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A little over a week ago I received my repaired Gold Bug 2 back from Fisher in El Paso.  I thought my threshold knob was bad, but Felix at Fisher said it was the ID and Mineralization toggle switches-probably from years of dirt build-up.  They replaced the toggles, checked out the calibration and cleaned it.  Turn around time, shipping included, was less than three weeks. We took it out four days ago and got this .7 gram nugget in shallow gravels on bedrock.

To preclude the problem from happening again I bought a thin neoprene washer and cut a round disc using a Henry rifle cartridge.  After slicing a tiny x in the center of the discs with an Exacto knife they slipped tightly over the toggles.  Not pretty but I think this will work.

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  Radio Shack had a rubber toggle switch cover with the mounding nut molded to it in several different sizes but I don't know if R.S. even exists any more. But your invention is kinda cute. And so is the nugget.

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good solution to a constant problem with switches like these.

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