The
first nugget I ever found was on the last day of
your Rye Patch training with our group. I found it
with the GP 3500 and the new 8" commander mono coil.
It wasn't big, maybe 10 or so grains but that didn't
matter a bit to me, I was on cloud nine. Well, the
next day which was the day after you left I found 5
nuggets in total. The first one of those 5 weighted
just over a troy ounce and was only the second
nugget I ever found. After finding it I yelled up
to the younger of a father/son team I believe his
name was Jeff. I told him I think I found a nugget
that weighs at least a 1/2 0z! Then on further
inspection I told him this thing may go an ounce!!
God I was 1/2 excited and 1/2 in shock. I found my
third nugget 25 ft away a few minutes later and it's
weight was 3 penny weight and it matches up to
the big nugget. It's real obvious that it had once
been a part of the larger nugget. I found 2 more
small nuggets close by and another nugget that
evening. The next day I only found a single nugget
but it went about a penny weight. Rye patch was
real generous to this beginning nugget shooter.
Attached are a couple pics. The pic with the
nuggets setting on the coil was taken at rye patch.
The other pic I took just this evening.