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So who thinks they have walked away from a nugget before??
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<blockquote data-quote="nuggetino" data-source="post: 145912" data-attributes="member: 1884"><p>There's one target that I've thought about since the day I left it behind. Jupiter Creek, Whites Gully. A gravel heap gave me a very faint signal with the 15x12 mono. I gave it a half assed scrape and it remained. After digging down a ways it became much louder and I was around the 1 ft mark. It had been a long day and I was inexperienced detecting and had a lazy moment. I walked away thinking junk but after coming back since and finding a number of nuggets which sounded the same and were also in gravel wash I'm confident I'd left a decent nugget behind. Went back to dig it some time later and someone had been there and finished the job for me. They'd even continued to dig around the hole about 2 ft in either direction. If it'd been junk I doubt it would have prompted someone to go to the effort of clearing the surrounds. If nothing else it was a bloody good turning point for me. </p><p></p><p>Funny thing is as a complete beginner I would dig EVERYTHING. I didn't think about the trash as I hadn't dug 2 tonnes of it yet. I wouldn't be surprised if complete beginners account for some of the big nugget finds simply due to the fact that their enthusiasm and excitement will have them dig a car door at 2" without a second thought. An experienced detectorist would run his coil over the car door and notice the target is 1x1m in surface area. Couldn't possibly be the welcome strangers big brother?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nuggetino, post: 145912, member: 1884"] There's one target that I've thought about since the day I left it behind. Jupiter Creek, Whites Gully. A gravel heap gave me a very faint signal with the 15x12 mono. I gave it a half assed scrape and it remained. After digging down a ways it became much louder and I was around the 1 ft mark. It had been a long day and I was inexperienced detecting and had a lazy moment. I walked away thinking junk but after coming back since and finding a number of nuggets which sounded the same and were also in gravel wash I'm confident I'd left a decent nugget behind. Went back to dig it some time later and someone had been there and finished the job for me. They'd even continued to dig around the hole about 2 ft in either direction. If it'd been junk I doubt it would have prompted someone to go to the effort of clearing the surrounds. If nothing else it was a bloody good turning point for me. Funny thing is as a complete beginner I would dig EVERYTHING. I didn't think about the trash as I hadn't dug 2 tonnes of it yet. I wouldn't be surprised if complete beginners account for some of the big nugget finds simply due to the fact that their enthusiasm and excitement will have them dig a car door at 2" without a second thought. An experienced detectorist would run his coil over the car door and notice the target is 1x1m in surface area. Couldn't possibly be the welcome strangers big brother? [/QUOTE]
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