Steve Herschbach

Checking around it seems there are few Equinox for sale used right now, a little surprising since there are some people out there in need of bucks. You would think with so many sold the last couple years more would be coming up used, but that does not appear to be the case. I also saw under the eBay “Sold” listings a lot of control pod only sales out of the Russian Federation. That seems a bit odd to me. What happened to the rest of the detector? Minelab does not seem to sell the pod only, so I have to question how legit those things are.

Direct offshoot of the Eric Foster Goldscan and therefore blood relative to the TDI... https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/11421-fisher-impulse-aq-discrimination-explanation/

Not sure how long this has been going on, but I just tried to go to the Tesoro website at http://www.tesoro.com/ and got this message... That means all my database links to their owners manuals are now broken, so will have to update those to alternatives, assuming this is the end of their website.

It might end up looking something like this.... White's TDI Pro controls

High power TDI in MX Sport body. Not going to happen from White’s unfortunately but it’s in the works elsewhere, so there is hope.

The heavy rocks are nice but there's the real gold - a true buddy in the field you can always count on!

I'd be surprised if there was a dealer conference, current conditions being what they are.

Yikes!

Posting the video would help.

The key thing for many people is what activities may you undertake on land open to mineral entry or other locations that do not require filling out paperwork? According to the following hand or battery operated drywashers are generally ok. Motorized you should check with the land manager. Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nepa/oged/includes/leasing_regs_36cfr228.pdf (1) A notice of intent to operate is not required for: (i) Operations which will be limited to the use of vehicles on existing public roads or roads used and maintained for National Forest System purposes; (ii) Prospecting and sampling which will not cause significant surface resource disturbance and will not involve removal of more than a reasonable amount of mineral deposit for analysis and study which generally might include searching for and occasionally removing small mineral samples or specimens, gold panning, metal detecting, non-motorized hand sluicing, using battery operated dry washers, and collecting of mineral specimens using hand tools; BLM Casual Use http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title43-vol2/xml/CFR-2010-title43-vol2-sec3809-5.xml "§ 3809.5 How does BLM define certain terms used in this subpart? As used in this subpart, the term: Casual use means activities ordinarily resulting in no or negligible disturbance of the public lands or resources. For example— (1) Casual use generally includes the collection of geochemical, rock, soil, or mineral specimens using hand tools; hand panning; or non-motorized sluicing. It may include use of small portable suction dredges. It also generally includes use of metal detectors, gold spears and other battery-operated devices for sensing the presence of minerals, and hand and battery-operated drywashers. Operators may use motorized vehicles for casual use activities provided the use is consistent with the regulations governing such use (part 8340 of this title), off-road vehicle use designations contained in BLM land-use plans, and the terms of temporary closures ordered by BLM. Code of Federal Regulations / Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior / Vol. 2 / 2010-10-01780 (2) Casual use does not include use of mechanized earth-moving equipment, truck-mounted drilling equipment, motorized vehicles in areas when designated as closed to “off-road vehicles” as defined in § 8340.0-5 of this title, chemicals, or explosives. It also does not include “occupancy” as defined in § 3715.0-5 of this title or operations in areas where the cumulative effects of the activities result in more than negligible disturbance. Note that although the BLM mentions "may include use of small portable suction dredges" may is the key word and in fact all states now require a permit to run a suction dredge. While BLM may administer the land and not require notice for running a small dredge the water falls under other state and federal agency jusrisdiction. In general assume anything with a gasoline motor or that discharges water into a stream may be subject to some level of permitting. It’s a good idea to have a copy of the above information with you when prospecting. And of course no prospecting on mining claims without the express permission of the owner, period.

There is no love lost between me and Minelab marketing, that’s for sure. The engineers are stand up blokes though.

A bullet on or near surface should be no problem for the DD coil and just stock coin and jewelry program. If you are new to the machine messing with the settings much is not something I would recommend for an easy target that you should basically be able to eyeball unless somebody has stepped on it and driven it into the ground. Toss a similar bullet in the grass and practice on it to get an idea of responses. Good luck!

You can go to any version of the firmware at any time, just use the software and install the one you want.

Now that time has passed and we have had lots of reporting on the AT Max, I’d say the consensus on the AT Max has been mixed at best, with many people deciding they still prefer the AT Pro instead. There are also some who seem satisfied with the AT Max, but as new detector releases go it was far from a home run win for Garrett. Basically they took a stable detector platform and jacked the gain up to the edge of instability.

Minelab is a publicly traded company and this info is from forward guidance offered to investors. The stockholders do not care about tshirts. GPZ 7000, Equinox, etc were all foreshadowed in corporate forward guidance.

No, we sold the business to the employees about ten years ago. I’m still on the board though. The company has not sold Rokon in many years. Back when we picked up the line they has just reorganized the business and we had too much difficulty getting parts from them, so dropped it. I’m actually going to follow up and check on the current situation. It’s been a long time now, and if the parts situation has improved, and I have to believe it has, it would be a good line for the company to pick up again. Good fit for Alaska terrain.

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You might want to wait for the upcoming Minelab release cycle to play out.

Welcome to the forum! Relevant links are welcome, as are links back.

I would use 4 wheels in open terrain. Rokon excels in two other terrains. First, dense forest or large rock terrain where trails narrow to the point where a 4 wheeler cannot pass. Second, goat trails in steep mountainous terrain, where a 4 wheeler will simply roll over sideways. Where the 4 wheelers stop, the Rokon keeps going.

In general with any VLF, the higher the mineralization, the less depth you will get. People talking about 10” depths are in low mineral ground. I never see a 10” dime in my ground. 8” maybe if I am lucky in a milder loamy turf type dirt, but 5-6” in more the norm in my rocky/sandy hard pack ground on a dime. In general, in sparse targets, lower recovery speed will give you more depth. However, as targets get denser and/or mineralization increases, you benefit from increased recovery speed. How do you know which recovery speed is best for your ground? Never by picking numbers based off reading anything on the internet, but by experimenting on found targets in your ground. Go detecting, get a target, and before digging, increase and lower recovery speed to see what setting gives the best signal. Do this a lot until you find what setting works best for your location. The setting for sparse target areas in general should be lower than the setting for a dense target area, but again actual testing should determine that, not these typed words. If you discover otherwise, use what works best! Using canned settings of any type is for novice detectorists. If you know your detector you have to let your detector tell you the proper settings to use, because proper settings vary by location. This requires effort, which is why people prefer canned settings. If you take the time, make the effort, you can determine what settings truly work best on your ground by varying and comparing settings on found targets before digging. Anything else is just flying blind. As far as struggling to make good finds... if that happens to me I find better locations to hunt. The secret is not the detector, it’s the location. As much as I like my Equinox there are a dozen detectors I could use and do about as well. It’s more about putting myself on good locations that makes my finds then what particular detector I use. I have been in parks that I swear should give up some good coins and they don’t. I go somewhere else and do better. Detectors can’t put in the ground what is not there. Finally, silver coins and Indian head pennys can be very hard to find in some towns! Some places have seen decades of expert detecting and finding coins like that can be a challenge for anybody. I sure don’t tell myself I am going to see an Indian head penny any time soon!

They go back a few years, almost as old as I am! http://www.rokonworld.com/history.html

If it’s not EMI and you have done a full reset, the odds are very high you have a defective detector or coil.

That’s some really nice looking gold JP. People get all excited over the larger nuggets but I have found it easier to sell gold like that at higher prices simply because they are more affordable for more people. Long story short that’s the kind of gold I love having piles of - good for you! 👍🏼