Gerry in Idaho

Just amazing

Minelab 35 Year Anniversary = Major Special Savings on the Manticore. ...and on the Equinox 900. Dealer Knowledge is a MUST. When it comes to Dealers, no other in US has successfully found gold nuggets with as big a variety of detector brands & or models. Below find from Idaho while Gerry using Manticore. He's since found even more. Below find in Oregon with Equinox 900 by Gerry. Why purchase a gold capable detector from those who don't do it or know it? Minelabs having a party & Gerry's Detectors is helping celebrate. Call Gerry 208-345-8898 (landline) for Major Special Savings. I think Minelab lost their marbles? You better take advantage of their craziness. No detectors ship until April 18th when officially starts. We'll be at Rye Patch, NV. offering 3 Days Field Training next week. Now is your chance to take advantage of both.

The most amazing one I seen from RP was a 1 ozt. Stood about 1.5" tall and was a triangle with 3 sides and a bottom. Most amazing chevron on all 3 sides. The finding was an old friend from Reno area that used to stay down there weeks at a time in the 90's. The amazing piece in the pic below was recovered by one of my Field Staff just a few miles down the road. Beautiful gold has come from that country for sure. This is a pic looking from top of the rock, notice the hole. Pic below is the bottom of the same nugget. Most interesting, there is a hole right in the middle that goes all the way through. Left is 1.5 ozt and the right one is 1/2 ozt. Glad you enjoy seeing something different.

What is worse my friend, snakes or... big hairy spiders? Rye Patch has both.

Lunk some of our previous customers were out there the last couple days and each found a few. Rob scored 3 with his Garrett Axiom and DD coil. Looking forward to another great group of people.

Gold just went over $2400 ounce and if your detector is not finding gold, maybe it's time to invest into Hands on Training. It sure is cheaper than trying to learn the rops on your own, I promise. I had a family of 5 pull out and so I have a couple openings not filled for this upcoming Field Training class at Rye Patch, NV. Starts Friday morning April 19th and ends Sunday late afternoon on 21st. Cost is $500 per person if you didn't purchase a detector from me. If you have 2 in your party, I'll make a special price for the pair, only $750. If you purchase a detector from Gerry's Detectors, then you earn a $150 discount and only pay $350 when you arrive. For those partners who don't want to attend and think sitting in the desert for 3 days is boring, there is plenty to do this time of year. Look for crystals, take pictures of wild flowers, chase rattle snakes and cute little horny toads, look for arrowheads and even meteorites. All have been found out there at Rye Patch. It's a 3 day camping trip with like minded people and we provide location and knowledge only. Contact Gerry's Detectors at 208-345-8898

One of the hardest things to do at Rye Patch NV proper, is to find a specimen gold piece attached to quartz. Not sure how many of my Rye Patch NV swinging buddies are left from the mid 90's but we all have agreed on a couple things when it comes to gold at RP. Chevron gold is the most desired and valuable. There have been some amazing high dollar pieces discovered at the patch. Specimen gold on the other hand (gold and quartz mixed) is most rare to find at Rye Patch than many realize, why is that? I personally have found thousands of nuggets and have seen 10X dug up from all the local legends back then. But to see a piece of gold with quarts on it that came from RP, just does not seem to happen. There's big quartz boulders and quartz pockets scattered all over that area. Heck, one of the locals (Peg-Leg) used to dig out some of the pockets to discover massive beautiful clusters and even single solid monster crystals, but he never found any with gold. This is the largest specimen I have ever seen from Rye Patch proper and it was found in 2005/6 by one of my customers (Scott from Idaho) with a GP-3500 right near the burn barrel. As for me and all the thousands of nuggets I've collected in my 30 yrs of detecting RP, I have only found 2 small nuggets in the 2 to 3 gram range that had a piece of quartz attached. Anyone else seen specimen gold come from Rye Patch? Do any of you geology experts know why we are not seeing it happen more often, especially with all the quartz rocks and crystal pockets that are exposed out there? On a side note - My 1st of 2024 Rye Patch Field Training is coming up next weekend. Anyone wanting to learn some real hands on Field Knowledge and up your chances of finding that beautiful and expensive rare gold, contact Gerry's Detectors at 208-345-8898 for details.

