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  1. Peak oil turned out to be a bad call - fracking ended all that talk. There’s plenty of gold - just a question of cost of production vs. price of gold.
    5 points
  2. To all of the Happy Equinox users I wish you all A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from the UK. I hope you all get the Christmas Presents which you all are hoping for. Good Hunting Randy Dee
    3 points
  3. Hi all, I have read many a great article on this forum so thought it time to join up and say g'day. I exclusively target gold and consider myself as a somewhat seasoned detectorist but by no means an expert. One of the great things about this hobby and lifestyle is that there is always something more to learn about. The learning curve never ends and I wouldn't have it any other way. Another great part of the hobby is all the down to earth people you meet from all around the world, weather it be out bush or online. Cheers
    3 points
  4. When gold finally hits $2000 (or more) an ounce, people will be shocked by the new deposits "suddenly discovered" by motivated mining companies. ICMJ had a good article on this topic last month too.
    3 points
  5. "Some stories are worthy of being told more than once. There are countless stories about lost or buried treasure in Nevada history. Most of these are legends that might or might not have any basis in fact. The following story, however, is one of the rare cases where a real treasure was found, when there was no previous knowledge it even existed." Full Story Here
    2 points
  6. Here is a nice piece of Yuma gold my brother found a couple weeks ago,found with the 7000.
    2 points
  7. The 2300 won the day with the most nuggets found, and I was swinging the Minelab Gold Monster1000. It's a rare occasion when everyone finds gold.
    2 points
  8. Good stuff Gerry ? I love the look of the country where you were detecting. Who won the day out of the high end detector and the 2300? I would think it would be the 2300, but then again, Lunk is no slouch with a detector ?
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  9. So many people call me and ask about getting into Nugget Detecting and then comment, “Hasn’t it all been found by now?”. I’m here to tell you what I found out last week on a short trip to Yuma to get some sun. The last minute, I decided to take a GPZ-7000, as it actually packs in airplane luggage easier than my 5000. Anyway, we did the usual stuff for the first 3 days and then got the call to meet up with Lunk and another of my customers the next morning at around 9AM. I was worried my rental car 2WD Ford Escape was of no use? But when we met up at the site, I realized my riding lawn mover would have done just fine. After all, we turned off real genuine pavement and drove less than a mile on gravel, seen some dry wash piles on the side of the road and decided it was good to hunt. OK… lets cut to the chase… How did we do in the 5 hours of detecting? All 3 of us found gold with our detectors. Are we all swinging the high end GPZ-7000 that most folks can’t afford.. you ask? Nope. Only me, as I did not realize smaller coils would have served me better for that site. My one buddy was using a more moderately priced detector, SDC-2300 and he recovered more than I. Lunk was swinging the best VLF gold machine under $1000 and he too found more than me. After all, coil size to match the terrain is pretty important as I found out. So whats the verdict on AZ and Yuma specifically? Plenty of gold out there folks and I was able to drive my riding lawn mower less than a mile off a paved road when we seen old Prospects so decided to try. Each of us using 3 different detector price ranges and even technologies (VLF, PI & ZVT) scored some Au. We all went home with gold…and a few great memories. I’m still awe struck that gold can be so easily found a half mile from a paved road, 15 minutes outside of Yuma? I guess those folks enjoy dry washing more than nugget hunting? I'm thinking next winter I know of an area to put on a Gold Detector Field Training class for my customers? At least I know it is really close to town and most anyone can get there. BTW… There is plenty of lead targets in that area too, so you’ll get your share of pinpointing practice. And on the way back to the hotel, you can pull off the side of the road and get another kind of nuggets, fresh AZ oranges.
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  10. Here is an article that argues that peak gold has been seen from mining. https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2018/07/world-moving-toward-no-gold-mining-options.html When you look at the coinworld pages you will see lots of other interesting gold articles if you like to read such things. Mitchel
    1 point
  11. I was hunting an old field and found an old button and after rubbing it with some vegetable oil to preserve it I went back to the same spot and found this old coin. I was shaking all over as I gently cleaned it off and rubbed it with a lightly oiled paper towel. I looked it up and it is a colonial Vermont copper from around 1785.
    1 point
  12. Howdy! Welcome to the forum! ?
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  13. Interesting article, if it`s true or perceived to be true you`d think the gold price would rise, which could flow onto our hobby with more chasing gold, more detectors needed, more R&D by detector manufacturers. Speculating a wee bit, if that were to be the go, maybe 19 will bring us that new even more powerful GPZ, the one the rumour mill has been going on about for a bit now.
    1 point
  14. Thanks a bunch it was an amazing day and I hope things have turned over in the spring and I might find another coin or two in the same spot
    1 point
  15. I'm seeing a 1786 VERMONTENSIUM.. Very nice 1818 large cent as well.. Wonderful finds both..! Swamp
    1 point
  16. Here is a short video of me in Colchester where I found a 1363 hammered Gold Quarter Noble coin from King Edward The III reign. The people that Steve and I booked with are a great bunch and know their stuff. If you can ever make that trip it is well worth it.
