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Ganes Creek Hits 10 Years—Part I

May 2012 by Steve Herschbach

Find huge gold nuggets with your metal detector! That has been the promise, and for a lucky group of detectorists in the Ganes Creek “Pound Club” the reality of finding gold at Ganes Creek, Alaska.

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