Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

I haven't been out to Nevada as much as I've wanted recently, but was out this weekend doing a bit of exploring, and found this in a spot I had not tested before. It was found out in the desert some miles north west of Rye Patch. There was some dry washing in the ravines and I found it on a slope around 50 feet away from the old dry wash diggings. The weight is right at 1 dwt (or 1/20th of an ounce). Overall the weather was just beautiful.

It has a bit of the angular chevron form that northern Nevada is famous for, but its just not as well developed as the true chevron types. I have no doubt this spot could throw out some of the regular chevron variety - a number of the spots in Northern Nevada produce this type of gold.

Chris

Re: Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

Nice find Chris, congrats!

Re: Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

Far out! Did you find the nickle there also? Maybe it is an old claim nearby.

Re: Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

Sweet. All my metal detector find is nails. Mark

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Very nice Chris, it's cute!

Re: Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

Thanks guys. Finding your own gold out in the field is always a great experience.

The nickel is something I bought years ago. I've only found one buffalo nickel with my detector and it wasnt in nearly such nice shape. I put it in the pictures for scale - they are exactly the same size and weight as a modern Jefferson nickel.

Chris

Re: Found a nice $50 Nevada nugget
 

Good find! Where there's one nugget there is usually more....

So I need to know where you're diggin'! :ok: