Goldseeker5000 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Well, two of my claim partners and I headed up to obe if our claims to see how close we could get to it with the UTV's. We made it all the way in to it. We had to hike about a quarter mile of the last stretch as we always have to but we made it. Still a lot of snow in our dig area but the four of us made it work. I picked up in the spot I stopped last fall and since I could start at the face of the bank, I decided to move rocks on the surface and cut and dig straight down through the grass. I worked my way towards the bedrock and my hard work was rewarded with five nuggets. My hole was about four feet by three feet and right around three feet deep. It is very hard to see the accurate depth in the pictures. It was very muddy at first but then I broke through the wet layer and it became a little dryer. Three pieces of iron and five nuggets. Not bad. The first nugget weighed 1.39 g and all total 2.35 g. Not a bad day as this gold is selling for $100 a gram. Video will be coming very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig It Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Nice work !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 good on you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 That's a lot of hard work and I am glad that it has paid off for you. Good luck and hope to see some more of it real soon. Stay safe out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 👍WTG ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeper Bob Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Nice looking gold. Good amount of gold for the size of the hole. Did you detect it or use a sluice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldseeker5000 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 Only detecting. No water near our claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Allison Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Hey Reese, Great to see you are back home, away from this Arizona heat .... LOL A few guys purchased GPX 6000 and were hoping to see you in Gold Basin, but I told them I thought you bailed out for the season. Believe it or not, you got me fired up a few months back to get back out with the GPX 6000, so I did. I rounded up 197 nuggets in 5 trips, will post some pictures, but wanted to make sure I cleaned the spot up first 🙂 Wishing you much success in Montana this season. God Bless, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Oops messed up and have a double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Rob Allison said: Hey Reese, Great to see you are back home, away from this Arizona heat .... LOL A few guys purchased GPX 6000 and were hoping to see you in Gold Basin, but I told them I thought you bailed out for the season. Believe it or not, you got me fired up a few months back to get back out with the GPX 6000, so I did. I rounded up 197 nuggets in 5 trips, will post some pictures, but wanted to make sure I cleaned the spot up first 🙂 Wishing you much success in Montana this season. God Bless, Rob What coil(s) were you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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