iggy Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Quote and picture from Minelab HQNow you have to guess what year it was......Subject: The GP Extreme is the "King of Performance"The GP Extreme is the "King of Performance". It's the only machine I use... especially after unearthing a 9.1 ounce gold nugget at 28" deep in an area where conventional detectors have searched many times before.Any comments Rob? Iggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 22, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hello Iggy, Man oh man, figured someone would ask about it. I was featured in Minelab's GP Extreme 2-page ad that was in all the major prospecting magazines. Found that nugget at 28-inches with the GP Extreme and Coiltek 14-inch Round Mono Searchcoil. The gold nugget was just over 9 ounces solid (3/4 pound) and one of my biggest to date. Where was it found? Arizona! Take care,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLORADO BOB Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hey Rob,Sure glad you narrowed that location down, helps a bunch. Thanks a lot. Bob T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARIZONA GUIDE Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Great I live in that genral area so i will head out in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 NINE OUNCES?!?!?! "One of" my biggest?!?!?I'm moving to AZ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 22, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hello Guys, That is actually my biggest solid gold nugget, but have a bunch of quartz/gold specimens that weigh more. If I remember correctly that nugget was found in 2003. I was offered $4,500 the minute I unearthed it, but decided to hold it for a trophy. About a year later I took the nugget down to the Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources and one Geologist stated he wouldn't sell it for less than $10,000. A Private collector offered me $7,200, but I decided to hold it. If I find one bigger I might let the little one go. Big Nuggets are still out there,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I'm getting my bags packed! I want to beat Rob to his next big find!Hey Rob can I borrow your GPextreme and the 14 inch coil? I want one that big!But I think I'll wait till you guys stop getting snow.Shooting for a Early March trip over to the land of AZ!Houston is boring! RAIN!RAIN! AND MORERAIN!I have mildew on me coils it is so wet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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