Was panning for gold the other day

[fishmaster]

Found a nice ripper panning for gold the other day
Check it out nice 4lb 13.4oz California nugget
Enjoy the pic let me know what you think

 

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[smokeythecat]

Since it's a quartz matrix, are you going to crush it to look for gold or other heavy minerals? The dark spots are either iron minerals or garnets.

 

[placertogo]

Highly mineralized. Before crushing it I would have someone run over it with a very sensitive gold detector. It could have a nice vein of gold inside and have more value cut open as a specimen than crushed and panned for values.

 

[N-Lionberger]

crush it and see.

 

[RTR]

might be could be only one way to find out

 

[fishmaster]

Crush images coming soon. The inside looks incredible.

 

[johnedoe]

Dissolve it in acid.... If there is a gold matrix it could be worth a fortune....

 

[Doug H]

That's hilarious...I know nothing about gold and if I ran across that I'd throw it in the river as just another rock.