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I just made my flight arrangements to Australia and I am off the wall happy---- !!! Leaving the end of next month and couldn't be happier to get back and hear the Taskmaster screaming at me......lololol Luckily i didn't lose my airline points from 2017-18-and 19 and that gave me free passage from here to Sydney and back-- the rest i pay for in Aussie dollars !! Yes! Total airfare as best as I can figure is about 1200 AUD from Sydney to Perth to Meeka and back I may even try to get up north this year to where Mad Tuna is on station ...if i get a proper set of body armor first😆 From what I've seen i left some gold there in Meeka and that's ok-- i walked over it at least a hundred times-- i always swing high and fast,,😉 Seriously, Y'all don't know how happy I am to finally get the chance to go back---- I often think of Fred, and how he would have loved to go back,,,, so with Gods help I am going to do it again and this ones for you Fred!!!! Much love to you all and good luck this year finding your dream! No longer VA Nurse Paul------ Outback Yank now...

With the 1st big weekend of the year coming, many new eager Nugget Hunters are wanting to get out in the field. Some of you don’t have a seasoned Nugget Hunting friend to help you learn the ropes. Since my Field Staff and I offer detector training, we see the many mistakes some folks make. I’ll try to give some Field Knowledge and info to possibly help make your adventures more golden. Anyone who has good advice, please chime in. These are some of the items I recommend. I’ll mention detector technology type afterwards as my staff/I use different tools for the varying machines. Knee Pads - If running VLF detector, Knee pads and preferably ones with no metal. I’m at the point now that I personally don’t use them because I have pants that were designed to hold knee pads. I have Duluth brand but now there are many and including Military BDU pants with knee pad sleeves built into the knees. Footwear - Non Metal Boots or Hiking Shoes. This is especially needed if you swing a bigger powerful type detector (GPZ-7000, GPX-5000 or below). The new GPX-6000 is not as bad and some regular boots/shoes are OK, but you’ll learn how to walk without getting the feet to close. As for my preference of footwear, I have Danner Slip on non metal boots and Merrell Hikers. Magnet - Strong Rare Earth Super Magnet. This little tool is so important in fast recovery and or identification of targets. Many folks have no clue why we want a good strong magnet. I myself keep the magnet on my metal pick at all times. Non Metal Recovery Tool - Non metal Nugget Cup or Trowel/Scoop. If you swing VLF and trying to get the tiny dinks, I prefer the nugget cup. If looking for bigger gold or using bigger machines, the scoop/trowel is fine. Caution – You can’t use your bare hand on a VLF as the detector will respond to the minerals in your hand. Jewelry/Metal - Remove your rings and leave them home. If you wear a watch, get one with a non metal band or don’t wear one on the arm you use to swing the scoop across the coil. Pick - I like APEX brand as I get the rare earth super magnet on it and they come in different sizes/models. I’m a bit over 6’ tall so I prefer a little longer of a pick. 24”/30” are ideal for taller folks and especially if you run a deeper big machine. 18” handle is ideal for most folks swinging a VLF type detector and or if you prefer to carry the pick on your hip. Realize 24” handle length is hard to have on your hip as it gets caught up in your legs when walking. I wear the 24/30” picks on my back. Harness - I like the Doc’s Ultra Swingy Thingy and use it with all my Prospecting detectors. Not only does it allow me to carry my pick on back, but it has a bungee to help with the weight of your detector. As a bonus, it holds up my pants so I don’t get burnt on the plumber crack. Seems older guys pants don’t hold up as well as when we were younger. Trash Pouch - You’ll dig more trash than treasure so do your part and pack it out. No use in finding all those bullets and foil over/over and over each trip. Nugget Holder - Yes you should keep one on you at all times. I prefer plastic pill bottle, film container or scrotum pouch. Not a fan of glass vial as they can easily break. Also the glass will dull the gold. Swing Arm - There are a variety out there and the one off my GPZ-7000 goes with me at all times for many different detectors. The swing arm allows much better coil control and longer detecting hours with less fatigue. The SDC-2300 is a prime example of a detector that should have a swing arm. Same with GPZ-7000. Heck, even my Equinox with a larger coil is much easier and better to use when using a swing arm. Test Target - I like to use the size of test target for the expected size of gold I plan on finding at a particular site. Get a small #8 lead bird shot and tap it with a hammer to give a little flatness. Glue it to a plastic poker chip. If you are hunting in areas with bigger gold, then have said like size test pieces to bury and listen/tune the detector. Coils- If running VLF detectors I recommend you get the smallest coil possible for that detector for most areas. The smaller coil actually goes deeper and gives a cleaner signal response to small gold than the stock coil. There’s more smaller nuggets out there than bigger gold so keep the odds in your favor. If hunting for larger gold with VLF, the stock coil or even a larger coil is preferred. Don’t think you’ll get the depth of a PI with a bigger coil on your VLF in most gold type soils. PI’s rule the depth on larger gold. In tailing piles I actually prefer a VLF with good discrimination while running stock coil or even bigger coil. Todays newer PI and DVT detectors don’t have Iron ID, but hopefully things will soon change (come on Minelab – you can do it). If using PI or DVT, use the coil size for the terrain you are in. Yes there’s always exceptions. Spare Battery - Always have a Back Up Battery, always. Headphones - I highly recommend them for most areas I detect. Wind is a killer on deeper weaker and or smaller nugget sounds. Good headphones allows you to hear the detector much better. Location - For a beginner, don’t expect to find gold in unknown areas. Go where nuggets have been found with a detector. Never leave gold to find gold. As your nugget hunting skill progresses, then you can Prospect for new areas and ground. Spare Tire - Always keep one that holds air. Know where the jack is and how to use it. A few newer type trucks have a key that drops the spare. Know where the key is, know how to use the jack/change a spare. Phone - If swinging a bigger machine, your cell phone will give EMI to your detector. Try to keep it in the OFF position if possible. 1st Nugget - Take as many pictures as possible and soak in the moment. There is only 1 first and you want to remember forever. DP - Share your hunt experience with the rest of us here on Detector Prospector. As mentioned in a previous post, some of us Old Guard are fading away and we need some new young guns to keep the powder burning. Again, These tips/knowledge is just from my standpoint and always have exceptions. If something mentioned in this post gives you a better chance to find some gold and share a smile, then we are all winners. I look forward to reading from others who have tips for the newbies so chime in.

