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Somebody sure grabbed a big haul of the shiny stuff yesterday. Police in New York City looking for thief who lifted bucket of gold flakes worth $1.6 million off armored truck - AP http://abcn.ws/2gjZPiP

If you want to do some serious prospecting, and if you're willing to shovel some pay dirt, then you might want to give sluicing a go. This sluice was build by Mudguts - who is well-known in this forum, and includes a powerful petrol-powered water pump complete with hoses. I'm pricing it at $300...

I have my two-coil X-terra 705 for sale. It has the two coils, one for gold and the other for finding knick-knacks, artefacts or on the beach. Don't buy a crappy Chinese-made knockoff, buy a real Minelab metal detector. Asking $500, but I'll negotiate if you're nice about it. David, Cherrybrook...

An East Kimberley prospector says the mining downturn is forcing more people to go in search of gold to make ends meet. Martin Ynema owns mining leases around the old Halls Creek town site, the birthplace of Western Australia's gold rush in the late 1800s. Read the full story below...

Some lucky person managed to unearth this 9.1 Kilo gold nugget near the town of Ruby in Alaska. It weighs a whopping 294.10 troy ounces, which makes this lovely nugget the biggest one ever found in Alaska. Isn't it a (not so) little beauty? :lol: Source: Facebook. http://on.fb.me/1PAY3AG

I thought you guys would drool over the thought of this giant 2 Kg nugget being forgotten for decades in a wooden box. http://ab.co/1NSzsdO

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http://ab.co/1Qx6C3Q Gold Coast fossickers are getting their detectors ready. Read the story here on ABC News. http://ab.co/1Qx6C3Q

New discovery, in the news today: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-19/researchers-discover-a-way-to-remove-mercury-from-water/6865462

I just found this video on Youtube. I covers some fantastic finds in the USA and in the UK.

Heaps of glittering booty for this treasure-hunting family... :D http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-29/treasure-hunter-family-find-1m-booty/6655464

I want to prospect for gold nuggets, mostly in NSW but possibly in Vic or Qld as well. Which of the two gold detectors would you recommend to a newbie? :8 Thanks, guys...

Hi Folks, I am so glad to have found this forum. I am an utter newcomer to the hobby/obsession of fossicking/prospecting. I have vaguely wondered about it in the past but now I have purchased a pre-loved Minelab Xterra 705 off fleabay, and I have quickly scanned through the manual. I probably...