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Prospecting & Detecting

What Equipment Do I Need?

October 2014 by Chris Ralph

Getting started in prospecting often requires the purchase of some equipment, but one can spend as little as $10 and be finding gold or spend thousands and also be finding gold—yet you will probably have many more opportunities and possibilities with more and better equipment.

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