Mother Lode Gold

A lovely nugget showing brilliant luster, orangish-yellow color, and an unusual texture. Trace Quartz, and FeOx matrix. Weighs 4.04 Grams.

Mother Lode!

This is a splendid nugget from a historic California Mother Lode gold-producing area. It boasts a very bright luster, a strong orange hue, and a distinctive character. few % quartz matrix is attached. It was discovered with a metal detector and weighs 4.6 Grams.

A lovely nugget, from an obscure location. Curious character. Exhibits very bright luster and shows an orangish-yellow color. No Quartz matrix remains. Weighs 2.8 Grams.

California Gold!

Found in the placer Gold fields of the Mother Lode, California. Gold exhibits an orangish-yellow color and shows very bright luster.  No Quartz matrix remains.  Weighs 2.7 Grams.

A lovely nugget from an obscure location, displays a brilliant luster, a distinctive character, and an orangish-yellow hue. It is devoid of any Quartz matrix Weighs 2.9 Grams

Columbian Gold

A beautiful, water-worn gold nugget from the Cauca Department of Southwest Colombia. The gold displays a very bright luster with a rich, orange-yellow hue. No quartz matrix is present. The quality is exceptional.

Weight: 3.5 grams

Lovely small nugget showing rich, buttery-yellow color, and a soft velvety luster. No Quartz matrix remains. Interesting simple character. Shows water wear.  Found in the Devils Nest placer in Stanton Arizona placer fields using a metal detector. Weighs .25oz.

Interesting medium sized nugget. Flattened shape. Bright luster, showing an orange tint. Trace Quartz and FeOxs  present in occasional vugs.  Weighs 2.07 Grams. Found using a GoldBug2 Metal Detector.

A lovely, stout, Gold nugget from the Devils Nest Placer, Rich Hill mining district, Stanton, Arizona.  Shows soft, velvety luster, and a rich, orangish color. No Quartz remains, nice character, well water worn piece. Found in an old, historic, Arizona Gold camp.  Weighs .26 ounce

A complex nugget weighing 3.2 Grams from the Rose Creek placer fields. No Quartz matrix remains. Gold exhibits a nice bright, lively luster, and an orangish-yellow color. Has a dendritic-like appearance. Found using a Goldbug2 metal detector.

Awesome!!

A stunning, small nugget from the Columbia Basin Mining District, California. Exhibits weathered, rounded Octahedral, and Cubic crystals on a dendritic-like elongated nugget. Brilliant luster and brassy color. Few % relict Quartz matrix remains. Weighs 4.0 Grams

A lovely, stout, Gold nugget from the Devils Nest Placer, Rich Hill mining district, Stanton, Arizona.  Shows soft, velvety luster, and a rich, orangish color. No Quartz remains, nice character, well water worn piece. Found in an old, historic, Arizona Gold camp.  Weighs .24 ounce

Columbian Gold

A splendid water worn Gold nugget from the Cauca Department of Southwest Columbia. Gold exhibits brilliant luster and a rich, buttery-yellow color.   No Quartz matrix remains. Exceptional quality!

Weighs 3.3  Grams

Devils Nest Placer. 

A lovely beautiful, robust, Gold nugget from the Rich Hill mining district, Stanton, Arizona. Shows soft, velvety luster, and a rich, orangish tint.. as well as an interesting, classic, flattened, water worn shape.  No Quartz remains. Found using a metal detector in this old, historic, Arizona Gold camp.  Weighs .32 oz.

An interesting nugget from a little-known location. Exhibits brilliant luster. a curious character and shows an orangish-yellow color. No Quartz matrix remains. 

Columbian Gold

A beautiful, water-worn gold nugget from the Cauca Department of Southwest Colombia. The gold displays a very bright luster with a rich, orange-yellow hue. No quartz matrix is present. The quality is exceptional.

Weight: 4.6 grams

A unique nugget from the Rose Creek placer. Has lovely, bright luster, and an orangish-yellow tint. The texture is what really distinguishes this piece, as it is knobby and gnarly.  Trace relict Quartz matrix remains. Very robust and sound.   Weighs .36 ounce.

A lovely alluvial specimen of crystalline Gold in weakly Hematite-stained grey Quartz. Gold shows bright, velvety luster and a rich orange color.  Approximately 40% Quartz matrix. Gold exhibits flat, angular faces due to Quartz crystals that are now gone. A really attractive piece. Has NOT been etched. From the Devils Nest placer, in an old historic Arizona Gold camp.

Weighs .36 OZ.

WESTERN COLUMBIA GOLD

A stunning Gold nugget from Columbia, South America. Gold exhibits brilliant luster, and a bright Buttery-yellow color. Trace Quartz.  Curious texture. Weighs 4.3 Grams

RICH HILL GOLD!  A unique specimen of alluvial Gold from the Rich Hill mining district, Stanton, Arizona. This jagged and curious piece shows brilliant luster, and a rich, orangish tint, as well as a complex shape.  The complex and unusual shape is due to the erosional removal of Quartz crystal matrix. No Quartz remains. Found using a metal detector in this old, historic, Arizona Gold camp.   Weighs 4.2 Grams. 

