Metal Detector

[Tom Herman]

Gussy there are some good piles in Wyoming on Rock Creek where the Mormon was buried. The only problem is the DNR wont let you dig in those tailing piles because of the mercury used back then.

That's unfortunate! Mercury is only a problem when it enters the food chain... I would think that they WANT people finding and recovering it... I knew a fellow that collected Gold back East in the Carolinas: He would regularly dredge, and look down and see his face in a Mercury mirror pool in the stream beds. Mercury recovered, problem gone.
When they dredged Suak Creek (?) over near Blewitt Pass, they didn't bother figuring out how to hold onto monster nuggets, so all the biggies went over the side...