Glad to see some more Au bits coming from Rye Patch. Yes, a group of my previous customers were out there and I think they all found a few. I'll be offering our 1st of 2024 the group 3 Days Field Training next weekend so we should hopefuly get a little dryer weather and my Field Staff/I will be sharing knowledge on gold capable detectors. If you get the chance, swing by and show of some of your Au. Nice finds Lundy.

You find your biggest and best nugget of your metal detecting career and are so emotionless, it's kind of funny. I personally know so many folks who hunt gold and have yet to find a 3 gram nugget, let alone an 1/8th oz'er. Well done my friend but hopefully you'll get a little more excited next time. Now I realize you have dug more gold rings and gold coins than most could image as well, so maybe the big excitement of a nugget is not as meaningful? Here's a fact for you, that size nugget is way more rare than a gold ring or even a gold coin find. Still very impressive for you Andy and thanks for the video.

Glad to see you enjoying the Axiom and finding some nice gold. Is that your best piece so far Andy? For those who don't know, he's been chasing old coins/relics/rings for many years, but the pursuit of gold nuggets is pretty new (the last few years) to Andy. Well done my friend.

Most interesting facts for me about the GB-2. Even though it's known for being the superior tiny gold getting VLF detector, especially when used with the smaller 6" coil, I was fortunate enough to score one of my best Oregon finds with one a few years back. Sometimes it's just getting in the right area and being the 1st to swing a coil over a rock that beeps.

The GB-2 has a Love it or Hate it relationship with many. It's my favorite VLF to train customers on as I can toss a small piece of gold in front of them and most newbies can't find it. After the 3 days Field Training, the customers are so in tune, they're loving it and finding gold. Gold only detector, for the masses I would much rather sell a GM-1000. For those few who want to Succeed much sooner and be dialed in with their detector, it was the GB-2. Now the Equinox 800/900 and 24K have taken over GB-2 sales for the most part as they can do more, tell you more and handle a variety of soils better than GB-2.

Just imagine a new detector that would provide us the same success we had in the 90s with our SD-2100 or GP-Extreme. Those days were incredible, even here in the US.

My Field Staff Experts and I appreciate all the kind words. Yes we know Gold Detectors to the tee. Yes Rye Patch NV is mostly cleaned out and the pickings are slim. But we do find gold and have never done a course that no gold was found. Now I'm a straight shooter and pull no wool. It's the Training, Knowledge shared and learned. It's the building of confidence on your detector. Those are most important to me for our customers to walk away knowing. The best location means nothing if you don't know the detector, it's capabilities and pros/cons. YES we teach Cons of ones detector as well. No use swinging if that kind of gold is invisible to the detector. The top price detector does you no good for same reasons mentioned above. It's much more important to have Detector Field Knowledge and be confident. Do most folks pay for training? No. That's exactly why most folks who have purchased gold detectors have yet to find gold. Education my friends will save most folks alot of trips, wear & tear, and gas money. Why do I say this with confidence? In the early 90s I had over 15 yrs of successful detecting experience. But not at finding gold nuggets. Even though I was swinging detectors in 70s and 80s with great success, chasing gold was new. Then started hunting Au in 90s and 2 yrs later still ZERO gold. 3rd yr I paid for Training and have been finding ounces ever since. Funny thing, I was and still am finding gold at those same locations I 1st tried on my own with no Success. I do have some openings for the April class as a group of 5 just canceled. My Field Staff Experts and I are ready to spread the knowledge. May a few of your deep digs be golden. Pic is over an ounce of Northern Nevada gold I found my last trip there. That was November of last yr.

