Nugget Shooter 4,614 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 OK all, so I bet most of you have dug little bits of wires that almost look to screws, but have no head on them. They give a great signal and I have found them in most goldfields I have hunted over the years. So what are they? well I got this email and photo from a friend in Australia yesterday after showing on in my video.. I would have never guessed, but there they are! Hello Bill, despite knowing that it's not that important, I am sending You a photo of part of a leather boot upper with those wire bits still attached.I found it on diggings.In my childhood days remember watching a cobbler using wood splinters for the same purpose while waiting for a repair.It was in Prague and he called those bits of wood - flocks originating from German word for it.(early 1950)He would use dozens in a single sole.That is why there is so many of them scattered around. Itching to go bush detecting ,or panning, but we are in lock down ,regards George 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nugget108 1,736 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thanks Bill!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,836 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I was out with Bob G. up by rich hill and found a bunch of them. Thats what he told me also, German. Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 318 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thanks Bill, I have also found them and often wondered . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LipCa 357 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 With 30 years of detecting in extreme northern California, I have never dug one of those. Watch, I'll dig one tomorrow....... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pairadiceau 185 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Bill, Great story, it is nice to learn something daily, even about a headless screw in a shew. Thanks for sharing it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adam 3,127 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I have founds so many of those, always figured they were a broken screw ......Good stuff Bill...... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NvAuMiner 393 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Thanks Bill !! That is a mystery solved. . . I have found a couple of them and always wondered what they were. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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