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Now that is one of the better tests that I have seen. The string swinging across the coil while the nugget is at the exact same location is much better than us trying to swing a detector over the same level on a target.
Thanks for sharing Steve, as this video will certainly show some folks the majority of smaller gold is found best with a small coil, as many of us old timers know. Problem is so many never hunters feel bigger is better.
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Why do I feel this detector gets my vote of confidence as the best gold detector on the market today.
As a multi line dealer and one who enjoys the hunt for gold, I have spent more time and money than most folks trying out all the different gold machines on the market. Another of my attributes is having qualified Field Staff Experts who have been and still are in hot pursuit of the soft yellow precious metal. Some of my team goes back 20 yrs with me and many trips across the gold bearing western states including Alaska. Even my newer Staff have proven their stature with many ounces and or pounds of gold being recovered, but more importantly, by a variety of gold detectors. We also take our knowledge of the many detectors and share with each other. Heck, many times we are together and even comparing different detectors and or settings to get the ultimate signal. We find the happy medium between clearest target vs strongest response and this can really speed up ones abilities at sniffing out gold with the best of the best.
At times in recent years I’ve been labeled as a Minelab guy who pushes them for profit. What those folks don’t understand is that profit is the last of my worries. Heck to be really truthful, Minelab has one of the lowest % margins out there. Early in my Dealer career, I was labeled as a Fisher guy, then a White’s dude and it seemed any detector I used and pushed, it branded in their minds.
What I have learned is to put the best tool in my customers hands that will give them the greatest chance of Success. If they are finding gold, I have a walking advertisement for my business and they’ll share their experiences with all those around them who are interested. That my folks is how I work and it brings me long lived happy/repeat customer… becomes my profit.
As a true die hard detectorist when in the hunt for gold, I have no other objective but to find it. I really don’t care what country detector is made, what brand, model or name it has on the label. I’ll even go so far as to say I also do not mind spending the money on a detector if I feel it will help me recover more gold. The bottom line is for me to be Successful at finding gold. This should be the case for most folks who look for Au and especially if you want to be proficient at digging more than most others.
Here is the problem for the vast majority of people out there who want to detect for the heavy metal. You listen to the wrong music, lol. Most don’t have the knowledge of all the different gold units and or technologies and how they work best. Not only that, lets be honest, the majority don’t have the ok from the wife (the money) to buy them all. But even for those with no wife and or no budget limit, you still don’t have the time. OK, at least those with no wife and no limit on spending, you might have more time than most others. On top of all the scenarios already mentioned there is still one factor that really does help my detector of choice and this is where so many people get confused or have been mis informed. My detector finds more varieties of natural gold than most any other and as a bonus, it also finds man made gold as in rings and gold coins with more accuracy than the competition. But that last bit is a bonus, so we won’t even count that part of the equation, even though gold is gold.
So what is this detector I speak so highly of (at least until something comes out and proves to be better)? It’s a gold machine with features I really like, use in the field and prefer. Some of the most important (in no given order) details are listed below.
- Target Identification - So many detectors now have the ID of (Don’t Dig/Dammit = Ferrous or Hot Diggity/Dig It = Nonferrous) and that is a nice feature, but I want more. I want digital ID that can split my Hot Diggity/Dig It targets into sub categories and it’s accuracy of low conductions, medium ones and higher ones where most gold never reads, is pretty reliable. Actually, nothing is 100% accurate when it comes to digging gold, but I’ll play the odds and trust me, I’m usually right more often than wrong. Now I will say, knowing the kind of gold at the location is very beneficial when trying to use a detector with such accuracy of nonferrous targets.
- Ground Balance – Better have Auto & Manual Ground Balance. My styles of detecting gold has me in many states, different terrains and soil conditions. I sometimes even go back and forth at a certain site as the day goes on and the speed of ground I am covering. Cruising and trying to find an Indicator Nugget is best left for the Auto Track Mode. But when I want to dial in a certain small section to get best depth and sensitivity, I go into the Manual Mode and do a Fine Tune. I want the option of being in charge, not having my detector do it for me.
