Paseclipse Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Hi all, it's been a while since I've nailed a decent sized nugget, especially since I'm hunting for meteorites most of the time. The last time I scored some nice sized nuggets was in September of '08. Went to the goldfields with a confident attitude and a little different settings on my GPX-4000 this weekend and boy did it pay off!-First nugget was a 0.90 grammer about 10" deep, second was a 12.5 grammer about 14-16" deep. Both were found using a 14" round mono coil swinging extra slow, scrubbing the ground, and digging everything. The 12.5 grammer barely broke the threshold and sounded more like ground noise than a deep target at first. The signal was repeating the same in all directions and deserved a scrape off the top. I scraped a little off the top and the signal got louder, gave out a nice soft wee-woo sound and peaked a little higher than a hot rock. Then I knew it was definitely a target so I kept digging and it kept getting louder and louder. After I got down to around 12" deep the target was screaming and difficult to locate so I had to break out a pin pointer... my Whites GMT. The GMT was giving me a huge "zip zip" sound and the meter was registering well below 25% iron probability... I knew there was a good chance it was gold by then and maybe a good sized nugget too! Dug down a couple more inches and pinpointed again. No target so it had to be somewhere in the hole. Waved the GMT around a little more and got a booming signal on a clay covered rock. Reached in picked it up and all I could feel the weight, there was no doubt it was a nugget now! Had to clean it off a little bit before I saw the glitter of gold. Gave me an ear to ear smile! Enjoy!Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Nice one Del! Nugget season is finally here. That big gold nugget sure is sweet. Congradulations. I love when those ground noises repeat from every direction. I hope you get over some more. Take care.MattPS-Do you have your GMT outfitted with the little 3x6 shooter coil or did you have a huge hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubstake Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Your Right, but there both nice, congrats. Not a bad payday. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxGold Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Hi all, it's been a while since I've nailed a decent sized nugget, especially since I'm hunting for meteorites most of the time. The last time I scored some nice sized nuggets was in September of '08. Went to the goldfields with a confident attitude and a little different settings on my GPX-4000 this weekend and boy did it pay off!-First nugget was a 0.90 grammer about 10" deep, second was a 12.5 grammer about 14-16" deep. Both were found using a 14" round mono coil swinging extra slow, scrubbing the ground, and digging everything. The 12.5 grammer barely broke the threshold and sounded more like ground noise than a deep target at first. The signal was repeating the same in all directions and deserved a scrape off the top. I scraped a little off the top and the signal got louder, gave out a nice soft wee-woo sound and peaked a little higher than a hot rock. Then I knew it was definitely a target so I kept digging and it kept getting louder and louder. After I got down to around 12" deep the target was screaming and difficult to locate so I had to break out a pin pointer... my Whites GMT. The GMT was giving me a huge "zip zip" sound and the meter was registering well below 25% iron probability... I knew there was a good chance it was gold by then and maybe a good sized nugget too! Dug down a couple more inches and pinpointed again. No target so it had to be somewhere in the hole. Waved the GMT around a little more and got a booming signal on a clay covered rock. Reached in picked it up and all I could feel the weight, there was no doubt it was a nugget now! Had to clean it off a little bit before I saw the glitter of gold. Gave me an ear to ear smile! Enjoy!DelDel congrats! Very impressive. I'm envious (spelling)Tx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 That's a real beauty, Del...Way to go...Which 14" coil were you using--CT, NF, ML, ? Go get some more... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Man That's cool. WTG Del. DigDeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 congrats Del what a beautiful nugget ! hope ya find some more. happy holidays everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southside Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Pas, Nice one, Southside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paseclipse Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hi all thanks for the congrats, it’s nice to nail something other than small dinks. Matt I had the stock DD coil on my GMT. Ron I was using a NF 14†mono coil.I’ll probably head back to the same spot and go over it again with larger coils to see if I can nail some more. Hopefully I can but if not that’s just the way it goes!Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Congrats Del....Thats a whoppin beauty for sure.....You more than earned it man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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