IronDigger

Hey Jim, I'll take the 88 grams....lol :) I will try a few other formulas and see what it comes to, but thankfully I have figured out how to properly do a submerged weight of a speci. I tried to cut corners....didn't work.

So I made a mistake on the wet weight ..I looked at the link on how to properly weigh the specimen piece in water and I now have a weight of 173 for the submerged weight, 242 for the dry weight. In the beginning all I did was place a piece of Tupperware and filled it with water deep enough for the speci to be suspended without hitting the bottom or sides. I than tied a fish line to the speci and zeroed out the scale. I than submerged it by holding the fish line into the zeroed out scale...I got the original figure of 70. This figure did not make any sense comparing it to the dry weight, it was a huge disparity. So, D.W. 242 x 1.9 = 459 W.W. 173 x 3.1= 536 according to the video we subtracted these figures 536 - 459 = gives me the approx. weight of gold at 77 grams. or 2.48 ounces troy. The speci is solid quartz...anyways hope this helps others as it helped me, thanks you all for the math lesson.

Davsgold , thanks for the good news !! I did subtract and got the 171, where I may have messed up is the rest of the formula I will give it a shot until I get the same numbers. Looking at the piece and the amount of surface gold on it I knew it had more than 31 grams. The amount inside the rock was the mystery..appreciate your help.

Hi Dave, so would we say it has apprx. 22 grams of gold....? The minus got me all confused... :)

Jim, I came up with the same density number....just the end result didn't make sense how can it be a negative number? Is it because it has a void or perhaps not all quartz? May just put it in Wink for a few weeks...

I have had this gold /quartz specimen for a number of years....and have not been able to figure out the gold weight using the simple formula I found on the internet. For those of you willing to take up the challenge I can give you the dry weight and submerged weight in grams. I have attempted it a few times but I always come up with a negative number for total grams in specimen. Not sure if it means I have under an ounce or not. So here we go...total dry weight is 242 grams....submerged weight ..and by the way I did it properly...is 71 grams. My estimate is 24 grams ...than it ended up 1.4 ounces.. Hopefully a few of you come up with more of an accurate number... Thanks

Nice macro shot!

That photo reminds me of a Union outfit....CalTrans for one.

What coil brand is that on his Lobo?

Sadie....one of the best coils around....

I have been nugget hunting seriously for the past 6 years with some fair success and once in a while I would find a relic the prosecutors left behind. These relics compromised primarily of rusty iron, picks, axe heads and shovels. As usual I set out early morning to detect some nuggets when i got this deep tone on my Minelab. I was using my Coiltek 14" mono and I knew by the sound of it that the target was deep. I dug a foot down, than 2 feet..the sound got loud ...but the dirt was compact and hard..virgin ground I thought..another foot down and perhaps a life changing gold nugget maybe? no gold...damn !! After about a half hour of digging..I pulled out a beautiful piece of a 2 piece Naval buckle. The wreath is sharp, as if it was made yesterday...a gorgeous patina to boot. After research, I am pretty sure its a 1840-1850's Naval belt buckle, I could be wrong...as I only found 2 examples of it on line and they were reproductions. I think I have a real treasure here, in a historic perspective. I would imagine this sailor probably came to the gold fields from San Francisco, probably went AWOL and set his course to the Sierras in his search for gold. California just became a new State and joined the Union...and now I hold this buckle in my hand. For me this is as good as GOLD !

As everyone pointed out its part of the game to dig trash when nuggethunting. We all get a little discouraged but we keep on going back for one reason. That reason is to find gold...and the best motivator is that you found gold before. Unfortunately at this point you have not... so I understand being down on it. I can guarantee you when you do find that first piece...you won't stop! Imagine being in position of finding some nice patches and than having the skunk visit for months...now that is discouraging. Talk about mental games this seductress is playing.

4500 ........18" Elite combo is KIller!

Trashy areas drive me nuts...only way to deal with it is going back and cleaning it out over a period of time.

" Gold " with Roger Moore Financiers use the foreman (Roger Moore) of a South African gold mine in their plot to jack the price of gold.

The older I get the more I realize this to be a fact.

Very nice cases....

Happened to me once and I had my little kids and wife with me. I backed out of the drop zone after I made sure it was what it was and made a phone call. Please call any cartel activity in..we don't need that chit here. Just so you know, the police stake it out remotely and wait for the fools to trigger the alarm. Than it goes BANG !! Be a good citizen....

Yes , spoke to Sam at Armadillo Mining....and Pat a few weeks ago....I believe this is the last week of old prices...If you are going to order order this week.

Those were some great reads...although I was but maybe 2 years old in 71 I was fortunate enough to be given many of these as a gift. Very well written stories that fed the dream of treasure and gold.

A good ole Minelab 4500 is a killer deal these days if you can find one....highly recommend it. The early model the better.....

The Proline 14" Pan..cannot be beat! Black or green....plastic last long, and its one tough pan.

There's a place for large coils, for me a 18" Elite is max size for the areas I hunt....I've found some deeper gold in place I have cleaned up, and just yesterday a small tid bit of 4 grains at 3" ....

10 gram...wire gold made into a stick pin.