leadnugget
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many people curse the trash when nugget hunting. i like it, (as long as its old trash)
it means the area is not hunted out.
sometime back i was hunting an area and finding bits of iron, i thought maybe parts from a dry washer.
turns out they are from prince Albert tobacco cans.
the old timers would sometimes put there claim paperwork in the can and put it in the rock cairns marking the claims.
i have found a few over the years but this one put me on some gold.
i blocked out the name of the seller and buyer as the info is google-able and im not done with the area.
the old can has a scratched in date of 1933 DEC 5, hard to see. that was the low point of the Great Depression.
life had to be hard back then.
i like history and reading up on old mines and miners. this can and paperwork are as good as gold to me.
the miner lived a good long life, but met a harsh end. i even know where he is buried.
i hope some day when im done i can reveal his name.
it means the area is not hunted out.
sometime back i was hunting an area and finding bits of iron, i thought maybe parts from a dry washer.
turns out they are from prince Albert tobacco cans.
the old timers would sometimes put there claim paperwork in the can and put it in the rock cairns marking the claims.
i have found a few over the years but this one put me on some gold.
i blocked out the name of the seller and buyer as the info is google-able and im not done with the area.
the old can has a scratched in date of 1933 DEC 5, hard to see. that was the low point of the Great Depression.
life had to be hard back then.
i like history and reading up on old mines and miners. this can and paperwork are as good as gold to me.
the miner lived a good long life, but met a harsh end. i even know where he is buried.
i hope some day when im done i can reveal his name.
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