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The “Boot of Cortez” Gold Nugget

It has been called the most unusual and attractive large nugget in the World, and at 389.4 ounces Troy (32.4 Troy pounds), it is the largest surviving placer nugget discovered in the Western Hemisphere (The 2nd largest nugget is Alaskan and is almost 100 ounces smaller).

The "Boot of Cortez" measures a stunning 10 3/4 inches in height and 7 1/4 inches in width. The nugget sold for $1,553,500.00 at auction in Dallas, in 2008.
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The solid gold nugget was found in the Mexican Sonora Desert near the Arizona border in 1989. It was found by a local prospector using a metal detector he bought at Radio Shack!
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Enter our Twitter Only Gold Prospecting Vacation Giveaway!
See the AGA press release: http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/36563

GOLD & SILVER Weight Conversions:

15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM

31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE

24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT)

20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE

480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE
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SAVE $100.00 Off Your Alaska
Gold Prospecting Vacation!
http://www.AlaskanGoldAdventures.com

Dubbed the "Eye of the Needle,” this nine-ounce gold and quartz/granite nugget was found at Rich Hill, AZ by Jim Price, and his prospecting partner "Harry."
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Your Personal AGA Prospecting Instructor will TEACH YOU where to find gold and how to recover it!
Email us! info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com
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TOPOGRAPHICAL Gold Claim Types
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Hill Claims—“pay-dirt” in, or under a hill.
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Flat Claims—“pay-dirt” found on flats.
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Bench Claims—“pay-dirt” found in narrow tableland on hill-side, above a river.
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Gulch Claims—“pay-dirt” found in gullies destitute of water during part of the year.
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Bar Claims—gold in low collections of sand, or gravel, in rivers—exposed at low water.
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River-bed Claims—gold in beds of rivers—access gained by turning river from its course.
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Ancient River-bed Claims—gold found in beds of rivers now extinct.

We have even MORE Gold Claims available for 2010, in the beautiful and rugged Bradshaw Mountains! That means more Gold, more Adventure, more Fun!

The metals in gold; Gold purity.

In the United States the purity of gold is designated by karat. Pure gold is 24k, but, because of its softness, it is not suitable for making jewelry. Other metals such as copper, silver, nickel, and zinc are added to gold to strengthen it. What is added and how much is added determine the color and karat of the gold. To make this easier to understand let's take an imaginary ring and examine it.

The color of the metal is immediately apparent. Gold comes in several colors, but let's pretend that this ring is pink gold. Inside the ring is stamped 10k. What do these things tell us? First, that the gold was mixed with copper, silver and zinc to make yellow gold. The pink look was achieved by using a larger quantity of copper.

The 10k mark assures that 41.67% of the metal is pure gold, and the other 58.33% is copper, silver and zinc. It also indicates that the piece was made in America, (other countries do not use 10k).

A 14k stamping would mean that the ring contained 58.33% gold and 41.67% other metals. If the ring was marked 18k, it would contain 75% pure gold and 25% other metals.

In Europe gold is stamped according to its fineness. Pure gold is 1000 fine; 18k gold is 75% or 750 fine. Consequently, an 18k ring made in Europe would be stamped 750.

Terry's "Four Friends," and Mel's "Three Amigos,"
found near Rich Hill, Arizona.

Will You find the next 'WHOPPER' gold nugget with Arizona Gold Adventures? You might! Large gold nuggets like the Two-pound "Tongue Nugget," and the 11-pound "Powerline Nugget" are still being found at Rich Hill!
Call Terry Now at (928) 231-7566
Email: Info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com
See Arizona Gold Adventures featured on BUSINESSWEEK TV! This aired nationally at 11am, on Super Bowl Sunday, 2008.

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The “Normandy Nugget,” was found in a dry stream bed in 1995, near Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia. Weighing in at 25.5 kilograms (56.1 lbs), it is the second largest nugget in the world today having escaped being melted down, and is the 26th largest gold nugget ever discovered. Information published by the University of Southern California, where the 40 million year-old nugget was examined in 1999, showed it to be 80 to 90% high purity gold.
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AGA Prefers your personal check (please allow Five-business days for your check to clear our bank, made payable to: Arizona Gold Adventures Inc.) We also accept United States Postal Service money orders only please.
All Daycation Day Trips and Expeditions must be paid in full prior to fulfillment. Please ask! We love to answer your questions --- We urge you to reserve your dates as far in advance as you can. Call Terry at: 928-231-7566 or Email: Info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com
Print out our Required AGA Liability Waiver/Release and, our AGA Business Agreement here: http://arizonagoldadventures.com/_wsn/page11.html
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*You'll learn Gold Prospecting; Nugget Shooting; Gold Panning; Run a Highbanker; Drywasher; Gold Dredge; Minelab 4000 Metal Detector; Sluice Box; Automated Gold Panning Wheel and More!
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“Roy’s Rocker.” By artist John Agrella

