oldmancoyote1 Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 I only found 4 pieces of gold last Summer. Their pale yellow color indicates they have high silver content. As silver rapidly dissolves out of gold, these pieces may have come from up on the nearby ridge. Looking at Google Earth I see what looks like 3 small intrusions with some diggings close by. I'll take a close look this Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Nice looking gold and wish you good luck on finding much more soon. Stay safe out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Mr. O.M.C.1; I have analyzed the nuggets and the weight shown in your photo, used an actuary algorithm, multiplied the result by Pi times radius squared and determined that searching for and finding those nuggets has added 1.385 years to your life. Therefore congratulations are in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftSword Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I confess I know nothing about prospecting, but that doesn't seem to be a lot of gold for a whole summer's worth of detecting. Is this par for the course, or do you need better them thar hills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Prospector Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Three of the four pieces look well traveled, perhaps from an ancient river channel or bench deposit long since pushed way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Prospector Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 21 hours ago, SwiftSword said: I confess I know nothing about prospecting, but that doesn't seem to be a lot of gold for a whole summer's worth of detecting. Is this par for the course, or do you need better them thar hills? Not too bad for many find nothing for their summer swinging for nuggets. Metal detecting is by far the most challenging method for finding gold. Every year it becomes more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesD Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Very nice, I like your style, skip the little ones and straight to the heavy slugs! Congrats They do indeed look a lot like ancient river slugs, perhaps from the time of the Biblical flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 11:31 AM, SwiftSword said: I confess I know nothing about prospecting, but that doesn't seem to be a lot of gold for a whole summer's worth of detecting. Is this par for the course, or do you need better them thar hills? It really depends on many things like time spent in the field, experience, quality of the location(s), limiting physical conditions, weather, and how serious one takes the hobby? The man found gold and obviously had some fun, that's probably what 99% of us "hobby" guys are after? Simple math: 9.5g @ approx $65/gram is $617.50 minus 20% if you sell is still $494..... One well known member here told me he went 6yrs before 1st nugg, My first ever trip out for gold I popped a 2.3g nugg then 2nd day out another 2.3g nugg. First thought was "there's nothing to this, I'm gonna be RICH!" Things went south after those first 2 days...lol Main thing is... he didn't get skunked and had fun and came home with some nice nuggies!!!!! JMO's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redz Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Many find more, many find less. Few wish to divulge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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