Popular Post phoenix Posted June 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2019 I don`t wear my glasses when I detect and yesterday I got this little one, and at first glance I thought it was a piece of steel. Good thing I turned it over and looked at the other side. ? Not real big, maybe a 0.3 if I`m lucky ? 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Wilson Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Great photos. What camera do you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Excellent photo, love that ironstone quartz!! fred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Reg Wilson said: Great photos. What camera do you use? I like to be able to say I can take these close up photos because I`m a brilliant photographer but the truth is I use a low power usb microscope. The high power scopes have no depth of field and are very hard to focus.https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/20X-200X-2MP-8-LED-USB-Digital-Microscope-Zoom-Camera-w-Stand-Black/122344142206?hash=item1c7c47757e:g:KvQAAOSwVqlaQngZ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe76 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Gold is gold, nice pics very sharp images. I almost did the same thing to a 5 gram nugget it was completely encrusted in iron stone. Just looked like a rusty nugget almost tossed thinking it was a little hot rock until I gave it a scratch. Makes you wonder how many nuggets have been kicked out of the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Very nice! I really like these types of specimens, quite unique and rare compared to the much more common quartz type specimens. Thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenJ Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Very nice sir, congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ben Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Cool looking little nugget, great catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Nice save pretty little piece 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Phoenix I saw a rusty bit of junk that someone threw away near a trench that was put in to stop soil erosion. As I was using the wife Whites 6000d I thought I would test it to see if her motion discrimination would cut out this "2 inch rusty nut". It gave a good signal so I picked it up to show the Wife how the Garret Deepseeker was better than the Whites discriminator large iron out. As soon as I got in in my hand I knew it was gold. It turn out to be 2 ounces when clean up. No gold showed up till it was cleaned and the gold was porous in character. I showed at least a dozen prospector and they all said it was junk till I dropped it in their hand. Someone was unlucky but I was over the moon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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