(pic) OUR LITTLE GOLD COLLECTION.

this is a pic of the gold my brother and i found all on one patch. took three days to get it all.
below 23+ oz of gold, the biggest 8oz and a couple of 2oz bits.

(below) here is the 8oz bit after acid bath.

(above) this piece is the one next to the scales.
hope you all like the pics.

Well done and great pics, can we assume that was in Queensland somewhere ??? keep up yhe good work

happy hunting
Steve and Lea

Good afternoon all and Gold Reefer in particular,

That large specimen with the quartz is a thing of real beauty. Of course, you realize I was meant to find that but I will forgive you if you let me have the little bits at the top, please?

I guess you won't give us the coordinates but perhaps within a hundred ks?

Yours tropically, Harry

GoldReefer wrote:hope you all like the pics.

Too damn right I like the pics, you gotta be happy with that.

cheers dave

Yes fantastic pics....Well done, its great to know that its still out there alright and thanks for posting too.

HueyDuck....

Damn Nice alright

Have you got it all

Very impressive collection, Your living the dream there. Wish i had the time to go out to the locations where you can pick up gold in that quantity. I will get there one day so try leave a little gold for me hey

Beautiful...just beautiful...what a patch congratulations...and great pics,thanks for sharing...What machine and coil combo did you use?

Cheers Bill

hey we are using a 4500 with 18" nugget finder and 11" comander dd coils. we put the nugget in acid already and when we took it out and cleaned it a little it started falling to bits so not to sure what to do now. and just to let yous all know we have only been prospecting for about 8 months now and have found little bits and pieces here and there then we hit this patch so it goes to show that its still out there you just have to put some time into it. we only get to go out 2-3 times a month and only for a day on the weekends and this is what we have found.

GoldReefer good to hear and keep on enjoying it all

happy hunting
Steve and Lea

GoldReefer wrote: just to let yous all know we have only been prospecting for about 8 months now and have found little bits and pieces here and there then we hit this patch so it goes to show that its still out there you just have to put some time into it. we only get to go out 2-3 times a month and only for a day on the weekends and this is what we have found.

Bloody successful for basically part time.

Well done

Some nice gold there GR....well done!

Lovely little Collection you've got there Mate!!!! Hopefully I'll stumble onto a patch like that Next Season

Hi Gr,nice pieces,you say the nugget is falling apart after the acid bath.Did you wash the nugget in clean water after then neutralise the acid by soaking in a strong bi carb soda for a couple of hours as the acid penetrates quite deeply into the quartz matrix and continues to eat away at it.if it was in acid for only a short time ie 1-2 days should be okaybut i have found much longer and the quartz starts to turn chalky and over time continues to to turn crumbly.Hope it is Ok as i love species but my mate throws everything in the pot(blastard)

hey everyone thanks for the comments and thanks (silverback) the the tip we will soak it in bi carb and see what happens.