⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[Wishfull]

Still out there there !
Well done.

 

[PhaseTech]

That's a cracker speci! I'm just thinking where's the rest of that reef gone!!?

 

[kingswood]

That's a cracker speci! I'm just thinking where's the rest of that reef gone!!?

I will try and find it

 

[JD3]

Ha ha ha, that was me up until ANNZAC day this year. Been prospecting since Oct 2019 and found a total of 12 grams! Found a virgin patch on ANZAC day and have pulled 335g off it over 4 1/2 days. Biggest was 275G!https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16576/1621299004_img_20210505_142648_234.jpg
I feel like a tin ass but a shed load of work has gone into locating this patch..

Gives me hope, there are more areas like this waiting to be found as I was beginning to think I had missed the boat!!

Magic :Y: :Y:

 

[Goldfield Joe]

Great find, Golden Brekkie Cereal!

 

[20x]

There should be a seperate thread 'w.a detecting show n tell'.
Nice finds by the w.a boys

 

[Lesgold]

Thats a nice piece kingswood. Was lucky enough to find a new home for a similar looking specie found just over a week ago. Not as heavy as yours and the gold content is considerably lower but theres no complaints from this fella. Dry weight is just over 101 grams and the wet weight is 68 grams. (That should sort out the mathematicians)

Cheers

Les

 

[goody2shoes]

Woohoo Good on you Les :clap: :goldnugget:

 

[Dawsy77]

Squeezed another 4 days in on my patch for a total of 32 grams. Found 4 sunbakers in that. Biggest nugget went 16.1g and biggest sunbaker went 4.1g.
Perfect weather and beautiful wa outback sunsets.

 

[Jaros]

Great going-pay for the fuel and drinks?

 

[Mackka]

Fantastic to see , well done.
Mackka

 

[Dawsy77]

Only just covered the beer Jaros...

One must learn how to moderate their beer intake to get better returns.

 

[kingswood]

Thats a nice piece kingswood. Was lucky enough to find a new home for a similar looking specie found just over a week ago. Not as heavy as yours and the gold content is considerably lower but theres no complaints from this fella. Dry weight is just over 101 grams and the wet weight is 68 grams. (That should sort out the mathematicians)

Cheers

Les
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...6102_78540e91-16db-44b3-baf5-56257a4b46ad.jpg

Lovely well done!

 

[mbasko]

Thats a nice piece kingswood. Was lucky enough to find a new home for a similar looking specie found just over a week ago. Not as heavy as yours and the gold content is considerably lower but theres no complaints from this fella. Dry weight is just over 101 grams and the wet weight is 68 grams. (That should sort out the mathematicians)

Cheers

Les
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...6102_78540e91-16db-44b3-baf5-56257a4b46ad.jpg

Possibly around 22 grams?
That's using an SG of 2.5 for the host rock (common rock types SG between ~2.5 - 3.5).
Iron ores like hematite & magnetite SG at 4.9 to 5.2. If you use that SG you get a negative result i.e. -81 grams.
Rock speccis or material made up of various minerals can be hard to work out accurately.
Best way to know accurately for us mug punters is to crush it like Kingswood did.

 

[davent]

Nice speccies and beautiful nuggets team!
Keeps us all motivated!

 

[Krugerrand]

Great nuggets
Please dont crush the specie as it will just ruin it.
Slowly dissolve the host rock away and see what it looks like, you may be impressed.
Crushed species just produce the same gold the massive mine companies produce. Nothing special
Thanks for the pics

 

[Lesgold]

Thanks Krugerrand. Its soaking in the magic stuff at the moment. Will see what happens in a week or two. There is no rush to see a result. Will post a pic or two later.

 

[mbasko]

Sorry yes I wasn't suggesting to just rush off & crush it up but it's a relatively quick + easy way to see what you've got. Gold is gold.
Did you check the gold is connected with a multimeter?
If it is then you might end up with a nice bit out of it. :Y:
If it's not you'll just end up with fine gold in your pickle.

 

[shnapper20]

Thanks Krugerrand. Its soaking in the magic stuff at the moment. Will see what happens in a week or two. There is no rush to see a result. Will post a pic or two later.

whats the magic stuff?

 

[user 7222]

Hydrofloric Acid