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Australia's Gold, Great gold and great people!!
Denise
post Dec 11 2003, 09:43 AM
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I wanted to thank our good friend's Trevor (TWA) and his wife Hazel
in Western Australia. They are great folks. He sent me a picture of some of the gold
he has found detecting. I think he said Hazel once found a 32 ounce nugget!!!
:o WOW...Pretty nice!
I'll ask if I can post her pic with it on a table. It's very cool. blink.gif

His friend Matt Duncan in Australia also has a great website, check it out.
http://www.goldnuggetexchange.com/index.html

Like I said "Australia has great gold, and great people!
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post Dec 11 2003, 11:01 AM
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That gets the blood pumpin', Trevor/Hazel, Mrs CP. THANKS

FWIW, I think EVERYONE should buy an Australian quartz/gold specimen for a conversation piece.

Not only does it spend some Yankee bucks with our good friends down under, BUT...
it sure does thaw out a room of stuffy miners when I whip out a piece of Aussie high purity gold and tell 'em where it came from.

Good way to make new friends...buy an Aussie specimen, right, Trevor/Hazel?
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post Dec 12 2003, 07:11 AM
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Here is Hazel with her 32 ounce nugget. blink.gif huh.gif
Now thats one lucky woman!!
B) Very cool Hazel....Thanks for sharing!
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post Dec 12 2003, 07:21 AM
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QUOTE (gold_tutor @ Dec 11 2003, 10:01 AM)
That gets the blood pumpin', Trevor/Hazel, Mrs CP.  THANKS

FWIW, I think EVERYONE should buy an Australian quartz/gold specimen for a conversation piece. 

Not only does it spend some Yankee bucks with our good friends down under, BUT...
it sure does thaw out a room of stuffy miners when I whip out a piece of Aussie high purity gold and tell 'em where it came from.

Good way to make new friends...buy an Aussie specimen, right, Trevor/Hazel?

Thanks, its great to show other people photos of the gold that we find as it may encourage others to take up the hobby of looking for gold. And yes you are right it make a great talking point, even to those who never go fossicking for gold.

It is even nicer when you can share these moments with people from across the globe.

I would like to thank Dan and Denise for placing these pics in so other people may enjoy looking at them also.
Cheers,

Trevor & Hazel
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post Dec 13 2003, 02:30 PM
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No mystery why Hazel is grinning so big. Me? I'd settle for that wee one 2 in from the left laugh.gif

YOU GO, Girl!!! What did you use, and how deep down was it, and how did you get it so clean and sparkly. DETAILS you two, DEEEETAILS!!!!! :D

I pulled 6 grams this week from one batch...that's in addition to the 10 grams the week before from another batch-- And I'm just loafin'. You've inspired me to put my pix up on another thread, since it wasn't from using an MD like you did, and I so admire.

I did take delivery of a Tesoro Treasure Mate vibra probe this week and am putting it through its paces for the distributor. Nice looking, good heft gizmo. I'll keep you all posted.

True confession time: I had to purchase the Aussie specimen below, feel darn fortunate to have it, don't have the heart to break open the quartz to see the rest of it...nice and hefty, so I KNOW there's more in there...but some of life just has to be a mystery, aye, mateys? :)
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post Dec 14 2003, 07:07 AM
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Aussies have all the luck. Megan my prize from the Cabin Fever contest is mostly quartz but only like 1/2 gram. will try to get pic later, Mark
At long last- here is my pic. Mark

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post Dec 14 2003, 08:33 AM
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QUOTE (gold_tutor @ Dec 13 2003, 01:30 PM)
No mystery why Hazel is grinning so big.  Me?  I'd settle for that wee one 2 in from the left  laugh.gif

YOU GO, Girl!!!  What did you use, and how deep down was it, and how did you get it so clean and sparkly.  DETAILS you two, DEEEETAILS!!!!!  :D

I pulled 6 grams this week from one batch...that's in addition to the 10 grams the week before from another batch-- And I'm just loafin'.  You've inspired me to put my pix up on another thread, since it wasn't from using an MD like you did, and I so admire.

I did take delivery of a Tesoro Treasure Mate vibra probe this week and am putting it through its paces for the distributor.  Nice looking, good heft gizmo.  I'll keep you all posted. 

True confession time: I had to purchase the Aussie specimen below, feel darn fortunate to have it, don't have the heart to break open the quartz to see the rest of it...nice and hefty, so I KNOW there's more in there...but some of life just has to be a mystery, aye, mateys? :)

Well Gold Tudor here is some answers to your questions:

Firstly, Hazel was using a Minelab GT 16000 with a Coil that was made by Bob Hollins, who is another keen detectorist.

The depth that Hazel found this at was only 4".

The display on the table was only cleaned with warm soap and water.

And she found 48 ounces in just over half an hour.

These were found adjacent to the Mt Catherine area know as Yerrilla approximately 70 Klm south east of Kookine in Western Australia.

Hope this answers most of your questions.

Trevor & Hazel.
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post Dec 14 2003, 11:34 AM
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THANKS! Of all your answers the one I think I love the best is the "warm soap and water."

How my grandmother would love to hear that her best remedy is still alive and well!

Long live soap and warm water...the eternal cure for dirty gold :)

Now about that 48oz...gee whillikers...what a haul!!!
At $410 gold, that's about $20,000 US or Au$27,000 payday in just intrinsic value alone. Then there is that juicy nuggety premium.

Have you been back since, or is this not an easy place to access? How tough it must have been to leave with those 48 oz and go home?

L@@K:
PS...I noticed with amusement that Gold Prospectors of America are using an AUSSIE gold nugget in their color exhibitor packet right smack dab in the middle of the page we're supposed to fill out and return, reserving a spot in the next show.

Now either GPAA is contemplating a name change, or someone made a mistake. laugh.gif

How inspirational is dangling a 10 oz honking gold/quartz nugget from down under supposed to inspire the fevered masses here, stateside?

We all know you guys/gals have a special deal going with the deities when it comes to finding easter egg and bigger size prizes in your fair land...<sigh>

Again, my hearty congratulations to your wife, and thanks for sharing. Please keep coming back with more pictures...I personally don't care if it is another picture of the same one rolled over, propped up, or just resting sideways. It/they is/are simply beautiful! :D
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post Dec 14 2003, 10:46 PM
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Here you go. blink.gif
Another pic from Trevor.
The same nugget, just a little closer. ;)
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post Dec 16 2003, 01:27 PM
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Here's another shot of my specimen in large vile. Next will try one of the dry ones but not near as pretty in person that way- gold isn't big enough like Megans just lil bits all over it. Mark
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post Dec 17 2003, 06:46 AM
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WOW! Thats some very nice looking gold you all got there.Hazel woooohooo thats a nice piece adopt me please. hehehe I promise to be a good boy and cause little trouble grin.Hay Mark nice prize congrats,Megan I got to say im partial to teluride pieces, absolutely lovely.
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post Dec 17 2003, 10:22 AM
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I thought that when a piece of gold got that big, they were called "Door Stops"? as I would have a hard time calling them anything else.

The word Nugget just seems so out of place with a chunk like that, I seem to remember an old story of a Door Stop that was made of gold...

Nice Find and Pictures,

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post Dec 18 2003, 06:48 AM
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It does feel weard calling it a nugget.
"Door Stop"........that works! :P
Here is another one Trevor calls the "Gremlin" It weighs 50 grams.
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Here is Trevor's Scorpion.....3.5 ounces
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Now that's the most BEAUTIFUL scorpion I ever did see !!! rolleyes.gif :D :o
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