johnedoe

What about the V3i's prospecting mode, it has a feature called prospecting scan ..... what about that and it's abilities?

Hey azau..... good to see you here.

40 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

When I say 'sold to the Russians' I mean the mining company there in Nome was bought by a Russian company and they are enforcing their rights differently than the old company.  I was told that many people had regrets that the deal ever happened but it is too late now.

All the better reason to nationalize......... US company, US resources.....

On August 15, 2016 at 8:01 PM, mn90403 said:

We were up there last summer and the houses north/west of the harbor had been burned and removed.  I understand that part of the beach is off limits to recovery now because the gold company that owned it was sold to the Russians.  Further out you get to Cripple Creek where the GPAA camp is.  Out there were many beach sluices but they had not been used in some time.  

The tide there is not much but anything out past the low tide mark is subject to the leases they talk about on Bering Sea Gold.

Mitchel

"sold to the russians"....????

Well seems like being a sovereign Man and US citizen I would just have to claim nationalization rights to our own national resource......

I prefer a good reloading powder scale..... it is also good for what it was intended......

Don't be discouraged.... It all ads up..

I lived in Nome in the early mid 80s. It has changed a lot since that time.

Did a little beach mining but more partying,,,,,, young and dumb.

This is a little from some old concentrates I still had that I packed around for too long...lol

Tape is fine as long as you have a solid coil and not one of the spyder type coils.

Here is another option for tape.... this stuff is incredible... Silicon Self Fusing Tape

Now regarding the removal of silicone sealant...... And many other cleaning jobs..... This stuff is also incredible. De-Solv-it Contractors solvent

i have used both and highly recommend them.

I agree completely, the V in a waterproof box would be outstanding. Or maybe just give the MXS a second freq. like the DFX without the bells and such.

It will be interesting to see what White's comes out with for the next big thing.

I am pretty much a coin and jewelry hunter but have always had interests in nugget shooting, just don't live in an area  where I can easily get any practice. 

I hope what I have to share below wasn't mentioned in the above posts.... I went through them but may have missed it if it was there.... So here ya go and at the risk of being redundant I shall reiterate.

One thing I have found is if your going to use a coil cover..... thoroughly clean the coil and inside of the cover before attaching, then seal the edge seam where cover and coil intersect with a good silicone sealant. This prevents any moisture and fine soil/mineral material from getting in between the cover and the coil. 

You would be amazed at just how little material between the cover and coil it takes to cause some interesting fluctuations in readings and stability.

I learned this from experience.... machine was acting very strangely .... checked all my connections, batteries, etc. but it just would not hold a ground balance not to mention how it acted on a target.

The I remember reading about coil covers. So I pulled the cover off and there was just a tiny amount of dirt between the coil and cover.... Cleaned it out.... problem went away....... So when I got home, I cleaned everything up sealed the seam and haven't had a problem since.

LOL.... Thank's Steve,

Not sure I'm looking to be #1 but hey, who knows.

I will certainly share anything I do discover with all here.

You have a great forum here, glad I came across it.

When I read the header I was wondering how a BBQ got into all this.....

Sure glad we got that cleared up.... 

Thank you Swifty,

i have read that as well as numerous other articles by Steve, all great stuff.

I guess what I am looking for is more in the field reports, how they did, what settings and tweaks they used, and of course anything White's engineering may have and want to share.

I realize nugget shooters are naturally going to gravitate to a machine specifically designed for the job and spend less in the process. It's just the I am looking for the potential that is available with the V and trying to figure how best to exploit that potential. 

The 22.5 freq. should make it fairly hot on some smaller gold, it is just a matter of will the V with it's unlimited setting be adaptable to the ground conditions one encounters ... The V has a very good ground tracking as well as widely adjustable SAT, but can that be set in or near the range of the MXT hypersat settings?  I know I need to get the machine out and do a lot of testing myself but I don't presently live in an area that offers that environment.

Maybe I'm wasting my time but I just want to see where the limits of the V are.

Anyway just something to keep me occupied while I heal up from wrist surgery.

I am looking for as much practical and technical info on the V3i's prospecting mode as possible.
It is an area that is extremely lacking.
I don't have much nugget shooting experience but I'm hoping to remedy that situation in the near future.
I have done some with my MXT but I want to explore the potential of the V3i.
If any of the White's tech info is available that would be great too.
Thank's...