What's interesting about that nugget is you can see where the gangue/quartz has erroded out, slight smoothing but otherwise the nugget is intact. It made it's way to bedrock and the quartz rotted out. If you can't find more going with the stream the source must be perpendicular but there's undoubtedly more big gold where you found that. If old timers found something like that they would have washed out the entire hillside and nothing big like that would remain. If you were finding that gold under the grey clay layer what happened is the quartz ore rotted out in the creek releasing the gold directly under the clay and the lighter quartz stratified above, if the stream cut through a vein you'd find pretty consistent streaks but otherwise the float is coming into the stream from somewhere perpendicular to the water channel. The fine gold can make it confusing because it can reconcentrate in soil deposits far from where the source float was originally, but all the bigger gold is pretty much right where it erroded out still because the area doesn't have enough water/elevation to move the big gold into the waterways/out of the hills. The place is kind of an intermediate laterite deposit in the process of forming, if it doesn't become geologically deformed over the next millions of years thats exactly what it will become.
There have been a lot bigger pieces of gold found in that area and as you stated, the flood gold does not serve as a compass for finding the big pieces. Those hills are all that are left of mountains that towered higher than the Rockies so the ground itself is very concentrated with gold and that's why the creeks in that area are always getting replenished with gold every time there's a flash flood that moves a lot of sediment. Thank you for the insightful comment! Please keep 'em coming 👍
Nice piece, I was gonna go the other way,, How Dave Turin taught me how to dig in the Banks in National Forests, guys a joke. hahahahaha his video really pissed me off Lee. See ya around buddy
Ha ha, well, I thought he did a good job with the Hoffman's. I wasn't very impressed with the $600 high banker he gave Ed. I have better flow at 50+ than the water coming out of that spray bar had 🤣
Happy times Mr Hendrix. Wow that's big. That bucket with the 3/8 holes did you happen to leave it on a tree off moccasin Creek? If so I have it. Picker town in Guilford county thanks to you.
LOL, no sir, my trash ends up in the trash or else in the basement which is where all the Lee Hendrix museum of once-used gold mining equipment is on display.
Shy? That does explain the limited photos and videos people have gotten of you. But then again you were in at least a couple Lee Hendrix Gold videos 🤔😆
Did something bad happen there today? I have a solid alibi if it did... But seriously, I had to help with a sign unveiling at 2295 E 14th Street. Hundreds of people saw me up on a ladder 🪜. Firm alibi.
What's interesting about that nugget is you can see where the gangue/quartz has erroded out, slight smoothing but otherwise the nugget is intact. It made it's way to bedrock and the quartz rotted out. If you can't find more going with the stream the source must be perpendicular but there's undoubtedly more big gold where you found that. If old timers found something like that they would have washed out the entire hillside and nothing big like that would remain.
If you were finding that gold under the grey clay layer what happened is the quartz ore rotted out in the creek releasing the gold directly under the clay and the lighter quartz stratified above, if the stream cut through a vein you'd find pretty consistent streaks but otherwise the float is coming into the stream from somewhere perpendicular to the water channel. The fine gold can make it confusing because it can reconcentrate in soil deposits far from where the source float was originally, but all the bigger gold is pretty much right where it erroded out still because the area doesn't have enough water/elevation to move the big gold into the waterways/out of the hills. The place is kind of an intermediate laterite deposit in the process of forming, if it doesn't become geologically deformed over the next millions of years thats exactly what it will become.
There have been a lot bigger pieces of gold found in that area and as you stated, the flood gold does not serve as a compass for finding the big pieces. Those hills are all that are left of mountains that towered higher than the Rockies so the ground itself is very concentrated with gold and that's why the creeks in that area are always getting replenished with gold every time there's a flash flood that moves a lot of sediment. Thank you for the insightful comment! Please keep 'em coming 👍
Congratulations 🎉 on that beautiful NC nugget great job Lee. PPO out 😎
Thank you, I appreciate it!
