Is this guy a member here?

[Kas]

Check this out. You thought you were dedicated to finding a target?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/14/state/n035620D96.DTL&type=bondage

 

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[meggaditto]

Here is the story with a picture of the hole, no I would not go down in it..
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5033931&nav=0RaP

 

[Stormtrooper154]

Oh Brother! I think he was closer to finding Chinese coins then gold LOL

 

[treasurejack]

Can you imagine digging that hole and finding a huge pull tab! lol

 

[LJ]

Wow....quite a story. I wouldn't get in there either. Poor guy.

 

[bja3908]

And St Claudia say's I am crazy.

 

[shanko]

Did that article say gold detector? When my md is in the gold range its usually a pull tab. Then again I stop digging after so many inches...

Shanko

 

[Pulltab Parson]

KOO, KOO. . . KOO, KOO :P

 

[hollowpointred]

hes lucky it didnt collapse and kill him!

 

[Kas]

He needs the instruction book for that MD. Or else I want one if it goes to 60 ft.

 

[Pulltab Parson]

Think of the size of that nugget! It was probably a record breaker. . . or. . . uh. . . back breaker!!

 

[ModernMiner]

The sad thing is, he later realized that he had been wearing steel toe boots!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

if he had been a member here,
he would have realized no detector goes 60 feet
and would have checked his pile of dirt after
the second scoop of dirt. or used a pinpointer.

 

[NorCal 6er]

The nugget was probably on the side of the hole 8" down :P


HH
Joe

 

[mgdigger]

I know that area well and and that was no easy digging. Montclair is at the base of the San Gabrial mountains (which did have a small gold rush ) ground is an alluvial plane full of rocks.

 

[free4dan]

Crazzzzy dude lol! I work for a pipeline company, and excavations are carried out, often for maintenace or new construction. If we dig a hole/ditch over 3 feet, it has to be sloped or benched. And if this is not possible, the ditch must be shored to prevent cave in. A 4-5 foot cave in can be fatal. BUT 60 FEET Man the CO2 buildup alone could kill ya........whew!!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

The nugget was probably on the side of the hole 8" down :P


HH
Joe

My guess it was a piece of rusted Iron or nail,
ant it threw the Pinpointing off by a few inches.
and he never rechecked the hole, just started digging.

IF he even used a detector.

He may have been a Few stones off in another area,
and just Imagined there was gold in his yard.
and used the detector for an excuse.

 

[Leon]

I saw that atical awhile back, too funny...
I'd say if that guy was a member here, all you would have to do is to look for the longest post, and that would be him.

 

[mark v]

The authorities should have just let him keep on digging .

 

[Pulltab Parson]

Eventually he would have found chinese coins