alaskaseeker Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 For me this was a real opportunity to help my friends get their enterprise off of the ground. There was much work to be done and everyone pitched in and fixed everything..I have a few great stories from this adventure and one terrible happening for me... My mate of 44 yrs passed away and I was almost totally devastated by this. Fortunately I had Moore Creek to come too and this work helped me pass this rough time...One afternoon during this startup time I decided to give my Minelab PI a try..I wandered away from the main camp area and walked on a road above what would be the High banking area, I was testing the berm that a dozer had kicked up years ago... Holy Smokes. Weeeee Ooooop. I dug around a little and out popped a beautiful Slug.. Needless to say after putting the gold in my pouch I hunted around to see if there was Moore lol.... I walked back to the camp, everyone was still there chatting, so I put the nugget on the table for everyone to see... He he the conversations stopped...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 That is a very nice mass! Beautiful. Mitchel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinmon Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I’m new. So maybe this is just me being new but - omg! I’ve never seen anything like that. It looks like little fern leaves! Is it a mass of smaller pieces with gravel gluing them together or does the gold go through a mostly solid rock chunk or...? And how big IS that thing, anyway??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 19 minutes ago, jinmon said: I’m new. So maybe this is just me being new but - omg! I’ve never seen anything like that. It looks like little fern leaves! Is it a mass of smaller pieces with gravel gluing them together or does the gold go through a mostly solid rock chunk or...? And how big IS that thing, anyway??? Those are called dendrites, a little rare perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 All I can say George is that you sure helped make up one hell of a crew. Seems like there was nothing we could not get done when we put our minds to it. Moore Creek was an amazing journey. I am glad it gave you a place to heal... a great big hug to you my friend! And of course you go and find perhaps the most spectacular specimen found at the mine. Far from the largest but lots of museums would be happy to display it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbeatty Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Beautiful crystalline specimen George. Yes, bulldozer pilot startermotors. Many not so fond memories of those damn things. Great stories you tell Steve - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugsy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Great nugget, every time time that I see that it reminds me of my favorite Moore Creek nugget. I found it on the trail leading over to Jesse's hill. Sorry that the picture isn't better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 That’s a real beauty Keith! How big is it... hard to tell without reference. I sold most of my Moore Creek gold but I think I have a couple pieces left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 17 hours ago, jinmon said: I’m new. So maybe this is just me being new but - omg! I’ve never seen anything like that. It looks like little fern leaves! Is it a mass of smaller pieces with gravel gluing them together or does the gold go through a mostly solid rock chunk or...? And how big IS that thing, anyway??? The story goes into it but short answer 3.74 ounces. It is a gold/quartz specimen showing a lumpy dendritic growth pattern. It is as it eroded directly from the original source and is not a mass of small nuggets that have conglomerated together somehow. Moore Creek produced some spectacular specimen pieces but most frankly were best referred to as “rocks with gold in them”. It is a coincidence but I have been working on a photo gallery of my finds and it will include lots of close up photos of many Moore Creek nuggets and specimens. I got on it some time back and then got sidelined so it may be time to get that part of the website up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Looking forward to seeing that Steve, you have many spectacular finds, I remember one evening at Moore after dinner we were chatting and I said I have a great sounding target at the bottom of a hole I'm digging, you said I have one too I'm chasing, not sure where you were hunting but I was on the road leading away from the ramp..I was carefully removing soil from the hole when you came over and said, you had found yours, a suspender button , I whizzed my coil over my hole, you said that does sound good.. To make a long story short lol another shovel full revealed a beautiful crushed flat Merry Widow condom can lid... Beep dig.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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