John Agrella, is the California artist and gold prospector commissioned by Pat Keene to paint the famous oil, “The Finney Hole.” John's art was recently featured in Gold Prospector magazine, and his favor among collectors continues to grow. John’s original work, “Roy’s Rocker,” has been released as a fine art lithograph (19" x 28"), and was printed by the renowned Bordeaux Printers, on corniche gloss 100lb paper with fade resistant ink. A limited number of these lithographs have been hand signed by the artist - JUST FOR AGA!
Get yours for just $39.99 – Shipped!
Email Terry Soloman at: info@arizonagoldadventures.com or call 928-231-7566 to get your signed copy while they last!

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Arizona's premier Gold Prospecting School; Day Trip & Vacation provider!

Come out and find a Meteorite with Arizona Meteorite Adventures!
www.ArizonaMeteoriteAdventures.com

Hunt for rare and valuable meteorites with specialized pulse induction and VLF metal detectors in beautiful Arizona!

You’ll be personally instructed by an experienced Arizona Meteorite Adventures meteorite hunter, who will give you valuable tips and help you identify your meteorite finds in the strewnfields of Northwest Arizona, just 1-hour from Laughlin, NV or Kingman, AZ.

Full day adventures with the use of – and training on - cutting edge, specialized meteorite metal detectors start at just $299.00 per person (we give significant discounts for additional guests)! Call Terry at (928) 231-7566 or Email: info@arizonagoldadventures.com

