First Gold!

[OwenT]

My take from Peshastin Creek WA yesterday. Dug a nice hole behind a big rock at the edge of the water. My first pan had 4 or 5 colors. Ran my 24" sniper for about 3 hours which kept up nicely, I love it.

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

Nice gold!!

 

[Bquamb]

That looks awesome!

What type of weight did you get from all that lovely "nectar" ?

 

[DizzyDigger]

Very nice gold Owen....

Peshastin is just over the mtn's from me, but it'd take
near 5 hrs. to get there..dang it.

 

[mytimetoshine]

That a great first day! Congrats, just remember the fever has no cure.

 

[Aufisher]

Way to go! You have good taste in sluices!

 

[mshanygin]

Very nice gold. Now start obsessing about filling a vial. And go....

 

[Bodfish Mike]

Very sorry to hear about this --- if your like me your life has just changed.
Just joking -- very nice gold
Thanks for the pic
Mike

 

[HMiller]

Any gold is good gold but that is some nice chunky stuff. I'm in cle elum now. Good job.

 

[TAKODA]

First stuff Bet you got a little rush off that .

 

[OwenT]

Thanks everyone. I think the pics make it look like a lot more than it really is, should've included a penny for reference. Didn't get to weigh as I doubt it would register on the scale I've got, guess it's time to get more equipment . Yep, after getting a little discouraged, the fever is once again alive and well.

 

[HMiller]

Your doing great. My first nugget 3 years ago was a gold painted rock that some cruel sob planted. My son found one too. I still have mine. Conversation piece.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Owen, we've all seen gold in a finish pan, so it's not hard to
gauge what our pans look like compared to yours.

Ya done good...

 

[KevinInColorado]

dizzyD is right, we know what fly poop gold looks like in a pan...and this ain't that! Congrats!!

...now go back and dig more/deeper/faster! LoL!

 

[NeoTokyo]

Awesome gold for your first time out.

 

[Jimmydolittle]

Congratulations, you are now afflicted with "gold fever" from which there is no cure.

 

[NYCitySlicker]

Hey I just started this treasure hunting hobby. Just as a point of reference, what would you experienced guys/gals say this amount weighs? What is it worth, money-wise?

 

[Jimmydolittle]

Hard to say by looking at the picture. Maybe fifty cents. Like the Indiana gold that I find, I ain't never get rich, it's all for fun.

 

[Aufisher]

0.17 grams guess

 

[NYCitySlicker]

Wow, so you would really need a lot of gold dust for it to be worth anything significant huh? Does anyone every find large nuggets?