click Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 I've taken my new GM1000 out a few times now, but there are no nugget fields around that I can really go hunting close by. There is gold in the areas, but everything I've found in the past is very small so I don't think there is much detectable gold. Any SoCal hunter's out there, I'd still like a push in the right direction. At any rate, so far I've found so much lead of all sizes, that I'm certain this machine will find gold if its there. There were a couple times I've found flakes of copper bullet jacket that got my heart racing when I first caught the metallic glint, and then I recognized what they were. The detector also found this quartz pebble, which is distinctly covered in a metallic substance. The area I found it has no recorded lead or silver deposits, and I have no idea what it is. Its too well integrated into the quartz to be lead bullet splash, and in the sunlight it has a bit of iridescent shimmer (but not much). Any idea what it might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) Looks like Arsenopyrite to me. I find lots of it here in Eastern Canada that looks exactly like what you have there, in quartz here too BTW. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenopyrite Beav Edited July 4, 2019 by Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Dude , get a book or publication on Placer deposits for Arizona . Lots of published gold areas in Mohave county . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Is it in the rock or just on the surface? It might be lead spatter from bullets. Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
click Posted July 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Chris - I will try a couple tests on it and see if I can determine if thats it, thanks for the suggestion. I didn't think pyrites and sulfides were able to set the detector off, but again I am new to this. adam - last time I was in Arizona i found a map of placer deposits in a little shop in Oatman, and I did get it. Unfortunately the long drive precludes too many trips out that way, I have to convince the wife that it will be "fun" to come along lol. oldies1955 - That was my first thought as well, but it is in the rock and on all sides of it, so i think I've ruled that out. thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Looks like a telluride to me. I find a lot of that with a Detector in Colorado. Just a guess from the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted July 11, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 Hey Click, Could be Galena, a lead suphide and it does react to a good VLF detector such as a Gold Monster 1000. I have found many Galena nuggets in various sizes and even in the host rock like yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garikfox Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Leadmonster 1000. Lol love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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