nuggets found

[leadnugget]

i have been working a rivulet that has been putting out about 1/2 gram per 4 or 5 hour hunts.
at a spot the gold stops. so i started hunting the hill sides looking for the source. never had much luck doing this over the years.
but, today i found what was left of the vein and a few nice bits from on top of the hill.
first pic is average day in the wash pic 2 is from the hill side patch and pic3 is a male tranchula, they come out around this time of year.

the 6k got the bigger ones and the monster the smaller. .84 grams on the bigger nugget.

 

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[beekbuster]

nuggets have been hard to come by lately. Nice to see you found the remnants of a vein. I had to walk away from one on my last trip cuz I just could not get the rock to fragment.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Good finds! I remember a camping trip with my wife 50 years ago, at this time of year. We were driving up Kings Canyon, and were amazed at the number of tarantulas on the road. I stopped and poked one with a stick, and that seemingly slow critter jumped clear over my head! That did it for the wife, and we camped elsewhere...LOL.

 

[beekbuster]

Good finds! I remember a camping trip with my wife 50 years ago, at this time of year. We were driving up Kings Canyon, and were amazed at the number of tarantulas on the road. I stopped and poked one with a stick, and that seemingly slow critter jumped clear over my head! That did it for the wife, and we camped elsewhere...LOL.

when I was a kid, maybe 7, My family and I were camping at New Malones in northern california. The tarantulas were everywhere. They were attracted to our lantern.