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February 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 6)

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Featured Article from the February 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 6)
Lots of prospectors are trying out nugget detecting for the first time and finding out that it isn’t all that easy. In fact, in my opinion, metal detecting for nuggets is perhaps the most difficult form of prospecting that one can take on.

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