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LBD		Posted : Friday, 16 January 2015 6:17:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 101 Location: PhuBia...for a change Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 43 time(s) in 33 post(s)		I saw in another post about some areas where Iron sands are a problem... so... Has anyone used a detector to determine irons sand streaks in gold bearing rivers... would that work?

c4bb0ose		Posted : Friday, 16 January 2015 8:13:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 97 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 32 time(s) in 29 post(s)		You could get a sense of the general area the black sand is in sure, with mine at least it signals even when you are not moving it.