frank c Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Heres a little beast to feast yer eyes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explorer1 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I knew I dropped that nugget some where....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Heres a little beast to feast yer eyes on Wow...you all are killing me!!!Thats a beaut!!!I got a drawer pull today..lolKeep em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 That is amazing!Congratulations!Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Heres a little beast to feast yer eyes on Frank! You did it!!! You finally got into the club. Congrats man, you deffinently put in the time and effort to get that one.Good deal.Tom H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 WTG Frank! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Holy Cow!!!!! How deep, what with ... Was it in the pounded areas? WTG! Cheers, Unc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 C'mon Frank. Let's hear the story. You don't have to post the coordinates. Seriously. That specie looks better every time I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted December 7, 2011 Admin Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Hey Frank, Awesome piece of gold you found there. Over the years Quartzsite and produced some biggies, specimens and solid nuggets. Hope you're able to score a few more in the area before it plays out. Keep us updated,Rob Allison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriouskelly Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Nice, Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron (CA) Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Very Nice!! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadams Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Nice nugget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmk6 Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 That's a beaut for sure. Thanks for sharing.Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertNuggets Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Beautiful nugget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Holy Cow!!!!! How deep, what with ... Was it in the pounded areas? WTG! Cheers, Unc Hey Unc, they're ALL pounded ain't they ??? Hit it in a wash, thought it was gonna be another rusty can or piece of metal. Interesting signal at first, then 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. Then I kept digging I was using the Ol 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 6x8NF 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 !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azoverland Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Glad you had some one to share the dig with. That's always more fun in my book. What a great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Boy Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Great going Frank, bet theres another one just around the way. PURDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Way to go Frank! Now go find another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landoninlv Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 YOu da MaN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minerjoe01 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 That feeling will never leave your scull! Ha ha congrats bud. It sucks, that now we're covered in snow and you guys are hittin it hard down there. So now i know how it feels! Get back out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Alright Frank! that is a fantastic find! Foaming at the mouth over here! Got to get out there soon. Congratulations again!! Guido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Frank, he'll of a find. Did all targets and let the scoop sort them out! CongratsLuckyLundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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