Found GOLD in the BRADSHAWS......updated by db

This rock tips the scales just over 20 lbs.......Found today in the Bradshaws.... .....just stumbled on to it.....walking in a fresh (new) river bed.....carved out by a winter storm....
This thing makes the metal detector SCREAM.....
db

nice find.  what is the matrix rock?  would that it were gold!  but here's hoping for ya

nice rock, you found it in the bradshaws in az? drop me a line if you ever need a hunting buddy good luck on the next trip

How much of the 20 Lbs. is gold?

not sure.....have to do more tests....just found it less than 5 hrs ago......acid test says its good, I am going to have to cut a piece off crush it and throw it in to the blast furnace and do an assay....that will take me some time.....I am wondering the same as well.


db

  should be worth more than a shiny penny

Hope the next step works out well. 

Nice. I found a gold seam along a piece of broken bedrock in a stream one time but the gold was paper thin like it had been plated. I also picked up a piece of quartz on C Street in Virginia City that had a decent silver clump and vein going through it. The darkness in the quartz beside the gold might be a silver salt.  

Very nice best of luck and lots of gold wishes for you! 

Hope you marked where you found it. This might start a new "lost mine" legend.

 
That is wicked cool!!!!!!!!
have you weighed it in water yet to get the actual gold weight?
If the Rock is 20lbs there could be 1-4 LBS of that stuff we hunt.
12,000.00 per lb woooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!

VERY VERY EXCELLENT FIND!

hhta
Neals

Just the gold I'm seeing on the outside of that rock makes this a banner find. 

My vote is in. 

I need a Confirmation On this One From you.

Definately Gold ? or Pyrite ?

Etc.

Let us know

ASAP

Jeff

If that IS gold, HOW would you get it seperated from the rock??  WOW!

not sure.....have to do more tests....just found it less than 5 hrs ago......acid test says its good, I am going to have to cut a piece off crush it and throw it in to the blast furnace and do an assay....that will take me some time.....I am wondering the same as well.


db

Nice chunk, I'd say it would be worth alot more, as a specimen left whole, than it would for only it's gold content.

  BANNER FIND FOR SURE     my jaw is on the FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAN THE MAN!!!!!!!wow that is spectactular!!!you have got to post this in the gold section as well.man i bet you are still shaking!i would have had a heart attack!i need this as wallpaper to remind me of what i'm supposed to be finding!

definantly leave whole do not crush!!!!!!!worth a LOT more as a specimen!!!!!!!!!!!you could name your own price for that one!!!!it is definantly worth way more than the spot price for gold!!!!!!!!!several times over!!!!rock weight too!!!!!!!!there are formulas to figure the gold content!but with that much in matrix is phenominal!!!!!!!!museums would drool!!!and the owner of the nuggett in las vegas would definantly drool!!!i bet he would fly you out free just to see it!!!!

What a find wow ! inced-able i dont understand how does weighing the stone in water determine the weight of the gold ? i hope it works out well

http://www.prospectorsparadise.com/html/specific_weight.html
this will explain the water issue
hhta
neals

That is wicked cool!!!!!!!!
have you weighed it in water yet to get the actual gold weight?
If the Rock is 20lbs there could be 1-4 LBS of that stuff we hunt.
12,000.00 per lb woooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!

VERY VERY EXCELLENT FIND!

hhta
Neals

Wouldn't 4 lbs of gold be like $69,376? (@$1081.00/oz.)

ever heard of a troy pound???
that is how gold is measured
look it up. it's always good to learn.

hhta
thxns

 

awsome find!!

good for you dan, keep us posted.

This rock tips the scales just over 20 lbs.......Found today in the Bradshaws.... .....just stumbled on to it.....walking in a fresh (new) river bed.....carved out by a winter storm....
This thing makes the metal detector SCREAM.....
db

If it is a historical find it will need to be documented,that means an exact
GPS coordinate,it will make the find worth a lot more!
LabradorBob

WOW.  That is huge.  Thats got my banner vote. 

this piece is worth several times spot price at over 20 lbs.................not just gold content!!!!!!!!!it is a spectacular SPECIMEN!!!!!!not just gold content only!!!!!!best banner find i have seen so far!

