Hello all! Getting this out in advance of my new finds video... so I was at a plantation site in Louisiana today and I’d dug a baby ring (Brass) which was civil war era, some bullets and a Maynard carbine casing... then I almost fell over when this came out of the ground. I was like, no way this is gold, no way...
I swished some water over it and became even MORE convinced! And it is Heavvvy!
Now what on Earth is this doing at a plantation site??! Obviously there isn’t gold like this to be found in Louisiana. Mainly flake gold in tiny quantities hundreds of miles away from here. So it didn’t wash into this area. There aren’t even rocks here, only silt and mud! So this has to have been in someone’s pocket or “poke,” and traded through the port of New Orleans during the gold rush—as a lot of gold did do!
Back home I swiped it under the F75 coil and it reads 49-50. Would be curious to know if anyone has a comparably sized nugget they’d be willing to beep on their F75 and let me know what it reads.
Took a toothbrush and some water to it and it’s so bright the camera won’t even focus. Weighs almost 3 grams.
Cheers,
Buckleboy
I swished some water over it and became even MORE convinced! And it is Heavvvy!
Now what on Earth is this doing at a plantation site??! Obviously there isn’t gold like this to be found in Louisiana. Mainly flake gold in tiny quantities hundreds of miles away from here. So it didn’t wash into this area. There aren’t even rocks here, only silt and mud! So this has to have been in someone’s pocket or “poke,” and traded through the port of New Orleans during the gold rush—as a lot of gold did do!
Back home I swiped it under the F75 coil and it reads 49-50. Would be curious to know if anyone has a comparably sized nugget they’d be willing to beep on their F75 and let me know what it reads.
Took a toothbrush and some water to it and it’s so bright the camera won’t even focus. Weighs almost 3 grams.
Cheers,
Buckleboy
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