barry Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Weighing in at 1.40 ozt and not another for two hundred yards! Thanks Minelab and Coiltek, this one was 24" in minerialized soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Weighing in at 1.40 ozt and not another for two hundred yards! Thanks Minelab and Coiltek, this one was 24" in minerialized soil.WOOO HOOOOOOO..... a gem dandy!!!!!!!!I am gonna have to come back east if you keep this up!!!!I am from east tn...but i dont think we have anything like that down there..... i am in TX right now.Seems like you are consistently doing well....keep up the hard work and posts so i can keep the fire burning!!!!!!paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Weighing in at 1.40 ozt and not another for two hundred yards! Thanks Minelab and Coiltek, this one was 24" in minerialized soil. Man! Thats a beauty!!! Dont you love it when you dig...keep getting the target..dig..getting louder...dig...oh crap its screaming now.. Dig...ahhhh....yes...bedrock...Dig...its in my spoon.....and there it is...just smiling at you Fantastic find!Tom H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Boy Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice piece bud, did you find it with the big boy coil? Kick Arse gold dude, those are the kind of nuggets that you hold in youre hand for a few seconds before you look again to see if youre dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriouskelly Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Pretty durned cool, LD! I had no idea there were nugz like that out there.That beautiful specimen might fetch a nice price at auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Border, found it with the 14X9, but going back with the big one next time. There has to be some deeper nuggets nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent in MT Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 That is just plain BEAUTIFUL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azoverland Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Congratulations - I sure some folks will prospect their whole lives and never make such a find. Great Job. After you join the 1 oz club whats the next milestone??? 10 oz?? Who amoung us has found a 10oz plus nugget...anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepinpete_WA Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Thats a bloody ripper LD,well done mate, man you gotta love that Minelab/Coiltek Combo..Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 That is one pretty nugget-picture appears to show a small piece of gold to the right of the scale--or is that just my poor eyesight? --Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Well Done L. D.. That is a beauty........Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Hammer, yep the small nugget somehow snuck into the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexb Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 You aren't playing around anymore, that's some serious gold you got out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Wow! I've never seen a Virginia nugget like that before. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in MT Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I have stopped by the gold museum between culpepper and Fredricksburg a couple of times and it has been closed. A friend that I stay with his neighbor out of Culpepper has a couple of old gold mine shafts on his property. Might have to try and gain access the next time I'm out that way.thanks for sharingAllen in MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Allen, you may already know this. There were 300 mines in Virginia, some as early as 1800, many of the miners left in 1849 for some reason, the Civil War 1861-1865 shut down or destroyed the active mines and many never reopened, those that did were closed in WWII, and only a couple reopened, the last ceased operation in 1956. In other words most of the mines were not fully worked so there is a chance you can find nugggets at any of the old sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGONAUTE Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Very yellow! Nice 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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