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Chris's trip was the subject of an earlier thread. But he's there now and posting some of the most amazing stuff on his Facebook page. What really impresses me about it is that First Texas Corporation is in there working through the local social structure meeting with village elders getting permission to talk to the miners etc. and trying to make an honest buck while helping people do a better job of recovering gold. By all accounts they're selling boatloads of detectors into the African market – at the same time that their competitors sales apparently collapsed. I can't help but believe that their socially conscious, market conscious, smart approach to dealing with the real people who are their customers is making the difference. Chris yesterday was in a place where there are 100,000 people working - finding gold by basic simple – even primitive methods. Metal detectors are making a huge difference in their ability to produce gold in that environment. Kudos to first Texas corporation for doing the hard and sweaty work of getting out there - identifying the real customers and working very hard to meet their needs. If more American businesses did that, we we would have more successful American businesses. This is not some mega corporation. It's essentially a small business but they know what side their bread's buttered on and they're getting out there earning the trust and respect and the business of their customers. I'm impressed. Again here's a link to Chris's Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/nevadaoutback I have no financial interest in First Texas Corporation except for owning a goldbug pro detector and a goldbug 2 – both of which I think are quite nice. But I spent 35 years as a buyer and contracts administrator and I know smart effective marketing when I see it.

Well, looks like I pretty much guessed right but the new F19 does offer more features than the Gold Bug Pro so it may sell for more than I thought. Looks like a detector I may have to get. Basically what we have in the F19 is a Gold Bug Pro that comes stock with the 5" x 10" DD elliptical and these additional features: Adjustable Iron Audio - this allows you to not only set the range of targets that give the low tone iron response but allows you to adjust the volume of that response. This is great is you are in thick ferrous trash and you are being barraged with low audio reports. Lowering the volume of the iron response makes for a more pleasant experience and yet the non-ferrous reports still sound off loudly. Why not just tune the ferrous targets out completely? When you do that you increase the likelihood of target masking occurring, where the non-ferrous response is eliminated right along with a nearby ferrous response. Notch Mode With Adjustable Notch Width - this allows a certain range of targets in the middle of the discrimination range to be eliminated or "notched" out. Commonly used to eliminate pull tabs while allowing coins including nickels to be detected. Backlit Display - allows better visibility of the display in low light conditions. Big question at the moment - does it have a dedicated all metal mode? If so, I may get one. If not, I will have to pass.