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« on: August 23, 2006, 01:01:20 pm »
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I wondered if anyone on the board has ever hit a big gold nuggert using a metal detector? If yes, I would love to see some pictures of it. Thanks!

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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2006, 03:47:27 pm »
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Hey Christian...Big Nuggets are very rear. They seem to be a few places in the world that has more than their share of them. Big Nuggets are ones that have not moved very far from their source. Once they get in a river system they get beat up and ripped apart pretty fast. I have Dredged for an entire season without recovering a nugget over a 1/4 oz and had other seasons with 1/2 oz'ers every where. I can't say for sure but when I compare the hours I spent underwater and the hours I spend out of the water looking for gold I think I find more nuggets out of the water....Art

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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2006, 05:10:24 pm »
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My biggest is a picker in my sucker tube panned out.

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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2006, 05:38:19 pm »
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1 oz of pickers{alt}

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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2006, 11:04:06 pm »
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Nice pickers Art...thanks for sharring them

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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2006, 02:39:25 pm »
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I spent 8 years out West prospecting for gold nuggets with a metal detector. Unfortunately- I don't have any pictures of them. They are still being found- even in this day and age. All it takes is a little $$$$
for a good detector and a few good locations and you can still find some nice ones. They might not be very big but you just never know what you might run across when out in the desert. It could be anything from a patch of nuggets to a meteorite strewnfield to a semi- precious deposit of lapidary rough to a gold coin cache. You just never know.  Huh? Huh?

Here's a link to a club I belonged to at one time. This area is one of the prime locations in the country for gold nuggets. There are still large nuggets being found in the Rich Hill mining district.

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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2006, 03:25:54 pm »
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Great link, thanks for posting.  I myself haven't found any sort of gold negget but sure would like to and if I would we'd all know it.  I'd make sure to post it. Grin

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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2006, 07:35:54 am »
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The club opened another successful push this past Sat morning. As of last night- over 40 nuggets were found with the largest being a little over 1/4oz. Many more will be found in the coming days.

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I spent 8 years out West prospecting for gold nuggets with a metal detector. Unfortunately- I don't have any pictures of them. They are still being found- even in this day and age. All it takes is a little $$$$
for a good detector and a few good locations and you can still find some nice ones. They might not be very big but you just never know what you might run across when out in the desert. It could be anything from a patch of nuggets to a meteorite strewnfield to a semi- precious deposit of lapidary rough to a gold coin cache. You just never know.  Huh? Huh?

Here's a link to a club I belonged to at one time. This area is one of the prime locations in the country for gold nuggets. There are still large nuggets being found in the Rich Hill mining district.

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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2006, 08:11:03 am »
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Sounds like great news.

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« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2006, 11:35:33 am »
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They are still finding nuggets and they will  continue  to find them until the next push.

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