Disc is a target signal processing filter. Too much can adversely affect performance including depth and separation. XP sets the defaults for disc between 6 and 10 to provide optimum iron filtering and stability with respect to the ferrous/non-ferrous horseshoe display. I never recommend pushing disc higher than the top ferrous range (typically 10 but non-falsing ferrous can show up between 10 and 15). I also recommend utilizing some disc filtering for Horseshoe display reliability and to mitigate ferrous down averaging (disc set at 7 or 8 works well). With the Deus 2 iron volume feature you can still hear ferrous targets if desired so you can locate iron patches or to have total target awareness while still reaping the beneficial effects of the disc filter. This is one of the downsides to full tones...no iron volume so you can't apply "normal" disc (e.g.10) AND listen to the iron. So in full tones, I set disc between -2 to +2 to quiet things down but to still let me hear some iron. Anyway. I digress. Notch is an audio only filter. It does not affect signal processing or performance. It merely mutes audio associated with targets that have a TID that falls in the range of the notch filter settings. You can set up to 3 separate notch filter ranges (or just single TID ranges) of your choosing. So if you don't want to dig anything below 30 then just don't dig anything below 30. If you don't want to hear any targets at 30 and below, simply set a notch that encompasses the range from the highest disc TID setting (e.g. 10) to 30 and be sure to set iron volume to 0 so you don't hear the discriminated iron that will otherwise sound off below 10. I recommend leaving disc intact because disc helps to mitigate ferrous down averaging of non-ferrous targets in the vicinity of iron targets as I mentioned above. HTH GL HH

I think of Fred often too. He shared his maps with me when I went on my trip. I'm sure he'll give you a few pointy fingers on your trip Paul. Have fun and stay longer than they want you to stay. Can't you retire there?

