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Picks & Pans: Nuggets by the Dozen in Alaska

Jeff Reed may be Alaska’s top nugget hunter, or maybe he’s one of many. He doesn’t get skunked too often. In the past two years, he’s estimated he’s found about 3,000 gold nuggets primarily at the...

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Flat-Fault Gold in Sonora, Mexico


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Picks & Pans: Working the Ol' Paystreak


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