- Iron Discrimination and or Iron Bias. Some of my more productive sites have bigger man made iron targets and I want the ability to adjust how they will respond. Some folks say you have to dig it all and I’ll laugh you silly at sites you can’t get 3 feet without a iron target. Sure you can dig each one and waist precious time and energy (are you listening you PI hot shots at Ganes) or you can be selective. When there is big gold in an area, big iron can fool so many detectors and to be fair, small tiny iron will also fool quite a few machines too. I feel my gold detector is the best in and around a variety of old mining camps and mined materials.
- Ergonomics - Light weight non tethered. It’s 2020 folks and a cell phone has more capabilities than any detector on the market. I want a detector with the main base/housing to fit into the palm of my hand. We shouldn’t be tethered to the dang detector with a battery on our backs. We don’t need extra dangling rods attached to the main detector to help swing the beast, it’s flipping 2020. Yes I do realize the size and number of a batteries are part of the amount of hours in a day’s use. I also realize some detector coils pull more juice. My detector does just fine with the weight is minimal and only needs charged after 10/12 hours (2 days hunting for most folks).
- 100% Waterproof. Heck so many people seem to think this is a big feature and a must have. I think you folks are dreaming and actually many of you who desire to find gold in a river or stream, have never actually attempted it. Sure it can be done as I have had some success doing so. But the reality of using a 100% detector under water is: It is hard enough to find gold on dry land let alone in a moving stream or river as the current is constantly fighting the coil, the gravels are filling back the hole you are trying to dig and the chances of you seeing what the heck is going on under water is most minimal. You better have a good waterproof pin pointer to help you. But I still want 100% WP so I don’t have to worry if someone throws me in the river. At least might detector is still going to live. Another size note, my 100% WP detectors has found me over 100 gold rings and most were in 3 to 5’ depth of water. I don’t like hunting on the beach. Yes this detector I speak so highly of for as the best gold nugget detector is also my favorite in the water jewelry hunting unit.
- Proper Frequency – We all know the king of tiny flea bag gold is the famous GB-2 and it’s very popular 71 kHz. We also know the medium kHz in the teens (likes of the MXT, AT Gold, LST to name a few) runs smoother in highly mineralized ground and is also deeper on larger gold. So if you want to hunt a variety of gold in different gold conditions, you better have a few gold detectors to maximize the opportunities of finding the different gold sizes, characters and shapes. The one I use, runs a variety of frequencies at the same time. In such doing so, allows for my detector to have the best chance at finding all sizes of nuggets and kinds of gold (wire, crystalline, salt/pepper specimens etc). But as an added bonus, the varying frequencies going into the ground can compensate for different ground conditions as we know they change from site to site. Sure a fixed frequency is optimized for 1, but how about the other 99 potential variables?
- Price – I’m a big fan of everyone staying within your budget and lifestyle. At the same time, I also realize all the items I want on a detector and that it may not be within someone’s investment range. Since we have gold capable detectors of $500 and up to $8000, it would not surprise me if my desired detector was priced around $1500 to $2000, and I’d still but it. As I mentioned before, price is not the deciding factor for me as long as I feel it will find me more than my other detector tools. What really shocked me, is the detector I feel is best is less than $1000, but gold is almost $1800 an ozt. Now that is a bargain.
- Warranty/Support – Metal Detecting manufactures warranty varies but not long ago the industry standard was 2 years. The one I like so much has a 3 yr transferable warranty. I like having transferable so if I ever decide to sell it, the next guy has a piece of mind for a while anyway. Shame on companies who do not have transferable warranty. Support here in USA, if there is an issue, is a big must for me. I’m not interested in sending a detector outside of the country for repair and not having a unit for a month or longer. Let alone the cost of shipping there and back is a big turn off. Luckily my gold getter has a facility here in the US. At the time, their Customer Service turn around is good and within the allowable 2 week window. I’ve even experienced a few of my customers within a week, which is hot damn skippy good. But there is always exceptions and or things out of our control.