    1 point
  17. That big insect is actually a locust.
    1 point
  18. Hello Dan T. I am new to this forum, I joined on the 13th of December. I was reading your post about which detector to buy. I have the Minelab 5000 and it was hard to justify paying alot of cash for a detector. I have a vlf Garret scorpion gold stinger metal detector as well. The Minelab is far and away the best. I bought mine used on ebay and was nervous about getting ripped off. I did alot of research to make sure it was an authentic Minelab but have never regretted buying it. It is a very easy machine to understand. It comes ready to go out of the box. Is all you have to do is turn it on follow the instructions in the book and the factory presets do the rest. I have had mine since 2015 and am still learning but have found just about 8 ounces, which is more than enough to pay for the machine.The main thing you have to do is go where gold has already been found or do some research on your own. On ebay the price has come down considerably since I bought mine with the Minelab 7000 coming out. If you haven"t purchased anything yet really take a good look at the Minelab as you won't regret buying one. Good luck.
    1 point
  19. "Lunk was swinging the best VLF detector under $1000" And that would be...???????? Nice pics and hunt Gerry....weather looks VERY nice down there compared to the white/wet sloppy crap up north.... Just now realized old post?????
    1 point
  20. There is some misunderstanding about frequency. The old rule was lower frequencies are more sensitive to high conductors like silver, and higher frequencies more sensitive to low conductors like gold. The reality is more complicated. Air tests reveal that higher frequencies are just more sensitive, period. In particular, the higher the sensitivity, the hotter a detector is on smaller targets. The catch is higher frequencies light up and see ground mineralization that a lower frequency will ignore entirely. The way I look at it is boosting frequency increases sensitivity across the board. However, in areas with mineralization, a high frequency can generate so much ground response that depth starts to suffer. The machines get chatty or outright noisy, and sensitivity may have to be reduced to compensate. A 71 kHz Fisher Gold Bug 2 air tests like crazy on all targets. Yet in bad ground the machine lacks any real depth and if not ground balanced it is horrible. A very high frequency detector with a preset unadjustable ground balance would be a very bad idea. The lower frequencies do very well on high conductors while also inherently ignoring milder ground mineralization. This in turn means the preset ground balance covers a wider range of conditions well, as compared to a high frequency machine, which has more need to be spot on. This double whammy, lower frequency being good for most types of coins, while also working well and quietly over a wider range of ground types, means nearly any detector with a preset ground balance is going to be running under 10 kHz in the single digits. There are many in the 6 kHz to 8 kHz range, with 6.59 kHz and 7.8 kHz being particular common. The Ace 200 (and Ace 250) is 6.5 kHz, Ace 300 is 8 kHz, and Ace 400 rather hot at 10 kHz.
    1 point
  21. I took the training a few years back when i first started detecting. It was a huge help and gave me allot better understanding on allot of stuff, not just details about the machine i was useing "gpx5000". After, i had everything i needed to know to get beeping with my new machine. Well worth it. Thank u to gerry and his crew.
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  22. That's a lot of targets Chet, you certainly get an "A" for effort! Like Randy said, the south side of the freeway is a tough hunt with far fewer meteorites, but I'm sure there's a big one out there with your name on it.
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  23. Chet, you have made an amazing effort. That is an impressive haul of finds. My hat is off to you. Franconia has become a stingy mistress only rarely giving up a few nice specimens like Lunk recently found. The south side I have read tends to have fewer larger meteorites. I will give it a two day try after Christmas on the north side. I have had minor success twice but on my last two trips I have been skunked. I get renewed energy from Lunk. As for technique, along with my GPZ I now use my metreorite stick (a hiking pole with a magnet taped to it) as my companion machine. Happy Holidays and Happy Hunting!
    1 point
  24. Hi Lunk I made it to the south side of Franconia in March. I had never hunted for meteorites before so I dug everything. Using the GPZ 7000 resulted in a lot of deep and shallow junk. Evidently it was a WW II training area resulting in a lot of 50 Caliber bullets. There are a lot of small pieces of screen wire everywhere. The wire is on or near the surface so the magnet in the handle of my pick came in handy to quickly pick it up. I didn’t find any meteorites but I will try again in the future. Have a good day, Chet
    1 point
  25. Dubious, I see nothing on the BLMs website of the Warm Springs Wilderness that prohibits the use of metal detectors there.
    1 point
  26. Different people can have different types of hearing lost. I have tried almost every waterproof headphones available for the Equinox. Tony Eisenhower's head phones are the best for my use. They have more volume then the other headphones. I just ordered a 2nd set so I have a set of Tony Eisenhower's head phones on both of my Equinoxes.
