PastorShep Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 I'm new to the forums - just went out with "Shep", my brother, to Gold Basin and found a nice 6 pwt., 1/3 oz nugget the first day. I had a White's MXT but was using my new GPX5000 I got from Rob. The nugget was about 14" down and the target signal was real strong. Tom (shep) had been through that area so I thought that he had already cleaned it out of any gold; hence, I thought it was a big piece of trash. The Garretts pinpointer helped speed the recovery of targets all day.
Patrick in Havasu Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 Great job !!! I hope to see you out in the fields again soon.....Patrick.....
swestgold Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 Cha-Ching, Nice, Would look great in a display case. Great thing about that specimen size or bigger they get way over the spot price when you sell them usually.
silver dog doug Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 I'm new to the forums - just went out with "Shep", my brother, to Gold Basin and found a nice 6 pwt., 1/3 oz nugget the first day. I had a White's MXT but was using my new GPX5000 I got from Rob. The nugget was about 14" down and the target signal was real strong. Tom (shep) had been through that area so I thought that he had already cleaned it out of any gold; hence, I thought it was a big piece of trash. The Garretts pinpointer helped speed the recovery of targets all day. Nice job, I found one out there on Friday too. It was much smaller, but gold is gold. I found my .6 gramer at about 6", with my 4500 and a coiltec 14" eliptical mono.Good luck, find a bunch more. Doug
El Dorado Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 Darn nice chunk for a first nugget, but I am guessing your Bro is an excellent teacher!
Border Boy Posted April 3, 2011 Report Posted April 3, 2011 wow what a way to get broke in , great going.
shep Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 It's not that I'm a good teacher, but he's a fast learner! He almost beat me with his 6dwt'r! The big ones are easy- just get the coil over it. Now he's gotta listen for the little guys!I got a 7dwt'r and 3 little guys and 6 meteorites (total weight 396 grams). The biggest is being slabbed at this time, for a necklace piece for my daughter.You did good bro!Shep
frank c Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 DANG IT, PastorShep you guys pulled a fast one on me out there not telling me you were a man of the cloth. I would have watched my vocabulary much closer !!!!!My apologies.NICE first nugget with the new ML. Hope to catch up with you in the field again soon. Frank C.
Uncle Ron Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 Holy Cow, Pastor Shep, now you know what $600 sounds like in the ground!!! ... You & your bro made a haul! Way to go Shep...Cheers, Unc
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