Uncle Ron Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yo All... I figured the last few days of fun finds would deplete this tiny patch, but, as I said earlier, ya just can't get'em all ... Today I received a new NF14" E Mono to replace my ol'Baboo that has taken a dump ... Putted on out to Happy Gully to see if she might give up just one more nuggie ... Got up to the area I found two yesterday way up on the bench ... The new coil was making irritating sounds so I decided to adjust some knobs on the 4500 in hopes of quieting things down a notch ... I was having a little bit of trouble because the coil kept sliding away from me so I braced it against a rock and, cowabunga, you'd have thought I braced it against some rogue anvil ... I thought I'd really screwed things up with my knob adjusting... I moved the coil away from the rock and the noise stopped ...I made the brilliant connection that I had a target ... I did and it turned out to be the biggest nugget I've found in Happy Gully, a beautiful pendant piece, 3.25 Grams, a little over 2 DWT ... So, as usual, here's a bunch of photos of it and also a family portrait of the total .27 OZT I've found over the past couple visits there ... Cheers, Unc Attached Thumbnails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yo All... I figured the last few days of fun finds would deplete this tiny patch, but, as I said earlier, ya just can't get'em all ... Today I received a new NF14" E Mono to replace my ol'Baboo that has taken a dump ... Putted on out to Happy Gully to see if she might give up just one more nuggie ... Got up to the area I found two yesterday way up on the bench ... The new coil was making irritating sounds so I decided to adjust some knobs on the 4500 in hopes of quieting things down a notch ... I was having a little bit of trouble because the coil kept sliding away from me so I braced it against a rock and, cowabunga, you'd have thought I braced it against some rogue anvil ... I thought I'd really screwed things up with my knob adjusting... I moved the coil away from the rock and the noise stopped ...I made the brilliant connection that I had a target ... I did and it turned out to be the biggest nugget I've found in Happy Gully, a beautiful pendant piece, 3.25 Grams, a little over 2 DWT ... So, as usual, here's a bunch of photos of it and also a family portrait of the total .27 OZT I've found over the past couple visits there ... Cheers, Unc Attached ThumbnailsMan Unc! That is sweet. Glad you were having problems with getting the adjustments down Very nice nugget!Ive found two accidentaly in the past in a area I had hit...just so happens the coil swept over the area on the way back out of the creek and I got em. Kind of makes you wonder what else weve missed? Congrats Sir.Tom H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepinpete_WA Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Man Unc! That is sweet. Glad you were having problems with getting the adjustments down Very nice nugget!Ive found two accidentaly in the past in a area I had hit...just so happens the coil swept over the area on the way back out of the creek and I got em. Kind of makes you wonder what else weve missed? Congrats Sir.Tom H.Great finds Unc, keep up the good scratchin bro.Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yikes Nicely done Ron Glad you are liking the new Beeper and looks like you have mastered it great finds...Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Very pretty pieces Unc that lil fiberglass coil is a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriouskelly Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 From 1st photo I'd call it the elephant nugget.Good job Unc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugerguy Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Pretty gold Unc!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Boy Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nice finds, happy indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 20, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Awesome Uncle Ron! Keep us updated.Rob Allison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Good job! Happy Gulch is such a good name!panhandlepaul aka congressman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent in MT Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Unc, congrads. Hope to get out soon. I'm looking forward to getting out this spring and maybe find one that nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertNuggets Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Family portrait. Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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