Uncle Ron Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Yo, All...I scooted out into some very remote area today that I've never prospected before...About 4 years ago, someone, I forget who, made a comment to me about a long lost placer area and since that time I've been researching to try and find the location of the " XXX" Placer...I've felt for the last year I was zeroing in on it, and then I started using Google Earth on the area together with the Mine Dat website...So, this morning I woke up with a s-load of work to do, but I just felt is was one of those unusual gold finding days, too...So I busted ass, got a bunch of work done, then loaded up the new (to me) Honda 4-wheeler I just got (for Dodacious) from Mike C. ... I love that scooter...Anyhow, as some of you know, the Vulture Mountains south and westish of the Dubyahburg has been my haunt for a long time...But finding a new area has been a challenge...Today I drove in below Vulture Peak, offloaded my quad and headed out with my GPS and map that I created just for this prospect...Unfortunately, I didn't have a whole lot of time for the hunt today due to work and other obligations, but it was one of those "dammit, I woke up to find gold today" days...After hauling ass up and over some washes and good looking red pediments, I ended up at the spot I'd picked from study...Damn if it didn't look perfect...There was very red dirt, pyrite, greenstone, shist bedrock, ironstone, blue copper stained rocks, quartz up the kazoo and lots of unusual mineralization in several colors of hungry looking quartz...'Specially that good ol' purpley quartz that seems to throw the gold often...Very old diggings and a bit of hand stacking here and there...I hooked up my NF 14 E Mono on my SD2100 and headed up a small wash that really looked promising...I made my way up about a thousand feed of wash, covering both the wash and the benches up about 4' for so....NADA, ZIP...Other than one nail and one boot tack, absolutely no targets, save the occassional ironstone...I got way up the hill to where the wash was pretty much done except two little foot wide fingers...The hillside dirt looked really good and red so, being ready to quit and head back, I started walking up the gentle slope...I got a good loud target which sounded like a .44 or .38...Damn if not an inch down was this beautiful 4.0 gram beauty with just a little purple quartz in her belly button....After going through my usual rituals of thanks, nugget sucking and photos, I started working the area, feeling a littlbe bit pressured because it was way past time for me to head back home to take care of business...About six feet from the 4-grammer, I got another gentle target and it turned up to be the little half-gram brother, a tad of purple quartz and all...To sum it up, I've got some large ground now to cover and dozens of washes that look just like this one...So here's a bunch of shots I took, plus the studio shots tonight...EnjoyCheers, Yer Unc in the Dubyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 FOUR GRAMS? Ron, be careful out there. That's like 50 or 60 dinks. You could herniate yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted October 11, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hello Uncle Ron, Congrats on your new finds. Sounds like you might be getting close to my secret Vulture Placer. I'm sure there are more nuggets in that general area. Wishing you a handful of those nuggets! P.S. Did you re-up for the 24 Karat Pushes? Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Yahoo Ron!!! There ain't nothing like gold at a new spot.---Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Seriously folks, the horse shoe says it all. Ron, I think you have a couple year's worth of work to do out there but you'll have to drag a branch to hide your tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott W Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Way to go uncle Ron, Good job, Fills good huh! ScottW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim P. Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Congrats Ron, that's go to be a great feeling. After all the research; the payoff. From the looks of the nuggets, there's more to come. Hope it's a bign'. Later...Jim P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexb Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Now there's a worthwhile success story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Good on you, Ronny. Watch that work BS, will keep you from the gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acronn Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Yahoo ! That's great news Ron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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