Popular Post Goldseeker5000 Posted January 30 Popular Post Share Posted January 30 Well I went out detecting a few days ago and I was only detecting for a half an hour when I got a low monotone broad signal. I started removing layers and kept checking it. Every time I removed a layer the target was still there. I got down to caliche and pulled out the profind-40 pinpointed and it was going nuts. The target was a solid signal and was going off in a 4" diameter directly on the bare caliche. I thought this has got to be a nugget, but I knew better not to count my chickens too soon. I tend to dig deep holes only to find 22 casings. I cleaned out all loose material out of the hole and I had clean caliche. I took my pick and kept chipping away at the caliche in a circle on the outside of the bottom of the hole. I was trying to cut a groove encircling where the target was with room to spare so I wouldn't Mar the nugget. After an hour of digging , I got the pick under the caliche and pulled. It broke loose and I picked the slab up, put it up on the top edge of the hole and ran the pinpointer over it and it went off hard. I picked the caliche slab up and inspected it when I saw the gold color hematoma the size of a golf ball peeking through the edge of the caliche. I called it a day as I was yelling my fool head off and couldn't stop because I had just found a large nugget. I couldn't detect anymore as I needed both hand to swing the Gpx5000, but I also needed to carry the caliche slab with the nugget in it. I went back to camp as I had made wages in an 1.5 hours. I immediately put the slab in a bucket with a gallon of muriatic acid and what started showing through blew me away. I had just joined a very small group of gold detectorists. I got all the caliche off and cleaned it up and weighed it. 5.2 Troy ounces. It just blew me away. The Nugget sold yesterday and I shipped it off registered mail to Montana. I wish I could have spent more time enjoying it but I can't hold any back as I do this to sell my gold to earn my living. My quad will be paid for in full and I will be set for quit a long time. I measured the hole with a tape measure and it was 25 inches deep. What a find of a lifetime. 49 3 4 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Way to go Reese! Wow, what a nice lunker! 1 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldseeker5000 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Thanks, GotAU. I'm still in shock and awe. 2 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Fabulous find, you worked hard for it and deserve it. Congratulations Reese! 2 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Well deserved, I don't know of anyone that puts more effort in than you do. Congratulations. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Another reason why dry washers should use a detector to check the bottom of their holes when they hit the caliche layer… And if they don’t, one of us will! 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldseeker5000 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Thanks Steve and Phrunt. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Ryder Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 You deserved that one buddy. You put the years and time in. Can't wait to fondle it. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goldseeker5000 Posted January 30 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30 More pics 15 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27614-gold-seeker-finds-a-monster-gold-nugget/#findComment-289873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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