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Yes I can now share photos of the new 24K and some finds. To allow for future posts and knowledge, I'll start this one on the 1st couple times used. Earlier this year, I was in discussion with someone at White's and was told be ready for some testing. Sure enough it happened, I was off & running. The bad part was, no manual at the time, so trying to figure out a machine while standing on the side of an ore dump hillside was....heck yea...fun as hell. After all, who reads manuals right. So my 1st hunt goes like this. 2 hours and nothing but bullets and iron to show for myself. Now I know gold is in the area and I even know gold has been found here. I decide to do some testing on small, medium and large iron to get an idea of the readout on the screen. I see most iron reads more on the left and lower numbers. Good, I'll remember that for Hunt #2. Hunt #2 a couple weeks later (still no manual) puts me back at another crushed and decomposed granite hillside. This time I realize the numbers not to dig. 20 minutes into my swing and a clear but faint signal is heard. The ID is jumping back and forth (to me, means possible small nugget). Getting it into my cup and using the magnet proves to be nonferrous signal. Sure enough, my 1st 24K raw crystalline gold nugget (all of .4 grams anyway). No, I did not find any Monster 1pound chunks of gold, but in a short time with no manual, I did what I wanted and that was to find GOLD with the new 24K. The ability to learn a machine takes time and I prefer to be by myself. I also want to know what a detector does in a variety of field conditions and that involves time and travel. Time is such a limiting factor for me, as I also run a business and need to make sales of detectors to keep fuel in the truck to go back out and learn more. And once I get the manual in my hands, I'll learn much more. The photos are of my 1st 24K gold find. Yes I can start taking Pre Orders today, so call Gerry's Detectors in Boise, Idaho to get on the list. (If I do not answer, please leave a message). Update, yes I did get a manual and it made a world of difference with more gold and knowledge to share later.

Here is a picture of the Buckle I found in it's display case. It is always nice to dig up some history and be able to share it with others.

Which item are you referring to? I'm a little slow at these things.

Last time I had to chance to take a metal detector outside was about a month ago. FINALLY was able to plan for some detecting time Sunday morning. I'd been thinking about my G2+LTD audio profiling abilities, so I unpacked it Saturday night and go it ready to go for Sunday morning's hunt. Was hunting gold as always but was mainly into audio target size profiling so I was digging coins too. This was just another stinking zincoln signal. Boy was I surprised when about 3" down out pops a silver ring. 925 silver with a EC hallmark. Don't have any idea if the stones are real or not. Being silver I don't have my hopes up but you never know. Its like a starburst on the finger in the sunlight. I'll get it tested and find out. If they are real its ching ching. If not, it is still a $100 bill. HH Mike

Hello and good week end to all !Went for a session this morning lots of eyes only searchers,i spend 2.5 hours digging on everything then end back to the exit stairs and decided to give a last go,i had victorian coins and yessssssss i strike GOLD so it is my 3rd precious metal finds in a row so well happy i havent clean it yet.But it hasn't been a while i striked gold like that . So the Lobo has proven again his abilities to find stuff in extreme condition .I am still looking for a 5.75 concentric for another lobo which i had had tuned to concentric. RR

I’m sure all have seen lots of Detectors going up for sale. I know myself have put up items that I think I can live without. I’ve done it sometimes because I needed the money to buy another detector. Like some I sold it thinking I don’t need it because that new one is replacing the old one. Did I ever regret selling something,why that’s a big time yes. I’m thinking later stup it was paid for and you really didn’t have to sell it. I’m bad about saying something before putting brain in gear before putting mouth in motion. I have the same problem on selling a item before thinking it out first. I have a friend when I call his house I tell his wife let me speak to him I need counseling. I’d say this big problem for all of us is caused by so many new detectors hitting the market within such a short time. What can I say so many to buy with so little money. If any of you be rich I just put myself up for adoption. Like said in the past I have no pride. Chuck PS The councilor tells me to buy as many detectors I want. He’s the same way when it comes to guns. My kind of guy!

Anyone a Pistol Expert? I just dug this banger of a find. Minelab Equinox 800 sniffed it at only 10". Please share with your gun buddies and we'll get it figured out. It is one of my cooler Idaho digs. Oh, and if you have been lucky enough to have found a pistol or gun, please share story and photos on here.