I have advised Australian Border Force that a gold smuggler is trying to get into Australia wearing thongs (flipflops), shorts, singlet and the real giver away he has a Yank Accent. I think that will slow you down Paul. 😊

Was able to get out yesterday and hunt a couple of different rivers. I had to pay my dues today though. I dug a lot of trash for several keepers. First place I dug up a lot of lead and a silver toe ring. On the way home from the first stop, I hit a crossing and was able to come across a 14k wedding band and a pet crematory tag which is a first for me.

I remembered one thing about the Deus 2 I would suggest 9 inch coil users to try. I mentioned it somewhere in another post on this site, but it bears repeating. Remove your velcro arm strap and try swinging it without. I don't remember in which video I first saw somebody using their Deus 2 without the strap, but once I got mine I didn't put the strap on it and haven't missed it. In fact, I find it much more convenient and quick to use without the strap. No more need to slide my arm out of the cuff and no more bunching up of my long sleeved shirts. Time saved equals more targets dug in the long run. A very underrated way to use the Deus 2 and I highly recommend at least trying it. Your experience may vary with a bigger and heavier 11 inch coil.

Steve H...I agree! I personally posted what club claim I found several nuggets on in the El Paso mountains. I had gone over and over the claims and did share the info. I even took a several friends in the club there. If they can be successful then I'm happy for them and would like to bring a big smile to their faces. One person had a GPX6000 and I knew he could get deeper than I could with my EQ800...so unless and until I pull the trigger on a 6000..best of luck to him. I have to say though that most times in life..not always, that I find how you treat people is reciprocated. The 6000 owner offered to split everything he found. he was not successful but he offered to go out together and let me get some hands-on-time with his 6000 and I am going to take him up on it.

Gold found in in Pima County, Arizona. There's still BIG GOLD NUGGETS in Arizona!

Coffee just blew out my nose……….I just read Gerry’s post and under the PICK section…….on this is priceless. Should do a screenshot before it gets edited. Can you crack a rib from laughing 🤣🤣🤣

The test of the sensitivity of the detectors ... for the N.9 shot is definitely a challenging topic, for the PI detectors, but it can definitely take a different look at the various Vlf detectors for this purpose ... ... since I use to test the sensitivity and reach of very small gold targets ... several different tests .... I decided to supplement my testing with this test on shot N.9 Since this "test shot N.9" is really challenging ... in the first place I am interested in the extent to which this test will correspond to my previous tests on gold targets .. During testing, I noticed that the bullet had a N.9 ..is definitely a more challenging target ... especially for my detector PI Garrett ATX ... on a standard 12x10" DD coil .. as a very small flatter gold targets / 0.027 gram / which this detector can detect..on 2-2.5 cm .!!! ...enlarge this picture ..!!! ------------------------------------------ ... Therefore, I decided to adjust 3 spherical shots of N.9 to different surface shapes and then test it ... ... the result has not changed ... all 3 ar of the shots N.9 remained invisible to the 12x10" DD standard ATX coil ... but small gold 0.027 grams of gold target was detected at a distance of 2 to 2.5 cm .... what I consider to be such a big coil.. really great result ..!!! ................................................................... In the end I decided to test the PI Garrett ATX still on a small 3x7" power DD coil from Infinium LS ...This little coil... is completely new, because it came to me from the seller yesterday... ....The test result of the small 3x7"DD infinium coil pleasantly surprised me ... because the ATX reach of small 0.027 gram gold targets increased from 2-2.5 cm up to 4-4.5 cm ... !!!👍 enlarge this picture .. and you will see better...!!! .....and this small coil began to see two pieces of the flattest shots N.9 ... if it's only when the target almost touches the coil at the intersection of the TX and RX windings of the coil ..!!! Now I can say .... that PI Garrett ATX ... these flat shots N.9 can really "technically" detect ... even if it's completely at the reel .. -I'm satisfied with the result .. even though I still failed to detect the round and also the least flattened shot N.9 .. In fact, I am more pleased with the fact that on this small 3x 7 "DD coil..l, the reach has increased to my very small 0.027 gram gold to 2 times .. at 4.5cm compared to the standard ATX 12x10" DD coil ...!!! So the "Magic" of using a Smaller coil "on this PI detector also works successfully ... and the smaller coil has been able to improve the sensitivity and reach of ATX for very small targets. I'm glad that ATX on a small 3x7 "coil started to detect my 0.01 gram gold target -... even if only at a distance of 2-3mm from the coil.. ..👍 ------------------------------------------------------ In the final picture.. you can see that the really flat form of lead shot N.9 is already detectable .., but only right next to the coil.. ... but also note the good range of 4cm .. small 3x7 "Power DD coil for target "35 pieces fine gold" of very small gold with a total weight of 0.4 grams gold .. It is also a complicated target .. and standard 12x10"DD ATX coil... can only be seen at 1.5-2 cm ..!!! I will also be happy ..to reach my favorite test target 0.1 gram of gold .. where the reach of a small coil is really nice 10 cm .!!! ---------------------------------------------------- PS....At the end of this test, I asked myself one question .... do we really need a detector that will detect such small lead micro targets? From a "Technical point of view", detecting a target like leadshot N.9 is a really cool thing .., But.... Isn't it better to use a detector that eliminates a substantial amount of such junk targets ... but still detects very small and sometimes much smaller gold ???... And this applies not only to PI detectors but also to VLFs... I think it's a good question for further discussion ....👍

