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Saves me the time of watching them!

It is hard to put together a heist from the park for just a one day show! They have more of a problem now with 'where do we keep it?'

I had read the article but wasn't motivated to post the first one but I'm glad you did now. We've got some other threads dealing with gold from the East but this one has more of a coin perspective than those and then retells the gold finds and mining.

What brand of detector would you need to find this? (If it was buried.) https://survivalupdate.com/a-12-million-dollar-solid-gold-cube-appears-in-central-park/

Welcome back to Australia after Feb 21! https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/australia-latest-covid-travel-rules-as-borders-reopen?utm_source=lpemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news-2.9

Farmers digging nuggets ... https://coinweek.com/us-coins/us-gold-coins/why-the-charlotte-and-dahlonega-mints-were-built-part-3/

Well ... I don't normally watch comparison videos but that one was WELL WORTH THE WATCH! It hit my sweet spot for sure. I've said many times that I was probably the first one other than Steve to find some gold nuggets with the 11" 800. It is on a thread here some place. They were small nuggets. We got to see different technology used on nuggets in the field. Invaluable information and sounds for all of us. Thank you. I've been considering a small coil purchase for my 5000 and it shows that I either don't need one or it will ignore the tiny gold (and maybe the tiny bird shot) and be a form of discrimination. What we didn't see in the video is a reaction to hot rocks. This would be like many 'played out' gold patches where much of the trash and many of the hot rocks have been removed. In those patches most of the surface gold and shallow gold has been removed too so those of us watching this 'test garden' we don't know how many detectors have been used on a spot before we get there.

Turhan Hello to you in Turkey. It is good to have you here. What types of things can you find there in your parks and beaches? Mitchel

There is a large section of Sovereign Hill that is the Chinese area. Just as in the United States the Chinese miners were 2nd class where they were allowed to live (down stream) but they took advantage of it by being diligent and efficient. I spent a considerable amount of time when I was there speaking with the guides in the Chinese section. It is pretty well documented they lifestyle and treatment they received which was different than other parts of the camp. The very high fees all miners had to pay in Australia created a bit of resentment that I bet still runs through the country today. The fee collectors certainly didn't enforce it equally and caused much strife in the gold towns. The gold towns of the US were mostly lawless in the early stages with many records of Chinese miners being thrown off their claims or worse. I'm more sensitive to these issues now because my wife is Chinese as you know. While I was there I did see the kids dressed up as Simon said. They were being led through the streets to play as if they were in the 1800s. It is well researched and a living history lesson. I take it to be an example of one of many gold towns that dotted the landscape.

Reg said I should go to Ballarat when I was there and I was very glad that I did. If anyone else is in Victoria you should go too! https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/centenary-of-gold-discovery-monument

Wow! I was just posting about the 'complications' of getting a gold mine in California and the United States and it turns out in this case as in many other cases you have to be as much if not more concerned about who is doing it. About 10 years ago I was buying penny stock in a gold and silver venture in Mexico. That company went BK.

Same facts here but a different writer. Sounds like a different story! https://www.salon.com/2022/02/05/the-gold-rush-returns-to-california_partner/

Why was there a mint in Georgia? https://coinweek.com/us-coins/why-the-charlotte-and-dahlonega-mints-were-built-part-2/

Would a 5000/9" Elite be more sensitive than a 2300?

Well done! Those are the types of spots we're left to find in known gold areas. The clues may have been removed but you found some that were not picked up before. It has changed the way that I look at a known gold area to keep my head in the game looking around the scrub, rocks and even a few open places.

Ok Arrow users ... what say you?

As I was doing some domestic chores this evening the thought rolled into my head: "What is the smallest coil that was made for the GPX 5000?" When I bought mine in 2010 it came with an 8" Commander coil that was a lot of fun to use. I've since been told that a fair number of them went bad. I think mine is bad now. So that leaves me with larger coils and I think the smallest 'nose' I have is on the Coiltek Platypus coil. That is not very small. What is a killer pointy coil or small coil for the 5000?

I'll make a comparison on my own thread to Western Australia. Wouldn't it be nice if you could do things like this? https://thewest.com.au/business/public-companies/cyclone-metals-unearths-treasure-trove-of-gold-nuggets-c-5526061

If you see this meteorite contact Tucson Meteorites. https://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/stolensa904.htm

Here is an article with some interesting information about possibly reopening a gold mine. I am not so much interested in 'this' mine as much as the author's information about other aspects of mining. How accurate is it? I think there are a few readers here with some competitive knowledge. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/gold-mines-reopening-california/621403/

I hunted my little spot out in the morning and couldn't get any more in the afternoon!

I shirked my fatherly responsibilities today with the help of my wife and I managed a day hunt in Southern California. It is a 3 hour one way drive but today I was pleasantly rewarded. I was using my 7000 with 15/10 Xcoil. The larger nugget was down about 7 inches or so. One of the smaller nuggets was very near the surface under a little bush.

Whenever I have a 'what is it' I go to a local coin dealer/gold buyer and they gladly shoot my material and write me an offer if it is precious metal. I think they are 'fair' with their offers but I haven't sold anything to them yet. I have bought some of their gold coins in the past. They know that is part of their business and service is to make lots of shots with their gun which has now turned into a table model and make lots of offers and sales take place. You will never get a good offer from someone who doesn't know what they are buying. I hope you have gold and silver there.

I tried it there and it wouldn't enlarge. So, it is in English. I was hoping it would say where. It is certainly possible for an AZ nugget to be that big. Ask Kevin Hoagland. My AZ nugget has 8 ozt/22 ozt total weight. I know there are a few diligent AZ nugget hunters who get over 40 ozt per year but all are a couple of ozs or less.

Can anyone enlarge this picture and see where the Coke Can was printed?