Well now, that tops it all off.
Just had Evangeloon ring me to tell that he does NOT believe that his 'miraculous' find is nothing more than Iron Pyrites (Fools Gold) and intends to take his find to be Assayed by the Mining Company.
His words were, " How can someone who never worked in the Mines know anything about minerals, gold and stuff?"
Shit, I was conceived here, born here, raise here, my father worked in the Mines on a Roster system of 3 Shifts, ( day shift one week, followed Afternoon shift the next then Night shift the 3rd. week) for well over 40+years, he was a respected Underground Miner, a Member of the Proto-Gangs ( Underground Fire and Rescue Gangs), was an avid Collector of Minerals of all types and taught his children all that he knew.
Evangeloon, on the other hand, is what we locals call "a Blow in," he MOVED here from the East Coast of N.S.W. no more than 8 or so years ago and STILL gets lost around the country-side without someone to guide him, the guide that used to be ME btw.
Boy, are those Mineral Experts going to get a really great shock when he turns up.