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Vaal river diamond diggings

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: River-diggings refuse; active scene..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1870 settlement / boom era

Alluvial Vaal-river diamond diggings

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