If that is gold, You just rang my number... I hope it it worth a new Mercedes or two for you.. Congratulations on finding real treasure...

you could make a million and never sell it!first call the manafacturer of the detector you were using................thats the best advertising they could ask for(pay-for) ........endorsements........appearances(paid-for).......people would pay-just to see it!!!!........not to mention free detectors......t.v. appearances.....you could probably get your own detector series on the outdoor channel,science channel,discovery or tlc..........any detector on the market would pay dearly for you to say you use there detector!!!!!         think about it  

Don't think pyrite will register on a metal detector  Nice piece of Banner gold 

 

Spectacular find I agree what outhers have said, if that's Gold in the rock, then it would be worth more as a specimen, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you

SS

Incredible find!!

Time to get a bigger pouch

This should answer a few questions about Pyrites there's a link also , below is whats quoted in the link . Good luck great find 

It can be tricky to the beginner! Below I have added some pictures that show the differences in common pyrites found in Arizona and Arizona gold. I detected all the gold you see in the pictures below with using either a White's GMT or a Minelab GP Extreme. Click the pictures to enlarge them. Some of the pieces of gold pictured below I have never shown before making this web page. All the gold below is specimen gold they are not nuggets. The reason I used specimen gold is all of the pictures I am sent always have "host rock" in them. You cannot "flake" gold off a rock with a knife, if you hit gold in rock the rock will break/shatter but the gold will flatten/bend. Pyrite if struck with a hammer will shatter/crumble.

http://arizonagoldprospectors.com/goldandpyrites/metaldetector.html

Hope you marked where you found it. This might start a new "lost mine" legend.

That rock has tumbled down the river quite a ways. See how rounded it is? It's been rolling for a while so finding the source of this Gold could take a long time. I'd say it's worth the hunt though 

if you need someone to hold that for you let me know , i will be glad to.

Totally cool rock. That is enough to keep ya swinging. By the way what detector did you use?

tag

a dream come true!

Thats a sweet looking rock I see some color in that rock . WTG 

Congrats that is a great find!!! I hope this works out for you 

my fingers are crossed hoping this is the real deal for you !!!

look at it -it's real definantly the real deal!!!!!!   looks like horneblend gneiss matrix.

Beautiful find!!! I guess the Bradshaws will be very crowded for a while.
Congratulatons!!!!!

Makton                                          

alllrighty then

I am jealous!

look at it -it's real definantly the real deal!!!!!!   looks like horneblend gneiss matrix.

dont get jumpy dude !!
i've seen to many people to get
their hopes up only to get them
crushed by it not been real !!
But like I said, i'm hoping its real,
it would be an awesome discovery !!

been at this awhile ......it's real.........      any side bets?

I'll bet if it is real, he hangs on to it and his great grandkids use it as a doorstop or the key hide in the front flower bed. If it isn't real, he sells it to someone who thinks it is and makes a bundle.

At least that's how it would go in my family.

Good luck either way. It would make an awesome doorstop.

Fathead

Good thing I did not find it I would have tossed it aside and left the area grumbling about dang hot rocks ruining my hunt!

Awesome find. Hope I'm correct as I think it is real.

tag

Strick calm down bud!! !I hate to be a kill joy but.......(well first hey nice specimen!)a 20 lb rock doesnt mean squat!!!What happens if you have a 100 pound rock with a little gold showing??Does that mean I have 25 pounds of gold? :icon_scratch:Not.There is a formula to figure it out and it doesnt employ water,and it is a guestamate.The only true way to get an accurate idea of whats in it would be to crush and pan...which I dont recommend.You are not going to get $1000x 20 either if you do send that buyer my way!Collectors whom pay specimen are not buying right now,I cant blame em.The finder sounds knowledgeable so I am sure he will do whats right.I would get an X-Ray of it were it me

Congrats, Dan !

