Admin nuggethunting Posted August 31, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hey Guys/Gals, I posted about this years ago, but figuring it's just about prospecting season again here in Arizona, I thought I would start a new thread about Sunbakers, or nuggets you uncover looking back at you. Technically, a "Sunbaker" is a nugget that is laying right on top of bedrock or even right on top of the soil, not requiring any movement of the ground to see it. I have found hundreds of these nuggets, just laying right on bedrock after or even before a Winter or Monsoon storm, or even just laying on top of the ground in a hillside or bench patch. It's always exciting to be walking up a new gulch or even working a hillside and get a target and look down, and there it is! Here are a few examples of pieces I have seen from blowing out a crack or even simply right on top of the ground. I would love to see some of your pictures to get everyone excited about the prospecting season out here in the Southwest that is about to happen. Wishing you all a very successful 2019-2020 season. If there is anything we can do to help, with detectors, gear or just general knowledge, we would love to help your success. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Love finding them like this... sure saves time on recovery as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted September 2, 2019 Author Admin Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hey Guys, Here are a few more ..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garikfox Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Oh wow nice! Rob is this at one of our "RRPC" claim sites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted September 3, 2019 Author Admin Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hey Garikfox, I think the first picture in the second group of four pictures is a Roadrunner claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garikfox Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Oh okay cool thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Sunbakers are the best! Dad found on on accident when he was turning around to go back up a wash....detector lit up and he looked down and saw it. I have found small ones. That first one is NICE! Tom H. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDM/PV Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 These weren't exactly sun bakers, as they where laying on exposed bedrock that had recently had a large amount of water that had washed the fines away. It's sort of hard to see, but these nuggets are laying under about an inch or two of still-standing (sort of merkey) water. What was cool was that I actually didn't find them with my detector,............I just looked down and spied them with my eyes,.....YaHooo. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garikfox Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 "Sunwaders" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted September 4, 2019 Author Admin Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hey GDM/PV - Great finds out of the water. Always great to get a few nuggets, dry or wet. Here are a few more of my Sunbakers - 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing8046 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 I have never found a Sun baker so I have two questions Are these new areas you have detected before? Was there some weather event that made you hit the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted September 7, 2019 Author Admin Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Hey Fishing8046 - Great questions. So many of the spots were really remote and virgin. However, I have hunted areas hard and missed gold, or even returned after a big storm system like the Summer Monsoons or Winter storms. These can remove large sections of bedrock and expose hidden gold nuggets. Many of them I heard a signal, looked down or keeled down and seen them before moving a speck of dirt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Here`s one I found just hanging out below some plant life.. Edited September 8, 2019 by adam 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX Power Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) I havent found that many sunbakers but have found a few-The first one I ever found was right on a stretch of are bedrock I was trying to ground balance my beeper and couldnt get it to ground balance moved my coil and a nice 2 grammer was just sitting there in a crack-wish they could all be that easy-Nice gold guys 😎 Mike C... Edited September 8, 2019 by GPX Power 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.