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Precious Rocks, Gems and Minerals Magazine Partwork, Sample of Spanish Gold

Posted on September 19, 2010 by MetalDetecting

A new partwork, called Precious Rocks, Gems and Minerals, caught my eye at the news agents today. On the cover, a small bottle containing pieces of gold leaf: The gold in the bottle was mined at Spain’s Rio Tinto mines, … Continue reading →

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Alan Turing’s Silver Bars – Story From an Old Issue of Treasure Hunting?

Posted on September 17, 2010 by MetalDetecting

Anybody remember this story? Alan Turing, the genius who cracked the German Enigma coding machines, was said to have converted all of his money into silver bars and then concealed them somewhere in Bletchley Park. At the end of the … Continue reading →

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The Return of a Legend – Arado Metal Detectors Back in Business!

Posted on September 6, 2010 by MetalDetecting

If it was April I would suspect an elaborate April Fool’s joke, but this seems to for real – Arado are making a new metal detector! The Arado 120B is the stuff of legend, almost 30 years later, the original … Continue reading →

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