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Steve I look forward in reading your review. Been tough around here. My 91 year old father passed away after falling and breaking his hip, this coming after he had a heart attack months ago. I have been busy taking care of him and tomorrow is his funeral so I am hoping everything gets back to normal in the months ahead.

Gold prices are reflected by the current stock market, we can't have both. When gold was at its highest the stock market was hanging around 11,500. With Fridays close of 17,009 gold will continue to fall. Although I am not complaining as I bought 7,500 shares of Home Depot stock back in 2009 at $24.00 per share.

I am using a product that is intended to be used as shelve liner. It's a very thin rubber mat called Easy Liner and sold by Walmart. It's the same matting used in the Black Magic machine posted on page 1. I used 3M 77 spray adhesive to secure the mat to the aluminum. The mat has a slight texture to it that gold sticks to. DUCK Brand: http://www.duckbrand.com/products/shelf-liner/solid-easy-liner/1228 Where To Buy: http://www.duckbrand.com/products/where_to_buy/1737

I think some of things you pointed out are rather trivial as in the tennis shoes, garden trowel, and well traveled wash. The young boy kept his distance while holding the trowel. I listen to the sound of the pick impacting the dirt and after the first few inches it was very obvious the ground was very hard. If your suggesting the nugget was planted I think not as it looked encrusted as though it been there for a while and again the hard dirt. Not scraping the over burden is not an issues as well. No two prospectors are going to follow a book on Metal Detecting. The shadows support they are out with the sun straight overhead so maybe they been working this wash for some time. Just my two cents... Also there is a third person involved who is shooting the video.

Tvanwho,Here is a link to my entire build of my Rubber Mat Miller Table. At the bottom of most of my post are links of my other builds. I for one like helping other build their equipment. Good luck with the Miller Table. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/400309-making-miller-table-using-rubber-mat-surface.html

To use the Miller Table you need to classify. My demo video the gold was much larger than the con I was running. The demo was just to see how well the gold was sticking. The very fine gold would need the water flow much slower to capture the fine gold. You will need to classify and run like 30, then 50, then 100 mesh. What I do in the field is classify down to like 1/16" mesh, throw it on the table to capture the bigger gold then save the con for a later day to capture the fine gold. I have a small tray under the end of the table. It is angled backwards to capture the con but allows the water to spill back into the black tub. When it become full I remove the tray and dump the con into another tub. This method seems to work for me as I do not want to spend hours in the field chasing fine gold when I could be dry washing, running the trommel, etc. During the video I was adjusting the angle and water flow trying to find that sweet spot. There was some really small fine gold laying on the mate. I did find some very small fine gold about half way down the 36" table and this was due to adding to much con too quickly. Again it’s a learning experience in figuring out what works best for different size gold being captured.

You want to run the table with the water slow enough and still maintain an even flow across the width of the table and length. Also you want to use Jet Dry to break up the water tension. Run the table at 5 degrees seem to be ideal. If you plan to use the table at home then there is no issues using a 120 volt pump. If you plan to use the table in the field as I do during the evening hours then a Attwood 500GPH pump from Walmart is a great choice as it will last a lifetime. The HF pumps are not sealed and will not last plus the Attwood is just a few dollars more. I use a couple of 7AH batteries along with a car battery charge to charge them. You can pick up a 7AH battery or larger at Home Depot of Battery Plus. You need to buy a sealed Lead Acid battery as seen below.

I build my own gold processing equipment. The miller table uses rubber mat. Works fantastic... This was a test just showing the gold recovery. Water flow speed was much faster than needed. Both the Miller Table and Blue Bowl are recirculating systems. I found the Miller Table to be much easier to use and faster. The Blue Bowl is now collecting dust.

The above Detech coil from their Bulgarian website states this after being translated: Search coil S.E.F. is specially designed and manufactured by Detech, for Fisher metal detector brand model: Gold Bug, Gold Bug DP and Gold Bug Pro. Size 38cm x 30cm (15"x12") With this probe depth raised demand for the metal detectors Fisher Gold Bug, Fisher Gold Bug DP, and Fisher Gold Bug Pro around 30% according to the nature and character of the soil. From what I have read the S.E.F 15" x 12" Coil for Fisher F75 is what you buy and it works on the Gold Bug Pro

Steve thank you for providing what will become the top forum for seeking informative information on MD's new and old and those that have yet to be designed or thought of. Looking forward to the discussion of the Minelab 2300 / Garrett ATX.

Just wanted to say I had my Gold Bug Pro in the field less than one hour and found 1.1 gram nugget. The GBP in my arms is like walking around with a feather in my hands.