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  1. Here are some of mine....smaller than the 20 pounder.....but still kinda cool.
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  2. The DeTech 13" Ultimate is one of the nicer coils I have ever used, very light in weight for its size, and very good performance. White's now has a version available on their website at https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/13-detech-ultimate-mx-sport-coil/ Part number 801-3263 $179.95 includes coil cover. This joins the 7" round DD coil made by DeTech that White's recently released for the MX Sport https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/7-detech-mx-sport-coil/ Part number 801-3262 $149.95 includes coil cover.
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  3. I've never found any native silver before and its one of the things I've always wanted to do. I was researching through some old reports and came across a reference to an old silver mine that supposedly produced nice silver specimens when it was worked in the 1800s. I think I will give it a try in 2017 when the weather warms. I saw this specimen at the Tucson Gem and mineral show a few years back. Native silver can be pretty big and spectacular. This piece weighs nearly 20 pounds and was found with a metal detector a few years back. I hunted in the Serrita Mountains once, but all I got was a green turd (a local name for cuprite specimens). Easy to see why its called the Silver Dog.
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  4. As long as he stays away from California he will be fine, we are keepin an Eye out for him....just in case.
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  5. Hi Rod, The problem with questions like these is finding someone who owns all the machines you are interested in and who is willing to take their time to do tests for you. I have used all those machines but currently own only one of them. And at the end of the day it depends on the exact nugget and the exact ground - what exactly does "fairly mineralized" really mean? Which coils? Stock coils? Or should an attempt be made to equalize coil sizes and types? In low to moderate ground I will bet on the Gold Bug Pro and the Gold Racer. As the mineralization cranks up, at some point the PI detectors will have the edge. So when you say fairly mineralized ground it could be a horse race. Depths expected maybe an inch or two. Another way to frame the question is "We are going looking for 0.3 gram gold nuggets in fairly mineralized soil. Given the choice of a Whites TDI original, a Garrett Infinium, a Gold Bug Pro, or a Makro Gold Racer, which would you take with you?" Me personally I would grab the Gold Racer. Runner up Gold Bug Pro. Hunting 0.3 gram nuggets with a TDI or Infinium is challenging under any conditions as neither of those machines would be noted for small gold capability. Sorry to not be more specific but all I can do is offer generalities based on my past use of those detectors. The question I obsess over these days is where do I go next to have a decent shot at finding gold? The detector part is the easy part. Finding good ground? Getting harder every day.
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  6. Chris, If your able to get out in the Tombstone area there is some nice silver specimens that can be found underground. I'm still searching for silver in the Sierrita's and Arivaca area. Would be awesome to find something like the silver dog.
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  7. Nah your just protecting him, he`s out there getting a head start with the 19", bloody nuggets like hens eggs and a few Emu egg size and he`s gonna let you have a go if your lucky (after he`s cleaned up the US that is). But he`s being very quiet, maybe he has moved to OZ already??????????
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  8. I'm teaching him manners so he doesn't embarrass the rest of us.
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  9. The nineteen inch coil goes thirty percent deeper I'd like to have one for my forty percent beeper but it aint gunna happen till it's fifty percent cheaper. (start applause here)......................................................................(end applause here) thank you.
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  10. Silver Dog Doug, the founder of that chunk is and old Family friend. He brought it over to my house to show and it's and anchor of a double arm full of Wowness! He was detecting the middle of a wash when he heard this hub cap target! It's a great find to a dedicated detectorist like him. LuckyLundy
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  11. Yes I would say that still comes up short especially considering that those that paid full price for the GPZ should not only get the discount others in the world are getting but also the military discount as well if they qualify!! Edit: P.S. The more I think about it those that paid the full $10,000 price should get this new coil for free IMHO, since ML dropped the price $2000 shortly afterwards!!
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  12. If true, that's just wrong. What, are we chopped liver here. I paid full boat. I should be entitled to the same deal the Aussies are getting.
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  13. I'll have one and I would do that and I know how to keep my mouth shut. Just an offer. None that I know of but there could be some that I don't know of. I don't remember about that. Perhaps you could explain more. I've not experienced any difference in the places I've taken the GPZ. Yah, we know that tune! I've used the SDC as a GPZ pinpointer more than once! The thought makes the point for a small VLF pinpointer with a VLF coil (maybe around 5 inches) and a discrimination system that actually works! Perhaps like the GB Pro or similar.
