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Valued Member
United States
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i was wondering anyone in the fourms gone gold hunting? this is my first time and I got to admit it was pretty fun found my very first mini nugget to  ... I was a lil under prepared tho lol my shoes are all dirty  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice find! Where were you hunting? I did some panning in northern California in 1982 and found a few nice flakes but that was it. It is real easy to understand how folks get gold fever,even from the experience of finding small quantities.The next time I plan to use a sluice box,let the panning to stronger,younger backs!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Can you get us a picture of that nugget next to a penny or something?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
By the way AWE-some find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
wow! I want to go gold hunting one day and find some small nuggets! Yeah if you can please put that next to a penny so we can see its size.
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Valued Member
 United States
152 Posts |
heres the nugget next to a penny I also put it in a 2X2 because I dont wanna lose it haha enjoy the pic!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
152 Posts |
havent weighed it yet I was so excited I just tossed it into a 2X2 and added into the collection haha my first find is deff gonna be a keeper :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Were you panning or sluicing? What state were you prospecting in?
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Valued Member
United States
152 Posts |
i was panning up north from sacramento in California had no idea it was gonna be this fun haha
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Valued Member
United States
408 Posts |
Really neat! I can see how people get gold fever.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
737 Posts |
Great find! I wonder what it weighs in at.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3670 Posts |
Wow great find, great new hobby eh. I am gonna guess for fun. It looks a bit thicker than a flake, a true nugget. How about a half gram, regardless of weight great find for first time out. Now go find 1000 more to go with it, good luck  ! Edited by Silverhawk74
05/02/2011 01:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have went panning near the gold mines in NC when I was younger, never found anything but a few people I was with found a few small nuggets and I got the fever just seeing them pull gold out of the sand. So I can understand how those old timers got the gold fever back in the day also, I couldn't imagine if I had found something. I would have probably set up camp there and just lived off the land for a few years while I panned all day and slept all night
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats on your first nugget. That's a nice little picker!
I haven't done any prospecting in a long time, but I remember how exciting it is when you get into some good paydirt!
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Posted 05/01/2011 5:49 pm