*The “Boot of Cortez” Gold Nugget* It has been called the most unusual and attractive large nugget in the World, and at 389.4 ounces Troy (32.4 Troy pounds), it is the largest surviving placer nugget discovered in the Western Hemisphere *(The 2nd largest nugget is Alaskan and is almost 100 ounces smaller).* The "Boot of Cortez" measures a stunning 10 3/4 inches in height and 7 1/4 inches in width. The nugget sold for $1,553,500.00 at auction in Dallas, in 2008. * The solid gold nugget was found in the Mexican Sonora Desert near the Arizona border in 1989. It was found by a local prospector using a metal detector he bought at Radio Shack! * Enter our Twitter Only Gold Prospecting Vacation Giveaway! See the AGA press release: http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/36563	GOLD & SILVER Weight Conversions: 15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM 31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE 24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT) 20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE *480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE* * SAVE $100.00 Off Your Alaska Gold Prospecting Vacation! http://www.AlaskanGoldAdventures.com
*Dubbed the "Eye of the Needle,” this nine-ounce gold and quartz/granite nugget was found at Rich Hill, AZ by Jim Price, and his prospecting partner "Harry."* * *Your Personal AGA Prospecting Instructor will TEACH YOU where to find gold and how to recover it!* *Email us!* *info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com* * *TOPOGRAPHICAL Gold Claim Types* * Hill Claims—“pay-dirt” in, or under a hill. * Flat Claims—“pay-dirt” found on flats. * Bench Claims—“pay-dirt” found in narrow tableland on hill-side, above a river. * Gulch Claims—“pay-dirt” found in gullies destitute of water during part of the year. * Bar Claims—gold in low collections of sand, or gravel, in rivers—exposed at low water. * River-bed Claims—gold in beds of rivers—access gained by turning river from its course. * Ancient River-bed Claims—gold found in beds of rivers now extinct.	We have even MORE Gold Claims available for 2010, in the beautiful and rugged Bradshaw Mountains! That means more Gold, more Adventure, more Fun! The metals in gold; Gold purity. In the United States the purity of gold is designated by karat. Pure gold is 24k, but, because of its softness, it is not suitable for making jewelry. Other metals such as copper, silver, nickel, and zinc are added to gold to strengthen it. What is added and how much is added determine the color and karat of the gold. To make this easier to understand let's take an imaginary ring and examine it. The color of the metal is immediately apparent. Gold comes in several colors, but let's pretend that this ring is pink gold. Inside the ring is stamped 10k. What do these things tell us? First, that the gold was mixed with copper, silver and zinc to make yellow gold. The pink look was achieved by using a larger quantity of copper. The 10k mark assures that 41.67% of the metal is pure gold, and the other 58.33% is copper, silver and zinc. It also indicates that the piece was made in America, (other countries do not use 10k). A 14k stamping would mean that the ring contained 58.33% gold and 41.67% other metals. If the ring was marked 18k, it would contain 75% pure gold and 25% other metals. In Europe gold is stamped according to its fineness. Pure gold is 1000 fine; 18k gold is 75% or 750 fine. Consequently, an 18k ring made in Europe would be stamped 750.
Terry's "Four Friends," and Mel's "Three Amigos," found near Rich Hill, Arizona.	Will You find the next 'WHOPPER' gold nugget with Arizona Gold Adventures? You might! Large gold nuggets like the Two-pound "Tongue Nugget," and the 11-pound "Powerline Nugget" are still being found at Rich Hill! Call Terry Now at (928) 231-7566 Email: Info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com See Arizona Gold Adventures featured on BUSINESSWEEK TV! This aired nationally at 11am, on Super Bowl Sunday, 2008.
* The “Normandy Nugget,” was found in a dry stream bed in 1995, near Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia. Weighing in at 25.5 kilograms (56.1 lbs), it is the second largest nugget in the world today having escaped being melted down, and is the 26th largest gold nugget ever discovered. Information published by the University of Southern California, where the 40 million year-old nugget was examined in 1999, showed it to be 80 to 90% high purity gold. * AGA Prefers your personal check (please allow Five-business days for your check to clear our bank, made payable to: Arizona Gold Adventures Inc.) We also accept United States Postal Service money orders only please. All Daycation Day Trips and Expeditions must be paid in full prior to fulfillment. Please ask! We love to answer your questions --- We urge you to reserve your dates as far in advance as you can. Call Terry at: 928-231-7566 or Email: Info@ArizonaGoldAdventures.com Print out our Required AGA Liability Waiver/Release and, our AGA Business Agreement here: http://arizonagoldadventures.com/_wsn/page11.html * **You'll learn Gold Prospecting; Nugget Shooting; Gold Panning; Run a Highbanker; Drywasher; Gold Dredge; Minelab 4000 Metal Detector; Sluice Box; Automated Gold Panning Wheel and More!* metal detector, metal detecting, Arizona, Stanton,ust, prospecting, prospector, hunter, au, rock hound, snipe, crevice, panning, sluice, highbanker, high banking, dredge, blm, unpatented, patented, mining claim, claims, gold claim, staking a mining claim, southwest, miner, Phoenix, adventure, minelab, tesoro, whites, keene, Rich Hill, Octave, Weaver creek, antelope creek, gold fever, America, forum, lode, placer, drift, tunnel, mill site, back hoe, long tom, mercury, specimen, supplies.	“Roy’s Rocker.” By artist John Agrella John Agrella, is the California artist and gold prospector commissioned by Pat Keene to paint the famous oil, “The Finney Hole.” John's art was recently featured in Gold Prospector magazine, and his favor among collectors continues to grow. John’s original work, “Roy’s Rocker,” *has been released as a fine art lithograph* (19" x 28"), and was printed by the renowned Bordeaux Printers, on corniche gloss 100lb paper with fade resistant ink. A limited number of these lithographs have been hand signed by the artist - JUST FOR AGA! *Get yours for* just $39.99 – Shipped! *Email Terry Soloman at:* *info@arizonagoldadventures.com* or call 928-231-7566 **to get your signed copy while they last!**
www.ArizonaGoldAdventures.com Arizona's premier Gold Prospecting School; Day Trip & Vacation provider!	Come out and find a Meteorite with Arizona Meteorite Adventures! www.ArizonaMeteoriteAdventures.com
	Hunt for rare and valuable meteorites with specialized pulse induction and VLF metal detectors in beautiful Arizona! You’ll be personally instructed by an experienced Arizona Meteorite Adventures meteorite hunter, who will give you valuable tips and help you identify your meteorite finds in the strewnfields of Northwest Arizona, just 1-hour from Laughlin, NV or Kingman, AZ. Full day adventures with the use of – and training on - cutting edge, specialized meteorite metal detectors start at just $299.00 per person (we give significant discounts for additional guests)! Call Terry at (928) 231-7566 or Email: info@arizonagoldadventures.com

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