Nundle Reef Gold

[loamer]

Nugget - any chance you can get a VLF with a small coil to run over it? Either way, you must be close to a source around about there - certainly eluvial as opposed to alluvial. That's the sort of quartz I always look for - looks like a mouse has eaten it, that and the mineralisation signs. Either way - good on you mate.

 

[Nugget]

And just to add, you can barely see any gold in it unless you wet it first. Wetting it seems to make the quartz semi-transparent.

I think my next trip will entail nothing more than a 5ltr bucket half filled with water and a rake.

 

[Nugget]

Nugget - any chance you can get a VLF with a small coil to run over it? Either way, you must be close to a source around about there - certainly eluvial as opposed to alluvial. That's the sort of quartz I always look for - looks like a mouse has eaten it, that and the mineralisation signs. Either way - good on you mate.

I'll see if I can borrow the mother in-laws Aldi detector to try and report back.

 

[loamer]

A small coiled VLF should pick that up, albeit just a feint break in the threashold. It could turn out to be quite and interesting little patch there mate. These are the types of throwouts that the old blokes missed because they just couldn't see au, plus the quartz did not feel heavy for its size which was another method they learnt. (The bouncing shovel method)

 

[Ramjet]

You back home or still at Musswellbrook Nugget? I could bring my detector or pinpointer over.

 

[Jinx]

Nice find Nugget .

 

[headbut]

Nugget , would be interesting to see what the SG is of that piece ?

Quartz is 2.65 , so anything toward 3.00 would be huge

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3215 Post # 7

Wet weight is while submerged under water

 

[Nugget]

You back home or still at Musswellbrook Nugget? I could bring my detector or pinpointer over.

Still at the Brook mate , thanks for the offer though.

 

[kemjak57]

That's pretty cool Nugget

 

[rockerfella]

great Find Nuggett, Photos look Brilliant
Mark

 

[Nugget]

Thanks rockerfella, the photo's were taken on my HTC One XL Smartphone and I wasn't too sure if the gold would show up very well.

 

[rockerfella]

That's an amazing Camera on the HTC. Bet you can't wait to get back to that spot, Good hunting mate
Mark

 

[ChrisM]

Thats a nice bit of rock Nugget. Get that Dolly Pot of yours working. Time to earn its keep.
Hope you find more and more of the same
Good luck

 

[Nugget]

Stop the press..... I've just crushed it and to my disbelief there was NO GOLD

Damn you PYRITES 8.(

 

[slowflow]

BUGGER!!

 

[Ramjet]

Bugger 8.(
Shoulda just sat it on the shelf and believed

 

[beach detecting addict]

Oh nugget that was unlucky you should of kept it as a specimen and sold it at the pub lol.
cheers Rob

 

[joe]

It doesn't have the pyrite colour Nugget, at least not on my iPad , you just don't want to tell us where you found it 006.5 is teaching all tricks I see

 

[Gold689]

I second that theory Joe :lol:

 

[Nugget]

It doesn't have the pyrite colour Nugget, at least not on my iPad , you just don't want to tell us where you found it 006.5 is teaching all tricks I see

I wish that was the case but unfortunately not. Pyrite is the explanation I could come up with due to the reflectiveness and uncanny ability to crush into a fine dust 8)