    1 point
  27. I’ve owned a pair of Tony Eisenhower's head phones for a while now and they work great ! ??
    1 point
  28. Fred, I must have been standing on one of those granite boulders out there...??
    1 point
  29. Comfort may come into play..... most are using either audio sear 150 ohm speaker or piezos. So if you want a little modulation i think piezos are a better choice .... better sound audio sears speakers. Most could use a good pair of gel pads. Something else you may find.... drain holes on some not others. They can really make a difference if there is wind...... if you arent diving and dont need um.... plug um up.
    1 point
  30. Lunk, these are fabulous finds in an area that has been hit pretty hard especially near the road. My hats off to you. Well done!
    1 point
  31. Thanks Fred, Being only 5’4” tall and a scrawny 130 lbs, I’m certainly no he-man. But the GPZ stock harness and bungee adjusted correctly fits me well, and I can swing that massive coil all day without fatigue. I never use the swing-arm either. However, if I get crazy and swing too fast, the inertia can about knock me down!? As a side note, I once ran into a guy at Rye Patch that could swing the GPZ all day unaided by a harness, hipstick or bungee, and he WAS a he-man. I don’t recall his name, but I may as well call him Arnold...with a German accent...
    1 point
  32. Thanks Dubious. The southern half of the strewn field south of Interstate I-40 is accessible by car. The large majority of the northern half is included within the Warm Springs Wilderness, where vehicles and other mechanized equipment are prohibited.
    1 point
  33. Lunk, you are one hell of a he-man to swing that 19 inch coil while hunting in Franconia. The ground coverage is excellent but the strain is much greater. I am curious how you mount the 19 and gpz...harness, hip-stick, swing-arm??? Very nice irons, much larger than most, I think! The stones are cool too... fred
    1 point
  34. Good times for sure Tim! You never know what the future brings but our paths may very well cross again.
    1 point
  35. Thanks everybody !!! Again you folks have come through with good solid thoughts and recommendation's !!! I think I can now make a good solid purchase that will work for me ….. Thanks Again !!!!!!! Happy Hunting !!!!!!!!!!!
    1 point
  36. Following up on my post above, I bought the LS Pelso WP headphones. I don't ever expect to dive and only wanted a good set of WP headphones for fresh and saltwater wading where I may have to dip my head under water to scoop a find or possibly rainy day detecting. The Pelsos have excellent sound, the cord length is good for me, they are comfortable to wear for long periods and the price is reasonable.
    1 point
  37. Depends. Are you going to be using them under water at max depth or just want a pair for use while wading that can take a few waves? Speaker types may not work well (sound) under water at max depth, but work great above water - better sound quality in my estimation than piezos. Piezo types are probably better underwater. Next step, decide on your use then read reviews - many on this forum.
    1 point
  38. Hey Guys, I can tell you the NF 12x8" EVO's are selling well. We sold the first shipment right away, the second is just about gone. Most are using them on bedrock and in shallow areas or where there is a lot of obstructions. Some great reports are coming back, mostly on smaller gold shallow here in the US, but I have a few guys that have found 1/4 ouncers with them at depth, just didn't get all the details besides they being used on GPX 4500's and 5000's. This coil will also work on the TDI series, sold a few to guys with them, just haven't got any reports on the TDI's as of yet. Nugget Finder in my opinion has had the advantage in my opinion within the last could of years. Sometimes it's hard for me to say as I was one of the first US Coiltek dealers in the country selling thousands of their coils over the years. Coiltek and NF are like a Chevy - Ford deal, every few years they seem to have the latest "Buzz!" Rob Allison Rob's Detector Sales www.robsdetectors.com
    1 point
  39. Hi Rick, I think you hit on an important item - physical capability. While depth is all fine and dandy, we are not talking double the depth or anything crazy like that. Going to a larger coil at best you usually just get that extra inch. That being the case I like a coil I can swing for 8 hours without killing myself. I personally really like the 14" x 9" form factor as a good compromise between depth, weight, and ground coverage. The 15" x 12" Commander mono was a very good performer back in the day but some of these new coil windings may have an edge that negates the size difference. Not having used the newest coils myself I can only suggest what I would do myself - a half day of comparative coil testing. I can't imagine there being much difference at all between the 12" round and the 14" x 9" as regards performance so it really just comes down to which coil you prefer to swing. My old 14" x 9" Nugget Finder helped me score a 6.5 ounce gold nugget so you can see why I might be fond of the coil! I had the old Nugget Finder 16" round super light mono coil at one point. The old housing design but that was a sweet coil both for being light and deep. Unfortunately it started getting flaky and had to be retired. 6.5 ounce gold nugget found by Steve with GPX 5000 & Nugget Finder 14" x 9" mono
    1 point
  40. Yes I too like coming down to Yuma to hunt gold most areas are not very difficult to get to and when you do go off road for any distance those roads are not all that bad either.
    1 point
  41. Gerry, it’s always a great time hunting gold with you guys; glad you were able to take a little golden souvenir back home with you. I’m liking the Yuma detector training idea.??
    1 point
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