It took me awhile before I finally got a nice mellow signal. My nugget turned out to weigh in about two dwt (pennyweight). Over the next few hours, we all picked up a few more nuggets apiece.

Placers that are directly associated with lode deposits are sometimes overlooked and may have good potential for those who are willing to search for them.

There is always an overwhelming feeling when finding gold of any size, but one like this doesn’t come along very often.