I Finally Joined The Club!!

[Chris Ben]

We'll i finally got to join the 1oz+ club!!

My buddy Dave and i headed to Gold Basin for a half day trip.  We hit our usualy spot and split up. I headed to a wash that i found a 5.4 gram piece a couple of weeks ago. I didnt hit the whole wash, so i figured id start where i left off. A bit later, i get a nice signal by a bush in the middle of the wash. It turned out to an 8 gram specie with some dark host rock mixed in. 10 feet away in the bank of the wash i get another screeming signal. This was the flat nugget, also about 8 g. I radioed Dave to tell him the good news. The next couple of hours there was nothing except a couple of meteors.  I decided to hit the bottom end of that same wash on my way back to the truck. After a bit i get a nice signal in the wash, it was the .8g flat piece. The wash had widened out, and the bedrock was deeper, so i wasnt detecting to slow wgen i got a slight sound. I thought it was just ground noise because i was running the GPZ hot at 18 sensitivity and high yield and normal ground.  I did a scrape and the sound was still there. I took about 6 inches off with the pick and the sound seemed more distinct. I fugured it wasnt mineralization but rather trash because the dirt was silt, not hard pack. I kep widening and deepening the hole and when i got to over a foot it was screeming. I was figuring tin can ir something. After about 6 more digs and around 2ft deep. I get it out of the hold. I did reach bedrock so i was feeling hopeful. It turned out to be a 1.41 (OZ) nugget and a pretty one at that, with a bit of quartz. I finally joined the club. I feel like i deserve a patch or something lol. I radioed Dave to tell him the good news, and he was eccited for me. (He was already a member pf the club) a bit under 2 oz for the day. 

I took Dave to the wash, with his big coil on the GPZ, to try to score him a big nugget, no luck. We packed up and headed home.

oh and i finally paid for my GPZ in nuggets  ...and some. 

thanks Chris

[Nevada Brian]

Congratulations Chris!!!!!  that is a spectacular nugget.

[Norvic]

Look at that magic stuff. You beauty.

[spinifex]

Well done, congratulations. I bet you will wake up during the night a few times and give your container a rattle, just to make sure it's real.

Maybe tomorrow night as well.

[Lunk]

WTG Chris, that's a dandy!

[jrbeatty]

Well done Chris. Some outstanding detecting work there!  

[IdahoPeg]

Congratulations Chris! How cool....thanks for sharing the dig and excitement! Love it!

[beatup]

congrats ,on a great day out detecting

[strick]

Oh my,  you filled up the Scale!! Congrats on the beautiful nuggets!

strick

[Steve Herschbach]

That’s really a gorgeous nugget Chris - congratulations and welcome to the club!