Reno Chris Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Did some detecting yesterday with the GPZ in a Hydraulic pit in California. Dug a lot of bullets and square nails, but also got this guy, a 2.5 gram nugget. It was surprisingly deep, around 9 inches. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer@wy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Nice Chris, very nice. Do you have enough of those nails to build a house yet? I think in my couple months ive got close to 2 lbs.. ha ha .. nobody else will hit on em now anyway. Happy hunting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Chris, thank you for the inspiration, pretty gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've had prospectors tell me these old pits are all hunted out, having been worked hard since the early days of VLF/TRs - but there are still deep nails and old lead lying around, and even some gold. So while the pickins may not be as easy as they once were, they are by no means worked out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 As long as there are targets there will be gold. Good going Chris! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Nice Nug Chris - well worth the nails and lead. Thanks for keepn us inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Chris i don't think any area can be worked out some targets will allways be there to be found, you just have to work a little more to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiagold Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Its nice to find gold people probably step on a 100 times. Good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget65 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Nice nugget... Just enough inspiration for me not to give up on these hydro mines...where I live there are lots of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thats a nice nugget for a pit! Nice work Chris! strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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