Perth is a great city well laid out and the Perth Mint is worth seeing. Meekatharra had more iron bars and house anti-break in equipment than we had when I lived in Bougainville (Croc Gold Island) Papua New Guinea. I had a quick look around Meeka got a one bit of gold but moved on the next day.

Head for the beach. We had some high winds last week and I got to thinking that I should do something different. The boss said it was ok to take off work early on Friday so instead of a pick I loaded the beach scoop into the back of the truck...when I got to the spot it looked like there had been 6 feet of sand removed from the area. Nice steep slope...targets everywhere and I had it all to myself. It was a good hunt. 4 silver rings, one junk tungsten, and the find of the day was the 18 k engagement A JAFFE ring...Its a real beauty in person...but mother grundy has a way of playing cruel tricks on us sometimes...the center stone does not test positive.. Who in the bleep buys a beautiful 18k engagement ring covered in real diamonds and then puts a fake in the middle? I even brought it to the jeweler today just to make sure...his reply "No Luck" lol. So that the way it goes... but I'll take it anyways...it's way too big to fit the wife but she has already laid claim to the silver ring with the red colored stone. Equinox 800/ field 2/coiltek 10x5 Happy hunting... strick

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They have no problems throwing away the real ones either all you have to do is piss them off just right... strick

What happens in the goldfields stays in the goldfields 😎

I assumed 5 out of 5 would equal 100% satisfaction rating, so 4 out of 5 would be 80%, 3 out of 5 would be 60 % , etc. At least that how I remembered it working.

4.8 out of 5. Yeah, that would be a 96% approval rating I'm thinking. That's not real good considering how many customers they service.

So it’s waterproof. I assume the 5’ is from box to surface? Did Kelleyco not read the manual or did Dimitar make a change? I hope he did. kelleyco … wow stiff price I’d likely buy from Phil Meyers in Tampa first or Tom Dankowski. I’ve never really liked the EXTRAs they throw in to make ya feel like you got a deal. I’m not sure you can even get into their store right now. What I am glad of …..more dealer interest. I hope Dimitar keeps selling so he can continue improvements that we all would like to see.

thank You Gerry for your post. Is the 6" coil for the EQ 800 better for gold than the 5x10 coiltek? H.H. 😁

Hey Outback Yank, Be sure to take a spare detector or at least have someone there who can provide. Nice to hear you get the opportunity to go back and do it right. Wishing you the best of luck and looking forward to reading your posts.