Hope you make the banner with this one...

Gosh, you been in this biz for long enough...   nice to stumble across a windfall now and then.

Best
rmptr

best i've seen.

This should answer a few questions about Pyrites there's a link also , below is whats quoted in the link . Good luck great find  

It can be tricky to the beginner! Below I have added some pictures that show the differences in common pyrites found in Arizona and Arizona gold. I detected all the gold you see in the pictures below with using either a White's GMT or a Minelab GP Extreme. Click the pictures to enlarge them. Some of the pieces of gold pictured below I have never shown before making this web page. All the gold below is specimen gold they are not nuggets. The reason I used specimen gold is all of the pictures I am sent always have "host rock" in them. You cannot "flake" gold off a rock with a knife, if you hit gold in rock the rock will break/shatter but the gold will flatten/bend. Pyrite if struck with a hammer will shatter/crumble.

http://arizonagoldprospectors.com/goldandpyrites/metaldetector.html

Have you tested for flakes?

Found a rock last year that turned out to be fools gold:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,280084.0.html

iTS GOLD,HE WOULDNT BE GETTING A "SIGNAL", IF IT WERE PYRITE.

iTS GOLD,HE WOULDNT BE GETTING A "SIGNAL", IF IT WERE PYRITE.

are you Sure ?

By Definition:

"iron pyrite" aka "iron sulfide"

is an Iron.
A good Gold detector Should pick up Iron

iTS GOLD,HE WOULDNT BE GETTING A "SIGNAL", IF IT WERE PYRITE.

are you Sure ?

By Definition:

"iron pyrite" aka "iron sulfide"

is an Iron

Right but he would either have "iron",masked out or get a different signal

Fantastic find Danb! hope everything goes as planned! I think what Strick said about the detector you used and the company that owns it would be very interrested in your find! Go for it and NAME your price, I'm sure other offers will come to you also! Good Luck!!!

Man, all the years I MD'ed, panned, sluiced and dredged the Bradshaws, I never saw one of those. At least not where I went.. (From Rich Hill to Lynx Creek, to Cleater to Castle Hot Springs) 
Grats on a GREAT find!!

~Mike

let us know when you find something out ,
we all have our fingers crossed for you !!

AWESOME!!!!!!   

  Lookee what you found      Many of us wish we stumbled over that, rather than frozen chunks of ice and snow  .  Great looking rock ,  hope it is loaded with gold !

I can't wait to see what you find out on this!  VERY cool!

Find of a life time for sure.

Being a prospector I'm really anxious to hear what came of this rock. Any news? Sure got quiet considering it's a possible 20lb gold impregnated chunk of earth. It doesn't look like gold to me but I want to hear the outcome.

   very quiet     Maybe it takes awhile to get an expert opinion in AZ Could be filing a claim . That rock was in a riverbed though. Hope it is gold   

If it turns out to be real, keep quit until you check out where it came from and then file a claim, if you can in that spot. Keep that spot to yourself! OH" don't crush it... If you look back at all the large nuggets dug in the old day's there are very few left.

Tag.
This is very interesting and what a rock! I would love to know how much of that yellow stuff is in there.
Great find no matter what!
Dave.

Tag

Is that the sound of crickets I hear? Where is Danb?

Nice find, dan. I guess nobody read your first reply where you said you acid tested it and it was "GOOD" The only way to tell how much gold is there, is by specific gravity test. .

Les

Nice find, dan. I guess nobody read your first reply where you said you acid tested it and it was "GOOD" The only way to tell how much gold is there, is by specific gravity test. .

Les

I did notice the acid test reference, however would put more weight on the detector testing positive. I am curious whether DanB tried to test the specimen for flakes as referenced with link by Deepdiger60?