There was a spot that I had driven past hundreds of times over the years, and always in the back of my mind was some old timer telling me "I got a few bits there back in the SD days". But it just didn't "look" good. Well, I will never think that again! I decided to finally stop there after having a bad spell, and a bit of renewed interest in the GPX5000 teamed up with the 15" Evo coil. Well in short time I got 3 bits for 1.4 grams, and a heap of junk targets. I decided to go back for another look, but this time with a 12" Evo coil, and this was the next lot of finds:

I suspect he's referring to a large cent.

Well, I'm going to tell you I found a new 'category' of item this morning with the 800. I'm at the beach where I found a piece of .925 silver hoop, a puka necklace and just over $1.50. I hear this somewhat 'strange' wobble but not negative. It is repeatable so I dig. Upon digging I see this piece of glass and I'm glad to take it out of the beach/surf but then the signal is gone. What? Can't be the piece of mirror but it is ... Has anyone found mirror pieces with a detector before?

When I dug the piece away from the hole I thought I was still going to find a signal where I was digging but it was gone. The piece of glass I put in my finds pouch. I took it back out and placed it on the wet sand and the signal I heard was back. It jumps around a bit but mostly under 10. I have a bedroom, beveled glass silver mirror that is an antique. This glass quality and construction of this find with the red backing paint does not remind me of that era. This glass transmits light through it but is somewhat 'softened' and the edges don't feel sharp, like shards would come from it but it would break when struck. The rounded edge is the original edge and you can see some of the leaching under that area by the elements eating away at the reflective layer. I've also attached a picture of the other items with the mirror.

A glass mirror is manufactured by coating silver and two layers of protective paint on the back surface of glass. Looks like your mirror find has been coated with extra thick silver, it is the silver coating which makes the glass reflective.

I have a 5x9 for the Makro, but I almost always have my Mojave when I travel. It's so easy to pack the control box and coil in a carry on and the rods and a trowel in the checked bag! I work with touring bands so get a lot of opportunities to jewelry hunt at festival sites and amphitheaters with lawn seating, and a lot of theaters and arenas seem to be cozied up to old parks/ green spaces in down town areas that surprisingly must not see that many detectorists! Thanks for the video link. I've watched a few of his talking videos. Very knowledgable guy, it was a seminar/talk of his that finally made me understand the whole threshold versus sensitivity concept.

Of these two, the Mojave has the advantage in weight (2.2 lb vs. 3.0 lb). If you got either of the optional coils for the Multi Kruzer, then weight appears to be the only advantage for gold hunting of the two. Frequency (Mojave@12 kHz, MK selectable 19 kHz) is a clear advantage for the MK. The MK's 'gen' mode provides minimally filtered operation which is a near requirement for native gold hunting. Even if you only have the stock 7"x11" DD coil for the MK it should be the preferred choice. Obviously take the Mojave along as a backup. Good attitude. Your first time out (even your first few times out), unless you have a master gold detectorist along as a mentor, will likely be purely learning experiences (that is, without finding gold). I recommend watching the following video (more than once!) to clue you in on how to set up your detector. Native gold compared to coins/relics/jewelry is very different when it comes to setup and approach.

Thanks for the comments everyone, glad you enjoyed the article. PM sent to you Chuck, thankyou for the interest................. Jim

Just for you. I just tried to put my coil cover on and it snapped on like a boss. So if one is careful and does not slop a lot of product over the sides one can still use the cover if deemed necessary. ?

I found these on Whites web site This one was actually tested in Australia's Golden Triangle where the ground is about as bad as it can get. https://www.whiteselectronics.com/find/mxt-finds-gold-in-australia/ https://www.whiteselectronics.com/find/mxt-finds-12-2-ounce-nugget/

Big boy....... side of a hill .... bad angle and possible leaning on the machine to dig. As a water guy ....... many have that bad habit when using the scoop out there...... we love using the machine to balance ourselves while we are getting pushed around and dig. Some have broken coil ears by allowing the lower shaft rubbers to wear ..... which wears that head......... which makes them crank down that bolt to much..... add that to water torque..... and it happens.