It's time to dust off the Fisher Gold Bug-2 with 6" coil. Spot price gold today broke $2300 US. Things are getting a little scary for that to happen, in my opinion. But back to Au and those lovely light weight, cost efficient, tiny bits of gold getting detectors. My personal favorite is the 25 yr old Gold Bug-2. Why we have not seen any improvement of that detector in so long is just silly. But at least it's still out there. Sure, today's masses of new Swingers don't know it's capabilities and or fine tuning features. They're swinging the popular GM-1000, Equinox 800/900 and 24K. Some of the smaller brands are also quite effective as well, especially with small sniper coils. If these Au prices hang around, you folks might start seeing me sharing Gold Bug-2 Success, one little itty-bitty bit at a time.

Chuck, Those stores who used to educate the staff are almost non existent. It's also the same with the detector manufacturers these days. Yrs ago the manufacturer would have training classes the dealers were required to pass in order to sell the new model of detector. That was yrs ago with a different management. Today, it's all about moving the product and making a buck. Ethics have been tossed to the curb. Customers have YouTube. Yes many detectors can be picked up on Saturday at yard sales, eBay, Market Place. I feel most folks selling them had no clue what they were purchasing in the 1st place. I'll blame them for their lack of success.

Both detectors 6 vs 7, have their strengths and weaknesses. When the GPX-6000 was 1st introduced into the Goldfields in the United States, it was easily the King of recovering missed gold of the GPZ-7000. As time has progressed and the options of smaller lighter coil options for the GPZ, it's showing more small gold capabilities (at an expense). Sure wish the coil manufacturers would be a little easier on the wallet, but at today's gold prices, they can get away with it. Sometimes just the change of Settings will help gather a few more nuggets and that's why so many hard core hunters realize, a site is never 100% hunted out. Heck, just a simple thing as soil moisture content or EMI, can easily effect a detectors capability and miss a nugget that otherwise would have been heard. Very interesting read and just goes to prove that not 1 detector is best for all situations.

At these prices, even the little GPX-6000 bits are worth collecting.

Yes the last day of March for a new Minelab with Promo. I still have a few of the other used detectors. Finally SOLD the GPX-6000 locally. Greenland, Eskimos, kissing girls, pay off. Did the girls offer a 15% discount? You must have had quite the experience over there.😏

X-Terra Pro would be a strong choice as it has a variety of coil options from all 4 of the Equinox detectors (600, 700, 800 & 900) as all those coils will work with X-Terra Pro. Also, the 100% Waterproof feature is nice. Yes the Simplex is a similar priced detector that is very popular as well. I don't sell as many of them so I can't tell you the Pros/Cons of each, but I think coming from Vanquish to X-Terra pro would be easier than to a Simplex. Hopefully this helps and wishing you luck.

What is the condition of the GP-3000 box, arm cuff, arm grip and coils? Is battery still good?

Wonder why I and a few other dealers were never provided this info. Maybe only select dealers got the invite? Please forward me the details at gerrys1det@gmail.com as I look forward to seeing the heavy brass again. I'll probably do like you and stay a while as I want to grab some heavy metal in the Gold Fields and then swing the beaches for a few gold rings. Looking forward to it. Thanks

Your service team has been very responsive and quick. I personally know that from experience. Thanks for keeping our dinosaur Minelabs running.

Doc, You are to kind my friend. Yes our wives have had many a dinners in various countries talking about us and our silly detecting passions of helping others. We've had some wonderful yrs and memories in this industry and shared some fun times. It amazes me to this day why you still work so many jobs when you don't need the $$ or headache? We do enjoy the large selection of detecting tools and accessories you build and offer to the public. You're a one of a kind Doc, I love your desire and enthusiasm to this day. Hopefully Minelab has one more whoorah so we can enjoy each other's banter again and look at all the newbie wet behind the ear dealers, just like we were 25+ yrs ago. Oh my gosh, it's been that long. The Gold Lady- An amazing energetic lady who was never short of wearing jewelry. She'd sink to the bottom of the ocean in a heartbeat from all the heavy metal....and full of charisma.

Sorry to hear of another long timer doin the gold hunt up above. It's sad to see so many of the pioneers of VLF gold hunters leaving us behind. Prayers to his family.