Stunning!!

 This is a specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz from Plumas Co. CA.  The Gold occurs as thin leaves, blades, and fracture fillings. Gold shows brilliant luster and a rich lemony-yellow color. Gold shows some wear and rounding so probably is alluvial in nature. Trace FeOxs.  Weighs .82 OZ.

Nice nugget from the Lunker Hill Placers. Exhibits bright luster, and an orangish-yellow color. Approximately 15% Quartz matrix remains. Has not been cleaned. Found using a Minelab6000. Weighs 5.8 Grams

A Lovely, Gold nugget from the Devils Nest Placer, Rich Hill mining district, Stanton, Arizona.  Shows very bright luster, and a rich, orangish color. Approximately 25% Quartz remains, unique character. Found using a metal detector in this old, historic, Arizona Gold camp.  Weighs .30 oz.

Arizona Gold

A lovely Gold nugget with weakly Hematite-stained grey Quartz. Gold shows bright, velvety luster and a rich orange color.  Approximately 40% Quartz matrix. A really attractive piece. Has NOT been etched. From the Devils Nest placer, in an old historic Arizona Gold camp.

Weighs .55 OZ.

COLORADO GOLD

An interesting, small Gold nugget from the Leadville M.D. Colorado. Exhibits bright luster and a brassy color. Shows a flattened shape. Clean, no Quartz matrix remains. Hard to get Colorado nuggets!  Weighs 2.2 Grams.

UNIQUE!!!,

Crystallized Gold nugget from the Manhattan Gulch Placers in Nye Co. NV.  Pale, brassy-yellow color and bright and vibrant luster. Gold exhibits a mass of row after row of strong elongated, dendritic Gold crystal growth with rare octahedral crystal terminations in protected areas. Also, dendritic crystal development. Approximately 15% Quartz matrix remain.

 A very unusual, crystallized Gold nugget from the Manhattan Gulch Placers in Nye Co. NV.  Pale, brassy-yellow color and bright and vibrant luster. Gold exhibits a mass of row after row of strong elongated, dendritic Gold crystal growth with rare octahedral crystal terminations in protected areas. Unique!

 A small nugget with interesting character from the obscure Tipperary placers, in the Pine Forest Range. Gold exhibits a nice vibrant, brilliant, luster and shows buttery-yellow color. Contains trace Quartz matrix.  Weighs .05 ounce.

Curious!

Unusual character and shape to this nugget. Gleaming luster, and an orangish-yellow color. Has a trace remnant Quartz matrix remaining. Found with a Goldbug2 metal detector.  Weighs .04 Ounce.

A small, alluvial nugget found in the Aravaca Creek placer fields of Arizona. Specimen exhibits very brightly lustered, brassy colored Gold shot through small fractures in the white Quartz matrix. Trace FeOxs in occasional hairline fractures.   Weighs .13 OZ

OREGON GOLD!!

A lovely Gold nugget from the Blue Mtn. mining area of Oregon.   Rich, orangish-yellow color and very bright luster.   Completely natural, not etched or acid treated. No Quartz matrix remains.  Curious character. Weighs .08 oz.

California Gold!

A curious Gold nugget from the French Gulch M. D.  Gold exhibits bright luster, and an orange hue.  Interesting character. Weighs .06 oz.

A lovely small Gold nugget from the Mayo area mining district, Canada. This piece shows very bright luster, and brassy color.  The Mayo area is located in the glaciated portion of the southern Yukon where the ice sheets scoured the area. Contains approximately 5% Quartz matrix.   Weighs .08 oz.

California Gold!

Found in the placer Gold fields of the Mother Lode, California. Gold exhibits a bronzy-yellow color and shows soft, velvety luster. Trace Quartz matrix remains.  Weighs .064 oz.

California Gold!!

A lovely, solid, water worn nugget from the Downieville placers. Exhibits brilliant luster from being polished. Shows a vibrant lemony-yellow color. No Quartz matrix remains.

Weighs .17 OZ.

Sweet little nugget showing rich, bronzy-yellow color, and very bright luster. Unusual shape. Nugget, as found, with few % silt and clay matrix remain. Found in the Ganes Creek Alaska placer fields using a metal detector. Weighs .09 oz.

An impressive nugget from the placer fields of the Battle Mountain, NV area. Rich, deep, orangish-yellow hue, vibrant, velvety glowing luster. Few % dark Quartz matrix remaining.  Found using a MineLab 7000 detector. Weighs .17 OZ.

MEXICAN GOLD!!!

A medium sized, alluvial nugget. Gold exhibits an orangish-yellow color, and soft velvety luster. Gold occurs with white Quartz. Curious texture.  Found in Caborca, Mexico using a MineLab 5000 metal detector. Weighs .12 ounce.

An interesting 1/4-ounce Gold nugget from the North Fork of the American River placers. Gold exhibits a nice vibrant, brilliant luster and rich buttery-yellow color.  Has approx.  10% Quartz matrix remaining.  Weighs .26 ounce.

