Popular Post And Posted March 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2021 Hello detector-prospector friends, I had the honor to interview the finder-family of the legendary "Ambrosha-Nugget", found 1983 in Sierra County, California. Enjoy! 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Well done. Looking forward to the next parts! Where in Sierra county did he find it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Gold Catcher said: Well done. Looking forward to the next parts! Where in Sierra county did he find it? Thank you! Part 2 is completed and after positive review by the DeRaps family, it will be published around end of this week. Part 3 is almost completed, it will be published next week. He found it in the south-western part of Sierra County. We wont disclose the exact location, to protect the interests of the current property owners. The DeRaps family lived in Alleghany at that time... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Thanks. Your videos are inspirational and a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to see one from a gold hunt in the swiss alps! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 13 hours ago, Gold Catcher said: Thanks. Your videos are inspirational and a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to see one from a gold hunt in the swiss alps! Thank you very much for the feedback!!! Makes me very happy. I just love it, to make this videos, but it of course great for me, if you guys like to watch them... This video here is about gold hunting in the Swiss Alps: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Great story, well done interviews and edits! Wow, he sold it for less than $170 per ounce. There are similar places where huge lunkers like that were found in the area, some friends and I tried our luck looking for them in the 80’s when I lived there, but only found very small bits and pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, GotAU? said: Great story, well done interviews and edits! Wow, he sold it for less than $170 per ounce. There are similar places where huge lunkers like that were found in the area, some friends and I tried our luck looking for them in the 80’s when I lived there, but only found very small bits and pieces. Thank you for the comment, I appreciate! Part 2 is ready in short time. They'll talk more detailed about the nugget and how it was found in part 2. Price: It was in fact a quarz-gold nugget, i.e. not solid gold. This has to be taken into account, when calculation price per oz. On the other hand I also think, such a incredible piece should make a way higher price, because it is an extremely rare collectors piece. I think at that time it was difficult to find a buyer for something like that and who was willing to pay a collector price. They had about two years to find a buyer. Today with all the worldwide networks it would be way easier to find buyers, I guess. Anyway, the DeRaps are such a great family, they didn't talk much about money, the story and the family ranks much higher for them. You will understand, what I mean, after watching part 2 ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 In part 2 of the interview, we hear more details about the nugget and how it was found. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Great video, thanks for sharing. The story at the end with the magazine is awesome. Also, how funny the swiss guy with the beard who says "It's cool man". You show him briefly for 2 seconds or so in between the story. This was one of my favorite chocolate commercials and was hugely popular when I was a young man, and we all would say in college to virtually everything: "it's cool man". I completely forgot about it. Until now ? Thanks for making my day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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