Steve Herschbach

You are probably just taking pity on all the pictures posted of small U.S. and New Zealand gold. Surely nobody in Oz bothers with anything that weighs under a pound! Very nice looking gold.

Good job! You can in theory find gold almost anywhere modern humanity frequents. The jewelry needs to get lost in the first place, and that means places where clothing is changed and highly physical activity takes place. A soccer field is the classic example because the team often sheds street clothing on the sidelines. The soccer play itself plus possible viewers around the perimeter all add up to a great location. Gold can be as close as the nearest park, and often more gold can be found with less effort and expense than chasing gold nuggets.

Nice find Norm! Could not quite read it so enhanced the photo a little.... Deputy Fish & Game Commissioner 1911

The quickest way to get from point A to point B as regards manufacturers and coils is to look at existing housings. It is new machining and molds that slows stuff down and adds costs, so any time an existing mold can be used it really helps make the sales pitch. In this case Minelab has an existing 6" concentric for the X-Terra that could be easily converted. I am not holding my breath however.

Released 9/13/2018, the version Deus 5.2 Update solves some bugs and improves the connectivity between coils, remote control and headphones. NOTE: The HF and X35 coils do not need to be updated at the moment, so they will be ignored during the DEUS software UPDATE. 8/2/2018 – Version 5.1 improves the connectivity between DEUS and the MI-6 Pinpointer as well as the connection speed. Latest Deus V5 Instruction Manual http://www.xpmetaldetectors.com/metal-detector/deus-update/

One thing I always found fascinating at Chisana was the effort expended to bring water to bench locations - gold bearing areas far above the current stream area. The terrain is steep, and the bedrock is fractured to great depth. This made ditches a poor solutions for much of the area, and wooden boxes or "flumes" had to be constructed to carry water to the desired mining areas. Just getting the lumber to the site was a major undertaking. The gold bearing creeks are well above treeline. That being the case the lumber was whipsawed in the valley below then pulled by horses to the valleys above. More impressive was the engineering feats involved. The flume would start far upstream at creek level and then follow a more gentle grade than the creek itself, eventually bringing water miles downstream and hundreds of feet above the current stream level. In the process gullies were bridged and the entire structure built across cliff faces. Most of the old flume system is gone or in serious disrepair, but sections remain to tell the tale. Click on images for larger views.... View down lower Little Eldorado Creek - flume high on hill in distance Closer look at flume above mouth of Little Eldorado Creek And closer yet... Upper Bonanza view of flume system - much of the wood has been scavenged over the years Flume crossing cliff areas Detail of flume construction Flume winding around the terrain The old flume system close up To be continued...

The pictures above have been corrected. Nokta Anfibio waterproof metal detector

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That was a good deal at $284 - at $149 it is a steal, literally less than the price of a single coil. The 10" round DD stock coil is a great all rounder. The concentric "donut" coil will give better ferrous identification of things like bottle caps, an edge for depth on mild ground (popular with white sand beach hunters), and easier pinpointing. The 10" x 5.5" elliptical DD is a good nugget hunting coil or will offer slightly better trash separation than the stock coil in really trashy ground. The round concentric is lighter than the stock 10” DD which makes for a nicer detector on the arm. The trade is the concentric coil is bouyant and therefore not as good for use in the water. I am not sure where the elliptical DD fits in as far as weight and balance etc but I am guessing it falls somewhere in the middle. White's MX Sport waterproof metal detector

Now that Nokta and Makro are moving even further into merging both product lines we have some significant overlap here. Makro Kruzer Multi - 5, 14, and 20 kHz ($749) Nokta Anfibio Multi - 5, 14, and 20 kHz ($$$$) Makro 14 Kruzer - 14 kHz ($649) Nokta Anfibio 14 - 14 kHz (????) Makro Gold Kruzer - 61 kHz ($749 two coils) Nokta Anfibio 19 - 19 kHz (????) Interesting that the Gold Kruzer is 61 kHz whereas the Nokta 19 "gold detector" is 19 kHz. That makes the Makro Gold Kruzer more of a waterproof version of the 56 kHz Makro Gold Racer. The Nokta Anfibio 19 is more a direct replacement of the 19 kHz Nokta FORS Gold+ Nokta Anfibio versus Makro Kruzer

Video in Russian....

Nokta Anfibio Multi waterproof metal detector Nokta Anfibio Multi Display Nokta Anfibio 14 Display Nokta Anfibio 19 Display

Three different models.... Anfibio Multi - 5, 14, and 20 kHz Anfibio 19 Relic & Gold Hunter - 19 kHz Anfibio 14 Coin Hunter - 14 kHz New Nokta Anfibio metal detector series

You can always give it a go and roll back so no risk involved. This is everyone's chance to play at product tester - yup, this is how it is done. Test this version, test that version, which is better and why? Different folks, different opinions. You can see how it might get interesting for the engineers.

