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Success With A Detector
May 2008 by Jonathan Porter
I’m often asked, "What is the single most important skill to be successful at metal detecting?"
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Melman on Gold & Silver
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Liberty and the Phoenix Mine
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Liberty, Washington is located in the mountains near Yakima and Ellensburg. There is nothing much in Liberty except for about 20 houses on patented mining claims and a lot of dry holes.
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Melman on Gold & Silver
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No single factor has been as important in the control of inflationary pressures over the past few years as the decline in commodity prices. As long as the cost of raw materials was declining, industry was able to produce goods with minimal increases in price.
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• Three strikes and you're out!
• Your share of the National Debt
• April 15 wasn't just the deadline for taxpayers
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