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Picks & Pans: Lost Below
December 2001 by Reggie Gould

Over the Divide
H. Mason Coggin
1938-2000
Ask The Experts
Is this a valid claim?
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Exploring Snakehead

Legislative and Regulatory Update
Prospecting Underground: Use Caution
In underground placer work, the contact point of the bedrock tunnel and the gravel is a very weak point and always has to be timbered. The bedrock here is thin, fractured, and the gravels loose from many years of oxidizing.
An Interview with Minelab Engineer Mark Lawrie
The design of metal detectors well-suited for prospecting is an interesting process and not necessarily an easy one to achieve. It is a combination that blends the desires of what prospectors would like, the requirements of sales people and dealers, with the science and physics of what the electronics can achieve.
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