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Irish Gold
1864hatter  
Posted : Thursday, 19 April 2012 11:41:35 AM(UTC)
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Have a look at this video, I found it pretty cool. Its about gold that was fairly recently discovered in Ireland


http://www.youtube.com/w...ext=G2ffab18RVAAAAAAAACg
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Thursday, 19 April 2012 2:30:19 PM(UTC)
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Great stuff Matt - always wanted to have a look at Ireland!

I noted that his underground vein assayed very highly while the open cast mine assayed quite low and one does wonder just how narrow the actual profit/loss margins are so that deposits once considered totally worthless and now financially viable and indeed highly profitable.
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Posted : Friday, 20 April 2012 10:12:12 AM(UTC)
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Very interesting clip-thank you.Someone was trying (unsucessfully) to sell a small piece of Irish gold on e-bay recently.

If you scroll to the bottom of the attached page there is some history (religious and geological) about the area it was found in.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/...4&_trksid=p2992.m753
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