Vic Goldfields find near Chewton

Hi there, you may recall my last post lamenting that I had not had a find for a while.

Anyway, I persisted and, thanks to those who PM'd me with possible areas to go in the Castlemaine diggings, I managed to unearth a 5.4 gm nugget (with a bit of quartz in it). Boy, was I stoked. First day in that area and in the first half hour, located on a slope between two other digs I did which turned up lead bullets. It was down about 2 inches and really screamed so I didn't think it would be GOLD.



Annie

WOW that's a beauty!!! Congrats on your well earned find..
As they say, you have to dig a tonne of lead, before you get that nice yellow.

Well done Annie

Very nice nugget AnnieL May there be many more to follow. Congrats on your nice find.

Cheers.

Mike.

Great find AnnieL well done
It's always a nice surprise when you get a shallow screamer that turns out to be gold, it doesn't happen very often but when it does ,it's magic
especially when you expect it not to be gold.
Cheers Mark

Great!

I was out that way not too long ago, and must have missed that one (along with all the others... )

Hey Annie
Well done nice nugget, QUEENSLANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats on that beautiful nugget!
You'd better get a lotto ticket for tomorrow
keep searching the area
cheers
bedrock

That's a fantastic nugget.Well done.
Beautiful find.Lovee the screamers.
Good luck with the rest of the trip.
GoldEN

Wow, what a fantastic nugget Annie, well done.....!!

Now that is a nice lump! Congrats Annie

Thanks guys & ladies for your kind comments. Yes, Lee, Queenslander - but NSW origin born!

I did get a rake out and re-do the surrounding area without success. I was using my new Nugget Finder 14x7 coil (with GPX5000). I find it a very sensitive coil, so much so it seems to 'pick up' on my pick on my side and the probe so I have to put them right around behind me. Maybe I should have used a smaller coil but I was keen to try it out.


Annie

terrific find Annie

Don`t you just love love them shallow and not mellow just screaming out like a piece of junk but i love the mellow ones too.Great find Annie and a good pic too

Wow,beautiful bit AnnieL if you've been digging heaps of junk and you get another screamer,it's tempting to walk away thinking 'more crap' Just as well you dug this one

Cheers...Dave