Big iron signal

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With the AT Pro today....!:laughing7:
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What is that exactly...grape shot and then what? Im sure that is a huge find back east...just not familiar being from out west.
 

Wow!!! Congrats!!!
 

What is that exactly...grape shot and then what? Im sure that is a huge find back east...just not familiar being from out west.
Milling balls
 

Once you get that iron cleared out, you can find the good stuff...yeah, right.
 

That's not big iron that's huge iron
 

and you got the balls to it.
 

Tthose are mill balls used in mining operations.
 

Yep it is a pile of iron balls from an old ball mill, similar to this one:
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The ore is placed in the ball mill with the balls and rotated slowly until the ore was pulverized and the free gold could then be seperated.

Not sure what the large propeller like iron piece is on the balls, but I have seen similar parts at other old gold mill sites.
 

Thanks for sharing.
 

The AT loves iron wish they were graoe shot
 

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