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  14. Did Minelab have anyone test this coil stateside? Seems like it'd be ok to talk about it now if so, since literature is released? Just curious if there was a performance difference between AZ and NNV/NCA like there was with the Z itself, from my experience at least.
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  15. I hate to admit it but I rarely dig BIG nuggets. Five grams and under accounts for the vast majority of it, and the GPZ 19 will reportedly offer excellent depth improvements on these bread and butter nuggets. For the places most of us hunt in the U.S. I am skeptical of the likelihood of very large nuggets still remaining that have been missed at great depths, but I am more than willing to bet on nuggets of a few grams missed just an inch or two deeper.
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  16. Having bought both The TDI SL and then the TDI Pro it was only matter of time before I started comparing one against the other and what I found was quite disturbing, With the SL you get a nice light weight package and on the surface it's only down fall appears to the limited power supply and after a short time I managed to increase the burn time by just over an extra 50%, With the TDI Pro word soon got around that if a person was to turn the Ground Balance off then the depth would be greatly improved IE with the GB ON testing it using a US Quarter the TDI Pro would see the coin at a distance of 12 to 14 inches, But by turning the GB off the Pro can see the Quarter at about 18 to 20 inches +/-, But with turning the GB off the TDI then goes in to what I call a Smoothing mode where it adjust the GB slightly and as long as a person maintains a level sweep height the TDI will remain quiet as long as there are no sudden movements up or down in height, So all that was said about the TDI Pro stands True, SEE the video below, So Armed with what most folks knew about the TDI / TDI Pro's, It would be very easy to assume the same could be said for the TDI SL, Sadly this is not True and the results could not be worse, With the Ground balance on Both machines are equal on small targets with the Ground Balance ON ?, but once the targets start to get bigger than a large coin then the Pro starts to get ahead and with the GB off on a target that is 6" Across/round then the Pro will see it at distances that can be measured in FEET further than it does with the GB ON. Knowing this and doing the same tests with the SL with the GB ON all is equal to the Pro on targets about the size of a Quarter or less, But REMEMBER that smoothing effect that the Pro does with the GB OFF, well the SL does it when the GB is ON now this has a serious effect on the SL because once the Item goes in front of the Coil it gives a faint woo sound at 15" to 16" then after about 2 maybe 3 passes in front of the coil the distance then drops to about 12 and a half inches, Now remember that smoothing effect again, Well what is going on here is that the machine is actually tracking out the Item to a degree and I am sure that many would agree that that is a bad thing, and the only way to make the machine see the Quarter again at 15 to 16 inches is to bring the coin up to the coil and almost overload the signal which resets the smoothing effect and then it will see the coin at full depth again, but in the real world you cant do that so if you do here a faint target Do Not keep sweeping the coil over it or it will be Smoothed or GB'd out and if that happens then you need to sweep the coil over another patch of ground and then sweep the target area again, Once you get within the normal detection range you can proceed as normal. Now once you turn the GB OFF this is where it all goes wrong again Because for One you loose that smoothing effect because it no longer does it PERIOD, And Two the distance that it can see the Quarter very faintly is now 11 and a half inches using the same 12" DF Mono and for some reason that overloading trick now has NO effect so that 11 and a half inches is all you will ever get, Steve once posted that the TDI SL felt like it lacked the Horse power of the TDI Pro and in a way that is true ?? AND if this is the case when you consider that in the GB off position it should be running at Full power and that it is running like the GB is ON and with the GB ON it is Smoothing out everything which should only happen in the GB off Position is causing a depth loss which is already running in a mode that is limited It appears that it has the same features as the Pro but it is wired back to front. If you get my meaning. And I am sure that this is why the MXT with the factory 12" can out run the TDI SL. This now brings us to the Coils, we all know that a small coils can see those tiny bits, But the 12 DF is One 12" coil and One 6" coil, yeah ? And that the 7.5" DF is One 7 and a half inch coil and One 3" coil ,Well this is where All Coils are Equal because the 7.5 has the same depth as the 12" DF on small Items and both of them Struggle to see Items smaller than 0.17 grams which is quite small really where as the Average normal VLF will see bits down to 0.02 to 0.03 grams even my 15" MXT Max coil can see them, Where the DF Coils excel is on things about half the size of an Airgun Pellet and bigger, On coins like Tiny Roman Minims these coils are Awesome but just don't expect too much from them in prospecting venues, Please watch this Video to see the Smoothing effect in action, And Note the depth he gets on that Nickel with the GB turned Off. Thank you,,, John
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