Makes sense to me, NZ has become so expensive in this day and age that you have to be able to afford to live here especially around the Queenstown region where all my gold is found which is why its become known as a billionaires bolthole but its similar the entire country. Australia is the easier cheaper option with higher wages for low paying jobs which these people are seeking. It's quite sad actually, unless you're able to pay over a million for a basic house for a person that's job is sales person with low wages which is impossible then you're better off moving to Australia for a cheaper life and many younger people do who have no hope of living here other than a life of struggle. These normal jobs are filled by people on working holidays from overseas as the income isn't enough for a local to survive on and they're happy to live 10 to a house sharing beds one on the day shift one on the night shift. When I first moved to the area I struggled to meet Kiwi's, everyone was from somewhere else in the world 🙂 It seemed like there were more Aussies, English and Americans than Kiwi's around here and it still does. The good thing is you guys have the most gold, and I'm very envious of that. Fortunately for me skiing is more important to me than metal detecting and the value of my finds means nothing to me, it's more about the difficulty of the hunt so finding small nuggets that are very hard to find means more to me than finding bigger easier ones would as the finds have no value either way, it's the fun of the hunt. 🙂

Hello Paul, Well I might see you out that way…..I’m kind of retiring soon so hopefully will be out and about a bit more. I live in Perth so that’s about 700 kms from Meekatharra. Let me know if there is anyway I can help you out at any time……unfortunately I don’t know where the nuggets are 🤔 Tony

The BEST discrimination is your SHOVEL Aaron

I have never installed the strap on any of my detectors. I have never needed them. Great post. 👍

That sounds like a win-win for both of you guys. I was thinking of doing something similar as I have pretty much exhausted a small patch in the Bradshaws using my 5000. Having someone else go over the same ground with either a 6000 or a 7000 could be interesting and might convince me to upgrade at least to the 6000. Incidently I've had some success here with a drywasher and another operator has recovered a fair amount of fine gold using a GB2. I have never done any prospecting in the El Paso mountains although I've passed through Randsburg a time or two. Sure seems like a hot (good) area to prospect so maybe one of these days.

The wife probably found out it was fake and is why she tossed it at the beach!!

I use a couple different cad programs. One of my favorites is fairly inexpensive called Moments of Inspiration. It can be run off most laptops and has a very short learning curve. It is also very stable. What I do love about it is I can see the tesselation prior to export and refreshes as I change curvature values so I know I am getting a nice optimized stl for 3d printing. Software can be found here: https://moi3d.com/ The Anycubic machines uses free slicing software called Cura but you can use others. So far Cura has some descent presets for different materials to get the projects jump started. Amazing how expensive all this was not that long ago and how accessable it all has become.

Correct Steve, perhaps I should have been more clear on that point so thanks for pointing that out.

There's good stuff there for sure. I live in a part of Virginia that was incorporated in the 1640s. The "development" where I live (we bought the "spec" house) has seen multiple farms and activity dating back to then. Here the ground is a mixture of sand almost like that found on a beach, loam created by vegetation, and clay, both red and gray. Thankfully the housing market crashed and a farmer bought the ~100 odd acres in front of my house. I have found from almost two years of searching here and other farms in a 25 mile radius that nothing but large iron has sunk to more than 8" here despite the sandy ground. I doubt even the earliest plows dug much deeper than that. Someone might disprove this with a pulse induction detector but would be hard pressed. I'm sure you'll find what is there with your Legend. I wouldn't worry as much about "deep" targets as clearing the more modern trash that is in the top 2-4", and going back over that area again from a 45 or 90 degree angle. I was lucky enough to get a permission recently that had never been hunted. It is another 100 acres or so, very large. In 3 hunts I got this much, excluding the copper bracelet: That's not much from such a large place, but sometimes people are just not losing or tossing stuff all over. 😀 It's also possible that the early occupants didn't have much money. Conversely I could show you about 5 such cases of finds from a smaller field in front of my house, but nearly no coins, just a few cut pieces of Spanish silver and half Reales. Another example is a 2-acre field where I found the following in about a 30-foot square: And next to nothing else. You'll have to find the "sweet spot" in any area by random scouting, I could make a really long post. 😀 I hope you'll find one there.

Just as a general idea, there is detectable gold in the wider Bagdad area, if that helps keep the spirits up for a little more exploration closer to home. I've had absolutely horrible and entirely regretable experience sharing specific areas with some people in Arizona, leaving a lot of areas I loved completely and utterly decimated. It's happened to others too, and there are a lot of people highly guarded about discussing areas in Arizona as a result of it. It's a shame because there are some amazing finds in the state that just never get seen at all now because of it all.

