Posted on 05/29/2009 12:28:04 PM PDT by BGHater
Does his rock look like it contains much gold to you? It looks more rock than gold to me.
Looks like a small potato.
I thought it looked like a potatoe.
But I’m from Indiana, what do I know.
Nugget, hell -- I want to find and care for the goose!
All I can say is Great for Him.
.......Fun is good.......
On my way to the Alaska gold fields in ‘07, I broke my leg in Cheynne Wyoming. I went on to Alaska and bought panning stuff in Fairbanks. I just couldn’t do it. The creek banks were too much for me in my “boot”.
By the time I got to the Klondike, the boot was off and I got to go panning about a half mile up the creek from where the first discovery was made by George Camack. About an hour of the fun was all my poor ol’ leg would stand......... no gold.
I guess another will trip will be required to get my money’s worth out of the pan and screen. It is fun just thinking about it.
8.7 ounce bump
Native gold is not real shiny. His nugget is not polished like you would see in a gold ring or piece of jewelry. Also, gold is soft - the surface might have little pits or dents which take away some of the luster.
Fun is priceless!
I do save every single receipt associated with the costs for my prospecting and treasure hunting. One day if I find something like that and have to sell it for some reason or another I want a 100X cost basis available! ;-)
My pan (used decades ago in CO and CA) has long been a cactus garden. It’s a lot like fishing; you have to go where the fish are.
Last year one of our forum members (Kinzlicoils.com) found a perfect crystal of quartze with an included “tree” of gold in it about the size of an apple, one of the sweetest natural finds I’ve seen.
Damn guy knocked another one out of the park a few months ago by finding a nearly immaculate 1863-S $10 gold piece (10,000 minted)!
Tried to buy an Eagle lately?
The price of native specimens in the multi-ounce range is usually 2-3X that of spot. His specimen, while awesome merely from the gold hunk standpoint, is about the lowest eye appeal you can get though...
At the standard government price that they list US gold holdings in of $42/ounce... ;-)
Thanks P!
Bagged a couple more seateds myself last few weeks, 1856 half dollar and 1891-0 dime. Park I found them in has coughed up most of my 89 silvers so far this year...
ARF!
And “Well, you’ve got to pass the coil over it to find it!” for detecting!
....however, when wading thru random streams, one should be armed with a map of patented and unpatented mining claims in the area and look carefully and thoroughly for mining claim signs - those holding claims don’t take claim-jumping lightly. If one finds treasure on an unpatented or patented claim, federal law dictates that treasure legally belongs to the BLM-registered rightful owner. Those that refuse to identify the exact location of where they found their treasure, are automatically suspect as poachers. End of public service announcement on behalf of patented/unpatented mining claim owners and Happy hunting! :)
hey bub, my name is terry... i want to thank you for your reply OR two. my father is an american hero 12 times over. his sacrifices are seldomly paralleled, Jimmie Howard was up there, my father does not look for gold for money... he has a 6 figure income... he does it for fun... camping. when was the last time you went camping an made money like that. by the way, he isn’t a mining operation. he is a Senior citizen who plays 2 hours a day on some weekends. if you took all his gold and his time he is at about,well its more than most people make. by the way, he is mining and getting 1/2 ounce a day now. that’s 400$ a day camping. i just want you to know this is a hobby. i hope your not a sarcastic person i just wanted you to know, you, as hard as you can try , will never find a nugget bigger than his. semper fi
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