trinityau Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hello all, I got out this morning to try and find a birthday nugget. I had to get up early to make the long ten minute drive to a secret place right next to the highway and then make the long two minute walk into the goldfields. The sun was shining brightly, there was a breeze blowing and I could hear the traffic behind me. After the long trek, I stopped at a likely looking spot right out in the open and turned the old 3000 on. I was using the Sadie coil, it finds gold on its own. I moved three feet to the left of a wet spot and with one sweep of the coil I had a real nice audio response. The signal was very shallow, didn't want to dig deep holes on my birthday anyway, so that was alright. The ground was wet so I made a small scrape with the pick about as big as my hand, getting the grass out of the way. I made another sweep and the target had moved. The target was in the small pile of mud. I reached down and poked my finger around, trying to stay clean, and I saw a flash of yellow. I wiped my hand off and put my glasses on and bent over again to pick up the nugget. It turned out to be a pretty little nugget, my birthday nugget. I dropped the gold into the vial and decided it was time to make the long trip back to the rig. After the brutal two minute walk I got into the Jeep and headed home. The nugget weight is 2.36 grams, for Shep that is 1.53 pennyweight.I wish it was this easy every day... Thanks, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Happy Birthday Ray, glad you could get out a make it a golden birthday, even though you had to make the arduous trek into that gold field!!!That's a nice nugget, it sorta looks like a mini "Boot Of Cortez" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterguppy Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Happy B-day and congrats on the nugget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted February 23, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hey Ray, I sent you a Birthday Wish on Facebook, but will tell you here again "Happy Birthday Ray!!" That being said, I think you might want me to run my GPZ 7000 over that ground (looks deep) before you gets yours. Get with me tomorrow if you can. Congrats on the new Birthday nugget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfind Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Nice one Ray, looks kinda like a ? mark. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Happy Birthday Ray, looks like a sea horse to me. Old Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahorton10 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Happy birthday sir, and nice nugget! Ill be a proud owner of your book real soon, I cant wait to read it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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