Popular Post Gravelwasher Posted August 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2022 Had a great time out with a good friend and great prospector yesterday. 1st target was a pc of bird shot with Minelab Gpx 6k and stock mono coil. 2nd target was a 2.3 gram jelly bean nugget;)) Then came the onslaught of fencing and wire plus more bird shot. Second pc of gold was in a clod of hard pack mud and rock. The 1st glint of gold was a pc of slate rock that did not signal over the coil but had visible gold, in the scoop was also a small nugget that rang out over the coil. I think the 2 pcs were smashed together for a very long time and the gold imprinted onto the rock. What do you all think of this, any ideas, ever seen this before? 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 interesting find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Very nice find, it must have been as thin as flour gold or a rubbing. When panning I have found some of the flour gold won't give a signal unless there is a concentration of it in the pan. Gold is gold so keep it. Good luck on your next outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 OK. since nobody else will explain your strange gold specimen, I guess I'll have to do it. It appears to me to be gold formed hydro thermally in a cryogenic non conformity of porphyry in a dot matrics and deposited sometime in the late Precambrian or early Truman administration and commonly known as a rarity yet quite frequently found with Minelab GPX6000 detectors set at 12 degrees before top dead center. I hope you enjoyed finding it as much as I enjoy making a fool of myself. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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