Gold in Quartz Specimen

weighs .840 troy oz.

It is a little over an 1" in height,

a tad wider than 1"

and approximate. 3/4"  thick.

This rigid white quartz and sparkling gold specimen was born into my world on a beautiful spring day in the Outback desert of Northern Nevada on Sunday, April 22nd 2001. I was pushing Minelab's newest deep searching gold detector, the GP Extreme and an after market Coiltek 14" mono coil. 

Well  no big story here to tell of any amazing depths, because this golden eye baby with milky white hair was only an inch below the surface in some soft silicon sand and small pea gravel mix, at the edge of a rugged wash running the base of the desolate desert floor.

To date, this is my best gold in quartz specimen. but who knows, with a little luck from Mother Nature and hard time spent behind a quality gold detector and I may get lucky again some day and find another golden baby. Everyone likes to show pictures of their babies, so here is one of mine.

Good Day,