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All Roads Lead To First Texas
YubaJ replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
Right now the same F70 is $499.95 OBO. How things change! -
All Roads Lead To First Texas
YubaJ replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
Fisher, a couple years ago on eBay had a rock pick for around $25.00, but shipping domestically cost about $45.00. Until they got real and said Free Shipping. They're still dysfunctional. But I just got a new F70 from them on eBay for $179 with 2 coils, 5" & 11", free shipping, and seeing if they have the small elliptical coil for it--that one is really good! I think they just have a lot of stock and can't compete with the newer ones at their old retail prices, which have become ridiculous. Felix, the person who handled repairs, retired and he was a real communicator. You felt that your detector was in good hands. -
That's really a shame that you haven't found a nugget yet. I've never prospected in Utah, but have this book called "Some Dreams Die" --Utah's Ghost Towns & Lost Treasures by George Thompson. A great book that tells of gold-bearing areas outside of the mainstream prospecting literature. It might take a while to decide where to go because there are so many places to check out, many of which are "impossible". Enjoyable reading which might lead to some finds.
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Gold Specific Vlf Or Smf Vlf For Gold?
YubaJ replied to Lead Detector's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Not quite. Unless you're a geologist. The one I mentioned is the Mineral Resources, which gives particulars of the mines in different districts, including location by GPS & UTM. -
Gold Specific Vlf Or Smf Vlf For Gold?
YubaJ replied to Lead Detector's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
A good book for you might be "Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada", Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Bulletin 106, 1991, by Lapoint, Tingley, & Jones, probably in stock from University of Nevada publications, or even at the Carlin Trend store in Elko. This book will have you using plenty of diesel! I think you're right about the lack of Tuscarora response. And nobody talks about Gold Creek. -
Gold Specific Vlf Or Smf Vlf For Gold?
YubaJ replied to Lead Detector's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
I don't know where you live in Elko County, but I have a friend who made some good finds around Tuscarora way back with VLF detectors and came up with a 1 oz rock & gold sandwich there 5 years ago with a GPZ. I've never detected there, but it has lots of history and placer output. -
Gold Specific Vlf Or Smf Vlf For Gold?
YubaJ replied to Lead Detector's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
The TX 850 is not a detector that Ndplumr wants a comparison to. It's only 19 kHz. -
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Kickin' Dirt, who was a major poster & dealer on Monte's ahrp forum has started a new forum with some of Monte's membership participating, the enthusiastic ones. It's called Easy Detecting Fan Forum--off to a slow start & without Monte will be way different. But it should build because these are serious detecting people. I believe KD is a member here.
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You might want to check out Staffordshire Detectors website, in the UK; he sells all manner of used coils. Usually has some Minelab PI coils.
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Big News From Coiltek For Nox And Xterra Pro Users
YubaJ replied to GR Guy's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
Trevor, I'd love to see and get a Coiltek 5 x 10 coil for the Gold Monster. Though I've found several nuggets with the stock 5 x 10, it seems too affected by the ground to be able to find more, which were found at 2" to 5" with a TDI SL-- with a Coiltek 5 x 10., which, for me, works better than the Sadie. The stock 5" coil does great!- 50 replies
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Detector Finds From Tailing Piles & Hand Placer Digs
YubaJ replied to Gerry in Idaho's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Gerry, What frequency(s) were you using with the Nox 800 for the tailings piles? -
White's Coils On Fisher Detector?
YubaJ replied to Rhino's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
Gary Hudson of Gold Bug 2 Mod fame recommended a 4" Garrett Super Sniper DeepSeeker coil for my Goldbug Pro to hear non-ferrous targets in irony trash better. I said OK and he changed the connector, I had to drill a hole on the side of the middle Fisher rod and it works perfectly with the coil on a lower Garrett rod. I don't know anything about that 4" coil, just that it's working very well, though I hardly detect relics anymore. Don't have contact info for Gary anymore. -
Dredging Up Some Fun!
YubaJ replied to IdahoPeg's topic in Gold Panning, Sluicing, Dredging, Drywashing, Etc
And another Thanks for the great read & pics! Beautiful small river that's good for the soul to be at, the gold being a great bonus. If I were younger I'd love to snipe underwater there. Used to have 1/4 oz. days in California doing that--it's way too athletic now. But it's something you might try when you get your 1/4" thick wetsuit, Peg. And what I'd heard about Idaho having only small gold is not true from seeing your pics & Gerry's alluvial specimens. You've gone the opposite direction from me--I started with sluicing & dredging and have been slowly learning gold detecting--have to if I want to find gold because I'm now in N Nevada. It's part of my adventure-exercise program. I sure do miss the streams & rivers. Maybe you've inspired me & my wife to journey to the Downieville area where we know some of the country. -
Thanks Steve, reminding me about the GB 2--it sure knows how to identify iron. Found a 4 grain nugget a couple days ago in an iron-infested area with mine, but have never tried an in-ground non-ferrous separation test. Ground there isn't too bad, so mebbe some results. Will post if it works--probably using a dime, old Levi rivet, or larger nugget. ysabxe, saw your sales post on the Compass Forum. When you have a good inventory you should put it on the DP Classifieds here. There will be many interested people.