LuckyLundy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Mrs Lucky has had her mind set to find a 1/2 oz nugget for a year now. I kept reminding her to start with a 1/4 oz'er first and work her way up the ladder of success. Robin, has found many nuggets less than 4 dwt's, but couldn't get over the hump. Well, her hardwork paid off. She was working a little dink patch trying to get the morning skunk off her back. I worked a big circle around her and pulled a nice 2 dwt'er and was working my way backup to her. That's when I heard her yell above me, Oh My God! Oh My God, it's big! I yelled back how big 1/4 oz, bigger she yelled back. 1/2 oz, it's huge she said! Well I had to see for my self, I hike up the hill and boy was it a nice nugget, but I was guessing 15/16 dwt's, NuggetSlayer, was guessing around 17 dwt's. We had some guest detectorist to share the hunt with us...Montana and his Wife Betsy pulled up. Bob said, what's all the yelling about? Robin, proudly showed the freshly dug nugget to Bob & Betsy. Bob, was on the money a little over 1 oz was his guess. Robin, sure skipped a few rungs of the ladder and is proud to be a member of the 1 oz club! I don't have all the pictures of everyone's poke, but it's impressive! El Dorado or Montana, but someone will post the pictures of the great time we all had. Thanks Mark & Mike your great camp host! The hunt continues and may your lucky day come soon...Until our next hunt! After a little bath the nugget hit the scale at 21.4 dwt's.LuckyLundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick in Havasu Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 WOW...What a beauty...Congratulations. Keep up the good work.Patrick in Havasu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcat_0 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Made the little lady's day.....Way to go!Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 WOOHOO! I would yell and holler too! Way to go lady lucky! That will look really nice hanging from your neck chain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron (CA) Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 WOW!! Congrats to the Mrs. on the big nugget!!Ron (CA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean.C Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Congratulations! She definitely earned that nugget. Hopefully we'll get to see more pics of what sounds like an awesome trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benz Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Thats awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Boy Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 wow!man! she shure is getting up the ladder alright most people never find an ouncer. And what a beautiful piece it is congrats mrs lucky cant wait to see what you dig up next not to mention the other pieces nice hunt guys later on justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Congratulations Mrs. Lucky and welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Awesome!!!!!!!!I can't wait to come and hunt with you all sometime....Keep posting,,keeps my blood pumping!!!paul from AZCongratulations Mrs. Lucky and welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 WAY TO GO ROBIN!Everyone knows how many boot tacks, nails, bullets and odd assorted junk has to be dugbefore one of those comes around.Hopefully the first of many...Continued good hunting.Flak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted June 27, 2010 Admin Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Hello Mr & Mrs. Lucky, Congrats to you both for a successful hunt. Sure sounds like you guys have some good stomping grounds up there. Thanks for sharing the find with us. Hope you all continue to find more nuggets. Rob Allison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDeep Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 She must have been wearing my lucky hat.DigDeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogmeister Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Well done... that's one lovely big nugget she's found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 To all thanks, Robin and I just returned from and overnight stay. It's nearly as hot up in the hills this weekend as it is down in the valley. Tough going for sure! DigDeep, I still have that giant hat of your waiting for your next trip up here or I down your way late Fall. Until cooler days!LuckyLundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 This was a trip to remember for sure. We all got gold, but the place we were so graciously invited was detectorist heaven! Mrs. El Dorado (Dee) even got a 4 pieces with her brand new Gold Bug 2 and it was the first time she has ever even used a detector. Robin certainly trumped us all with that grand 1 oz whopper Mark and Mike, our hosts were so generous to share this amazing spot with all of us... I cannot thank them enough! Great gold, great friends, awsome food, loads of fun and cold beer.... perfect 4 days! Bob and Betsy... so glad to finally met the both of you! Dee also found two very old and rare bottles. One Whiskey bottle from N.Y circa 1865-75 and one stomach bitters bottle circa 1860..... pictures to follow of the bitters bottle!Some of the gold......(missing Dee's)The grungy group (minus Betsy)The William H Daly whiskey bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benz Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 WOW you guys did great. Its so awesome robin nailed that OZ nugget. Looks like Hot rock and montana found some tiny gold. I have to stop looking at these pictures it makes me want to head out and detect. And its way to hot for that.good job yall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Benz (Rudy),Them little pickers where taken with a Goldbug2...a great little machine and keeps you busy and the skunks away! It's extra hot for us NorCal prospectors...looking for some cooler days! Until our next hunt.LuckyLundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landoninlv Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Wow! Amazing finds! A trip to remember for sure.. Pics like that give us new guys hope.. its still out there. I cant wait till im in the "lose the morning skunk" position, instead of the "lose the lifetime skunk" deal im stuck in..lol thanks for sharing.Landon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Fantastic nugget Robin and welcome to the 1-0z. club. that nugget has necklace written all over it! you all are having way to much fun up there, nice whiskey bottle too. could you send us some of that cooler norcal weather down here, if its under a 100 we'll take it! AzNuggetBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGONAUTE Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Brilliant pics and nuggets. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver dog doug Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Here is to Gold in your plate. Nice job. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I can't add much to the gold pics, but here's one for all the desert rats out there. How's this for the end of June? Mike and I used the goldbugs a little every day, and there were heaps of crumbs for us to play with and the mineralization was almost nothing on the bare bedrock we were using them on so you could pick out the tiniest nuggets easily . I hardly ever had to ground balance and you could crank up the sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Bob,Just got back from a couple more days in the hills...still hot up there! Where did you go after you left, looks like you made a wrong turn and headed to Canada? Good hunting with you and Until Our Next Hunt!LuckyLundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Lucky. After passing places like that we spent the night in Beatty Nevada. Man, the western US is an incredible chunk of real estate. We dropped a whopping 13 bucks at the casino. There went all my Gold Bug poke. We drove around the west side of Tahoe and then secondary back roads down to Mono lake Where we started our huge loop through the gold country 7 days before. 2400 miles on the truck and it never saw anything flat except a few places in Nevada . We did as many backroads as we could find on the map that looked interesting. Getting lost was pretty easy on the west side of the Sierras with the amazing network of roads to all the old mining camps, but it didn't matter at all, it was just part of the fun and it was a great lesson in the history of the gold camps that can't be comprehended until you see it all and get to the towns that haven't been turned into gift shops. The old homes with the cobblestone foundations and fences made from the placer tailings are great . Cement and wire was scarce but the cobbles were everywhere. We enjoyed California very much and thanks for the pointy fingers out at the patches.-----Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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