Gold Seeker

You can use old wader material for patches if needed, just make sure you clean all the areas well before gluing.

Aquaseal is what almost everyone uses to repair wetsuit, waders, boots etc. they have a different formula for wetsuit/waders and shoe/boots, they sell a wader repair kit, just search for aquaseal wader repair kit.

Well I'm glad you used your own terminology instead of his "stay top" because that would have been even more unclear to me, at least I sorta figured out what you meant !! LOL But thanks for the education now I have heard both terminologies.

It does appear to be a "no stems" variety, which had 1/100 instead of 1/000. No stems variety https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1802-1c-no-stems-rb/1477 1/000 variety https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1802-1c-1-000-rb/1474

I assumed that's what he was talking about but I have never heard them called that, just wanted him to clarify on what seems to be a made up phrase.

Congratulations on the gold!! Can you tell us what a "stay-tab" is, this is the first I've heard that phrase?

The Haile gold mine in South Carolina has mined over 1,00,000 ounces of gold since reopening in 2017, in September of 2023 they poured their 1,00,000th ounce of gold, in 2024 they mined another 220,000 ounces of gold, and they're still producing today, so I'm sure they are close to or over the 1.5 million ounces mark. https://hailegoldmine.com/2023/10/01/haile-pours-one-millionth-ounce/

My condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to Gary's family and friends, I have read most all he has ever posted on various forums for over 20 years.

Stories like that is going to make it even harder to get permission from property owners after all these new "prospectors" go trespassing looking for gold, no one is telling these new people the "rules" that we all learned by doing due diligence, many of them will go out there and start panning in creeks that are on private property. The one guy mentioned in that article Luke Phillips that found the 21 ounce nugget found that in Australia but that wasn't mentioned in the article, they stated it like it was in the USA like all the rest of the people mentioned in the article, the guy in NC, Will Smith who said he found his biggest piece in Nash County, Nash County is not in the main part of the gold belt of NC but there is some scattered gold in that area but all I have ever heard of was very fine gold, I can't say he didn't find a nugget in Nash County but I highly doubt if he did it wasn't very big, maybe a gram or so and I doubt he will ever find another there, also they showed a photo of a guy holding some ounce plus specimens pieces but the text below the photo is quoting a statement by Will which will make people think those are the nuggets he found. But that article was written by the Daily Mail which is in the UK so they don't really care what happens over here as long as they get a story out of it!

Most of central and north Georgia is nothing but red clay, I grew up in Atlanta and always had red stains from red clay on the knees back side of my pants!!

There gold to be found in several states but Alabama would be one of my last choices for trying to find a nugget, not because you couldn't find a nugget there but mainly because the gold bearing areas of Alabama and Tennessee cover less area than gold bearing areas of NC, Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina, there's also gold bearing areas in New England, BUT as mentioned in the beginning of this topic is that most gold bearing areas on the east coast and southeast are on private property with a few National Forest, National and State Parks, etc. that are off limits, so the best bet is going somewhere you can get permission to prospect on private property, which is usually fruitless unless you live in the area and know people. Edit: Here's some maps showing the approximate location of the Appalachian/Southeastern Gold Belts. What is not shown in either of these maps is that the extreme southeastern part of Tennessee has gold deposits.

Just a word of warning about Uwharrie National Forest...DO NOT take a metal into there, if they catch you in there with a metal detector even if you never take it out of your vehicle, they will confiscate it and ticket you, and you will not be able to get the detector back, it will be gone. That being said you can pan for gold there and it's possible you could find a nugget there but it's been years since I have heard of a nugget being found in there. Most of the gold in NC has been found closer to the Charlotte area.

I have always heard that small meteorites aren't very hot if at all at the point they reach the ground, a big one may retain some of the heat gained on going through our atmosphere, but from what I have read small ones lose that heat very rapidly once they get through the outer atmosphere. So since the Tesla wasn't totally destroyed it would of been a small one so I doubt the glass could of been melted by a meteorite. Hopefully they recover pieces if whatever it was so we all will know!

The brass disc might be a expansion/freeze plug. https://thejeepsterman.com/products/expansion-freeze-plug-1-25-1941-1971-willys-and-jeep-with-4-134-engine-941998?srsltid=AfmBOoq78UkKq67ZZWe6K75Z4-wm3sw029QDWYSgrW-gRaaGu_Z2OvQX

I only made abut 4 minutes in before I quit watching.