Lotus Geologist
Jr. Member
- Jan 6, 2014
- 91
- 209
- Detector(s) used
- MXT, TRX pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Went whitewater kayak prospecting on the South Fork American yesterday and we found a doozy, a 3.84 gram nugget! It was in a small pocket just under the vegetative mat, not even in a creviceā¦ doesnāt look like it spent much time in the river at all. Which is good, because I think I know where it came from. Will be going back with the metal detector to work the slope up to an area of visible alteration. It is a VERY steep slopeā¦ impossible to access unless you have solid whitewater skills.
The funny part of the story about this nugget is the name it getsā¦ weāre calling it the Greenhorn Nugget. Hereās whyā¦
My buddy James is a good whitewater kayaker, but until yesterday he had no clue what gold looked like. Yesterday morning he comes over with a vial of mica thinking heās richā¦ I dump it in my driveway and tell him I will show him what gold looks like and where to find it. We get in the kayaks and paddle about a mile of Class 3 rapids and pull to shore to work a few crevicesā¦ he figures out pretty quick what gold looks like and we both are doing well, 5-10 flakes and a couple pickers in each panā¦ a couple of the pickers were quartz encrusted goldā¦ hmmmā¦ canāt be far from the sourceā¦
We head downstream through one more rapid and split up, James on one side of the outcrop, me on the otherā¦ not two minutes later he comes walking up with the nugget in his hand asking āis this what I think it isā? I grabbed it and told him no, itās foolās gold for sure, and now heās a fool for handing it to me!
To be truthful, I was jealous of his find, but only for a few secondsā¦ I am super stoked that a verifiable GREENHORN, first time prospecting, found such a nice nugget. James is now hooked! I told him not to expect another nugget like that anytime soonā¦
L.G.
(nickle for scale)
The funny part of the story about this nugget is the name it getsā¦ weāre calling it the Greenhorn Nugget. Hereās whyā¦
My buddy James is a good whitewater kayaker, but until yesterday he had no clue what gold looked like. Yesterday morning he comes over with a vial of mica thinking heās richā¦ I dump it in my driveway and tell him I will show him what gold looks like and where to find it. We get in the kayaks and paddle about a mile of Class 3 rapids and pull to shore to work a few crevicesā¦ he figures out pretty quick what gold looks like and we both are doing well, 5-10 flakes and a couple pickers in each panā¦ a couple of the pickers were quartz encrusted goldā¦ hmmmā¦ canāt be far from the sourceā¦
We head downstream through one more rapid and split up, James on one side of the outcrop, me on the otherā¦ not two minutes later he comes walking up with the nugget in his hand asking āis this what I think it isā? I grabbed it and told him no, itās foolās gold for sure, and now heās a fool for handing it to me!
To be truthful, I was jealous of his find, but only for a few secondsā¦ I am super stoked that a verifiable GREENHORN, first time prospecting, found such a nice nugget. James is now hooked! I told him not to expect another nugget like that anytime soonā¦
L.G.
(nickle for scale)
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