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Gold nugget....in the park !

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srf2112

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That's right folks, this nugget was found in a heavily hunted play area in the middle of the city. I had decided to kill a couple hours at sunrise, I had searched this spot before with my previous detector and came away with a grand total of 1 quarter and a couple pennies. Figuring I'd get a little air and exercise and not much more. That's an assumption I won't make again. The park has 5 small play areas averaging around 200 sq. ft. ea. The very first hit I got was the nugget. It gave a nickel/ring (low 20's VDI) in one direction and a ring pull-tab ( 30-32 VDI) in the other. 5" down I figured it was trash but I was in sand and feeling fresh so I dug it. The nugget slipped through my sifter and sunk so deep in the loose, slightly damp sand that I was having difficulty locating it again and decided it was probably trash and walked away. A minute later something made me go back and find whatever was hiding and I eventually had a handful of sand with the nugget. The funny part is the light was still so low and my eyes aren't what they once were so I couldn't tell what I had. I could feel the heft and solidness of the object so I figured it was probably a pendant of some sort, put it in in my pocket and started swinging my coil again. After a 2 hr. hunt I was feeling pretty good as I had found 2 pieces of silver along with $ 1.17 in clad and some other fun finds. When I was cleaning up to leave I emptied my pocket and there in the bright sunlight was my first gold nugget ! I had totally forgotten about it ! It weighs out at just over 2.5 g. It has a hole towards the narrow end so I guess someone had it on a necklace at one time. I was in C/J mode with the 6x10 DD. Sensitivity was maxed out and the disc was at 2. 1 gold and 2 silvers with only 1 pull-tab ? I'll take that ratio any day. Enjoy.
HH
Scott
 
NICE find SRF. Goes to show ,you never know whats down there...

Keep up the good work and congrads on the gold......
 
Nice nugget.!
Last year found a 14k ladies ring that registered at VDI of 20
 
Great finds! Just goes to show that every hunt is unique and always capable of BIG surprises. Congratulations!!:cheers:
 
You've sure got it! That's one nice find. Who would have thought a gold nugget would have been there to be rescued. Looks like it use to be a pendant. Nice finds.........again!!! HH, Nancy
 
Cool. Looks like there is a small hole at the top of that nugget. Must have been used as a piece of jewlery.
Great find.

Katz
 
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH Gold How Sweet It Is:super:
 
Neat and surprising find. One of the things I really enjoy in this hobby is uncovering one of those targets that leaves me wondering how did that end up here?
BB
 
Excellent Scott.
It's really hard to walk away from targets when you have looked and looked but not found it, you keep thinking about it all day long, so good on you for going back for another go :thumbup: sure paid off.

Regards,
 
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