Admin nuggethunting Posted November 21, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 Hello All, Here is a short video of a very nice crack/crevice we found earlier this year during the Summer Monsoons. Prior to this find, we were just weekend warriors placering various areas and metal detecting for nuggets finding a small handful of nuggets per day. We were not finding anything to really write home about, just the common US nuggets from about a quarter gram and up to 3-4 grams. Working one of these dry creeks, we were hitting a few nuggets in the cracks, but found one we decided to chase down deeper. Normally we don't do this, as digging down several feet or more to bedrock can be a lot of work, especially if you don't recover anything. We had a wild hair, so we decided to do so and this spot paid off very well. As you can see in the video below, the crack started off with two amazing gold nuggets, one was 2.2 ounces solid (just a flat lump) and the other was 1.01 ounces. The gold nuggets were almost side by side in the same crevice as shown. We ended up finding 3-4 smaller gram sized nuggets in the same crevice, but the bedrock popped right up and the gold just disappeared. It was a great moral boost for the Summer season, as it's normally pretty hot and nasty during the Summer Monsoons in the Southwestern US. The tools we normally use are shovels, metal rake, crevice tools, metal detector(s) and pinpointer. We were using the Minelab GPZ 7000 with the new Nugget Finder Z Search 12" coil in this video. The pinpointer we typically use is the Garrett AT Pinpointer (Orange one). Hope you all enjoy the video. If you would like to follow us on Youtube, make sure you "Subscribe" to our channel to see all the new videos. Wishing you all a Happy upcoming Thanksgiving and a wonderful prospecting season. Hope you all have some lunkers under your coils this season! Rob G 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Good on you Rob some real good gold good to the 7000 find the good stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuWanderer Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 kILLING IT !!Very nice.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Moe Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Thats a huge nugget Rob.! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2cool Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 A few more of those and you'll pay that detector off. (joke) Congrats on the gold. 3 oz in one hole is truly amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted November 30, 2021 Author Admin Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Thanks Guys, it was a good hit, but really rare for me and I'm sure for others. However, just goes to show, large pieces are still out there to be found. Rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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