My first trip out with a 4500...48.9 gr

CostasDee wrote:The nuggets had been soaking in the HCL acid for 24 hours and now I removed them and gave them a bit of a clean up with a toothpick and in the ultrasonic cleaner. The smaller ones have almost lost all the ironstone but the bigger one still has some ironstone and a few small quartz rocks. I gave them all a little weigh just to see how much shrinkage has already occurred and the 2.51 is now 2.36, the 0.43 is now 0.40 and the 48.19 has lost about 2.5 grams of rock and is down to 45.61. Still a little way to go so I'm hoping it doesn't drop below the 40 mark...