My first gold nugget!

[EriktheProspector]

Howdy gold prospectors!
updated 4/27/15

My name is Erik, and like many of you I'm obsessed with gold prospecting. I've been doing this very frequently for nearly 4 years now. I just finally got my first nugget. It's small, but a nugget nonetheless.

This was my best day panning simply because of the nugget find. We were using simple hand tools for the most part.
I know many of you are getting much more gold than this, but for me this is a big deal and I'm so happy this moment finally came! My friend Jerry also got a nugget!

Good luck all and keep on sampling!





The black pan photo is Jerry's gold.
His nugget weighed in at .85g, with a total of 1.55g.

NUGGET weigh 1.4 grams
Total: at or slightly less than 3 grams.

Not an amazing gold count, but a good day and we got our first nuggets!

ALSO,
We did end up going back to that location and looking for more nuggets.. to no avail. It was a real ass-kicker, and the gold wasn't great. I took home a sore ass body and only .3 grams in fines, no pickers, and definitely no nuggets. There may be more nuggets there, but they're going to be too hard to get to for us to bother for the time being. On to the next !

 

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[Darrow]

Way to go. I look forward to your video and am already a subscriber to your channel!

 

[bedrock bubba]

NICE!

Now, take us out there, and we will show you how to get more gold! hehe(kiddin!)

 

[uglymailman]

Hi Eric. I know nothing about gold mining except the shows on and what I see on this site. That's one of the better pans I've seen on here. As I know nothing about it, whats the value of that pan? Just trying to figure if a guy knew what he was doing could he make wages if he got lucky. Thanks for the post. Good luck.

 

[yodi]

Grats on the great gold you got yourself a really nice nugget.

 

[northern_sierras]

what kind of area did you find all that?

 

[Oregon Viking]

Sweet!!
I'am guessing you will be hitting that spot again.

 

[Asmbandits]

It was a great day Erick, we both had our best day of gold and with just hand tools and pans! Much more to come!

Heres my take for the day, My first nugget as well ( I know looks like a large flake) but its a nugget to me lol, it alone is .84 grams.. Cant wait to hit it again!

 

[BurntBear]

Very nice color! Congrats on the nug!

 

[TAKODA]

Damn fine batch of shine .

 

[AU_Solitude]

Very nice! Best looking pan I've seen for only hand tools and pans.

 

[Tonto]

I haven't seen any pans for a one day outing that is any better than that. You're in a good pay streak. Make sure you aren't followed on your next trip!

 

[Caribou369]

That is a sweet nugget, Erik! Congrats on the shiny, heavy pan for your day's fun! ^^

 

[kazcoro]

Nice little nug. Go get more and show us what they look like.

 

[Hoser John]

Nice nuggets,getr' done man-John

 

[G-bone]

Wow how very cool. That is sweet indeed.
Kudos to you both.

G

 

[Dgoldman]

Eric, that's a nice size nugget! It's a good size and be proud of it. What's the weight? Keep up the good work!

 

[here4themoney]

Nice Nuggets .. Keep it up, can't wait to see the video

 

[BagLady]

Way to go guys!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Echoplex]

Congrats, Erik! Dreaming of the day when I find my first nug. I bet it will be a pretty cool feeling!