Afriscot Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I thought it appropriate to post a photo showing black nuggets as it was a topic recently. Tuesday last I got a chance to hit the western deserts of Arizona in search for gold. Timely as it was I had never expected to find black nuggets. I know from tests done on the black nuggets in this area have shown them to be Manganese coated and very very old in terms of the more normal, still semi ancient gold we usually find. The bedrock here was a very hard rock yet there were cracks in it and after getting a signal in virgin ground I knew this was gold I was about to recover. So with a lot of effort and time I find broke the bedrock apart and about 16" down into it were these two nuggets. I scraped the Manganese off somewhat so the gold would show in the photo. The third nugget, normally what I get is the more recent (millions of years still) around these parts. While the two blacks are not gigantic they did come in at about 1/4 ounce each which are the largest I have found in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted February 18, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hey Afriscot, Long time since we have heard from you. Ya, the Black Nuggets are interesting to see as you don't find many of them out there. Some have mentioned a growth on them, maybe some type of micro biology stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Found lots of them. Not as big as yours (yet) Vinegar and salt cleans them up good. Nice finds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Bob Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Very common in the Trinity's of Nor Cal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I wouldn't clean them. Those are really cool and nice weights too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyy Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 "Black gold ... Texas T" .... hey that reminds me of a show I once watched .... hmmmmm.... I know ... you found them in Beverly Hills!! And you thought you had some big secret. pppffft (showing my age) Very nice finds!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted March 28, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hey Andy, Jumping around those boulders might get you a Black nugget or two .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyy Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Might also get me a snake bite, Rob haa..haa... But I will keep an eye out for both. I like the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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