Chrisman91 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 We returned yesterday from our 5 day trip to Gold Basin and Franconia. While we were in Gold Basin we did some hunting with DolanDave and a friend of his. Huge thanks goes out Dave for the invite and for sharing some of his knowledge with us. We only found two small pieces of gold, but we did manage to bring home four meteorites. One of the three was given to us by Dave's friend Jason as a test piece to familiarize ourselves with the sound they make on the detectors, and it really did help with our two actual finds Thanks, Jason. Here are the four meteorites that we brought home. The 8.3 Gram piece is the one Jason gave us.My wife and I were hunting a shallow wash when I saw this big lump of brown sitting in a hole under a bush. It looked a little out of place so I swung the Eureka Gold over it and just about blew my eardrums out. Told the wife to hit it with the meteorite stick and WHAMMO....jumped right to it. It is a really cool piece to me because it has a little bit of fusion crust left on one side and the bottom part that was in the soil is nice and smooth. This was my/our very first official Gold Basin meteorite find, and it weighed in at 54.5 grams of goodness.We didn't find anything else and it was time for Dave to go, so we sat down for a quick bite to eat, talked a bit, and said our farewells. I wont say what happened next, but let's just say that Dave has a way of making me laugh. Such a great guy and we are lucky to know him. So we finished off the day on our own and hit the GPAA claims. After about 15 minutes of hunting I get a strong hit on the Eureka in an area surrounded by drywash piles. I immediately figured it was junk because of the trash in the area, but dug it anyways. Out popped this little piece of bright yellow colored gold, that just didn't look right to me. Upon closer inspection I realized that it was a small nugget that had been turned into a pendant and had been lost. I cannot be 100% sure that it is real gold, but the weight feels right, and the hoop doesn't look to me to be something made for costume jewelry. It weighed 0.5 grams. Here it is along with the 1.2 Gram nugget that April found the day before.All-in-all we had a great time just being away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Seems like meteorites are the way to go for us...LOL! So far we have 25 finds at Coyote Dry Lake, 45 finds at Stewart Valley Dry Lake, 2 finds at Gold Basin, and one find at Franconia. Not bad for only hunting these things for 104 days. Thanks for reading!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Excellent finds there Chris. Sheesh, how many bits like that iv thrown away over the years. It just looks like normal iron some of those meteorites.Im sure most I turfed were just iron but how many were not ill never know.Good on you with those finds, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisman91 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thank you very much, Roo. It took us a while to learn how to I'D them, but it's getting easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertNuggets Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Excellent pictures....and great finds.....a little of everything..now that's a good hunt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted March 1, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hey Chris, Great pictures and finds. I know Gold Basin is getting much harder to find meteorites and gold. The Meteorite Strewn field really brought a lot of attention to the area, so a lot of the easy gold got plucked out along with that. While several guys I know were searching hard-core for meteorites on the flats found some pretty nice patches of gold nuggets. Thanks for all your business and friendship over the years. P.S. Chris just purchased a brand new Eureka Gold from us and wants to upgrade to a PI, so it up for sale on the forums here if you want a like-new Eureka Gold, pretty much full warranty and I will toss in support to the new owner, it's a great way to save $200-$300 from a new one at $1049.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisman91 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Rob, thank you for the plug on the Eureka. And thank you as well for all you have done for me over the years. You are a great guy, a great businessman, and also a great friend. Best wishes to you and the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Wow great pics Chris.Looks like you had a lotta fun on this trip and a piece of GOLD JEWERLY to BOOT !!!! Fantistic.Hope to see you an the family out this way again this year. Hapy Huntn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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