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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Do big Nuggets travel further from the source than small nuggets
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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 672193" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>I've notice that they travel further once found so the time factor might have something to o with it <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /> </p><p></p><p>I recent years I've worked some dry creeks in the Pilbara. These creeks flow fast and furious a couple of times annually and are dry for most of the year. Who knows what happened way back when the gold was first exposed but now the big nuggets are certainly not far from their source.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11041[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>River/creek systems in this region have produced good water worn nuggets up to 100g and most likely much bigger in the past however they appear to be perhaps no more than 20m or 30m from their starting point. I'd find several decent sized pieces within a short distance of 5m to 10m and then only small nuggets scattered down stream. Then perhaps 100m further on there'd be another batch of larger water worn nuggets over a very short distance. In my opinion these larger nuggets over 10g don't move very far at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 672193, member: 3960"] I've notice that they travel further once found so the time factor might have something to o with it 😂 I recent years I've worked some dry creeks in the Pilbara. These creeks flow fast and furious a couple of times annually and are dry for most of the year. Who knows what happened way back when the gold was first exposed but now the big nuggets are certainly not far from their source. [ATTACH type="full"]11041[/ATTACH] River/creek systems in this region have produced good water worn nuggets up to 100g and most likely much bigger in the past however they appear to be perhaps no more than 20m or 30m from their starting point. I'd find several decent sized pieces within a short distance of 5m to 10m and then only small nuggets scattered down stream. Then perhaps 100m further on there'd be another batch of larger water worn nuggets over a very short distance. In my opinion these larger nuggets over 10g don't move very far at all. [/QUOTE]
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Do big Nuggets travel further from the source than small nuggets
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