I Can't Believe It Was One And Done

[Condor]

I explored some new ground in Sunny Yuma this morning in an area that is not generally regarded as gold producing, more silver/lead.  I had found some gold in the area last year with the SDC and figured the ZED should find some deeper ones.  It turns out the last storms stirred up a bunch of old cans from a hard rock mine about 3 miles up the canyon.  I quickly tired of digging trash and opted for a cross country trek.  I hiked up and around a dry 30 ft waterfall to find a narrow gully with exposed bedrock. The gully was about 1/4 mile long and ended in a box canyon with 2 small feeder streams from the high ground.  Halfway up the gully I get a screaming signal under a jumble of boulders.  I had left the trash behind in the main wash and this little side canyon was pretty much undiscovered.   I hadn't dug a single target so far so I was cautiously optimistic.  I rolled a few big boulders and started digging,10 inches down the target was out.  I had to turn the ZED sensitivity down to 1 to get the coil near the pile.  On my second scoop into the pile I see yellow.  Wow, a course nugget with host rock still attached.  Whooee, I'm going to fill my pack with these babies, virgin ground that had never seen a detector.  Well, I finished out the gully without another target.  It was getting hot and I had a long walk back to the truck so I didn't explore the hillsides below the box canyon.  Maybe next week I'll get up there and try to find the source.

[Condor]

6.61 grams, not oz.

[AU_Solitude]

Wonderful 

[Roughwater]

6.61. Is that 6.61 lbs, ounces, Grams or grains?  I'm thinking Grams but might as well be optimistic.  

[Roughwater]

Great Job Scouting! Not only do you have some gold to show for your work, you have a place to go where there is likely more.  

[fredmason]

you the man! very nice

fred

[Tortuga]

Great looking nugget. 

[argyle]

Nice and gnarly ...well done.

[deathray]

Nice one Condor! Hope you load up next time!

[mn90403]

Condor,

Nice story and good writing.  Good nugget.

Go get'em while the days are still cool.

Mitchel