Cuba?

47thelement

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DewGuru

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It's been hunted for years ... no honey holes here.
 

timemachine

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It's been hunted for years ... no honey holes here.

Who has it really been hunted by in the past 50yrs? It might be worth a cheap vacation to couch surf or room rent for a bit to give it a try. There's an opportunity for a lot of short term sublets on Airbnb according to NPR. I'm guessing there's gotta be some old stuff burried out there; maybe not recent coinage, but then again, who cares about that! :p
 

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Do you think Cubans don't know about metal detectors? They snorkel and dive the beaches too.
 

zigzag

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Seems to me with many of the sanctions against Cuba being relaxed and limited travel being allowed, the 1st one to cuba's beaches is going to find some bling. Judging by their cars, I'm pretty sure they don't have very good water machines, if any.

Getting it home, that's another story

Judging by their cars, they don't have gold either.
 

SouthFLdigger

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Hmm Cubans have Excalibur's and CZ-20 sent over by families here, they enjoy detecting as much as us. The crowd is simply much smaller than what we have here in the states per capita. However due to the small relative population of detectorists over-there the beaches should be quite full of jewelry, trust me i know this. I'm Cuban and know that small group of hobbyists..
 

SouthFLdigger

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Judging by their cars, they don't have gold either.

Gold 15-20 years ago was very cheap in Cuba, and big jewelry was very fashionable and common. It should be ubiquitous in the hardpan down there, especially in the tourists beaches.
 

Jim in MA

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The whole world vacations in Cuba except for US citizens.
 

PI PETE

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Good point Jim in MA
 

SouthFLdigger

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The whole world vacations in Cuba except for US citizens.

Yup they are a subculture in their own land, thanks to that oppressive government.
 

CASPER-2

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YUP - LOTS OF CANADIANS AS WELL AS EUROPEANS - BUT I THINK ITS TOUGH GETTING OUT WITH GOLD
LOCALS WOULD NOT HAVE A PROB - BUT THOUGHT A GUY TOLD ME YRS AGO HE WAS STOPPED AND GOLD THEY CAME ACROSS WAS CONFISCATED - LUCKILY HE DID NOT PUT ALL HIS EGGS IN ONE BASKET - I DONT EITHER - I WILL WEAR SOME - MY GAL WILL WEAR SOME AND I WILL HIDE SOME IN DIRTY LAUNDRY IF I HAVE TO.

The whole world vacations in Cuba except for US citizens.
 

sexton

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I WILL WEAR SOME - MY GAL WILL WEAR SOME AND I WILL HIDE SOME IN DIRTY LAUNDRY IF I HAVE TO.[/QUOTE]

so Casper when are you off to Cuba.
We have plans for September
 

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