BIG AUSTRALIAN GOLD!!!    

Superb IRONSTONE Gold nugget showing rich, orangish color, and brilliant luster.    About 10% Quartz matrix remains. Ironstone shows as lightly oxidized Magnetite. Very nice piece! Found in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields.

Weighs 4.47 oz.  PRICE is $13,200.00

A sweet, small, Gold nugget from the Battle Mountain, NV area placers. Sound, clean, exhibiting a gleaming luster, and showing a pleasing buttery-yellow color. Wonderful texture. No Quartz matrix remains. Weighs .14 ounce.

A large, half ounce+ Gold nugget from the Mother Lode of Northern California. Reportedly from the Yuba River drainage in Sierra Co.  Gold exhibits very bright and vibrant luster, and a brassy color. Approximately 30% Quartz matrix remains, also has iron-stained clay in matrix.  Weighs .61 Ounces

OREGON GOLD!!

An interesting Gold nugget from a relatively obscure Oregon placer area.  Gold shows water wear, an orangish color and soft velvety luster. Weighs .09 oz.

An alluvial Gold nugget from the Devils Nest placer, Stanton-Rich Hill, Arizona. Exhibits rich buttery- yellow color, and bright luster.  Gold is shot through a light gray Quartz matrix. Found using a MineLab7000  metal detector. Weighs .21 OZ

A lovely alluvial specimen of crystalline Gold in weakly Hematite-stained grey Quartz. Gold shows bright, velvety luster and a rich orange color.  Approximately 40% Quartz matrix. A really attractive piece. Has NOT been etched. From the Devils Nest placer, in an old historic Arizona Gold camp.

Weighs .82 OZ.

MEXICAN GOLD!!!

A small-medium sized, alluvial nugget.  Exhibits beautiful, rich, buttery-yellow color, and soft luster. Gold occurs in a chunk of water worn white Quartz that was probably a small vein fragment.  Found in Caborca, Mexico using a MineLab 5000 metal detector. Weighs .22 ounce.

OREGON GOLD!!

A pretty Gold nugget from the Blue Mtn. mining area of Oregon.   Rich, orangish-yellow color and very bright luster. Shows very strong water-worn appearance.  Completely natural, not etched or acid treated. Minor fine-grained silt/sand remains. Weighs  .09 oz.

OREGON GOLD!!

Gold nugget from the Blue Mtn. placer mining area of Oregon.  Heavily water worn, bronzy-yellow color and soft velvety luster.  Completely natural, not etched or acid treated. No Quartz matrix remains. Weighs  .14 oz.

OREGON GOLD!!

A curious Gold nugget from the Blue Mtn. mining area of Oregon.  Flattened shape, brassy-yellow color and soft velvety luster.   Completely natural, not etched or acid treated. Few % Quartz matrix remains. Weighs  .10 oz.

Interesting Gold nugget showing soft, velvety luster, and a pale Champagne color.  As found--not cleaned, shows fine sand, silt and tiny pebbles packed in the nooks and crannies of the nugget.  Interesting character. Weighs .11 oz.

Gold specimen from the Olinghouse Mine, NV.  Gold is crystallized into a myriad of ribbons, and leaves.  All sides show this crystallization. Brilliant luster. Color shows as orange-yellow. This piece was found in the placer areas so shows wear. Matrix appears to be Quartz and clays.  Weighs .10 Oz.

Interesting Gold nugget showing soft, velvety luster, and a pale Champagne color.  As found--not cleaned, shows fine sand, silt and tiny pebbles packed in the nooks and crannies of the nugget.  Interesting character. Shows water wear. Weighs .21 oz.

ARIZONA GOLD

Alluvial nugget found in the Aravaca Creek placer fields of Arizona. Specimen exhibits very brightly-lustered, buttery- yellow Gold shot through small fractures in the white Quartz matrix. Trace FeOxs in occasional hairline fractures. A Specific Gravity determination shows 7 Grams Gold.   Weighs .43 OZ

 Gold was discovered in the Yukon country during the Gold rush of 1896-98.  The Yukon Territory has been glaciated at least  four times yet, much of central Yukon escaped the effects of the last Pleistocene ice age. The Mayo area is located in the glaciated portion of the southern Yukon where the ice sheets scoured the area. This is a very nice specimen of Alluvial Gold from the Mayo area mining district, Canada.  This elongated piece shows brilliant luster, a bright, brassy color, and strong water wear, the reverse side shows natural surfaces.  Contains approximately 10% Quartz matrix.   Weighs .24 oz.

A MONSTER!! A large Gold nugget found in the East Range using a Goldbug2 metal detector. Gold shows a nice soft glowing luster, and exhibits an orangish tint. Contains about 10% Quartz matrix. A specific gravity determination indicates 152.5 Grams of contained Gold. Pretty rare nugget-- not many found like this one anymore. Housed in a 2" X 2" perky box. Total weight is 5.77 ounces.