NATURAL GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 34.1 GRAMS NATIVE CALIFORNIA GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description

NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN
from the
MOTHER LODE
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
527
G
rains (Troy) -
34.1
G
ram
S
ize:
53.6X39.9X22.1
mm
C
heck out this large, colorful specimen from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. We don't sell pigs or leaverites here, folks. No shiny, sparkly, quartz rocks full of Fool's Gold. No, we sell rocks containing visible gold i.e. the real deal. This large, angular chunk isn't very rich, but, near one pointed corner, it does show gold. I guarantee it or your money back. You will not be getting your money's worth unless you understand you're buying a gold quartz specimen, not gold bullion. It doesn't matter how many times and ways I explain it, prospective customers question whether or not I'm selling real gold. Please check my feedback, folks. Over 5800 buyers took the time to critique my product and every single one has been positive in tenor. I mined gold for over eighteen years, long enough to know a little something on the subject of gold. I guarantee this to be an altogether naturally-mineralized,  specimen with VG (visible gold).
Here, you have embryonic gold direct from the womb. The rock hosting the gold is mainly silicon dioxide (quartz). The colorful banding is a compilation of different minerals. All my specimens show visible gold and are
authentic
gold nuggets or gold quartz specimens.
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(If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item). Contact me indicating you wish to return the item. As soon as it's received by me and everything's as it should be, you'll be issued a refund.
I poured through old mining dumps for years looking at orange-yellow-rusty rock through a loupe, but I never found a piece with visible gold.
Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from one of the many vein systems sourcing the immense placer deposits of the Sierra Nevada Mtns, the famed Mother Lode.
Weight Conversions:
15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM
31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE
24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT)
20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE
480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE
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ARROWHEAD NUGGET
With so many adventures to draw from, let me tell you this one short nugget-shooting story. The year was
1987 when I began metal detecting a sizable drainage. This creek emptied into a well-known California river. On previous trips, I had found several 1 to 2 pennyweight nuggets here. Continuing my search for potential gold havens further up the creek seemed the logical next move. Every nugget unearthed in these diggings invariably came from a terrace, aka a high bar deposit. These benches, situated all up and down the creek, measured ten to a hundred yards or more in width. The old timers had gone over them with a fine-toothed comb. Historically, it was these older sedimentary formations which had shelled out the best gold. From all indications, these elevated gravels had been mined using both hydraulic cannons (giants) and basic hand tools. Judging from the mountains of neatly-stacked boulders, gin poles must have played an important role in old-time operations. Countless walled-up walkways zig-zagged between these boulder piles which, in places, reached heights of fifteen feet.
Where water cannons had been directed, hardly anything remained except deep raceways, sheer, cleaved-off faces at the back of the cuts, and barren, exposed bedrock upon which the richest gravels had once lain.
Every drive along the creek was a hunt for previously unnoticed hydraulic cuts or hand-diggings. It's always advisable to seek permission before conducting any manner of mining or prospecting on valid claims. Whether it’s hostile or civil, there will be no mistaking someone’s objection to an illegal mineral entry. Confronted by an irate claimholder with fire in his eye and, possibly, a loaded gun, one quickly realizes the error of their ways. If you are claim-jumping, chances are good you will be proclaimed as such, reprimanded, and told to leave immediately. Mineral trespass is never something to be taken lightly. I would always advise against the practice.
A few miles up from the confluence of this tributary with the main river channel, right at the fork of a previously unexplored branch, I spotted a hydraulic cut which bore investigation. After a short, but steep hike down into a small, V-shaped feeder-creek, I followed a trail up the opposite bank into a sizable expanse of exposed bedrock where an ancient creek channel had once ran. My first
efforts to score weren't immediately rewarded yet offered encouraging signs. The second trip proved trippier and infinitely more successful with three quarters of an ounce of gold falling victim to their own electromagnetism. Suffice to say, excitement at finding a new honey hole was at a fever pitch, so I resumed the hunt a few days later.
Old diggings such as these often contain prodigious amounts of ferrous and other discarded bits of metallic junk from past mining and hunting activity so, in searching a portion of the hydraulic cut previously overlooked, I determined to dig every target. In such ground conditions, searches for TOVs (targets of value) can prove tedious not to mention time consuming. Be that as it may, the alternative of leaving targets undug and thus unidentified needs to be given serious consideration. I know from experience such neglect can negate your chances of finding, perhaps,
the largest nugget in an excavation. On this occasion, I opted to clear the field of every metallic target. For this purpose, magnets make excellent detecting aids and help eliminate a great many ferrous-trash targets.
N
ear the lowest elevation in the cut
, a series of jagged bedrock ridges, three or four feet apart, acted like small channels or gutters in the bluestone (schist). These bedrock crevices were packed full of detritus. The lay of the land suggested that gold-bearing gravels had been flushed into this depression and quite likely forced through sluice boxes later deserted at the site. Over the course of several decades, these wooden boxes had eventually disintegrated. An over-abundance of rusty square nails had probably discouraged other treasure hunters from expending much energy searching this zone. I knew full well how tedious digging up these more-undesirable targets can be. My pockets bulged with old nails now, but I continued on with my search. One V-shaped channel, about 12 inches deep, contained nails by the score. Resolutely, I unearthed every single object emitting a metallic signal, all of them ferrous unfriendlies
until finally, lodged at the very bottom of the crevice lay something of greater value. Thinking back, I did not spot it immediately. The material loosened by my Estwing hammer was
scooped out and scattered around the digsite. Standard practice for me was to isolate a target with the detector,
take a handful of material, swipe it across the top of the coil, then make another pass over the dirt with my coil to confirm the target’s location. I continue this process until the
prey is in my hand. It was at this point I spotted my prize. Later at the cabin, my powder scales showed the smooth, arrowhead-shaped nugget weighed a hefty 12 pennyweights.
This, to the average nugget-shooter, represented no earth-shaking find, but for argonauts like myself, accustomed to working days on end for a few paltry grains of color, it was a rare treasure, a golden find to write home about – the stuff of dreams, legends, and lies.
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ldorado
8-13-17