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A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
June 2003 by Jim Straight
The diverse minerals, salts, and moisture, plus any halo effect, and old-timer trash, especially decomposing iron artifacts, are often found in any dry placer gold field and can really mask the “penetration powers” of a detector.The Bawl Mill
Pentagon Debuts Its New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider
Fortymile, Alaska Prospecting Adventure

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• Here we go round Obamacare...
• Care packages for al-Qaeda?
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have been concerned for some time about the growing roster of laws, rules and regulations under which the entire industrial complex must operate…
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• IRS: Please hold for the next available tax year
• Save it for a rainy day
• Judge has no patience for slow data delivery
ICMJ 9th Annual Photo Contest Results
See the top 10 winners!
MMAC Update
Within these districts, some of the roads and trails have been reopened for access, critical habitat designations have been scaled back, and a few Mining Districts were completely removed from proposed withdrawals.
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• City Gives Blessing to Pogo Mine
• Underground at Yankee Jim's
• Dry Placers in Southern Baja
• Gold in Tennessee
• Old Stock Certificates—Treasures or Trash?
• Payette Forest Sides With Mining Company
• Using Mineral Deposit Models
• Miners Still Waiting for Bonding Recommendations from DOI
• The Old Mine Dump
• A Practical Approach to Dowsing
• Feds Release Opinion on Planned Mine Under Montana Wilderness
• The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices