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AI is helping hunt for extraterrestrial life — and it’s found 8 strange new signals

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AI’s aƄility to identify ‘technosignatures’ мissed Ƅy classical algorithмs is an exciting step forward for radio astronoмers.   Soмe 540 мillion years ago, diʋerse life forмs suddenly Ƅegan to eмerge froм the мuddy ocean floors of planet Earth. This period is known as the Caмbrian Explosion, and these aquatic critters are our ancient ancestors.   All coмplex life on Earth eʋolʋed froм these underwater creatures. Scientists Ƅelieʋe all it took was an eʋer-so-slight increase in ocean oxygen leʋels aƄoʋe a certain threshold. We мay now Ƅe in the мidst of a Caмbrian Explosion for artificial intelligence (AI). In the past few years, a Ƅurst of incrediƄly capaƄle AI prograмs like Midjourney, DALL-E 2, and ChatGPT haʋe showcased the rapid progress we’ʋe мade in мachine learning. AI is now used in ʋirtually all areas of science to help researchers with routine classification tasks. It’s also helping our teaм of radio astronoмers broaden the search for extraterrestrial l...

Two gold nuggets worth $350,000 found in Australia

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Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets while on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters Two gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia. Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets near goldmining town Tarnagulla in Victoria state. Their lucky find was shown on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters, which aired on Thursday. The men dug up the ground and used metal detectors to detect gold in the area. “These are definitely one of the most significant finds,” Ethan West said, according to CNN. “To have two large chunks in one day is quite amazing.” They found the nugget s, which have a combined weight of 3.5kg (7.7lb), in a number of hours with the help of Mr West’s father, according to the Discovery Channel which airs the programme. The nuggets weigh around 3.5kg (7.7 lb) in combined weight The show, which is also broadcast in the UK, follows teams of gold prosp...

Huge gold nugget is found buried in a secret location in Australia – and it could be worth thousands of dollars

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A gold prospector has found a gold nugget worth $4,000 buried two feet underground. The prospector, known as Bill M, found the 50g nugget on a private property in the Ballarat area, south-west Victoria, last week. The exact location remains a secret. He shared a photo of the nugget to Australian Facebook group Detecting Downunder. The prospector, known as Bill M, found the 50g nugget (pictured) on a private property in the Ballarat area, south-west Victoria ‘This is straight from a main gold reef and Bill looks like he’s onto something special. It was found about two feet (60cm) down.’ A gold reef is where a large amount of gold is found encased underground in the rock it was formed in. The community of treasure hunters weighed in on the find. ‘Just wondering what a nugget of that size is worth ? one user asked. The group administrator answered: ‘At the current gold price of $82 per gram, it’s worth around $4k. Not a bad...

Massive gold-encrusted rocks worth millions found in Australia

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Miners have discovered two massive gold-encrusted rocks estimated to be worth millions of dollars each in Western Australia. The biggest weighed 95kg (210lb) and was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold. Canadian mining company RNC Minerals said it had extracted gold worth £9m from a mine near Kalgoorlie and the find was “extremely rare”. The second rock yielded around 1,600 ounces of gold and weighed in at 63kg (138lb). Professor Sam Spearing, director of the Western Australia School of Mines, said: “People do still record finding nuggets in goldfields, but typically they are less than several ounces. “Very, very seldom do we see results on that level. This is an exceedingly rare find and very exciting.” The Beta Hunt mine, where the giant nuggets were found , had been used to extract nickel until the discovery last week. Over the past week, approximately 9,250 ounces of high-grade gold was produced from the mine....

Britain’s biggest ever gold nugget worth £50,000 found in Scottish river

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But one lucky explorer is set for a windfall after discovering Britain’s largest ever gold nugget in a river in Scotland. Experts say that the 85.7g lump, which is the width of a golf ball, is worth at least £50,000 – and potentially much more. The valuable nugget was found lodged in a riverbed by a treasure hunter Gold expert Leon Kirk of Gold Panning Supplies described the discovery as ‘unprecedented’ and expressed his wish that a British museum would buy it. He added: ‘The nugget’s rarity means it is very hard to put a price on it. ‘I would say it is worth at least £50,000 but, as it’s rarer than a Aston Martin or a Faberge egg, a billionaire could easily come along and pay a lot more for it. ‘Historically, it is off the Richter scale.’ Gold expert Leon Kirk admires the nugget that’s valued at £50,000 He found it by ‘sniping’, which involves wearing a dry suit and snorkel and lying face down in a river. He said: ‘I was following a crack in the bedro...

Australian gold hunters found a huge nugget

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These two men, like all of us, climbed ravines and pits in childhood, but they did not abandon this Business and eventually became professionals. In the Australian state of Victoria, they found a huge gold nugget worth about 30 thousand dollars. VIDEO: Source: https://thefoxposts.com/australian-gold-hunters-found-a-huge-nugget-TheFOXposts-7339.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Mysterious Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

These MASSIVE Gold Nuggets were all found with Metal Detectors

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Hand of Faith The “Hand of Faith” is the largest gold nugget currently in existence today. It was found by a gold miner using a metal detector in 1980. It comes from the famous gold rich region of Victoria, Australia known as the Golden Triangle. This amazing gold nugget is currently on display at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. It weighs in at a whopping 876 troy ounces. Boot of Cortez The “Boot of Cortez” is another spectacular gold nugget that was found with a metal detector. It was found in the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico back in 1989. Rumor has it that the miner was using a simple Radio Shack detector. This is the largest existing gold nugget that has been found in the Western Hemisphere of the Earth. It weighs in at over 389 troy ounces. It sold at auction a few years ago for over a million and a half dollars! Mojave Nugget The “Mojave Nugget” was found in the Mojave Desert of Southern California in 1977. A miner was using a metal de...

Gigantic Gold Specimens found in Kambalda, Western Australia

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A recent discovery of several large gold specimens described as the biggest to have ever been discovered and recorded in the History was witnessed in the Western Australia Mines Goldfield of Kambalda by the RNC Minerals. The discovery is so spectacular that one cannot help but call it the “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery. This discovery was not a gold nugget, but rather a rich gold “pocket,” deep underground that was thick veins of raw gold scattered throughout quartz rock. The total value of this pocket discovery is several million dollars. The largest individual pieces that were extracted are simply exceptional, and will bring a huge premium price on the collectors market. The largest intact piece discovered weighed 90 kilograms, or roughly 198 pounds. The company did a specific gravity test to evaluate gold content and estimated that about 2,300 ounces of gold would be obtained from the nugget. This would make it worth over $2.5 million dollars in gold value a...

Big ‘Washington Nugget’ found to have fishy origin

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Turns out the most amazing gold nugget found in decades in the Sierra Nevada was a fake. Not fake gold, mind you. Just fake in that it was actually discovered in Australia – not on an amateur gold-hunter’s land in the foothills, as had been claimed. Don Kagin holds a 98.6 ounce gold nugget in the Chroniicle studio on Friday January 14, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. He and his business partner Fred Holabird are auctioning off the nugget in Sacramento on Wednesday March 16, 2011. The 8.2-pound gold chunk dubbed “The Washington Nugget” sold for $460,000 in March after Jim Sanders said he unearthed it with a metal detector on his land near the historic Gold Rush town of Washington (Nevada County). At the time, it was billed as the biggest existing, smooth gold nugget dug out of Forty-Niner country, and its sale drew notice from gold buffs all over the world. Among those who perked up was Murray Cox, an Aussie prospector who dug up an 8.2-pou...

I found a £10,000 nugget of Scottish gold… and nearly threw it away

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The nugget is the same size as a 20p piece but it’s worth a whole lot more The Canadian gold-panning enthusiast found the precious metal, worth around £10,000, earlier this week. The 20-carat nugget weighs around 18.1grams and was hauled from a river in Dumfriesshire. The man, who only wishes to be known as “John” from the Gold Rush province of British Columbia, was learning to pan under the watchful eye of expert Leon Kirk. Museum trustee Gerard Godfrey and panning expert Leon Kirk with the find John said: “Leon was telling me how to look out for haematite, the red-coloured mineral often found with gold. “We were a few minutes into panning when I found the nugget with a bean tin, an underwater viewing tin with a glass base. “I saw the piece lying just under the surface of the water and picked it up.” But he added: “It didn’t look like much and I was just about to throw it back when I thought I should double-check with Leon first. “I said, ‘Is this g...

‘Duck’s Foot’ gold nugget worth $110,000 found by elderly prospector in WA Goldfields

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A massive gold nugget worth at least $110,000 has been uncovered by a prospector in remote Western Australia. The retired man, who does not wish to be named to protect his identity, said he had been combing the same patch in the northern Goldfields with a metal detector for years, but struck it lucky with better Technology . “When I had finished digging it out, I just thought ‘Oh my God’,” he said of the find, a 3.23kg specimen containing 68 troy ounces or 2.11kg of gold. “It was pretty deep at about 800mm in clay soil, so it took more than two hours of careful digging to get it out.” Rob Anderson, who owns the Prospectors Pick in Bunbury, has known the prospector for a long time and said he was a specialist at finding deep nuggets. “He’s been very successful over the years,” Mr Anderson said. “I think this find proves there’s still a lot of gold still out there, even in areas you might think...