spot that I had seen on a previous outing that had allot of cemented gravel strewn in with the quartz rocks in tailing piles. this area has produced fair amount of quartz and gold rocks and some nuggets in cemented gravel . my goal was to move that entire pile of rocks and check each one, top and bottom then dig down to bedrock and check it and all the dirt for any signals,.as I'm going through my routine I'm finding small nuggets most under 1dwt, then all of the sudden I got a loud inverted signal,and I said [nail]. I used my magnet to try and locate it, it was still there so I checked the rocks one by one . when I picked up one small rock I could feel the weight to size was heavy .then as I moved my hand towards my detector, it screamed from a foot away. I brushed the rock off and I was not disappointed, id say the nugget is aprx 8 dwt…..the whole specimen is 44dwt. hope you enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Great pic and nice speci nugget ... Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Leave it in the cemented graval that looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ed Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wow - Thats way cool, never seen anything like it...Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very nice piece, leave it as it is, IMO...Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 That looks crazy cool !! Nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Nice find, It looks like it traveled before it settled into the sedimintation/conglomeration. very cool speci. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very nice congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very nice find!LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Awsome find!That's a really cool piece.I did get a inverted signal one time and though the same thing...garbage, but it was almost a half ozer sandwiched between hematite.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Really cool looking, leave it in the matrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very unusual piece! WTG! ...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yeah very interesting! Great find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I also like the way it is....perfect as it is..! great find.....thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sweet nugget! I heard of a pit somwhere up there that had a lot of gold in that "peanut brittle" Hydraulic miners must have had a hard time dealing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yeh, Brandy City and Portwine both have that stuff. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Nice!Big ol gob peaking out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yep thats the area I was thinking of, Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Been there twice in my life, and that stuff{peanut Brittle} was all over. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I like that term "peanut Brittle" AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 That does open up some new areas to hunt but I'll tell ya hot rocks everywhere. those are very old deposits and its all very hard and heavy rocks, very old river bed. but there is gold in there too.AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Excellent. I found a bit in conglomerate years ago, 6 grams, had it for ages and kept thinking "wonder what the other side looks like?". So I eventually smashed it out. wish Id left it as it was, became just another nugget after that.Nice find there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Roo Dont make me start telling you about the mistakes I made at work, your going to cry. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I shouldn't say mistakes, it was company policy. but I saw some nice species go down the crusher. AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabelafella Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 glad you all enjoyed the nugget. It did not come from the laporte area . and it will stay in the matrix and always make me wonder how much gold is hidden inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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