BIG nugget to kick off the season!!!

[Chris Gholson 977]

A friend of mine that bought a Minelab GPZ 7000 not long ago just sent me these photos of an awesome discovery he made. While swinging along he picks up a very low, mellow signal. He said it wasn’t much of a signal, but since gold had already been found nearby he decided to scratch on it. Once he broke open the ground and got down a bit the signal really improved. By the time he hit two feet it was an overload. He said the target was hidden down in a bedrock crack and as he swept the dirt with his fingers he caught glimpse of gold. He said he kept sweeping aside the dirt and the exposed gold just continued to get bigger and bigger. When it finally came out of the hole he was rewarded with an absolutely stunning 9-ounce nugget!!! This is the largest piece I have heard of so far this year, and I think he’s going to have a tough time beating it.

What an amazing find! A huge congratulations to this hard working prospector. Thank you again for letting me share your photos; keep up the good work!

[beatup 61]

what a find congrats to the finder sure looks like it has not traveled far as course as it looks.

[delnorter 8]

Wow, what a great nugget. I’ll bet that made his heart skip a beat.

Mike

[Mike C... 10]

[Hawkeye 4]

Hmmmm, I wonder who that is?

[matt 6]

 

8 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

Hmmmm, I wonder who that is?

Looks like your buddy. Wonder where he found it?

[geof_junk 8]

By the looks of his hands , he definitely earned it. Lets hope there are more there for him.

[Gold Seeker 9]

On 11/20/2018 at 3:01 PM, Chris Gholson said:

A friend of mine that bought a Minelab GPZ 7000 not long ago just sent me these photos of an awesome discovery he made. While swinging along he picks up a very low, mellow signal. He said it wasn’t much of a signal, but since gold had already been found nearby he decided to scratch on it. Once he broke open the ground and got down a bit the signal really improved. By the time he hit two feet it was an overload. He said the target was hidden down in a bedrock crack and as he swept the dirt with his fingers he caught glimpse of gold. He said he kept sweeping aside the dirt and the exposed gold just continued to get bigger and bigger. When it finally came out of the hole he was rewarded with an absolutely stunning 9-ounce nugget!!! This is the largest piece I have heard of so far this year, and I think he’s going to have a tough time beating it.

What an amazing find! A huge congratulations to this hard working prospector. Thank you again for letting me share your photos; keep up the good work!

Wow what a great find and paid for the detector as well, I wouldn't wash my hands for a while either after finding that!!!

Chris there looks to be part of a smaller piece in left of the photo, was that a piece that broke off of the big piece or another nugget found nearby?

[schiara 1]

Great find congrats to whoever found it. He sure got that thing clean, judging by all the nooks and crannys it must have been difficult to clean.

[RiverJohn 1]

GREAT FIND AND CONGRATS TO THE HARD WORKING PROSPECTOR

[SlowNLow 4]

Awesome...a day to remember!! Congrats tot he finder.  

[bkopps 0]

Simply Beautiful!

[Chris Gholson 977]

Gold Seeker, I believe that "little" nugget you see off to the side is actually a half-ouncer that was hiding in the same crack beneath the 9 oz. On a normal day that alone would be a score, but next to the biggie it looks tiny! 

[Adam 14]

Burn scars in California pay off for detectorists

[Tortuga 3]

Did he nuke all the quartz off it with acid?

[Mike Furness 26]

Was about to ask the same T.