- Proof of Finds – I know it works. My staff knows and so do a few others. This is where so many people are just now seeing the benefits and icing on the cake. Seems the manufacture of this detector has their head so far of their ars, they can’t figure out how to properly advertise it? Well at least their Engineers know how to make it (thank you) and those of us who took the initiative to get in the field have since found out it really is a gold detector. But most impressive, it is the best VLF classified gold detector on the market (at this time) and possibly the best of all? Please manufacture, when you make your next catalog and on your website, it would be wise to put this in both the Gold Detectors and the General Purpose section too. Heck, might as well put it in the Water machines as well, it rocks gold rings just fine. If you feel I messed up on the category of this detector, then please remove the X-705 from the gold detectors as it won’t even hold it’s own water to this machine.
If you have not figured out by now what my favorite gold detector is, just call me with a credit card # and I’ll have one in the mail to you. When you open the box, it just might surprise you.
My favorite gold detector is the Multi IQ Technology Minelab Equinox 800, nicknamed the NOX for those who are new.
Just my opinion and everyone has one hanging around.
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On 7/1/2020 at 2:30 AM, RickUK said:
was that found with the 11'' or 6'' coil on the Equinox ??
I think it was the 11", but he did recently purchase the 15" from me too. I'll check and find out.
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On 7/1/2020 at 12:04 AM, mn90403 said:
What were the numbers on the Nox?
I think he said it read 8, but I'll need to verify.
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On 6/27/2020 at 10:05 AM, Dances With Doves said:
You seem like a fun guy Gerry.You do better when you have fun.I met Chris Gholson and his father at Stanton an they were good guys.It was 2002 and I picked up a 4gram nugget that was 22k plus with nice size 14k chain for $120 at that show.
The Gholson family has been a big supporter of Minelab, especially back in the early days when Minelab was trying to get into the US market. We all do things a little different, but learned to play well when around each other. That piece you picked up most certainly has added some value since those days. Just think if we could have known back then what gold would be at today.
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Largest Gold Find in Idaho for 2020, you tell me.
As some of you who have been on DP for quite a many years, you know one of my focuses of chasing gold is in tailing piles. My biggest finds have all been in tailing piles and I feel most folks just don’t have the patience to get skunked for hours and sometimes days or weeks. But the rewards can be very gratifying for those who are dedicated and don’t mind a few “0” nugget days. Well since I’ve been training customers for 25 yrs, I see some of them actually taking that next step. Hats off to them as I know how hard they truly hunt.This particular customer is most certainly there at the Advance Level. He has found some amazing pieces of gold in years past with every gold detector he purchased from me. But to pull off this one only took his 3rd trip out with a 3 week old Equinox 800.
Total weight of this beauty is over a pound coming in at 14.68 ounce troy. Specific gravity shows right at 3.6 ounces of heavy thick creamy rich yellow metal.I swear this year has been fantastic for my customers and I can’t even hardly keep up with their finds.
If anyone has seen a bigger piece of gold come from Idaho this year with a detector please let us know. Heck, I’d just as soon be happy with anyone showing us some Idaho gold.
So my question to everyone is this: Would you rather find a bunch of smaller nuggets or a single big rock “Idaho Golden Delicious”.Do you feel this piece is worthy of a museum and how would one go about getting it into an Idaho museum without outright donating it? Has anyone been through the process?
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Well done again Doc. You are always thinking on how to make things better and or easier. Now what about the Doc's Digger you promised, the real skinny one?
PM me the Dealer Pricing.
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I seen that on FB. Very unique and surprising find. Thanks for sharing.
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Well done Dan and thanks for sharing your ideas with some pics.
