TAZMAN1972 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Hey all, I have not had time to post for a long time so thought I would brag a bit about my GPZ finds. I have had the detector about a year now and these are my finds to date. I still run it flat out on Normal every chance I get and have been happy with it. I love this detector except for a while there I had tennis elbow from it. Had to start using the swing stick and that slowly got better and is now gone. I would like some opinions on what to do with the large one covered in what looks like ironstone. It is really solid right under the ironstone, not porous. I tried soaking it in CLR for a few days and toothbrushed it with absolutely no improvement. Should I leave it natural? Acid? other ideas? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Hydrochloric (Muriatic acid) would probably clean it up. I would probably leave it alone, at least for a while, but it depends on personal taste or if and how you intend to market the nugget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Nice nuggets ,i vote leave it natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Nice haul! Leave it natural!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Leave it natural. Nice gold. What settings are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 That's a nice poke of gold! Sit on it and think about it. Once you change it, you can never go back. Congrats on the nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMAN1972 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thanks guys. My wife also likes it, natural, the way it is too. I had to sell 3 ounces, my 5000 and my wife's 3000 to help pay for the 7000. As a rule I don't sell my gold but after reading so many posts about the 7000 I could see the benefit. I just need to get out more to start paying it back! Prime weather for detecting in CA coming up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgatleyDP Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Tasman - I did the same type thing (sold 3 detectors) to get my ZED, and although I've yet to get the larger pieces you have.... I've never regretted doing such. I did deeper holes now, but produce more collectively than the three ever managed. Unfair comparison, due to location variables, and certainly miss the discrimination abilities. Great haul three - and agree, leave it as is. The CLR for two days, should have taken off the easy stuff, muriatic acid will make it appear unreal / unnatural. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au4Gold2 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Put it in Wink for a few days...... 8 bucks for large bottle at True Value Hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMAN1972 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 What I would really like is if I could just accentuate the high ridges of gold that stand out in front of the dark like tiger stripes. Is Wink like CLR but a bit stronger? I never heard, does everyone think that it is ironstone covering it? There is just a little bit of iron stained quarts on it too. I also realized I put the weight wrong on it. It is actually 0.69 ounce. The next smaller one with the quartz is the half ouncer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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