Not all gold districts have detectable gold. You can have a boatload of fine gold under your feet and nary a peep from your detector with many gold deposits. There is free information that will help answer you question but most folks aren't going to give you a pointy finger to a personal patch. Below is a link to download Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona. It is the best quick reference guide for Arizona placer deposits. Everyone who intends to placer in Arizona should have a copy. http://www.mylandmatters.org/Library/Item=8193 The book is free as are all the other resources in the Land Matters library. Just poke around in there and you are bound to find something useful.

I just go to the spots that have the big shallow gold and avoid the the deep little gold spots 🤣🤣🤣

Please don't tell anyone (we're trying to keep it under wraps) but that spiffy new coil is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-inch-Coil-Triangulated-Bi-Axial/dp/B09SNVRXHC Apparently only at Amazon, as far as I can tell. Limit 2 per person. If anyone can purchase, on the open market, the new Fisher MF detector in 2022 I will send them one of my paychecks. Offer good for the first person who can show proof-of-purchase. I'm not sure why we keep aiming for the foot and pulling the trigger but it sure makes for sore feet and a red face.

I don’t know Chase but I do know this They say Pie R Square but that’s wrong it’s Pie Round Cornbread Square. Have a good one Chase ! Chuck

The Outback Yank will be so excited, he`ll forget not only his detector his luggage as welll.... 😈

So this was my third visit to this 1750s property. I found a nice horseshoe the first day, but then it was all bullets and foil. Second time out was almost all foil no fun and the black flies, let me tell ya, they were fighting amoungst themselves for my blood. Anyhoo third times the charm right? So again I am not finding squat. I was using the Legend with the 11inch coil because I thought I needed to search as deep as possible. So I decided to switch to the 6inch figuring I was dealing with way too much iron and the 6 inch might cut through and reveal some new targets. That was it. 5 minutes later I had my first ever colonial shoe buckle part at like 4 inches deep. I recognized it immediately and was flipping out like i found gold. I must say, as a newcomer to metal detecting, I have realistic expectations and hopes. When I got this permission I was hoping I would find a shoe buckle. Seriously, it was pretty much the top of my list. So yeah, seeing that in the hole was a magic moment. This part of the buckle had nice sharp teeth and even still has the pin in it! So glad too that I didn't destroy it trying to dig it. Thank you 6" coil! From there this old place started to spill the beans and give up some secrets. I also found a lead stamp in the shape of a cool old lightbulb. At first I thought it was a religeous relic, but nope, a lightbulb. But a lightbulb with a nice art nouveau vibe. Oh and found with part of the stamp wood still with it, which makes me think it is probably not that old. But a very cool find and maybe I will stamp some lightbulbs someday! And finaly my first ever dog tag (i think). Whatever it is, it clearly says 1949 and the town where I am hunting. Love it. So my faith is restored. There's old out there... Keep digging!

The one thing I have learned about this hobby is that you can't get too much advise. Most people think you just grab a detector and go but there is so much more to finding the good stuff. It really isn't easy and people have no idea how much garbage you find for every cool item that comes up. Yes, thank you Badger and all the kind folks here. Half the sport is the people you meet along the way.

The 6" round is better on the smallest nuggets, but you gain a little extra ground coverage with the Ellip. The 10" Ellip is better than the stock 11" round on small gold but the 11" round has greater depth on bigger gold. Hope this helps.

My time is very limited with the manufactures I already work with. They are not claiming it to be a Gold Detector and their background has not been focused on Nugget Prospecting. It certainly doesn't mean it's no good as I have not tested it...but I have a gut feeling it won't do what the Equinox 800 can. I would really like to see some folks use it and see what their results are. Again with me, it's the lack of time trying to test a machine that is not known. Please don't think it's not capable, I never said that. I would much rather test something that's geared towards the prospecting and is more recognized from previous history of success. Thanks for understanding.

