2- 1/2 Ounce Nugget this weekend

[frank]

I detected a beautiful specimen nugget this weekend in Arizona.
Hope you enjoy the pictures

 

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[Jeffro]

Damned nice job Frank!

Did ya have to buy a new pair of underwear?

 

[calisdad]

Super Sweet !!
I bet I know where you're going back to next chance you get.
Nice job Frank.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Frank,

Many congratulations on that great find!! That's truly a gorgeous specimen--gorgeous! Well done.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Hoser John]

Frank have you ran the test I posted on Nuggetshooter to see how much gold that righteous specimen has for weight?? tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[2cmorau]

yeeeeeehaaaaw, how sweet can it be, nice find

 

[frank]

Maybe today John.

 

[gold nuggets]

I'd still be doing hand-springs across the area Frank.
Great looking specimen there. Well done for sure.
Gold Nuggets

 

[TerryC]

OUTstanding! But just a little too big for that neckless. MAN! I wish I could find one too large to wear! Nice. TTC

 

[theseeker]

Congrats on a Super Find !!!!

Pete

 

[Goodyguy]

Wow! Great find Frank

Just goes to show that they are out there just waiting to be found.
What about details? What Detector used? How deep was it?
Were you using headphones, what kind? What size coil? Did you find other nuggets?
You know, tell us the whole story.

GG~

 

[GrayCloud]

They don't travel alone.

 

[Doug Watson]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing with us. I sure wish I'd been able to get down there and meet all you guys in person. Maybe next year. Thanks again, Doug.

 

[vaquero44]

congratulations on that super find!

 

[frank]

Goodguy, click on the photo of the nugget in the banner at top you will link to the story and details you asked.

 

[Goodyguy]

Goodguy, click on the photo of the nugget in the banner at top you will link to the story and details you asked.

Thanks Frank,

Yep, I missed the rendezvous with you guys again this year
Still haven't had a chance to break in my new drywasher
Oh well, I suppose there is always next year.

Here is the link to your post for others who wish to read the details: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,438138.msg3123448.html#msg3123448

GG~

 

[Lanny in AB]

Thanks for the link Good Guy!

If any of you want to short-cut the link, here's Frank's great little story of discovery. (Hope you don't mind the quote Frank, as now this will be with your story here on the gold prospecting, metal detecting forum.)

No problem Rockdoc, but 1st let me say I have no clue what "Banner" means ??


I damm near didn't make it down there for the gathering. I guess somebody "upstairs" saw a way for it to happen.
I loaded up the truck at 3:30 A.M. Sat morning an took off, it was drizzeling rain an by the time I hit the 40 interstate south of Kingman I was going thru a mix of heavy rain and snow.
Slowed down to about 40-45 and had to dim the lights to see.
I considered twice about turning around an going home, thinking what am I getting into
Something kept me going foward instead of turning around.
I was thinking about seeing all the guys again and I just love that atmosphere of a group of Gold Hunters at camp swappin lies at the fire at night.
And commin back to camp each day an seeing what all was found.
Ain't nothin like it, wish I was 20 again and could look foward to another 40 or 50 years of doin it.

Anywho, it went like this,
I started off covering side hills and some flat benches above the washes, that lasted awhile then the horrible temptation to get down into the wash came !!
Just knowing what would be ahead of me in the wash I was hesitant.
I've had a summer filled with diggin holes to China in washes for the ultimate piece of trash.
Started hittin signals thru some big rocks so that involved diggin around them to form a depression to turn then over into cause they were too big to just lift.
After doing that a few times and having it turn out to be the rock I got the drift of the hot rocks there an what they looked like.
Backed OFF on the power of the 3500 a bit to alleviate that syndrome an continued on with a few pieces of trash dug.


Then I hit an
Interesting signal at first, after moving 3 good sized rocks from digging the hole the signal turned to aawww f#$% another large trash piece
(overload) at about 7-8 inches down. Then I kept digging I was using the Ol Minelab Turdy-5-hundred with a 16" NF SL mono (love that analog) and even though
I cut a good sized hole I couldn't be quite sure exactly where the signal was from with the large diameter coil on.
So I called up the hill from where I was for Glenn and Mike to come down Glenn had a 5000 with the new 6x8 NF coil on it so that was perfect for getting
a direction on the dig.
Once I got that I started digging deeper in that direction at about 12-14 inches I started taking big scoopfulls 1 at a time out and waving it over
Glenns coil
waiting for him to say signal or not. Then 1 scoop had the target and I dumped some into 1 hand and it was still in the scoop,
then I picked out this good sized rock out of the scoop and just before I waved it over his coil I looked at him an said Tell me you don't have a signal anymore thats what he said NO SIGNAL !!


WOWSA WOWSA, in my brain I knew I had something good then in my left hand a dirty rock that gave an overload, brushed it once with the other hand an saw a glint of color, thats all it took popped that baby in my big mouth and it came out a muddy hunk of gold an quartz.
Then the dancin started ,... I looked like the ol timer in Bogarts "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" jumpin an praisin Mother Earth !!!!
Then I filled the hole went back to camp where Bunk was and said go get a new set of underwear I got somethin to show ya.
After that our "long distance bartender" Shep showed up with the "Cabo Wabo" the rest is history.
But I'm still recuperating
I'm callin it the Vampire Nugget because thats what it looked like a set of vampire dentures

All the best,

Lanny

 

[frank]

Thanks guys , just got home from 6 days in the field, scared up almost a quarter oz. more but no big ones.

 

[Keppy]

WOW , That would sure make my day.. my week .. my month... even ..my year.. nice going.

 

[acehunter]

All i can say is great find. Hope there's more in the future.