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Metal Detecting for Gold
An interesting find, or a cruel joke?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 668232" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Jokes or hoaxes are not uncommon. </p><p>Remember back prospecting in the Wedderburn area back in the 80s. I drove down a road and saw a mining claim with some people working it in a fenced private property. I stopped the car and reasoned there was nothing to stop me detecting outside the fence.</p><p>After a few minutes I couldn't believe my eyes, there was gold studded quartz everywhere. I picked one lump up but quickly realised that it was only gold painted.</p><p>I imagined the mirth of the claim operators who might have been watching the event from their cover so I made a point of carefully placing it on the gate post leading into the property, giving them a "got me" wave and moving on.</p><p>Another instance I recall was up at Kingower where someone was reported as having gone to a lot of trouble of planting many metal tokens with I think "Dickhead" imprinted on them. Never actually found one myself but widely reported at the time. If anyone has one should be a collectible piece of folklore now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 668232, member: 4728"] Jokes or hoaxes are not uncommon. Remember back prospecting in the Wedderburn area back in the 80s. I drove down a road and saw a mining claim with some people working it in a fenced private property. I stopped the car and reasoned there was nothing to stop me detecting outside the fence. After a few minutes I couldn't believe my eyes, there was gold studded quartz everywhere. I picked one lump up but quickly realised that it was only gold painted. I imagined the mirth of the claim operators who might have been watching the event from their cover so I made a point of carefully placing it on the gate post leading into the property, giving them a "got me" wave and moving on. Another instance I recall was up at Kingower where someone was reported as having gone to a lot of trouble of planting many metal tokens with I think "Dickhead" imprinted on them. Never actually found one myself but widely reported at the time. If anyone has one should be a collectible piece of folklore now. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detecting for Gold
An interesting find, or a cruel joke?
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