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GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds
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<blockquote data-quote="SinHof" data-source="post: 285286" data-attributes="member: 972"><p>Northeast wrote; It makes me wonder if the old blokes spent more time chasing gold or shooting at stuff!!</p><p></p><p>A large percentage of the lead we pick up while detecting comes from what the old timers called the "evening thunder"by all accounts this was a regular event around sun down where the old miners would discharge their firearms into the air. Apparently this was done for two reasons, one, to make sure their black powder was dry and secondly and probably more important to let any would be robbers know that they were armed.</p><p>A bit of interesting history.</p><p>SinHof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SinHof, post: 285286, member: 972"] Northeast wrote; It makes me wonder if the old blokes spent more time chasing gold or shooting at stuff!! A large percentage of the lead we pick up while detecting comes from what the old timers called the "evening thunder"by all accounts this was a regular event around sun down where the old miners would discharge their firearms into the air. Apparently this was done for two reasons, one, to make sure their black powder was dry and secondly and probably more important to let any would be robbers know that they were armed. A bit of interesting history. SinHof. [/QUOTE]
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