Prospecting & Detecting
Extracting & Smelting Your Gold
February 2013 by Gus Peppley
Unfortunately, not all the gold that we prospectors find is pretty, or appealing to the eyes. They are not all nice, bright, shiny nuggets with lots of character that carry high collector value.
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