Author: Lasha Orjonikidze - From November to May, when the stream level in Enguri bed declines, he stands in the water the whole day, prospecting for gold. Once, he even found a 22-gram nugget. He was 15 when he started gold panning and has never missed winter in 60 years since. Everyone calls him Mackenna, according to the Hollywood movie „Mackenna’s Gold.“ Adventure thriller tells a story of searching for mythical gold. In 1969, the movie release year, Rezo Gurchiani, living in village Tskhumari, was 24.
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