I don't have pics but will tell you this. 3 of us run around in a 4 wheeler side by side and what we found that works well for the detectors is a bicycle rack that slides into the back of a trailer hitch. Most side by side ATV's now have a slide in on the back and the bike rack will easily go it. Then we have spaces with rubber straps to hold 4 detectors that are not in contact with each other. Sure they get a little dusty or wet if it rains, but we have not had any problems yet.
Thanks again for sharing.
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1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:
Did this happen in any detail? If so, I missed it.
It's coming, but I just play to hard on the weekends and when I get back in shop, my customers are #1.
I promise it will happen in the next couple weeks.
Heck the new EQ-1000 might be out by then and if so I could change my mind? Or was that the Gold Monster 2000 or the GPZ-7500.
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9 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:
My partner and I started our business in our senior year of high school.... I graduated in 1976. White’s was one of our first dealerships, along with Keene Engineering. If I am not showing my age it’s not due to clean living, so must be luck of the genetic draw!
The one thing I noticed about being great at running a business is "Enthusiasm". Here is a fine example for everyone. Go to a GPAA Gold Show and see the different vendors and booths selling the same stuff. One will have a guy sitting in a chair reading a magazine with coffee and doughnuts. No eye catching display of gold, no video running in the background of their adventures and success hunts, no proper communication with the folks walking by. Next booth has a display of recovered gold nuggets with the product he sells, his laptop is running in the background showing some guy or gal digging their 1st nice gold nugget, he is interactive with the potential customers, has a big piece of gold there to hand to the ladies so they can feel the mass/weight of gold and has a Free drawing for a panning kit.
I've seen it many times and just scratch my head at a few of the folks and wonder why they even showed up.
For the 20+ yrs I've known you Steve, the words you speak around others just gets us all excited and wanting to go do it.
Nike said it best "Just Do it":
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10 hours ago, 2Valen said:
Gerry, HELP!
Thanks Steve for the suggestion.
You get out this way be sure to do it around one of the many training sessions we offer.
You get over to MT and I have a Field Staff Expert there as well.
You get up to North Idaho, I have another Gold Detector Expert up there.
You get to Arizona this winter, yes I have it covered too.
We offer 1 day 1 on 1 and also the most popular is the 3 day group session as your memory retains much more. Plus you witness a variety of detectors and see their strong/weak points.
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7 hours ago, Bash said:
Sorry it took me a while to check this out. Yes indeed it does! Rare earth magnets stick strongly to it. And one section of it appears almost melted.
That should answer how much iron is in the rock. The harder the pull, the more iron in it and the louder it will sound on a detector.
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19 hours ago, 2Valen said:
You have some very lucky customers and thanks for sharing the pics with us as I can only dream about finding something like that around this part of the country.
Most (not all) of my successful customers have purchased a few different gold detectors from me and been customers of mine for quite a few years. As Steve mentioned, they also have taken the 3 day Field Training we offer. Heck, there is a good % of guys on here who find gold and have taken our class. I'll say "our class" as my Field Staff Experts have a big part of what makes our customers successful.
Another good point, is they have the right detector for the task and they are out there bustin their heels, swinging their coils and digging more lead and trash that most. Yes there is luck involved, but persistence is a big part of it too.
Ill may not have nuggets, but you certainly have good old coins and some serious opportunities for the gold rings in the lakes. As you know, it takes plenty of swinging to be good at those styles as well.
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7 hours ago, Glenn in CO said:
My dad (who is now 96) was also shock to hear what happen to White's. He is in a wheelchair, has bad eyesight and a heart condition, but he keeps on plugging away. We reminisce quite a lot when I visit about nugget hunting, gold mining and detecting in general. He really misses detecting, but talking about our adventures in the past can brighten his day. Here is his first gold he found with a Eagle II with a Jimmy Sierra Goldfoot coil.
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Running a high banker with dad.
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Thanks again Gerry for sharing your memories!