It's difficult to rent a vehicle (4wd) which will get you through many of the trails you'll be wanting to travel on. Think of it this way -- the easy places to access are the first ones to get picked clean. That doesn't mean there aren't places to find gold close to the paved and well-maintained non-paved roads, but you need to 'dig deeper' in your search to find them. As Mitchel pointed out, joining the GPAA and accessing their claims saves a lot of research. If you were a seasoned prospector then going on your own (the Land Matters search for unclaimed federal land) would likely be more productive, but you need considerable knowledge/experience AND likely a true 4wd vehicle for that. Considering your cost of travel, etc., joining the GPAA is a bargain. You get two periodicals, a gold panning kit, a catalog of claims (hardcopy and online access). There are a handful of GPAA claims in the Wickenburg area as well as the Prescott area -- more/less on your way from Phoenix to Las Vegas. I've been on several of them myself. A good clearance 2WD (such as a Nissan Rogue which can be easily rented) will allow access to some of those GPAA claims. Don't expect to drive right up onto the claim. But getting within a mile or so is doable. I didn't see when you were planning on being in AZ/NV. If soon you need to be EXTREMELY AWARE of the hot weather. I know it gets hot (and humid) in Florida, but American Southwest is a whole 'nother ballgame.

Noah, If you are going to Phoenix then you need to try to find a nugget there. There are lots of nuggets still being found within 2 hours north and west of Phoenix. Many of us still find nuggets in Quartzsite. There are several metal detector dealers in that area but I would call Bill Southern at 623-910-0345 and that would be on your way to Las Vegas thru Wickenburg. You could see Rich Hill and the LDMA ground there. Go to MyLandMatters and find some unclaimed ground where gold has been found in the past. (That is your best chance for getting lucky!) If you join GPAA then you can skip a lot of research. The idea of you going to Rye Patch would be a very, very long drive. It is about 800 miles. You would be better swinging a detector on ground where nuggets had been found before rather than driving all that distance. I've hunted nuggets in Arizona and Nevada. Mitchel

So you haven't had issues getting warranty replacements on epoxied coils? The epoxy won't help a flimsy design, especially weak coil ears, though. Seems like a big chance to take water hunting with such a marginal, flimsy coil design with all the stress water hunting puts on coils.

I Like the look of this new machine and according to some folks it has some great new features and that colour will hide the dirt keeping it looking like new, And that nice big VDI will be a huge bonus, WTG Whites, Good Job.

I have a later model Tek-Point, and I love it. I prefer a powerful, sensitive pinpointer just like I prefer a powerful, sensitive machine. With great power come more quirks. I've become accustomed to those quirks after using the TRX for so long. Different technologies, but same principle. The more power you put out and take in the more response you'll receive from your environment, wanted and unwanted. Coming from a carrot to a Tek-Point or F-Pulse is like going from an AT-Pro to an early F75 LTD. Some people were not able to harness the high gain and sensitivity after coming from such a well behaved machine like the AT-Pro. Also high EMI environments caused instability. The later DST brought more stability to the F75 in high EMI environments, but also sacrificed some depth and sensitivity. It could be that some of what people are experiencing is the natural consequence of maxing out a powerful pinpointer and scaling it down to a lower level will make it more stable. The power is still there if you can use it elsewhere. I don't know this to be the case for those having issues, but just a thought. I'm absolutely loving mine.

Kiwijw- And I thought I had a problem. You have a museum of detectors! and you have helped me re think what I believed to be a problem. My list is far shorter then yours. So for now I'll be keeping the 7000, Gold Monster, 2300, GB 2, Nox 800, CTX 3030, TDI pro (beach detector) Thanks for the therapy...where do I send the check? lol. We just got back from the High Sierras where after 4 days of hard hunting I was able to come up with a little over half of gram of gold.. lol. Makes me want to re think my hobbies...probably could have done better looking for jewelry at parks or beaches...but then again we would have not had the experience camping in a remote area of the beautiful Sierras this summer which is worth more then the Gold itself. Someone once told me (experienced gold hunter) that the 2300 was useless because it would take forever to pay it off digging all those tiny bits of gold.....My response....was that If I wanted to make money I would have stayed home. Some of my friends that I have made on this site came to visit us on this trip and that is worth all the weight of gold itself. HH my friend strick

I never regretted selling a detector. There are a couple I regret buying however!

So they didn't change any of the internal electronics? Perhaps boosting it to the power level of the TDI-PRO would have been a good idea. Everything they are offering, was pretty much already available. Sure, I guess the straight shaft is something, and the paint job will make the box cooler to the touch. I'm a little underwhelmed. Sorry. At least they could have upgraded to Li-ion batteries. I did it to my SPP. All they'd have to do is modify the existing battery holder like I did. I just don't understand the baby steps. When I noticed this topic I momentarily got excited. Then I read through it twice to make sure I wasn't missing anything. But I guess I'm still missing something. The day when White's rises to the occasion. Sorry for the negativity. Luke

I found one of my bucket listers this morning during a 3 hour hunt. What is it? :) I will take her down to the laboratory for some electrolysis and post pic later.