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There's plenty still out there Alex. My hobby (a.k.a. obsession) before astronomy was prospecting in the Victorian golden triangle (Ballarat to Bendigo).
You couldn't make a living off what I found over the years but I have sold a few thousand worth of gold off and have a bit under an ounce left at home.
Overall though I would have spent more on travel and 'toys' than I actually found.
I was once invited on a metal detecting trip to outback WA with a group of guys that had been doing it for years. Basically they picked a patch of ground a 1000m x 500m and detected it.....then had a bulldozer take of the top layer of soil and they detected it again.....they kept doing this for their 4 week trip. I didn't go with them but from what I was told they more or less always found enough gold to cover their 'costs' and sometimes came away with a bit of a profit each.
Sell the scope mate.......there's a fortune to be made! hahahahaha
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