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It fits an early White's detector that had an all metal ground balance feature that White's called GEB (Ground Exclusion Balance). https://garrett.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2020-12/G.E.B._All_Metal_en.pdf
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On 10/6/2023 at 3:00 PM, Jürgen Beyer said:
Maybe platinum or aluminum? If it was lead or silver and in the ocean it would be coated black due to oxidation.
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12 hours ago, Hard Prospector said:
Always had my doubts about these things for placer work. I mean; bed rock cracks, under boulders or just a quick pass through in screened material before it being sluiced or drywashed. Usually I reach for my trusty GB2 for such applications. Always thought the pin pointers are better left for the parks? Perhaps I should be more open minded........?
I use one of these and it can pick up gold that you can hardly see. http://falconmetaldetectors.com/
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3 hours ago, Jim McCulloch said:
Dave, "haunting " is a wonderful way to describe Dale. Every time I recover a rusty boot tack I know that I am walking in the foot steps of a fellow miner that preceded me over a century and a half ago. Heady stuff. And yep, 'ol Bob was a great guy. Far too many of his ilk are no longer with us, Dowie, Doc S., Woody, Ken D., Jerry B., etc.
Jim, I don't remember what year it was. I was with Woody and met you there in the Dale. Woody and I also came across Dowie on another trip there. Good times for sure. Lots of good memories and nuggets there.
snakejim
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The BLM here in New Mexico accepted the old Maintenance Fee Waiver form. Also, I never use their other forms. I have written my own forms for years and have never had any problem.!
Best wishes to all! snakejim
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I had one of those back in the day. I'll see if I can track it down and get back to you.
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On 7/16/2023 at 12:18 PM, Steve Herschbach said:
I got my start with the dig and detect thing about 15 years ago in Alaska, for much the same reasons as why it would work well in Finland. In a nutshell, very limited areas to detect, mostly in old excavations/mined areas. There is nothing like the wide open desert country where you can pretty much swing a detector anywhere. So once you hit the surface hard and clean it out, it’s either dig in, or give it up and go elsewhere. The problem being “elsewhere…. where?”
I took classes down to my old digs at Crow Creek south of Anchorage and did organized dig and detect operations, where everyone got a shot at, and went home with gold. Everyone dug and one person detected until they got a nugget, then the next person got the detector. It went around the group in a circle as long as the gold or the day lasted, and worked very well as a way to teach people how to detect gold. Nothing like hearing it and seeing it in person!
Also great for steep rubble covered tailing piles….
I was there at Crow Creek in June 1980. Gold Nugget detectors weren't really a thing yet. You and your dad were working the bank as a small trickle came down from above. I think they call it puddling or something like that. You and your dad had a few small pickers to show for it.
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49 minutes ago, beatup said:
No it was not me , the biggest pieces i ever found there were 3 or 4 grams in size .
https://rockseeker.com/largest-gold-nugget-found-in-wyoming/
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53 minutes ago, beatup said:
Yeah i used to go over there with a club out of Casper years ago , did ok detecting the dredge tailings along rock creek.
Someone found a large nugget several years ago in those dredge piles. Was that you?
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Neat place! Had some friends in Lander. I did some prospecting there about 25 years ago. I found a nice vein in an open cut and took out some nice gold in a pocket.
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Jim, I hope all goes well and you are back here soon.
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My neighbor had a 1961 Corvair Loadside. A very rare one, and all original. I got in touch with a Corvair club nearby. One of the members picked it up and it is being restored.
snakejim
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I'm with Gerry 100% on this topic. Back in the day we dug it all, and only had a magnet on a pick as a discriminator. Digging a hole 3 foot deep for a rusty can was a total waste of time and effort. Today, I use all the features of the detector I'm using as a time saver and it works well for me.
snakejim
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On 2/17/2023 at 6:16 PM, rled2005 said:
Does anyone know if it is possible the change-out the quartz crystal on the Goldbug 1?
Why would you want to? Everything is balanced tuned circuits on the original Gold Bug. I sent Steve H. the shop manual for it. It takes special steps to tune the circuits for max performance with each different coil. If it's working, best to leave it alone.
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On 4/15/2023 at 4:25 PM, GhostMiner said:
Here you go Jacob.
I bought 2 bottles of Bushmills just the other day. The store ordered it special for me. I intend to drink a toast to the old timers in this story the next time my partners and I are at our diggins. Best wishes to all! snakejim
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Maybe a couple of hours before I found my first nugget in a dry washers tailings pile. A Garret Deep seeker worked. 1985
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1 minute ago, Jim in Idaho said:
Jim, before you go that trouble, let's wait and let the snow and ice melt around here, and let me do some testing with this coil. Then that might make an interesting comparison. There must be some electrical difference between them, or why the different labels? Unless it was done just on the ones they eventually exported to the states. Maybe initially they were included in a package deal or something on a GPX 4500, or other, and had the ML label, and then they started the TDI labels for some reason. No way to know. I'll keep you updated, in any case.
Jim
Jim, that sounds like a plan. Weather is still bad here also.
Best wishes!
Jim
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1 hour ago, Jim in Idaho said:
I don't see mine listed. This coil, is black, with a white Razorback label. The label says Razorback....Professional ML Series, and below that "5 x 10".
Jim
Jim, I have one and it's black with a white label. The label says Razorback Professional TDI Mono 5 x 10.
I need to compare it to the JIMMY TDI Dual Field Mono, that I have.
Also, maybe I could send the Razorback coil to you, so you could compare it with the one you have since mine says for TDI and yours says for Minelab?
Jim
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Steve, you done good!
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Wow! Your store has really grown since I was there in 1980!
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Great story! Happy Birthday!
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On 2/18/2023 at 7:32 AM, GB_Amateur said:
Go for it, George!
This is a HEATHKIT GD-48 metal detector in this picture. I built one from a kit in 1968. It was my second detector. The first detector I had was a homemade unit that I built from an article in Popular Electronics magazine. It used a transistor radio as the receiver, and the transmitter and coil worked with a simple single transistor circuit.
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On 2/14/2023 at 2:55 PM, Joe D. said:
I heard a rumor that all the new one's will be foil lined!! Not only EMI proof, but Alien proof as well!! Anybody detecting Roswell??👽👍👍
Joe, I detect in Roswell. Come on down and we will look for space junk. I tried years ago to put a hunt together here, but couldn't get access to the Crash Site near Corona because it's on a private ranch.
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Wilma Beaumont in Henderson Nevada was the US Distributor for Minelab when the SD2000 came out. I was a dealer at that time and received one out of the first shipment. I paid $2800 + shipping and it sold for $3495. I was probably one of the first to use one at Rye Patch. It was amazing to say the least. Sorry I don't have photos. I was way too busy to think about taking photos. What an improvement it was over the VLF detectors.
snakejim
Help On Use For This Coil 16 Inch Coil Fit What Machine?
in White's Metal Detectors
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The antenna looking thingy is a stud and there are two of them. The lower rod had two holes instead of the swivel like we have now. The studs went through the lower rod and fastened the coil to the rod with wing nuts.