oldies1955 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hey all: Well, the weather was perfect the moon was full, all the stars were aligned....and dad and I got out!On the way in we spooked a owl that kept flying about a foot off the ground in front of us. He finally landed and I was able to get a pic of him. The eyes are peircing to say the least. Hit a old placer mine and did some detecting up some washes around it. Got a nice cache of lead and mining artifacts. I scooped up 4 buckets of dirt out of thier pile they were processing and found out why they shut down....one measly flake after running it through the trommel tonight, and some more lead! Hit another area and didnt find anything.Went back to an area we got a nice string of small nugs out of last year but have not hit it since the monsoon flood. Welp....it gave us a couple of nice little guys!YEHAAAAA...............We finally busted the skunk! It was really nice juicy bedrock......nice shist, iron dikes, quarts dikes....ironstone. Just the right mix.It was a great day out, weather was nice and the good Lord blessed us with gold and seeing a kritter.Cant ask for much more then that..9 gram.....paid for the gas!Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NvDoug Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Good Pic's, nice to set the skunk at bay and best of all another good time put away in the memory bank w/dad. Congrats Tom -n- Dad!!Best of luck on future outings..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Way to go. Great pics, especially the owl! Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hey Tomyou know how it goes the little ones keep you going till you find that payday patch. little ones beat the hell out of nothing but lead.Take care AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdu3164 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Nice find. Tom and Tom. Glad to see you were able to loose that "skunk" . Thanks for the pics.Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Sweet, love great days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravelwasher Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Great looking area, nice pic of the owl. Always a good day when you can be out with family in the outdoors and you find gold!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Love that in-situ pic Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted October 24, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Hey Tom, Good find! Keep them coming. Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpig Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Nice bird. Nice nugget. I have to note that one of the things about Great Horned Owls is that they eat skunks - they have evolved to where they do not mind the smell (I'm not making this up). So I guess the GHO ate the skunk for you. Now I've just gotta find me one of those owls for this weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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