Nice Specimen found with GPX 5000

[Steve Herschbach]

I am a Lower 48 newbie but off to a good start thanks to guidance from Chris Ralph, proving again that who you know is often more important than what you know when it comes to finding gold. Chris took me to a few places he was interested in. We had a great few days with some varied experiences, topped off with me finding this nice 0.82 ounce gold in quartz specimen. It was found in the northern Sierras of California with a Minelab GPX 5000 metal detector sporting a Nugget Finder 14" Advantage elliptical mono coil. There is a lot of gold showing so probably well over a half ounce of contained gold. The nugget was caked with mud and cemented material when found so was a bit of a surprise when it cleaned up so nice. Thanks Chris!

 

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[Aufisher]

Very nice!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Congratulations Steve - absolutely beautiful!

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

sweet color , that looks about a foot deep ? WIth that rock one would think the hole would have a bunch of scattered pieces .

 

[goldenIrishman]

Nice find Steve!

 

[Hard Prospector]

Man, what a chunk!

 

[extractor]

Woot Woot ! Good quartz specimen .

 

[TerryC]

Nice! Very nice! TTC

 

[Army of 1]

Thats a real nice piece Steve , gotta be happy with that , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

[TAKODA]

That's a fine piece of rock .......................... Damn fine .

 

[Lanny in AB]

Boo-yah Steve!!

Nicely done.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Lanny in AB]

Sweet gold Takoda.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Hemisteve]

Way to go Steve! Nice specimen.
I was out crumbing at Majuba and got skunked again.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

Great find Steve. Still searching for mine. Lol

 

[jcCALIF]

Certainly a beautiful specimen in the highest regard! BTW I wanted to thank you for your online journal. I have read it extensively and have picked up many good metal detecting tactics from the journal. I thought it was very interesting on how you evolved from gold dredging to metal detecting. Your review of metal detectors is very enlightening. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

 

[goldenIrishman]

Hear Hear!!! I just started reading it the other night and it's not only got a lot of good info in it, but it's very well written. Some writers can make any subject as interesting as watching paint dry but you take a very technical subject and make it interesting. Thank you for all your efforts Steve!

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Thank you all, especially for the kind comments on my writing. Over the years all that two finger pecking has added up. Comments like yours make me glad of the effort. Look for lots more soon.

 

[63bkpkr]

Out of curiosity, did you use the GMT in this area at all?.........................63bkpkr

 

[2cmorau]

hydrofluoric?

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Out of curiosity, did you use the GMT in this area at all?.........................63bkpkr

No, maybe next trip.