I think I did spot DanB in a brand new mercedes this morning 

 it got quiet because dan b was out of town for a few days, im sure we will tell us when he is ready to. he probably has 1000 pm's to sort thru, just a guess.

     Honestly if I were Danb I would come back and just say "false alarm" and let it go at that. Loose lips sink ships. Good luck Dan however it turns out,

HH Charlie

That thing would make a great paperweight for all my bills piling up!
Congrates!

Now, let me think.... where would I be if yesterday I found a twenty pound rock containing some gold.   I'm pretty sure it would  NOT be sitting at home responding to T-net queries.  

BANNER!

Get some more Dan!  More power to you!

Okay, so it wasn't yesterday.  Surely you get my meaning anyway!

I'm a newbie prospector... and well, newbie MD'er (one season)...and there's gold in that baby! Not pyrite, not chalcopyrite.. IMO, looks like gold to me!

Best of luck, find more! Could me more of those babies upstream/uphill!

Thank-you for all your comments, suggestions and speculations,  I have been out of town on business for the past few days. Now to get down to the real business......this gold infused rock.....here is how it all came about....I have a few friends who have adjoining mining claims in BCC, after the resent flooding we went to check out the damages and to see how things at the river have changed. I am driving the lead jeep with my friends following in their jeep, as we descended threw their claim towards the river, I stopped at the new deposit of material at the trails end and where the rivers edge begins, before driving out into this new river bottom I decided to walk out and make sure all was safe, I took about ten steps out on to the rocks and started looking around, as I looked down at where I was standing, at the same time my friend who owns the claim next to my friends claim (which we are on) says whats that your standing on?.....I moved my foot and picked up the rock.......as I dusted it off.......our jaws dropped...... none of us could believe what we saw. We couldn't believe how heavy it was for its size.......and that color.....wow ( HIGH FIVE) ( HIGH FIVE) then....we put the rock in the jeep and looked around for more........that was the only one with gold, looking at how well worn it is, I can tell that it has traveled quite a ways down stream. Now since there was six of us there when the rock was found, we discussed as a group and we decided it was best to divide up the rock and it contents evenly amongst all of us.....I know that by dividing up the rock it will make some people cry......we thought about selling, but opted out.....the general consensus was to crush and divide evenly......so, so be it..... If I had found it solely, it would have been a specimen for life.
 When we got back home we tested the rock with Nitric acid.....it tested POS (+) for gold, we double checked with a metal detector, the metal detector screamed, we then took hot rocks and other gold in a vial that we found from panning and tested it against the metal detector to hear the difference in sound when each was passed under the detectors head, the rock of gold and the vial gave the same sound.....while the tone of the hot rock was different......now we knew we had the real thing. As far as the total weight in gold goes, we are going to stay tight lipped....sorry. Everybody is happy with their share.....So now it is time to move on and look for more gold.....I know somewhere out there, there is more gold to be found.....and I will start looking again tomorrow......the hunt for gold is addicting and a lot of fun...so get out in the great outdoors and go find some color and have some fun......I am glad I was able to share pictures with all of you fellow treasure and gold seekers.....This just goes to show that there is still plenty of that AU out there just waiting to be found.

best wishes and happy hunting

db

Dan is it still whole yet ?

Can you get a Picture like this
with your hand for size



but not rectangular



square

  glad to hear the update ,glad all is well.  next week you have to top it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us know just how much was in it if ya could

cool! gold is gold

C'mon man,dont bum everyone out,kinda like the game winning shot when suddenly, the power goes out!

I'm gonna hop on this bandwagon and ask you why you won't mention how much gold is in the rock    It's not like you're a millionare now if you weren't before.  That doesn't even make sense to break it up and split it up either    The consensus was to cost yourselves thousands of dollars?   

Whoa!! What a find! Seems a shame to split it up tho. Wouldn't you all get more for it if you were to just sell it and split the proceeds?

