First nuggey of the season!!

[neal S.]

My first nugget of 2011. Thank you Prescott.
added 2/09 -----weighed in @ .54 grams-

 

[olepossum]

i am waiting for the river to thaw then i am hitting it hard gonna have a sluice and a dredge going at the same time plus my pans god i cant wait there has been a lot of gold drifting down my way since all the crazy winters and spring floods yee haw

 

[neal S.]

Nice fatty!

Congratulations


Were you detecting or panning?
What machine were you using?
I see part of the pan in the first photo, but that's the last process.
Tell us more of the story please

I was slucing. I dig the dirt from an old river bottom - This is the important part WASH, WASH, WASH your material.
Scrub the rocks good and then you can run through the sluice. I usually work 6 - 10 buckets of dirt/rocks.
I only send a handfull @ a time through the KEENE and you can actually see the "GOLD PEPPER" in the black mat at the front of the box. THANK you for your interest.. HHTA Neal

 

[teleman 2525]

makes me wana break out my gold pans havent done that in awhile used to do a lot of panning here in northern vt got about an oz. a year with price of gold today be worth starting back up i just have so much fun metal detecting hard to decide what hobby to do not good here to metal detect the fine gold we have sluce and pan only way to go if i could only dredge know a place that could truly be a glory hole but not legal to dredge in vt.

 

[SurfHunter PI]

Thats a Nice Piece! Good Job

 

[traverdog]

Nice gold find!!!