The Jimmy Sierra Gold Foot and even the Big Foot were some really good coils.
Most importantly Glenn is the time you get to spend with your father and talking about the good old golden days, seeing the pics and thinking back of the happy times. I sure miss life of the 70's and would take it back in a heartbeat. Today's folks are in such a rush to get nowhere. Most of us don't visit our family and or relatives enough (I'm at fault too) and we all want instant gratification. I know how hard it takes to be successful at finding gold and so does your wife, your dad and you. Sure wish the rest of the world had that kind of patience.
Anyway, Thanks for your story and memory pics.
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19 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:
Whites was my first detector in 1972 and my first detector dealership in 1976.
How come you look so young Steve? Heck, you became a dealer for White's in 1976? I was just hitting puberty back then listening to "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and there was the other 2 John guys pretty. One lived in Denver and the in UK.
Your pic of Steve Houston is the same face I remember and boy he too was a great detectorist and even nicer guy.
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46 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:
Steve Houston and I ran a prototype MXT at Ganes Creek of all places, but it was not until the next year that I figured out how good it was there. I sold a ton of MXTs off of what happened at Ganes Creek. Over 1000 ounces of gold found there with the MXT alone.
Well I for one took home more than my share.
Just think if we had another Ganes Creek to go to or even your dig at Moore Creek. Boy those were some times.
Remember the loud mouth Minelab guys back then (I won't mention names) and how they were going to go there to Ganes with them big PI's and show all us non educated VLF hunters how it's done? Those times, emails, banter and all were some of the silliest and most disgusted gold hunters I have been around. What is so bad about that, is I still to this day, get folks who think their big badass Minelab is the best at everything.
Bottom line, the best detector is the one you know inside and out...better be the one in your hand. And make sure you know its strengths and weaknesses. Weaknesses is where so many people fail, not knowing what they are missing.
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17 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:
God, I feel terrible now for speculating/opinionating on the why and how!
Seriously though, nice post Gerry! 👍🏼
Got a tip for you though. Your detectors found nothing. The locations produced the finds, and you did the finding. You are the one making the machines look good, not the other way around.
Steve, No hard feelings my friend as we have had our PM conversations on this very subject. Heck I felt like much of what was said on the other post started when I was in NV, was actual truth. But a bunch of the folks giving input have not been around White's but maybe 10/20 yrs. Back in my early MD'ing days White's was the real deal and there was no Minelab. Changing of the Guard is all.
When I got home and had a discussion about it with my father (the same guy) in the early 1970's pic, he was shocked. It wasn't madness at all as with his degrading health, he has not had a detector in his hands for 4 or 5 hrs. He's on oxygen and in a wheelchair the last few yrs. Anyway, that guy who taught me most everything to get going on my own back then, he lit right up like a Christmas tree and had a shitty grin on his face for a long time as his memories went back almost 50 yrs with detectors in our families hands. My uncle, my dad, their dad (my grandpa) my cousins, me and even my little brother later on, we all had White's detectors and back then, felt they were the best.
Still smiling ear to ear my dad recalled some of our hunts, his finds and many adventures. He talked about the old horse race track and the 21 Seated silver we found in the late 1970's (most of them were Halves and Quarters). Dad was smiling and talking and I just sat there watching his face and body get more into it. He told me about the 1st Civil War Relic hunt I took him on back in South Carolina in the later 80's. He still remembers his US Breast Plate he dig under a house in downtown Charleston. Heck I had only seen them in museums and or pictures in W & E Treasure magazine, then we are holding a fresh dug one in our hands. My dad was full of joy during that visit this week and that is when it dawned on me.
I have no hard feelings towards anyone for their comments as I don't think most of the 180 posts has the history my family and I do with White's metal detectors. But for my family and I, so so many memories throughout almost 50 yrs and 40 of those it was White's or nothing. Yes I started using other brands back in the 90's and even had great success the last 20 yrs with other brands, try to tell my dad otherwise, is like going to McDonald's and they are out of Big Mac's and try to sell you a fish burger. It just don't happen like that.
