snakejim

I offer a Fisher Gold Bug Pro with 2 coils: A 5" round and 10"x5" elliptical. Also a Fisher Gold Bug tracker with the 5" coil. I'd like to sell them together as package deal for $550 shipped. I paid $983 for the two. Pictures on request. Thanks! snakejim 575 420-1648

I've had two dogs bitten by rattlers. They both survived. I heard that if they are bitten on the head they usually recover. Still it's not fun for the dog.

If I want to know exactly where a mining clam is located, I email the BLM in Santa Fe and request a copy of the original location notice and map of the claim in question. I usually receive and email with copies of the documents attached the same day or next day at the latest. However,the BLM may be 90 days off. The county clerk will have the most up to date information. Still, there could be a claim located and neither the county clerk or BLM have any documents yet.

Thomas J. Dankowski stated "Are there remaining items (including coins) in the baseball diamond that all three detectors missed? ABSOLUTELY! Awaiting future technology!" That is an article from the year 2000. I rest my case!

If you are hunting with a detector in a true all metal mode, there should be no metal left where you have detected unless it is too small or too deep for the technology you are using. A lot of newer technology has been developed in the last 15 years to deal with the iron masking issue. There are a lot of videos on YouTube and elsewhere. I believe if you search this forum there as several discussions on this matter.

My experience was that in city parks, etc; where the grounds were watered on a regular basis. my buddy and I found more deep silver when the ground was damp. The opposite happened in the gold fields. We found more and deeper nuggets when the ground was the driest. It seems to me that in highly mineralized ground the dampness make the mineral salts conductive and reflects a lot of the signal. Keep in mind this was with VLF detectors.

This might work for you. https://highplainsprospectors.com/products/fisher-goldbug-tracker?_pos=17&_fid=2a0a98779&_ss=c

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I didn't see any one doing a video when I was there. BD was helping his friend Jason, the fellow I sold my claim. BD went back to Arizona on Thursday. I'll ask him if he did a video.

I met BoulderDash (one of the dudes in the video), in southern New Mexico this last Tuesday. I sold one of my claims to a friend of his. Their videos are on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObciZukJa3K5IOIF2_4ZdA

Welcome to the forum Andy! I might have met you at Orogrande, between Alamogordo and El Paso. Met some Germans there on a 4wheeler years ago.

I just called the Fisher factory (First Texas Products). They said they will have them in stock March 21.

I totally agree the AU52 and AU2000 weren't as good as the original Gold Scanner. When the White's Goldmaster II showed up, I was fortunate to get to use a prototype out in the desert near Twenty Nine Palms California. I was using the original Fisher Gold Bug at the time. What a difference the higher frequency of the Goldmaster II made on the tiny bits. I bought a White's Goldmaster II as soon as I could and never went back to the Gold Bug. I have had every White's Goldmaster model since then up to and including the White's 24K.

The Compass Gold Scanners worked for me also. I found some really nice nuggets with mine. I remember that Compass built 4 models of the Gold Scanners.The Gold Scanner Pro had a meter, the standard Gold Scanner did not have a meter. Then, they made an AU52 at 52khz and an AU2000 that had switchable dual frequency from the original (as I recall) of 13.79khz to 52khz. I think I used every model at one time or another. They really worked!

GhostMiner, you are not a fool. I have enjoyed your story from it's beginning. I don't do a lot of reading, but I never missed the chance to read your latest episodes. Thank you for it! snakejim