What a blast fam. Great day out there. Keep on having fun and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
Thanks Jason, you as well 👍
Lol, 1st pan "I didn't do too good." Shows a season best pan for me! Glad you found a nugget Lee! You definitely work hard enough for it!
Thank you! That first clean out would have been great in a lot of other areas, but not there.
Congratulations! I’ll stick with my 1/2” classifier.
Yes, the bigger the better. You never know when lightning will strike!
Great day Lee! That is a beautiful nugget!
Thanks Bandit. Now it's your turn!
Nice, Lee🤪‼️You gotta know that they're still there 🧐💪🇺🇸😎👍
Yep, they're like snakes. If you find one, you know there are at least 100 others that you didn't find 🙈 🤣
Ive been waiting for the drop of this video brother! Good stuff!
IKR? I enjoyed talking to you and your brother that day. Did you happen to make a video from that day?
@@LeeHendrixGold i havent. My luck has been dry lol but hopefully soon ill get on some good pockets of gold.
Nice piece, I was gonna go the other way,, How Dave Turin taught me how to dig in the Banks in National Forests, guys a joke. hahahahaha his video really pissed me off Lee. See ya around buddy
Ha ha, well, I thought he did a good job with the Hoffman's. I wasn't very impressed with the $600 high banker he gave Ed. I have better flow at 50+ than the water coming out of that spray bar had 🤣
Very cool nugget
Thanks Mandy, you know what they say about blind hogs... 😄
Nice Lee! About damn time! If you get a major television deal from Discovery and can mine with big equipment I’ll gladly run a rock truck!
Rock truck? I told them you'd want to be on the excavator. Great, now I have to write up a new business plan...
Welcome to the nugget club!
I'm glad it did not weigh an ounce. "Davie County man found face down in creek clutching chest. Details at 11."
Sweet Lee, great job !!!!
Thanks Pinger. Uwharrie has been good to me but that was a shocker!
Nice nugget Lee. Would have thought we'd see you dance the jig though seeing Oakley made up for it.
Oakley makes up for a lot of stuff I do! 🤣
Happy times Mr Hendrix. Wow that's big. That bucket with the 3/8 holes did you happen to leave it on a tree off moccasin Creek? If so I have it. Picker town in Guilford county thanks to you.
LOL, no sir, my trash ends up in the trash or else in the basement which is where all the Lee Hendrix museum of once-used gold mining equipment is on display.
A job well done, congrats! I'm still too shy to show my nuggets...😂👀👀⛏⛏ You had a great Day!!!
Shy? That does explain the limited photos and videos people have gotten of you. But then again you were in at least a couple Lee Hendrix Gold videos 🤔😆
That's an awesome find!
Thank you, even Jon was somewhat impressed 🤣
Great job and congrats!
Thank you! I appreciate it 🙏
Nice!!
Thanks Outdoorwally! Next time I need a filling I am all set.
Congrats Lee!
Thanks Heavy!
wooho sucking the gold, a good day paid for gas and a hotdog
Oakley wants to know what you're talking about. She says that's a month's worth of dog food and not to be wasted on gas and hotdogs!
now thats the way lee good for you
Are you still getting some of that nice shiny yellow stuff?
Any kind of hard tool works that's steel
Was you at thermal city this morning panning
Did something bad happen there today? I have a solid alibi if it did... But seriously, I had to help with a sign unveiling at 2295 E 14th Street. Hundreds of people saw me up on a ladder 🪜. Firm alibi.
No I was there gold mining I thought I seen you in the river dreging
Hey lady you get a piece of pipe when the rain cap on it kind of metal rod make your own Dolly part
Man, I thought you had to buy a blow up doll to make your own Dolly Parton! 🤔
Sorry is it supposed to be make your own Dolly part out of a piece of pipe add an end cap
It'll be easier to crush Rock