Condor Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I expanded my search and ventured into an area of steep canyons, shallow bedrock, though not generally considered a gold producing area. I plotted the course with Google Earth and estimated a 3 mile zone with a continuous desert wash. I hiked less than an hr and started seeing exposed bedrock. I unpacked the SDC and within 5 minutes got a good target. The large flat nugget was in a shallow depression. Wow, I thought I was going to need a burro to hike out all the gold I was about to find. No joy for the next hr and a half. I reached a huge dry waterfall and decided to turn back. I took it slow concentrating on only exposed or very shallow bedrock. I picked up the heaviest nugget jammed in a bedrock crack, I had to chip away at the edges to get it out. 100 yards further, the last nugget was in narrow crack in a smooth bedrock raceway. This turns out to be my best morning, 3 hrs, 3 nuggets, 5.2 grams. I'll give her another go tomorrow, less walking and coil to the ground. The surprising thing was no little crumbs, just decent nuggets that any detector would have found.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Nice! I reduced the image size and tried best I could to sharpen it up, but still a bit blurry. No doubt about though, nice gold! That the kind of stuff I actually would rather find than big nuggets, if I had the choice. In other words an ounce of those instead of an ounce nugget. The problem is it does not work like that. It is a lot easier to get an ounce in one hole than to find an ounce of chunkies like those. Or at least these days. Used to be a guy could find piles of nuggets like that. Glad to see hitting remote areas is paying off for you. A guy has to get out and walk these days, no doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 I suck with that smart phone camera. I'll check the settings and see if I can get a better shot. The heavy, dark colored nugget has attached quartz, you'd think I could find a decent ledge or reef of that stuff one of these days. All that hiking cuts down on my time with women who suffer a want of chastity. Has to be a benefit in there somewhere, though I haven't figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 I found the anti shake key, see if this helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nice. "He's got legs .... He knows how to use them...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Those are really nice chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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