PROSPECTING TRIP

above is all the gold i found on this trip, the big one on the right has 26 grams of gold the middle specimen has 7 grams and the one on the left has 18 grams of gold  [below] not much gold visible but theres 26 grams of gold inside

 get lost out here ya in deep trouble

 Steves 58 gram nugget,

 me with a specimen with 18.5 grams of gold in it, the hole was 12 inches deep,

 Paul with his specimen with 3 ounces of gold in it, the hole was 24 inches deep,

g,day everyone, well i have just got back from 2 weeks out bush with a few other fellas and had a ball and as some of these guys are seasoned prospectors i learnt alot about setting the detector right and prospecting, the first week i found only small nuggets but the second week i dug the larger nugget which doesnt show much gold but it has 26 grams of gold inside it, to find out how much gold is in it you weigh it dry [ as it is ] then weigh it suspended in water, multiply the dry weight by 1.9 then multiply the wet weight by 3.1 then subtract the low number from the high number to give you the weight in gold. dry= 81.43g x 1.9 = 154.717g,  wet= 58.3g x 3.1 = 180.73g, now 180.73 - 154.717 = 26.01 grams of gold. On this trip i met 2 guys over from victoria for the 2 weeks and one of them [Paul] found a specimen with 3 ounces of gold and another with just under 2 ounces, im very happy about my results which i also got a specimen with 18.5 grams of gold and another with 7.27 grams in it, the total weight i found was 80.84 grams or 2 ounces 18.6 grams, not bad for 2 weeks work. The larger specimen with 26 grams of gold is the largest ive found and it was 19 inches deep easily the deepest ive found and the deeper you dig the bigger the gold will be. Another bloke who lives in laverton found a nice flat water worn 58 gram nugget which is just under 2 ounces, im now in leonora for a week as i have run out of supplies and need to buy more before heading out again to a different spot, dont forget to leave a comment, cheers Stu.