So again, it was my dad, his smiles, memories and joy he shared, inspired me to write my comments/words. To my family it almost felt like a funeral of a good friend. Yes I argued, at times pulled teeth in frustration over some of the issues, and even cursed my good friend a few times, but blood is thicker than water and in my families eyes...he was a great man, a good camping companion and one hell of a treasure digging friend. Nothing but respect from us and well deserved.
We had hundreds of photos of our lives growing up with meta detectors, but a house fire in the early 80's took them all away from us. All I have now are cuts from an 8MM reel my aunt gave me the pics in rough detail of my dad and some finds early 1970s, a picture of my grandpa sitting at the table getting ready to go, some pics of my dad and I on our CW hunt.
Yes Steve, we just as well could have been using Fisher or Garret (Minelab was a dream) back then and probably would have had the same success or at least close to it, so I do agree with your last words. Just don't try and tell my dad that, you could be eating a fish burger from McDonald's.
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23 hours ago, phrunt said:
Just imagine if you were swinging the Equinox back then, or the 24k. 🙂
My 1st few years of detecting gold was chasing all the little dinks as I did not realize big gold was still around.
When I starting finding bigger gold in the early 2000's, it was the Fisher GB-2 with 14" coil and it was the king for a few yrs. Then we realized the White's MXT with the 14kHz could go deeper on bigger gold and the Iron ID was more accurate than the GB-2. So all of a sudden, many of us switch to the MXT and felt we were digging less big iron and more big gold.
Even though I was a Minelab dealer back then, their VLF gold machines were clumsy, slow and not ideal for covering a lot of uneven ground and tailing piles. Minelab was more into their PI gold machines and their Eureka Gold was not a favorite of mine. Yes I used it and found some nice gold, but it was so much different than the US machines back then.
I have to give credit to the MXT as it truly was a well designed and quality built detector for its day and many people liked it, used it and found good size gold with it.
Minelab really never had a good light weight decent Iron ID detector like the MXT until later on around 2006 or 2007 and then it took us a couple yrs to realize, it was also good at big gold and tailing piles. Minelab (back then) just didn't have the grasp of us Americans and how picky we were and are. White's on the other hand was all about ergonomics, S rods and clean strong signals.
Minelabs 1st decent detector to compete with the MXT was, anyone know? The X-Terra 70.
So as I said above and I know not everyone will agree, but I'll give credit where I feel do, to White's and their fabulous MXT for the majority of my bigger gold back then. Again, I was a Minelab dealer, but I felt they didn't have their focus on that part of the market at the time.
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Last week I was training customers at Rye Patch so I missed out on the White's closing and all the comments, but I did make a little contribution (well deserved) in the White's Forum on DP.
When I returned I was overwhelmed with many emails, texts and pics of my customers recent finds. One thing about the CV-19 is it allows you to get outside and away from others.
Also, what was interesting to me is the different kinds of gold and the states they came from.
Here are some pictures of my customers Success, the detectors they used and the states they recently found their gold. Hats off to you all for allowing me to share your success.
This very interesting and highly collectible specimen piece was found in Idaho with an Equinox 800 (dang, how did I miss that one?) Notice that is the stock 11" coil.
The next 2 pics were found in NV with the NOX and stock 11" coil
2 pics below of the same gold and were found in MT with EQ-800 and small 6" coil.
Nice solid pieces.
Then there is my customer in AZ with his GPZ-7000. He has been doing really well this year with over a half pound. The 3 pics are from 3 half day hunts in a row. He ended up with about a half oz of gold. He has a buddy come to visit and says I found some right here, why don't you head over there.
The 3+ ouncer below was found by his buddy who came to visit. Ouch, that must be one heck of a friend.
