joao garimpeiro
Joo Novaes Neto
AtomRat said:Heatho said:I was wondering that Joao, thanks for sharing. I have seen a lot documentaries on the Amazon and thought it would be very dangerous and quite lawless also. In other countries the gemstone and gold areas are guarded by people with machine guns...... Over here it's not so dangerous but still you need to be careful of snakes and old mine shafts.
Glad there is plenty of gold in your home state. One documentary I saw showed miners using a lot of mercury in the Amazon and they said it's becoming quite polluted which is a shame.
I had asked him all about where he was digging and if he was part of the illegal amazon mining just out of concern.
He doesnt travel to the Amazon, just showing how far he lives away from it.
Luckily he lives happy with his family on the east side of brazil with no conflict. I hope it is far away from any mercury poisoning.
Thank you AtomRat,
here in my area has no gold dust, nuggets only and only use metal detectors