A bit of Laverton Luck

The weather man said a sunny 26 degrees, so what perfect weather for my first swing since arriving back in Laverton after my Christmas break, actually my first detect for 2012.
In the first hour I managed to snag 4 little tadpoles for about 2 grams on some old scraping and then decided to go for a bit of a prospect for an hour or so.

About 20 minutes into my walk I got a beautiful and clear inverted signal with the NFA 14". Too good, had to be rubbish I thought. Inch after inch and it was still in the hole so at about 6 inches I got serious with the pick. At about 10 inches it was well and truly overloading yet still not signalling when switched into cancel.

At about 14 inches and at bedrock out pops a nice 60gr+ chunk! There is still a slight signal in the hole which I filled back in to tackle another day with my big pick and a smaller coil.
61.23gr birthweight, should be atleast 55gr cleaned.

Cheers,

Steve



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bloody nice mate great to see..
cheers
stoppsy

what a terrific piece steve
well done
dave

Good for you Steve she is a beaut,,,sorry to have missed you recently in Mudgee
There are more than small nuggets around Laverton after all.
may see you later in the year Dave from Brisbane

Well done Steve you have to be happy with that, sounds like it's hard work digging those deeper pieces over in the West.
Cheers Mark

Hi Steve,

A great start to your 2012 season - Luvely looking nugget

Show it when you have given it a clean... should come up nice...

A

Hi Steve,
What a great start of the new detecting year.
Great to see.
GoldEN

Congratulations great find!!!

Hi Steve,

Congrats on the slug mate, nice of you to share it with all of us mate.

Keep up the good work

Pete

Super start to the new year Steve.well done.Looking forward to seeing the final result after cleaning.

Cheers kon61.

Thanks fellas! was a buzz to kick off my 2012 tally with a chunky bit. It's in the acid now so as soon as it's cleaned up a bit I'll add a new pic.

Well done Steve, that's awesome . cheers Pete.

Very nice nugget mate looking forward to see it cleaned..........



Cheers Danny

awesooooome Madtuna!
and good luck for the 2nd approach of that hole!
cheers
bedrock

Thats a cracker nugget Madtune.....Well done and thanks for sharing too!!!!

HD....

Well done Crazy Fish great start for the New Year mate. I hope you get many more at that size or bigger.
Wombat

A great start for 2012 Steve - well done. I bet that 26 degrees seemed like 38+ by the time you pulled out your nug. Can't wait to see it clean.

Awesome find.

I think I saw this on youtube. Is this you mate?

Way to go Tuna, congratulations on such a fantastic find. And what a way to start the new year.

Ronnie

Thats a good find Tuna, Laverton Luck for sure and a real good way to kick off the New Year

cheers dave

A beauty Well done Tuna...blue sky and the birds are singing....and a nice chunk of gold in the hand...a day to remember

Eureka Dreams

So what a Sundaty it was, fantastic temp. 16c at 04.00am and then up to 27c at 13.00pm.
Just up the road from you at Agnew Gold but unfortunately had to work. Congratulations Steve
Regards
Captain

Thanks again fellas and tah for linking the vid. Unfortunately this comp has no sound so please forgive me if there is any colourful language.

after a bit of a touch up with AliBrite

looks a bit like a cockatoo with a rounded beak laying on it's back...?

Congrats Tuna,
A brilliant way to start the year.Who knows whats next.
Cheers Dig

Great find Steve very impressed mate, I think it could be time I tee up one of them Laverton tours!
Hope the gold keeps flowing for ya champ.
Cheers Clinton,

Hey Tuna very nice start to the year M8. keep the vids & nuggets coming as well as a good look at the landscape & ground cover.
keep safe
Wil

Onya Steve.
Good to see you living the dream and cheers for the vids -have missed them in the last 6 months or so!!