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17 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Been lucky to travel a little with metal detector.

Below - 1st pic is Positano, Italy and I detected the beach.  Found some coins and a sterling ring.AdvItaly.thumb.jpg.20d63088cc9d21e469ff346c3fe39c89.jpg

 

2nd pic (below) is my 1st ever one ounce gold nugget.  Found on the runway at Ganes Creek, Alaska.

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3rd pic (below) is from Australia and the hot ground.

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4th pic is from BahamasAdvBah1.thumb.JPG.df3519bffaea01276b34359b63c49631.JPG

 

Detecting England in the early Spring Rains and some of the success from the group trip.

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Interior of Mexico and the soldiers watching over/protecting the goldAdvMX1.thumb.jpg.75e0453c17e012582a1042e9d8cb209a.jpg

 

Anyone been around old mining should know what this is...MXAdvMX2.thumb.jpg.704a6c0bec6c460abf7062550673a371.jpg

 

Lake Tahoe and the rock statues watching the gold. AdvTahoe1.thumb.jpg.f6a071fdc6c14655104f4652a4f09943.jpg

 

I was able to earn a little yellow heavy metal from Lake Tahoe.

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Last pic - My CTX-3030 says something metallic in the rock.

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Thanks for sharing those amazing pics of your detecting exploits Gerry. You are definitely a well travelled exponent of our fantastic hobby. 👍

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12 minutes ago, geof_junk said:

Some Photos from Vic and WA Aus.

Whites 6000D and Aus Whites GoldMaster from early 1980s on the beach after Gold jewellery.

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Panning South of Ballarat. Note proper Steel Gold Pans.  😁 

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VIC. Claim I took out after finding 26+ oz in one day.

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The brother-in-law on claim.

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WA.  Where I found my largest bit, 3500 gm with nearly 17 ounces of gold. 

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General Area of above.

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Same area but wide view of general spot.

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A photo that was used on another forum that has now gone the way of many others.

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Four hundred small bits about 0.3 to 0.4 gm each.

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I bet you wish gold was $2000US back then.....$$$$$$

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  • 4 weeks later...

Faraway on the distant foreshore I found my first arrowhead on an

outing with family and friends.June the 5th 1959 my eighth birthday and I still have it.

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On 4/23/2023 at 7:52 PM, 1515Art said:

6 months found it at rhy patch 

I just came back from a short 2 day trip there and found the same thing ... as far as gold is concerned!

The 6000s have got it all!  I did see some antelope.  

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