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Hi everybody,

Here is my first specie after few days in the acid 0.27g, before cleaning it I didn't know it was a specie
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gasco29 said:
Hi everybody,

Here is my first specie after few days in the acid 0.27g, before cleaning it I didn't know it was a speciehttps://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491441_img_0718.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491442_img_0721.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491575_img_0725.jpg

Very nice gasco29. I think as long as it has 50% or greater gold content it's classed as a nugget.
 
Out with youngest daughter (my chauffeur, digger and direction finder), Mardymoose, Patrick1 and Tryhard today. Great company as always, with a great meal at the Maryborough Golf & Bowls Club last night.
I put a bigger 17" x 14" Evo coil on my 4500 as we were into deeper ground (most of the time). Picked up 4 tiddlers for 1.6g at a new spot around Maryborough though only in shallower ground, but was OK with that. It still worked fine.
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I reckon for similar gold weight, a specci is way more valuable as they become collectors items, which show some of the history in the gold's formation. I love the speccies, but have only found a few really good ones. Have seen some absolute beauties tho - on PA and in collections.
 
Moneybox said:
gasco29 said:
Hi everybody,

Here is my first specie after few days in the acid 0.27g, before cleaning it I didn't know it was a speciehttps://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491441_img_0718.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491442_img_0721.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7263/1499491575_img_0725.jpg

Very nice gasco29. I think as long as it has 50% or greater gold content it's classed as a nugget.

Hi all and thank you :) I Don't know how much more it worth than a nugget but I won't sell it anyway, This is my first specie so I will keep it :)
 
BigWave said:
I reckon for similar gold weight, a specci is way more valuable as they become collectors items, which show some of the history in the gold's formation. I love the speccies, but have only found a few really good ones. Have seen some absolute beauties tho - on PA and in collections.
Like this one :D
Got it Saturday with a few NICE nuggy s as well
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:Y: :Y:
 
Some nice nuggies there Big Wave ...... sounds like you had fun with your daughter & mates.
But no mention of the big black cat in your write up???????????
:) :/ :p :lol:
Rob.
 
Any nugget big enough to be picked up by hand is a good size. My biggest nugget from Maryborough was 10 gram. Still amazed at that one.
Recently I found a spot near Creswick that consistently produces very tiny nuggets, however my GPX5000 is not good at finding the real tiny ones. I showed a newbie my spot and he collects up to 10 or more sub grammers daily. He uses an SDC2300 and I just can't compete.
Talk about tiny ones, using panning methods I can see them so small I'm sure you can put 50 on a pin head. How the blazes can you collect these ones? I lose half by trying to collect them. :/
 

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