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Picks & Pans: The Professional Nuggetshooter
September 2002 by Jim Straight
I recently returned from a nugget-shooting trip somewhere in the extensive Basin Range of Nevada. While there, I happened to meet “Young Fella,” a professional nuggetshooter.
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