Notice all those nuggets are pretty rough and have not traveled that far. AZ still has good gold, just need to get a little farther away from the trails.
Last is gold from a state most of us to not get to see. Wyoming is not known for gold nuggets, but I do have a few customers who do pretty well.
These pieces of gold are very solid and look to be hammered almost. I'm no geologist but think maybe from glacial?
I also noticed the dirt coloration is different than most places I hunt and find gold , but I don't hunt WY, yet anyway.
Part of the reason I enjoy gold is the natural and unique characters each piece and area provide.
Heck, there is a really ornate specimen, some nice jeweler nuggets and some really cool collector rocks with gold. Even the big 3 ounce chunk is quite interesting as the source must be pretty close.
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Interesting story and glad to know the lost person was reunited with the nugget.
I was in Oregon a few years back and found a black plastic film canister will 43 small nuggets in it. I was tickled to death as there was about a 1/4 oz. But part of me also realized that was someones hard earned gold. Anyway, the next month came and I was at the local metal detecting club and I entered the find as my "Gold Find of the Month". An old rusty loudmouth retired Navy Captain started giving notice to the entire group that the gold was his. I knew he was familiar with the areas as when I trained him years before, we were there. Anyway, we toustled a bit and after a couple free beers from him, I decided to hand them over. After all, he knew approx where I found it and he was very close to the actual amount of nuggets. He'd been up there a week and thinks he lost it the day before he went home as the last day he did not find any gold. He did not even know it was lost until he got home to show his daughter.
I actually lost one of Doc's little olive green rubber squeeze open nugget containers near Sawtooth, NV. I had found 4 pieces at a new site and hiked a 1/4 mile to the top of the nearest hill so I could signal my buddies to come my way. Anyway, they drive around the mountain and 20 minutes later, I am back down on the site to show them my gold. What gold, it was gone. Well a hike back to the top of the hill and 2 hours later I found the container. Yes the nuggets were still in it.
The sickness I got of losing 4 measly nuggets with my GPZ was nothing compared to misplacing a $50K rock of gold. I don't know how or what I'd do if I lost that rock?
So happy it was returned to the old chap and I bet he wanted to cry.
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Your interest in gold comes at a superb time for so many people and I hope to see more of the gold videos. The good thing is, there are many famous nuggets out there and certainly a few bigger ones too. I expect you'll be doing this series for quite some time. Thanks also for asking those important questions, as the feeling and emotions overcoming ones body and mind is an amazing feeling. Wishing you luck on your future endeavors And and thanks for allowing us to see through your eyes and camera.
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4 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:
Great tribute and photo album, Gerry. I seem to recall something you told me when I took your class. I don't want to repeat it and have it turn out to be inaccurate, but I'll see if I can set you up. Here is my 'thought exercise':
Take each of the detectors you've ever owned that found gold. (If you no longer have all of the detectors or all the gold, NP, this is just a thought exercise.) In front of each put all the pieces of gold that particular detector has found. Weigh those piles. Which detector has the heaviest associated pile?
Even to this date, the MXT has produced the most pounds of gold for me. Now if I keep swinging the NOX for the same amount of years, I think I might pass my MXT records, but when you find a 1 pounder with 3.5 oz gold and a 2 pounder with 10 oz of gold, that sure gets the MXT weight up there. So far with the NOX my best is around a 7 oz'er with over 3 oz of gold. I know a 1 pounder is on its way though..
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The excitement and enthusiasm is what I enjoy the most about these videos. Having a newer hunter (the girl) feel the brute force of a 1 ounce slug landing in the palm of ones hand is surreal. Nice darker material, the creek near by and big chunky gold. Can't get any better than that.
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What Is Your Favorite Gold Detector And Why?
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One of the reasons I sold my $2500 CTX 3030. NOX can do so much more than the 3030 and the features the 3030 has over the NOX is as important. As many know, the NOX is a way better nugget detector than the 3030, but realize the CTX was never designed for that purpose.