The “Boot of Cortez” Gold Nugget
It has been called the most unusual and attractive
large nugget in the World, and at 389.4 ounces Troy (32.4 Troy pounds), it is the largest surviving placer nugget discovered
in the Western Hemisphere (The 2nd largest nugget is Alaskan and is almost 100 ounces smaller).
The "Boot of Cortez" measures a stunning 10 3/4 inches in height
and 7 1/4 inches in width. The nugget sold for $1,553,500.00 at auction in Dallas, in 2008.
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The solid gold nugget was found in the Mexican Sonora Desert near the Arizona border in
1989. It was found by a local prospector using a metal detector he bought at Radio Shack!
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GOLD & SILVER Weight Conversions:
15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM
31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE
24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT
(DWT)
20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE
480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE
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Dubbed the "Eye of the Needle,”
this nine-ounce gold and quartz/granite nugget was found at Rich Hill, AZ by Jim Price, and his prospecting partner
"Harry."Your Personal
AGA Prospecting Instructor will TEACH YOU where to find gold and how to recover it!Email us! info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.comTOPOGRAPHICAL Gold Claim TypesHill Claims—“pay-dirt” in, or under a hill.
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Flat
Claims—“pay-dirt” found on flats.
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Bench Claims—“pay-dirt”
found in narrow tableland on hill-side, above a river.
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Gulch Claims—“pay-dirt”
found in gullies destitute of water during part of the year.
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Bar Claims—gold
in low collections of sand, or gravel, in rivers—exposed at low water.
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River-bed Claims—gold in beds of rivers—access gained by turning river from its course.
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Ancient River-bed Claims—gold found in beds of rivers now extinct.
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 Do you
have a question about placer gold mining, gold prospecting, metal detecting, gold nugget shooting, gold claims, meteorite
hunting - whatever? Ask Mel, Arizona Gold Adventures' Chief Gold Prospecting Instructor, and get the answers you need
FREE! Mel@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com
The metals in gold; Gold purity.
In the United States the purity of gold is designated by
karat. Pure gold is 24k, but, because of its softness, it is not suitable for making jewelry. Other metals such as copper,
silver, nickel, and zinc are added to gold to strengthen it. What is added and how much is added determine the color and karat
of the gold. To make this easier to understand let's take an imaginary ring and examine it.
The color of
the metal is immediately apparent. Gold comes in several colors, but let's pretend that this ring is pink gold. Inside the
ring is stamped 10k. What do these things tell us? First, that the gold was mixed with copper, silver and zinc to make yellow
gold. The pink look was achieved by using a larger quantity of copper.
The 10k mark assures that 41.67% of the
metal is pure gold, and the other 58.33% is copper, silver and zinc. It also indicates that the piece was made in America,
(other countries do not use 10k).
A 14k stamping would mean that the ring contained 58.33% gold and 41.67% other
metals. If the ring was marked 18k, it would contain 75% pure gold and 25% other metals.
In Europe gold is stamped
according to its fineness. Pure gold is 1000 fine; 18k gold is 75% or 750 fine. Consequently, an 18k ring made in Europe would
be stamped 750.
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Terry's "Four Friends," and
Mel's "Three Amigos," found near Rich Hill, Arizona.
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| Gold Basin Meteorites found by AGA Instructors! |
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Will
You find the next 'WHOPPER' gold nugget with Arizona Gold Adventures? You might! Large gold nuggets like the Two-pound
"Tongue Nugget," and the 11-pound "Powerline Nugget" are still being found at Rich Hill! |
 The “Normandy
Nugget,” was found in a dry stream bed in 1995, near Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia. Weighing in at 25.5 kilograms
(56.1 lbs), it is the second largest nugget in the world today having escaped being melted down, and is the 26th largest gold
nugget ever discovered. Information published by the University of Southern California, where the 40 million year-old nugget
was examined in 1999, showed it to be 80 to 90% high purity gold.
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We love to answer your questions --- We urge you to reserve your dates
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Dredge; Minelab 4000 Metal Detector; Sluice Box; Automated Gold Panning Wheel and More!
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“Roy’s
Rocker.” By artist John Agrella John
Agrella, is the California artist and gold prospector commissioned by Pat Keene to paint the famous oil, “The
Finney Hole.” John's art was recently featured in Gold Prospector magazine, and his favor among collectors
continues to grow. John’s original work, “Roy’s Rocker,” has been released
as a fine art lithograph (19" x 28"), and was printed by the renowned Bordeaux Printers, on corniche gloss 100lb paper with fade resistant ink. A limited number of these lithographs have been hand signed by the artist - JUST FOR AGA! Get yours for just $39.99 – Shipped! Email Terry Soloman at: info@arizonagoldadventures.com or call 914-589-3985 to get your signed copy while they last! |
Terry holding
a three-pound gold nugget - in Stanton, Arizona. www.ArizonaGoldAdventures.com Arizona's
premier Gold Prospecting School; Day Trip & Vacation provider!
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