This morning I went on the hematite area where last time D2 (V.071) couldn’t detect my very low conductor target in the bottom of a 8 inch hole. The “More tones less depth” test was with a 6” hole because 8 inches were too much. I dug another 8” hole previously wetted with 2 bottles of water. In the bottom of the dry soil hole D2 didn’t detect the target while could 100% detect it in the very wet hole. Tested my own program Focus1 and the program 2 with settings I let see: Pitch tone, discrimination 5, audio response 6, iron volume 5, sensitivity 95, reactivity 2, silencer 0, ground stabilizer 1, bottle cap 00 and notch off. Firmware is the same, V0.71: no depth issue but only a big difference between dry and wet soil. See you next time guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68D_o2JVAPA

Meekatharra is not where you would go for a holiday 😳

The Southern California beaches have been very stingy lately. Yesterday I went out for an hour on a normally productive beach and I got nada! Not a single thing to dig. There were no coins, trash or jewelry. I've been close to that a few times in the last several weeks but not like this. I notice that my wet sand beaches have had little wave energy to bring things in from the deep. This has resulted in a sand build up rather than exposed hardpan and rock beds. Others have noticed it too as I rarely see a detectorist at the usual places. We could say it is the pandemic (fewer drops) or the gas prices (fewer trips to the beach) but I'm going to say it is because of the 3rd year of La Nina. It has caused our drought (climate change) which resulted in less snow pack and less rain. Here is an explanation of ENSO which affects world patterns. https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/la-nina-update-cooling-warm-cold-season-forecast-fa/#:~:text=It also shows the La,What is this%3F&text=Trends are currently in favor,the second half of 2022. Are your beaches still producing?

Fits my RTG scoop that has a 4 3/4" id. Picked up a single extruder large format Anycubic Chiron that can handle 16x16x17 approx. Was sceptical on the printer at first but it is actually incredibly reliable. Bang for the buck its a great printer. Used an SLA printer for more than a decade so going over to FDM was fairly easy as it is more like a cnc machine. Man made diamond 😞 might pay for the gas as I am walking distance to the pond haha. Cleaned off the scale on the inside of scoop with a wire brush and used some 3m heavy duty mounting tape. Gorilla tape would probably work fine too. Seems to hole well. I chickend out on the rivet as it would leave a point inside that would get in the way and the plastic may break through. My scoop is pretty bent up from years of abuse so zip ties didn't work.

The aluminum handle scoops will turn your hands dark so you will want to wear gloves. I bought my wife one when we first started but now it just sits as she would rather use my light weight starve with carbon fiber handle which is my favorite scoop. I agree with getting a smaller scoop . Strick

Bugger, only for the F75 and not the T2, that's a start at least. Thanks for pointing out the coil now actually exists. They're sure trying to hide it, it's not even on the Fisher website although I'd long believed they've lost the password to be able to update that then they surprised me updating it with the Gold Bug 2.1 photos 🙂

I’m not sure if and when I’ll buy a Garrett detector but Garrett I do thank you! I’ve used the 15% discount with Minelab for a long time and I thank Minelab for that kind offer they make to the vets of us here in the US . Thanks Gerry for posting that info. Chuck

If you can find one, get a telescoping aluminum wand (around 3/4 to 1 inch thick, not the little wimpy wands), about three to four feet or so long, with a super-magnet on the end. They are light to swing, and you can get that small end right down into cracks, low spots, tight areas, etc. that you'll never get a magnet on a pick into (not talking about one on a pick handle). And, they pack super easy as you can collapse them. I love mine, and it's great when working a trashy area of bedrock that has lots of bits of track and blade that generate obnoxious signals. I know this is not an answer to your question, more of a suggestion as it's something I've been using now for about ten years, and I used pick-mounted magnets for many years prior, and I'm never going back. (My pick gets hard use, and I got tired of messing with trying to weld, drill and screw to fit, etc.) All the best, Lanny

They are very common terms nowadays, every second post about coils mentions them....usually 'spiral or flat'. Cant wait to trial the 12x7 though, its my dream size for the 6000. So glad you've had the time using it yourself and got such great results....bodes well for the future!

I believe they got a few detect-spurts to compete with the Nokta Nomads and Garrett whatsyoumahcallthems that other companies are using. I don't really hear much from these spurts though, The old treasuretalks used to be good but I guess they were more designed for those with a technical interest, it's all about hyping things up these days with over excited people doing artificial videos and maybe Minelab can't be bothered with that. Marketing has never been their strong point from what I've seen, although they don't need to do much marketing, we the users do it for them, and there is no better marketing than word of mouth.