Popular Post Rob Allison Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2021 Hello All, I have a lot of video footage and pictures from earlier this season, mostly around the Summer time. I'm just getting some free time to get some of the stuff uploaded and posted. I figured this would be a nice nugget to post and see right before the Thanksgiving weekend. This piece was found under about a foot of hardpack, caliche gravels. This particular gold nuggets, as seen in the video was wedged in a bedrock crack/crevice. Just makes you think how many years (hundreds, thousands?) this piece has been hiding there. The nugget was difficult to remove from hand tools as we didn't want to damage the piece not knowing the actual size or shape. We ended up using a Hammer Drill with a chisel bit to extract the gold nugget. The nugget ended up weighing right at 1/4 ounce solid. We also found another smaller one, about 1/2 Gram in the same crack prior to this piece. I dug the first smaller one out, but knew it was way too loud of a signal on the GPZ 7000 for it to be that small nugget. Low and behold, we scanned over the spot again and the signal was pretty much just as load as originally. Tool used were the Minelab GPZ 7000, Minelab GPX 6000, Garrett AT Pinpointer, hand tools, picks and the Hammer Drill. Here is a short video below of the gold nugget find and extraction. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks God we are able to enjoy such a wonderful hobby searching for gold. P.S. If you enjoy these video, Subscribe to our Nuggethunting channel to follow us. Thanks for watching. Any comments are appreciated. 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Thank you for sharing the video and the great find. Good luck on your next outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Thanks for the video Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Allison Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Thanks guys for the comment. Hope all your belly's are full from all the Turkey! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyy Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Nice work, Rob. Glad you are still out there kill'n it. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 But,,,Is that the best you can do ?? Skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh ,,, if not , post a pic . You already beat my best dreams. Turning green with envy now...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 nice work you guys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Well done Rob and thanks for sharing some knowledge on the tools you guys are using. Interesting to see that chisel tool. Vert nice chunk of Au as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Allison Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Thanks Guys for the recent comments. It's out there! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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