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papaharley03

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• Feb 6, 2015

• #1

Why can't this happen to me?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinese-herdsman-stumbles-onto-a-17-pound-gold-nugget-2015-02-05

 

TECTONATOR

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• Feb 6, 2015

• #2

I wonder if the PRC let the farmer keep it.
Probably sits on the desk of Xi Jinping right now as a paper weight.

 

DuncanIdaho

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• Feb 8, 2015

• #3

TECTONATOR said:

I wonder if the PRC let the farmer keep it.
Probably sits on the desk of Xi Jinping right now as a paper weight.

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thats the first thing i thought also...

 

scorpionman

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• Feb 8, 2015

• #4

Mine?

Nice nugget, wish I would have found one like that when I was placer mining. Would have loved to trip on that chunk.