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I made my wife a necklace like this a few years back . I didn't fill it full of gold nuggets,because I added in a couple of raw diamonds,a couple of rubies ,one emerald and one small jade nugget ,kinda pretty if I do say so myself .


http://www.minerskeepers.com/gold-n...ry-GNJOR14.html

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Christmas is coming up ,,Send the Old Prospector a donation to the cause ,,,Hint,hint ,lol


http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/jo2bagodr.html

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Well the wife called me awhile ago ,said she and her friend were going to stop at Hobby Lobby . I ask her to see if they had any leather carving kits there . She said I needed to give up my hobbies like prospecting,hunting,etc,,,,,, that woman is walking on very dangerous ground now . lol

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If you look at this nugget you can see the quartz rock still "Infused " in it ,, My problem is I got some rocks with just tiny specks of gold holding to the rock ,lol

http://www.minerskeepers.com/gold-nugget-GN1185.html

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Christmas is coming up ,,Send the Old Prospector a donation to the cause ,,,Hint,hint ,lol


http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/jo2bagodr.html

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I'm a thinkin that this will be my next toy ,,,called the lazy mans panner ,lol



http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/goldgenie.html

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I've been reading and looking at pics in several state GPAA groups ,Pa.,Ia.,Mt.,Id., I hope to make it out to some them this coming year . If any of you want to see your state club info ,just post on here your question . PS ,,I forgot that I was looking at Tn. too.

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The guy that runs this business and website is a good guy to deal with ,,name is Harrigan .


http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/questionofweek.html

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Got an E Mail today from the GPAA that said ,if you call this number 888-GOLD-717 you can buy someone a membership for $55.00 thats 33% savings. Now here's the catch you have to call before Dec.20,2013 ,and it only going to be good for the first 500 callers , man that is cheap but you will have to pay like ten bucks or so shipping . You get a gold pan, the miners guide ,a years subscription to the magazine ,ballcap,sucker bottle etc . They got some deals going on now so do your thing and call ,,I'm going to just to get a cheap year bought . Have your wife to call and put it in your name is the way to do it .

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This is the kit that you get when you sign up to the GPAA .






http://www.goldprospectors.org/Memb...50/Default.aspx

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Here is a nice little deal , I have two of those little sluices that i can run at the same time .



http://www.goldprospectors.org/memb...amp;RANGE=1/12#

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Once you get started in prospecting,you can't go without a good backpack setup somewhat like this . My pack is larger than this one so I carry 2 pans and a 1/2 inch classifying screen . Your pack needs lots of pockets for extra goodies like insect repellant,firstaid kit etc. Throw it on your back ,grab you 5 gal. bucket and shovel and head out.



http://www.legendsprospectingsuppli...p;productId=174

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Backpack ,did I mention pockets ,lots of pockets and several ziplock baggies . Yup pockets ,lol

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I think I may have touched on this subject abit , You have different sizes of classifying screens ,I have a 1/2 inch screen ,then I have a #4,#8 and a #32 I think. The #32 gets that really fine stuff but they make finer mesh screens like #50,#100,that magnifying glass small . Here is an example of different size screened gold .

http://www.minerskeepers.com/natura...ggets-GNSG.html

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Chuck what is the largest gold nugget ever found? And where? Thanks.

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Tim the largest ever recorded was a nugget found in Australia that weighed over 630 lbs yep pounds , Here is a pic of another Aussie nugget ,, weighing well over 200 lbs .


http://www.prlog.org/11332023-large...d-of-faith.html


Now the biggest nuggets that I have personally held in my 2 hands were pipsqueaks compared to those ,one was 4 lbs ,one weighed 6 lbs and one other was like 6 1/2 lbs .

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/..._n_2496663.html



Poor little thing ,,lol

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Thanks I can think of a few words but WOW sums it up for me.

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Thanks I can think of a few words but WOW sums it up for me.

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Did any of you guys call the GPAA about the 55.00 dollar membership ? I tried but it was for new members only ,so my wife got me a deal of 2 more years added to my current membership . Boys Spring can't get here quick enough for me ,so I can go on the hunt for those old yellowstones ,lol

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Did any of you guys call the GPAA about the 55.00 dollar membership ? I tried but it was for new members only ,so my wife got me a deal of 2 more years added to my current membership . Boys Spring can't get here quick enough for me ,so I can go on the hunt for those old yellowstones ,lol

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http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8927086896656_2271_1464485

If you look at the pan you can see the black/magnetic sand that is 99% associated with the gold .

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More of that pretty yellow stuff .

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8927086896656_2271_5763711

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Good stuff chuck. IM gonna find some this spring by ned.

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Dawg, I'm praying for an early thaw ,lol

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