Ugbomb510 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I received a book recently titled : "GOLD Nuggets of the World".. This book was given to me a year or two back as a gift.. It was published in 1940 by an old man who spent his whole life studying the allure and finds in the 'modern' world. Its full od jems.. lol It describes almost every nugget "on record" at the time that came out of California, Nevada, Alaska, South Africa and Austrailia. It lists all the old diggins in the motherloade... I was thinking of putting up a nugget find with its location description size, weight, location every week like in the book.. I can goo way back boys.. lol 1820s I think.. hahahah Just lemme know if that would be a good Idea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Just email me the Arizona finds...I'll keep'em secret :DB) Cheers, Unc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 There's some BS going on with the forums now using this forum provider to Rob, Bill,Rod and Chris ... They underscore certain words and provide links to advertising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This sucks! Is this what the internet has gone to or can we back up to something that works fine and doesn't suck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I received a book recently titled : "GOLD Nuggets of the World".. This book was given to me a year or two back as a gift.. It was published in 1940 by an old man who spent his whole life studying the allure and finds in the 'modern' world. Its full od jems.. lol It describes almost every nugget "on record" at the time that came out of California, Nevada, Alaska, South Africa and Austrailia. It lists all the old diggins in the motherloade... I was thinking of putting up a nugget find with its location description size, weight, location every week like in the book.. I can goo way back boys.. lol 1820s I think.. hahahah Just lemme know if that would be a good Idea.. I think it would be a good idea. It would give us some history lessons and its interesting.ThanksTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 sounds interesting,anything about gold is always good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing8046 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Please do! I think that the history is the biggest thing I've gotten from metal detecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 ---"THE SIAMESE TWIN NUGGET, was uncovered by Franklin D. Smith in French Ravine, in Sierra County, California, in the year 1854. There were two nuggets, that were held togeather with a large ligament of gold, about a quarter of an inch in diameter. The larger nugget weighed 604 ounces and the smaller nugget weighed 180 ounces. When melted down, and sent to the mint at San Francisco, the total yield was $15,000."---- Hahah I got a bunch of these!What would that be worth today?.. hmm Aprox $1,338,000 HahahUgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boondocker Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Keep them coming!Gotta wait till tomorrow.. lolUgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted September 15, 2011 Admin Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hello Ugbomb, I used to own that book, which can still be found at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com if anyone is looking for it. It's a very interesting book to say the least. Wish there was more info on Arizona gold nuggets, but I guess Arizona didn't product any huge nuggets like Alaska, California and Australia. Looking foward to the next post by you about the next big gold nugget find! Thanks for posting. Rob Allison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 I love this book.. Its a first edition too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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