Prospectors And Christmas Ornaments

[Gerry in Idaho]

Thought I would share a few Christmas Ornaments for all of you prospectors out there. 

I realize this time of year is rough on some of us, as the ground is frozen and the gold is hibernating below.

If anyone wants to add some pics to spice up the tree, please do so.  After all..the heavier it gets, the more it shines.

Whoever adds the most interesting photo will get a free Minelab hat (US mailing only).

Merry Christmas from Gerry's Detectors

[Valens Legacy]

Beautiful pictures, the 3rd one looks likes a pregnant snail, but I would take it any day.

[oneguy]

Free Hat?????  What the heck...I'll enter these.  Gerry, that's some beautiful stuff you've pulled!  Thought about it and it wouldn't be Xmas without a nice snow pic so added this pic of Trackzilla up on the mtn at 7,000ft....

[Gerry in Idaho]

OneGuy - Snow pic is beautiful and so are some of those slugs.

[Glenn in CO]

Gerry and oneguy, you both have some outstanding specimens. Thanks for sharing!

Merry Christmas to everyone else on the forum!

Here's my 12 days of Christmas:

[MSC]

Hope that's a forever stamp with your face on it Jerry. 

[Lunk]

Gerry, even though I'm ineligible to win the hat, I'm posting some ornaments that I like to deck the halls with anyway. Merry Xmas all!

 

[oneguy]

Lunk... that last one is shaped like a turd from the "Golden Goose"....lmao!  Nice stuff!!!

Glenn....Gorgeous stuff and photography!  When you guys dissolve the host rock in specimens how many kinda fall apart or get ruined in the process?

[Glenn in CO]

10 hours ago, oneguy said:

Glenn....Gorgeous stuff and photography!  When you guys dissolve the host rock in specimens how many kinda fall apart or get ruined in the process?

Hello oneguy,

Thanks for the compliment on the photography, that's one of my other hobbies.

On prepping the gold specimens some do well and stay intact and others do not. Fortunately the acid dissolves the host rock slowly and it allows you to monitor the progress and you can decide whether to continue or not. I've had some disasters where I should have stop with the acid treatment, but that's part of the learning process. Here's some before and after pictures of the gold specimens with the acid treatment:

 

 

 

[MSC]

Great Christmas ornaments guys, hope to add some to my tree next year!