johnedoe

Any news on the availability of the Z-Lynk yet?

Jim Hemingway over at Treasure net from Ontario detects the silver region and has some incredible finds.

Steve, I believe you have posted on some of his threads.

Good read and glad it's back.

Yup.... a human condition, "The Grass is Always Greener" syndrome.

Sounds like your machine is operating at peak efficiency, keep it and happy hunting.

Wow.... we can only dream of being able to beach mine like that.

On  a side note I won't be going to the beach today or tomorrow ..... 

I will either wait for White's to come out with one for my MXT or if they are too slow about it I will get the Garrett for $128.00

No rush since I use my V3i mostly now.  

Those prices are out of line....... But thats just me.

I watched the vid.... interesting but there was some serious lag when he passed the targets over the loop... 

I saw that too... I would like to see White's come out with one but I may have to goto Garrett for that bad boy... be perfect for the MXT, and Eagle Spectrum... which I have a big foot coil for

Great digs there Strick... congrats on all the fine gold. 

Oregon beach mining as a rule won't make ya wages... But for me it is a means to get out and get some exercise... 

The beaches are so variable on the Oregon coast that one day you may find good sands and the next tide will sweep them out or to a new location. 

Here is a link from the Alaska Gold Forum that has some great info....  

http://bb.bbboy.net/alaskagoldforum-viewthread?forum=2&thread=2058

Great links there Steve. Thanks for posting them.

More later. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Do we have any beach miners here?

I'm in Oregon and do a bit of sand sifting. The Oregon laws for the beach include No Power equipment so you have to ground sluice or have a recirculator above the high tide line or above the grass line. Kind of a pain but doable.

Anyway I have a thread going over at TreasureNet that is a little rambling but it will show ya what kind of equipment I use and some of the results.... Nope nothing like the Nome beaches but it gets me off the couch and I manage to eek out a little color.

So here's a link to the thread, hope you find some humor in it as well as maybe a little info. too.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/sluicing/454120-got-out-little-today.html

If we get a discussion going here I will just post anything new here instead of a link to another forum.

Thank's for looking.

Also does anyone have any info on beach mining in northern cal.? I can't find a thing on it and I have heard of a couple very promising beaches. But I won't spend the time and energy on them and the trip without some knowledge on the regs.

Oh .... I been meaning to say "Thank You" Steve..... I found that honker with the 6x9 I got from you.

The coil is a good one ......

Not sure about the diamonds.....I'll have to get them tested sometime.

Found this today while doing a little park hunting......

414 grains of 10k 

Wow...... Not just no.... but..... HELL NO!!

Sweet bunch of nuggets there....

That is what ya call a real life changer..............

Well don't I feel silly.......

Now Dana.... Go get that gold..... We are gonna want to see piles and piles of yellow metal. 

Good luck and Heavy Pans.

I'm gonna be a little transparent here and I hope you all can get as good a laugh out of it as I did....................eventually...

Dana. ...... I did the same thing. I got a hot new coil for the V.

OK….. here is a small vial of beach gold. finger for reference point….
I got the V out… it now has the 6x10 elliptical coil on it.
in the stock prospecting mode it will detect that vial with cap on at a little over 2 inches………
WOWEEEEEE

The wife walks by and sees I am quite happy with this little experiment.........

She then just looks at me and says .....Take the cap .....  off the bottle......................

I take the cap off and it actually still detected the small amount of gold in that vial but I almost had to scrub the bottom of the vial against the coil…..Still not bad I guess.

Brought to you by Rough and Ready scientific laboratories……. 

I understand that and I have seen HOT detectors .......... Just saying make sure your not detecting the little foil liner in the cap.....

I have seen that too........ 

Check this out...... The US is Now the Preferred Destination for Gold Mining Companies

By the way this article is about 2 years old.... I just came across it... things may have changed considerably.

9 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

There is no need for schematics. The Bigfoot is just a coil with a figure 8 winding, no secret about how it is made. The secret is in how to make them by hand and sell them for a profit. Most companies want something more amenable to mass production. There has also been a lack of faith in pricing them high enough. I have a 9" x 5" coil for the CTX that Coiltek sells for $399 but Jimmy and White's figured a specialty wound 18" x 3" coil was worth far less. The reality however is that when they were made they really were not a big seller. The fame came after they went out of production.

I understand that part but in a coil there is usually a small circuit board that has something to do with the tuning of the coil... Didn't the Bigfoot have something like that as well?

LOL.... Great minds think alike...

And on a side note that 6x10 coil you sent me is HOT. Got out a little today and did pretty good on some well worked areas. No jewelry but lots of clad.. Thank's again 

Take the top off the bottle................ 

See that little foil coated paper gasket in there...... 

I am sorry this had to happen to you Jim.....  There are a lot of people these days that are just no damn good..............

Hope someone spots your old friend for you soon.