It's kind of like Deus and some people still preferring older versions. Whatever works. I am very happy that we get not only updates but the ability to run older versions as preferred - it all just extends the value of the detector for those that own it. It will be interesting in time to see what the consensus is about the two versions.

I have seen talk by some who thought they might go back to the earlier version - very few who have actually done it. It does not really matter much - both versions are available for your use - use the one you like best.

If the Multi Kruzer with three selectable frequencies, waterproof to 15 feet, and integrated wireless for $749 is overpriced then some U.S. manufacturers have some explaining to do. If Makro makes nothing worth $350 then a couple U.S. manufacturers makes nothing worth more than a couple hundred bucks. Nokta and Makro together have moved faster than any company in the business. Their early models were third world models. The latest meet or exceed product made by some “industry leaders” and they are poised to pass up companies that have basically done nothing for ten years. Up next - a true multifrequency device.

I think they had two separate product lines that overlapped a lot. With the two companies integrating more closely the lineup will be oddball as many models get dropped and what is left merging. Anfibio and Multi Kruzer were probably conceived back when the plan was to keep the two companies more separate. What you have is two different ways of doing nearly the same thing. Buyers will vote with their pocketbooks, and one design path will survive, the other die off.

I am aware of the Infinium and ATX so-called mono coils. They are not. By definition a mono coil has a single winding that alternates between transmit and receive. VLF or more properly induction balance or continuous wave has one coil continuously transmitting and one coil continuously receiving. They cannot use a mono coil and function. Garrett and now Minelab marketing pays no particular attention to prior use. So they use terms improperly or out of place simply because it sounds better. That then adds to my growing list of detector definitions that have exceptions. Garrett for instance, by their position in the industry define mono any way they want. Nokta and Makro is messing with the same deal calling the Impact and Kruzer multifrequency. Well, not by prior normal conventional use of the term they are not. But the bottom line is there is no true standard and therefore no law saying they can’t.

Well, there is no doubt White's, like a couple other outfits, have got caught behind the curve. The good news is White's has an enthusiastic and very hard working young man in the form of Tom Boykin trying hard to get new products out the door. I feel your frustration but at the same time wish Tom and White's success going forward.

It was fun hanging out with you Tom, and I am glad you did not get skunked. That's easy to do when you have limited time to work with but when you have a hot machine like the Goldmaster 24K and are chasing the small stuff it definitely improves the odds of at least finding something, even if it is small. I remember a guy once who told me he did not want to waste time digging that tiny stuff. We were on a hunt with me following along after him. He was getting nothing, and yet every once in awhile I would dig a tiny nugget he had passed over with his less sensitive detector. Any gold beats no gold, and next thing you know he was getting a new detector. And speaking of new detectors of course - you and your crew did a great job on the 24K

The 14 kHz Kruzer and the Multi Kruzer can use these new coils. Only the coils made specifically for the Gold Kruzer will operate on it.

It was great seeing faces old and new out at the hunt - pretty amazing event with about 400 people in attendance. The hunt area is HUGE! The clubs get kudos for putting on such a great event and it was nice to see all the kids that were attracted to their first detecting experience. Again, nice seeing you all! Tom and I snuck off at first opportunity and yesterday we running the Goldmaster 24K around on some old beat patches. The big stuff is about gone but little nuggets remain for hot detectors like the 24K. I managed to snag these four little bits, 7 grains total, largest piece 3.8 grains using the 6" concentric. Nice, easy running machine. The XGB multiple point ground tracking does seem to offer smoother operation with at least some combinations of hot rocks and ground. The place we were at is medium alkali ground with two particular hot rocks that trouble machines and the 24K ran great in this type of scenario.

Was out with Tom Boykin of White's Electronics yesterday running the Goldmaster 24K around on some old beat patches. The big stuff is about gone but little nuggets remain for hot detectors like the 24K. I managed to snag these four little bits, 7 grains total, largest piece 3.8 grains using the 6" concentric. Nice, easy running machine. The XGB multiple point ground tracking does seem to offer smoother operation with at least some combinations of hot rocks and ground. The place we were at is medium alkali ground with two particular hot rocks that trouble machines and the 24K ran great in this type of scenario. It's been fun checking out the 24K as it kind of brings things around full circle in a nice way. I got my first detector, a White's Coinmaster 4, in 1972. And now 46 years later I am playing around with a new White's detector! A fitting end to my series of detector reviews over the years. White's Goldmaster 24K gold nugget detector with 6" concentric coil

So far most people seem happy with the update though a few people are less sure.