Relative Newby Finds Personal Best 19.6 Gram Nugget

[Dutchman4]

After prospecting in AZ, NV, CA over the last 20 months I found my first big (big for me) nugget on a recent prospecting trip in S CA. 

Using GPX6+NF 12x7 coil.  It was a faint signal from the surface but quickly started to get very loud as I started to dig.  It was about 14 inches deep in the bottom of a wash with large boulders.  I thought it would be a rusty piece of iron trash because at the end it was so loud but was surprised by a heavy lump covered in brown dirt.  A quick mouth wash and it turned yellow.

A Eureka moment for me since my previous best nugget was 1.4 grams.  On the same trip I also found a 2.5 gram nugget and a few sub half gram nuggets.

[Steve Herschbach]

Congratulations!!!!

[rvpopeye]

Impressive  !

[phrunt]

Outstanding, you're well ahead of my biggest.  It's hard not to ignore those boomers but it can pay off.

[Valens Legacy]

Great find and I know that you almost had an accident when you pulled that from the ground.

Good luck on  your next hunt.

[mn90403]

WTG!  That is a good score.  You have some good detectors.

People that are new and relatively new don't know where to look.  haha

[jim tn]

Pretty nice! Just your silver dime gets me excited. HH jim tn

[Skookum]

Congratulations! Your hard work paid off.  A beautiful lump. That will be a story you always remember.

[Dutchman4]

6 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Great find and I know that you almost had an accident when you pulled that from the ground.

Good luck on  your next hunt.

I had to make sure I wasnt in a dream because I have woken up from some very real dreams and been disappointed.  It wouldnt fit in my nugget bottle so I put it in my pocket and had to check it every 5 minutes to make sure it was still there.

[Hardtimehermit]

Nice fatty 😁👍