Placer in Ruidoso, NM

[homestead-hunter]

found this in 10 five gallon buckets using a gold cube.

 

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[DesertNuggets]

Very nice!

 

[desertscour]

can you pan around ruidoso

 

[Rawhide]

What lead you to this spot? Nice find.

 

[nmdsrtrat]

Nice work Homestead Hunter, my folks house overlooks the downs (south side). I grew up in Tularosa/Alamo/LC myself. I've often thought of doing a bit of panning in Nogal, or the Ruidoso. Maybe next trip out I'll just bring home a 3-4 buckets of dirt to play with.

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

run 100 buckets a day for 10 days .. nice they look all the same size pcs.

 

[mjarvis]

Nice finds HH! I grew up in abq, wish I would have know more about the gold back then, ill have to check it out the next time I go back to NM.

 

[goldenIrishman]

Great find HH! Looks nice and "Chunky" which is how I like my gold!