Big, beautiful North American Placer!! Freakin fantastic!!!

Lanny in AB

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Big, beautiful North American Placer!! Freakin' fantastic!!!

Unbelievable video of big North American gold nuggets + new finds, pics, videos added: a live thread, so please post your gold shots.
I'll add other videos or stills of big nuggety North American gold as I find them.

This video starts slow, but it's shot underground, so give it a while and then watch out that you don't have a freakin' heart attack!!

I hope you love looking at this as much as I did--every placer miner's dream come true. If you're a rookie, you'll get the fever bad watching this one. (To avoid any confusion, this is not my video, nor is it my clean-up, nor was I involved in any way--I found it by mistake after typing in a search word incorrectly [that's why I'd never found it before], but I sure do love it!!)



Almost 3,800 ounces in the last shot--fines are in the large plastic bags. 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle!

All the best,

Lanny

P.S. I posted it with my beginner's thread as well, but it's so great it deserves it's own place too.

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63bkpkr

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Lanny, I'd say you've not lost your touch and that you've touched a few more good spots! Thanks' for sharing and my time is coming later this year AS the shoulder is responding Well to Physical Therapy!...…………...63bkpkr
 

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Lanny in AB

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Lanny, I'd say you've not lost your touch and that you've touched a few more good spots! Thanks' for sharing and my time is coming later this year AS the shoulder is responding Well to Physical Therapy!...…………...63bkpkr

Glad to hear you'll get a chance to finally reconnect with your golden past Herb. I know you've waited a long time.

All the best,

Lanny
 

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Lanny in AB

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Any new finds?

Please feel free to post pictures of your North American placer finds.

All the best,

Lanny
 

KevinInColorado

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From a recent trip to the Yampa River in NW Colorado :)
 

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A couple of "First" nuggets dug at Bill Southern's Little San Domingo, Arizona outing last week. :hello2:
 

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A Sasquatch

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Hi Lanny
Hope this post finds you well !
Another spectacular year! For you as well I see! Nice pictures!
Here are our prizes ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1542573835.240089.jpg 6 ounce beauty. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1542573906.313262.jpg
Have a great winter!
 

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Lanny in AB

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View attachment 1652370
From a recent trip to the Yampa River in NW Colorado :)

It's nice to see some of that high-grade, fine Colorado gold, gathered by a true expert that is now also a published gold-prospecting author on gathering Colorado gold!

Thanks Kevin, and all the best,

Lanny
 

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A couple of "First" nuggets dug at Bill Southern's Little San Domingo, Arizona outing last week. :hello2:

Nice character gold Terry!

I hope the outing was fun to boot, as I'm sure it was.

All the best,

Lanny
 

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Lanny in AB

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Hi Lanny
Hope this post finds you well !
Another spectacular year! For you as well I see! Nice pictures!
Here are our prizes View attachment 1653068 6 ounce beauty. View attachment 1653069
Have a great winter!

My goodness but you're slaying the big ones!

Wow!! Six ounces in one chunk (nice contrast against the dollar coin for size). It's been a long time since I held one that big , and it was found by some miners I was working with, but they were using big equipment, and it was a genuine rarity. I can't imagine finding one that big with the detector, but you've had other finds that eclipse your six-ouncer, so, whatever you're doing, and whatever you're doing it with (The "Z", etc.), keep at it!!

All the best,

Lanny
 

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For anyone new to the site, if you've never see this video before, it's what should get gold fever brewing in anyone with a prospector's heart!

This video starts slow, but it's shot underground, so give it a while and then watch out that you don't have a freakin' heart attack!!

I hope you love looking at this as much as I did--every placer miner's dream come true. If you're a rookie, you'll get the fever bad watching this one. (To avoid any confusion, this is not my video, nor is it my clean-up, nor was I involved in any way--I found it by mistake after typing in a search word incorrectly [that's why I'd never found it before], but I sure do love it!!)



Almost 3,800 ounces in the last shot--fines are in the large plastic bags. 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle!

All the best, and for those of you that have seen this before, you know what I'm talking about!

Lanny
 

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For anyone new to the site, if you've never see this video before, it's what should get gold fever brewing in anyone with a prospector's heart!

This video starts slow, but it's shot underground, so give it a while and then watch out that you don't have a freakin' heart attack!!

I hope you love looking at this as much as I did--every placer miner's dream come true. If you're a rookie, you'll get the fever bad watching this one. (To avoid any confusion, this is not my video, nor is it my clean-up, nor was I involved in any way--I found it by mistake after typing in a search word incorrectly [that's why I'd never found it before], but I sure do love it!!)



Almost 3,800 ounces in the last shot--fines are in the large plastic bags. 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle!

All the best, and for those of you that have seen this before, you know what I'm talking about!

Lanny

Don't know what happened Sasquatch, but hope this one works.
 

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This is a great thread! I don’t often post my finds but I may start doing so here.

This is from a recent unicorn morning of drywashing, where I got just over a gram, instead of the usual .3g-.4g
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That sure is beautiful gold!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny
 

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A.Palm nuggets.JPG

Some of the all original North American placer my son and I corralled this season, good stuff!

All the best,

Lanny
 

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