                  Thanks for sharing the adventure!

                           Nana 

sounds like a good story to me.

Whoa!! What a find! Seems a shame to split it up tho. Wouldn't you all get more for it if you were to just sell it and split the proceeds?

                  Thanks for sharing the adventure!

                           Nana 

absolutely.

Most of the Value would probably be the size of the Nugget.

whatever!!!

not sure.....have to do more tests....just found it less than 5 hrs ago......acid test says its good, I am going to have to cut a piece off crush it and throw it in to the blast furnace and do an assay....that will take me some time.....I am wondering the same as well.


db

Yikes! Don't crush anything! Get some Hydrochloric Acid and put the whole rock into it. The acid wil eat away all of the matrix and leave the gold in the exact shape it sits in right now. Some of the most valuable pieces of gold are those which are the end product of acid etching. A friend of mine in our prospecting club found a rock that also set his detector off in a big way. He etched the matrix away and inside was a perfect birds nest bunch of wire gold. That little rock of his was in a museum for a while in Denver and eventually he sold it. I think he ended up asking way too much, but got right around $10,000 for it. Think before you cut and crunch. Don't go for the simple gold weight by spot. Go for the beautiful wire gold inside the rock.

Hydroflouric will only attack silica and iron and a few more
you could get someone dead postin info like that.

Also if you dont understand being tight liped or Dollyin some gold up dont be rude just cause you didnt get your personal lolly pop.

John Adaqms

And that rock didnot have what is called wire gold

 

Good news = it was gold. That's fantastic and I'm very happy for you.

TRAGIC news = you guys sound like you already crushed it up. That is very simply heartbreaking to hear.


-TG-

Great find, but what a short sighted mistake. Why not sell the entire specimen for way more than the gold value and then split that amount? This is a rare speciman, devalued hundreds or thousands of percent by splitting it. Seems like a panic move. Sorry to be critical, but if you found a Babe Ruth bat you wouldn't cut it to even pieces, geez.

Hydroflouric will only attack silica and iron and a few more
you could get someone dead postin info like that.

Also if you dont understand being tight liped or Dollyin some gold up dont be rude just cause you didnt get your personal lolly pop.

John Adaqms

And that rock didnot have what is called wire gold

You seem quite new to here, we have seen it all before.

You give me a very good recent that after posting pictures on here that he needs to be tight lipped about the money they split?  They only good one I can think of is Tax dodging...

Personally if that was my rock and saw how much gold was in it ? the Government does not need to know everything it was fantastic to see it posted here  but the cats out of the bag now .

If he's anonymous there's no tax dodging issue anyway, may as well post the amount.

why didn't this make banner?

why didn't this make banner?

MODs have asked for the right size picture without success!

I'm sure when it is, this amazing find will be up there

Y'all might be overlooking that Dan is a rather savvy fellow...
Review the excellent posts he's made in the past, for his qualifications.

I'll say one thing...  he treats his friends and partners very well, as they do him.
...he picked it up on the other guy's claim...  he had no right to do so.
the claim owner was good enough to grant a three way split.

Maybe Dan was out-voted 2 to 1 about crushing the rock to settle the score ?

I think it's wonderful when folks post pics of their nice finds here on Tnet for us all to see.
To press for more, and specific information in open forum is kinda rude.
You want it?  Send him a PM with a cash offer, as is.

"Loose lips sink ships."

...and from a post I made in the past...  I recall the name of a user who is now gone.

IIRC, It was GoldFever who posted certain finds he had made which triggered an investigation into his affairs that I suspect he may not have survived, financially.  He has dropped from Tnet, at least.

Dodging taxes is punishable under our system of law...  Avoiding them is not.
Why set yourself up to be investigated ?

I think it would be a fun find even if it were pyrite !

Best
rmptr

Not new at all
Been here for years.
Been a gold miner all My life.
In the past on this forum board posters have had issues.