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.

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!

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?

Here is Hazel with her 32 ounce nugget.
Now thats one lucky woman!!
B) Very cool Hazel....Thanks for sharing!

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

No mystery why Hazel is grinning so big. Me? I'd settle for that wee one 2 in from the left

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? :)

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

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.

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.

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

Here you go.
Another pic from Trevor.
The same nugget, just a little closer. ;)

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

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.
Gat.

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,

Redpaw

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.

Here is Trevor's Scorpion.....3.5 ounces

Now that's the most BEAUTIFUL scorpion I ever did see !!! :D :o

Have you sold the "finch" yet TWA?? Prettiest little yellow bird I've ever seen. ;)

G-day,

I still have the little bird and is still as pretty as ever lol.

Come July I hope to have a mate for it.

Rest assured I will post any big finds on our return.


TWA :D :) :P

Here is some more aussie gold made into jewlery.


TWA. ;) :D

Oops Try again. :o

Can I get one of their eggs?? ^_^
:) Beautiful necklaces and earrings TWA!

When someone decides to take a trip to Aust. Let me know and save room in a suitcase for me. Now that is some great looking gold. I am in awe.

Doug-Iowa

TWA should be back from his trip metal detecting soon. I cant wait to see what him and Hazel found.
He said he will post pics when he gets back. :D

Hi everyone,yes Im back with a vengence but unfortunately I was unable to add a mate to the Finch. :(

But we did have a great time and enough gold was found to pay for fuel.

I have already posted this pic but have included it here to add to Australia's Gold.

The pic shows 53 pieces for 63 grams.

This is another great thread ,i think that Trevor and Hazel are out on a trip at the moment and look forward to hearing about it.

TWA your first picture gives a new meaning to"hows it hanging?" your golds looking good!

Trevor (TWA) does have a nose for gold!

I would love to see more stuff you have been working on Trevor.

BTW......If any of that gold is too small for working, you can always send it this way.....hehehe

Come on trevor show us what youve found or better still come on hazel show us what you got, you do better than trvor anyway.

Hes being too quiet Cornwall.
Think he hit the mother load, and is keeping it from us?
Maybe Hazel did and hes keeping here from posting.


That sounds more like it...hehe

Hi denise, you are probably right hazel does really well ,trevor didnt post any pics of the last trip, it must have been all Hazels gold again.

Hi all I thought it was about time to place another post so to start with I thought perhaps 2 more pics showing the Finch against a black background as this seems to enhance the color more so.

Time to edit as I forgot to include the weight, this being 418 grams.

And again this time showing the reverse side.

Oh heck why not post some more just for the hell of it. At least it should get your blood pumping and give you some incentive to get out there and look for some and not that rubble that some go looking for. Hee Hee sorry Dan and Denise only joking.

This one being 98 grams.

Gee I hate doing this to you all but this one is a picture of a gold bar and this was obtained from crushing a 2 Kilo specie that returned a gold bar weighing 388 grams.

The purity from this gold is in the vicinity of about 98% pure without processing.

Have you got the urge yet, Oh well I will just keep posting.

This one is a 38 grammer, I am just doing this to you all to get my blood pumping as well, as it is still four weeks away before Hazel and I set off again for our annual trip prospecting.

This next piece is a 30 grammer, when you pick up one of these it covers fuel costs for the trip the rest become money for jam.

This next piece is a nice little chunky 15 grammer and they all add up so I dont throw these back.

As you can see I have far too much time on my hands LOL

This little nugget weighs 23 grams.

This is just too much for one day, I bet your just about ready to dust of that detector or dredge and head on out to find some of this yellow stuff, or rubble if thats your bent grin.

This next piece is a nice little 14 grammer.

This little one is a nice little eight grammer which I had thoughts of placing on a tie bar due to its unusual shape.

This little eight grammer actually looks bigger than it weighs but as they say any gold is good gold.

Here we have a nice little 22 grammer, whats that I hear keep them comming? Ok then.

Time for a few pieces of fly sh#t as these little begger are only 3 7 9 and 10 grams.

I dont think I have placed an eighteen grammer yet so here goes.

TWA

Ok the last one was an eighteen grammer lets go for half that and try a nine grammer instead.

TWA

Ok lets make this the last one until next time, lets try for a 27 grammer, so I hope you all have enjoyed looking at some more Aussie Gold and may all your finds be gold.

Cheers,
TWA

Hey Jpolk, here are a few species in matrix you asked about, not very good pics though,
Cheers,
TWA

SHOW OFF!!!!!
Nice pics Trev thanks for sharing.

Looks alot like Colorado gold!
I keep telling Trev that all the Colorado gold sunk to far and he should send it back!

Sweet finds, hope you and Hazel find buckets full this year!

CP

Thanks for the pics Trev. I really did'nt expect to hear from you knowing your in the field playing. Now if I could talk you into sending me one of the uglier ones that I could try cabbing I'd be a happy clam.
Jim

Ok Here we go once again, I have just finished chatting with Denise and said I would place a pic of the gold that was found on our trip for 2007.

I hope to add some pics along with a trip report latter.

We never made our fortune but we did cover fuel cost with some left over.

Latter when I have cleaned these nuggets up with a bit of Hydrofluric acid I will post some individual pic's of the nuggets.

This wont be for a couple of weeks yet, as our local doctor wants to see gold nuggets that haven't been cleaned, as he can't believe you can just dig up nuggets out of the ground and it looks like gold. ( Have I got news for him.

Cheers for now until the next Post. TWA