Imagine being on the end of this find... 14kgSSSS!

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  1. skipau

    skipau Member Silver Stacker

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    Wow, what an amazing find!

    I wonder if it's anyone on SS? ;)
     
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    hiho Active Member Silver Stacker

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    I kinda doubt the second picture as I reckon that hand would be much more squashed than showing
     
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    Misleading I reckon as the other photo (not shown) shows his face...

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    hiho Active Member Silver Stacker

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    if thats you auspm you need to see a dentist :O
     
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    I dunno mate, I've always pictured Auspm to look like this:

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    :lol:

    Nice find BTW! What elseis there to say. Good on him. He did what most are not wiling to do, and got a reward for it.
     
  7. Eureka Moments

    Eureka Moments Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Nice.

    My only query is there is no surface gold visible on the uncrushed rock.

    For there to be 14kg of fine gold in the rock there would surely be visible deposits all over it.

    If the rock was cracked in half it would show absolutely heaps of gold and would be a piece museums would fight for due to its size and rarity. (Apparently rich) Dumbarse to crush it and melt IMO.

    No great deal getting a signal with a pinpointer. With 14kg of gold present it should give a signal when standing in the next room.
     
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    Ditto.
     
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    Yeah No Shit!! This is ridiculous . Looks more like plug for a ML pinpointer or something.
     
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    I agree. 7kg is the weight of a bowling ball or 14 tubs of Butter. His hand should be a lot flatter you would reckon.

    15 ounces of gold in the hand is pretty heavy, let alone 15 pounds.
     
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    I'm an amateur when it comes to geography but isn't that green stuff (no not the shiny fools gold) chlorite?
    I ask because I recall seeing somewhere that the presence of this (usually found around gold bearing reefs, not within [like how iron and other minerals create a halo effect in the soil around it] ) means the host rock is barren of gold (or something along those lines). :/

    edits, refining post for clarity.
     
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    Eureka Moments Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    The green stuff is lichen growing on the rock. This part of it would have been sticking out of the ground.
     
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    I was too busy concentrating on rocks to think about plant material. :p

    thanks :)
     

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