russ Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I've also detected some big gold nuggets with ironstone. Hope you enjoy the pictures! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Once upon a time while detecting in Arizona, a target that I thought was just another one of the many magnetite "ironstone" hot rocks littering the area jumped onto the super-magnet on my pick. But as I plucked it off of the magnet and prepared to fling it into the nearest bush, I noticed that it was unusually heavy for it's size; rubbing the dirt off of the nickel-sized stone revealed a band of gold running through it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 This one was found by a hunting partner... 3.5 ouncer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Russ some really nice nuggets!! Thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvanwho Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 So,there REALLY is BLACK Gold and its NOT the stuff we put in our cars then? Thanks for posting these great pics guys !!! I better print them out in color for future reference. Ps, did these black nuggets give an iron grunt sound or a gold sound? I threw out a fist size, super heavy , black rock I got with my MXT years ago and it sure looked like a nugget,not magnetite, exact shape of my clenched fist. It was in an old timers iron mining prospect site in a mudhole creek. It screamed, no low grunt noise. Still kicking myself 8 years later for not testing it with my pick magnet or scraping the black coating,musta weighed minimum 2 pounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoAl Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Gerry Thanks for posting, I have found some iron/gold while working concentrates from Lemhi county but it was real small stuff. By the way Gerry I plan on hitting dredge tailing piles up Yankee Fork with my NEW SDC 2300 this weekend ..Thanks to you......Idaho Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho spud Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Thanks for another lesson in nugget shooting, when you first showed me this nugget it blew me away! I'm positive that had I found this type of nugget stuck to my rare earth magnet on my pick, it would have gotten tossed into the bushes! (As I recall, originally, the gold was not exposed)Great topic and pictures, thanks for the post and your willingness to share your knowledge and experience with others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auminesweeper Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Sorry to go off topic for A moment, But Gerry Can you tell me where you got that Pick Coz I need one Real Bad with a 30" handle, Again Sorry Gents, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoAl Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hey John, I am not Gerry but I can tell that it is a Apex Pick. Made in Idaho.... USA.......Idaho Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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