Fullpan,
I take my hat off to you worthy sir! Whew, that is a pile of work you have going there but as you've also shown you made it pay some for all that work.
To heck with all these feel bad threads. Show the board, you gold, silver, artifacts, cool rocks ect..... or just your latest... This is our latest find from a tailings pile in the motherload, 1/2 gram in quartz...
That be a nice piece Oakview . Me like .
" A man should look for what is , and not for what he thinks should be. "
Albert Einstein .
Attachment 665986Attachment 665988First pic, 13.5 ounce quartz cobble, about 7/8th size baseball, specific gravity test
shows about 3.25 ounces gold - found in loose overburden 2 feet down from surface while dredging with Keene 4 inch. Spotted it before it entered suction nozzle, or it would probably rolled right on through due to amount of quartz. Second pic - after spotting a 2 dwt "baker" lodged in a large vertical pressure
crevice, we spent a month trying to reach bedrock. Water was 2 feet deep, then 8 feet of large loose cobbles and boulders up to a thousand lbs. When
we finally hit bedrock there was the gold, laying in a little trough parallel with the current. it took about 3 days to advance a foot on bedrock due to big and unstable boulders trying to slide into the hole. The gold ran out in ten feet but it was sure fun while it lasted! Pic is a portion of my share.
Nice stuff .
" A man should look for what is , and not for what he thinks should be. "
Albert Einstein .
Even a blind pig finds a acorn every once in a while. Going back this weekend and hoping to get a day and a half run in... Nothing compared to the specimens you continue to coax out of the ground
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"The most inspiring thing about gold, is not the value, but under magnification, the true beauty of each piece. They are truly like snowflakes that never melt." Oakview2
1 full day on a great paystreak on Clear Creek kalif. Pounds left but no dredging. Other Ruck a Chucky rapids but no dredgn' no mo'. Knotts Berry farm fun with gkids and kids yahoo party time and what a great fun maniacal adreneline filled time....John ... added pic of 1,860 foot climb in/out everyday-see cliffs in back of my lil'ol'6" triple with 18hp ic briggs. Tried 5 helpers that summer and none made it even 4 times hahaha some even chickened out prior to the 1st try cluck cluck
You delivered some great pics,but your greatest treasure is a family that supports your fever.
Last edited by Oakview2; Aug 28, 2012 at 06:55 PM.
"The most inspiring thing about gold, is not the value, but under magnification, the true beauty of each piece. They are truly like snowflakes that never melt." Oakview2
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmen Oak--feeding 4 kids and spoling gkids has helped me pull through lean times and PARTY like a mad dog in good times. Now end times...but still mining. I have 100s a pix and just a few,SF American 2 day cleanup-John
Hoser yer a tough act to follow but I'll give it my best here.
After just about 5 years of detecting in the great state of Arizona I got "lucky" and swung my minelab over this 2.49 ounce beauty. It holds just under 2 ozs. of ol yeller in it.
When I first got it out of the earth from about 16 to 18 inches deep it was covered with dirt an not recognizable until I caught a glimpse of yeller on it then I popped it in my mouth because I didn't have any water with me to clean it off an get a better look at it. Well it looked like an upper denture with 2 vampire fangs so we aptly named it the Vampire Nugget.
Hope yall enjoy the pics as much as I do.
Hapy Huntn everyone.
My biggest single find so far detecting for Ol Yeller.
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Please feel free to show as many of those pics as you care to, it serves as a inspiration to what can be found with hard work, know how, and dogged determination. PS..... Nice piece Frank, very unusual shape. My son won this nugget in a raffle and we call it the Miami Dolphins nuggett.
"The most inspiring thing about gold, is not the value, but under magnification, the true beauty of each piece. They are truly like snowflakes that never melt." Oakview2
Love'm all Frank,no matter how big or small,placer,hardrock,dredged,hibanked or detected as all gifts from a much higher source and thanx thanx thanx any and all as NEVER saw 2 nuggets alike....and it was gooooooooooooooood-John
This is my only sluice find so far, I loaned my Bazooka out to the local mine shop to test out to see if they want to carry them.
I only used it once with 1 bucket full.
One bucket full from cleaning out a couple deep cracks and a chunk of dead grass that was growing in it, reduced nicely.
Here is my best single sniping find except for my nugget.
My nugget is at the end of this video. I found this on my 2nd day.
So much fun.
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"The most inspiring thing about gold, is not the value, but under magnification, the true beauty of each piece. They are truly like snowflakes that never melt." Oakview2
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This is our latest find from a tailings pile in the motherload, 1/2 gram in quartz...
