Nugget Pendant

SusanMN · Jun 20, 2008

Minnesota summer has taken its time getting here, so today was my first day in the water. Did a local busy beach and found only a few clad coins. On the way home I stopped at a tiny beach that on a hot summer day probably has no more than half a dozen swimmers. But 40 years ago this was a huge public beach so I thought I'd give it a try. A few minutes in the water and I found this beauty. Stopped by the jewelers with it - its not a real nugget but its real 14k gold and 10.7 grams of it. A great way to start off the summer!

bomber · Jun 20, 2008

too cool,congrats :thumbsup:

camb1 · Jun 20, 2008

Very Nice. I used to have one like that with a diamond in it.

madmacabre · Jun 20, 2008

nice find . was this in the water or dry sand?

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Jun 20, 2008

That's a nice one, big fat and heavy.

A fake gold nugget made from real gold, kinda funny concept. :icon_scratch:

Keep @ it and HH!!

{Sentinel} · Jun 20, 2008

Hey, it may be a fake nugget but its REAL GOLD!! Congratulations on a great find :icon_king:

litefire56 · Jun 20, 2008

Thats a hunka hunka burning piece 'o gold! Way to go!

Worth a bit over $180 today....

http://www.dendritics.com/scales/me...its=g&Alloy=14K&PrOzt=&CurrencyN=USD&Markup=0

SusanMN · Jun 20, 2008

I was hunting in the water with a Tiger Shark. The pendant was found in about ankle deep water, about two feet from shore. It was down maybe 5-6 inches. This lake is littered with pull tabs, bottle tops and iron pieces so hunting is a little difficult and I was scooping a lot of junk, maybe ten hits of junk in ten minutes before pulling out the pendent. Nothing prettier or more exciting than the glint of gold in your scoop. Silver comes out of the water black like a rock, but gold is as shiny as the day it was dropped.