Gerry in Idaho

Holy Toyotas and tornadoes...Your luck is a mixed bag.  Yes a 10K gold ring will fade like your did, as it has other alloys that make it harder and last longer. 

Funny thing about your Toyota,  my dad's Sequoia does the same thing and scares the crap out of him on occasion. 

Well glad there was a little gold in the story and hopefully a safe trip home. 

Still to this day,  that piece gets me excited. Thanks for going down memory lane. 

Interesting discoveries of relics,  coins and of course the gold.  Yes I too enjoy the drone pics.  Thanks for sharing. 

Bill, Glad you are having a little success at Rye Patch with the GPX-5000 you purchased from me.  Those are pretty nice pieces as 99% of the bigger gold has been found.  

The new Promotion of a free 19" coil with purchase of GPZ-7000 is a great time to call me again. 

I'm down here now with Chet, DiggerBob,  Slowpoke,  Dave,  Matt and Rusty.

Chet let me run the X coils today and I see pros/cons.  We compared 5 targets today and my stock 7000 easily heard each signal.   4 of the 5 were gold nuggets. 

Again,  glad you had some 5000 success and thanks for kind words and sharing the story with photo. 

11 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Gerry - The flyer doesn't make it clear what the bundle offer entails or at least I couldn't find it.  Are the bundled accessory items included free with detector purchase or is there an overall discount vs. the total if the all items in a particular bundle were purchased separately?  I have heard both versions through the grapevine.  Thx.

You are correct and I am sorry they did not have the correct wording.  With the purchase of said detectors, you'll get the additional accessories for free.

• Minelab Equinox 600 - FREE Minelab 6" DD Searchcoil included
• Minelab Go Find 66 - FREE Carry Bag and Digging Gloves
• Minelab GPZ 7000 - FREE 19" Searchcoil included
• Minelab Gold Monster 1000 - FREE rechargeable battery included
• Minelab SDC 2300 - FREE pair of Waterproof Headphones included

I'll let the nice email they sent me say it:

"My wife and 2 daughters thought it would be nice to escape Los Angeles for a fall weekend vacation to Boise. During our visit we were playing in some leaves at a park when my wife noticed that she was missing her deceased mother's class ring which she holds very dear to her. While she hopelessly sifted through a sea of leaves, I immediately got online to see what my options were to get help on locating her ring knowing how much it meant to my wife. Gerry was very responsive to my call and email on a Saturday evening and did a fantastic job of explaining the process of recovery the ring. We agreed to meet at the park on Sunday morning with tempered hopes of locating the ring. Gerry was very friendly with myself, my wife and daughters while he searched for the ring with his metal detector. Within 20-30 minutes of searching in a leaves, he was able to locate the ring. My wife was ecstatic!! I can't thank and recommend Gerry enough considering he turned a stressful family event into a pleasant experience and demonstrated care, professionalism, urgency and integrity throughout the entire process."

Thanks Again, Neil

Wow,  This is some great news for those folks who have been patiently waiting for a Holiday Promo.  Minelab just announced their Christmas Promo and there are 3 Gold Detectors to take advantage of.    So if you have a favorite dealer who has always been there for you, then please go back to them.  But if not and or you want to try a dealer who actually used the gold detectors and offers training, lets talk.

Gerry's Detectors in Boise, Idaho (me) has them in stock too.  Remember, I also offer the 3 Days Field Training for FREE with a GPX, SDC or GPZ-7000 purchase and yes you get the 19" coil with the 7000.  My next training is at Rye Patch, NV and I do have 2 openings at this time. 

Holidays Promotions Sell Sheet Oct - Jan 2020.pdf

• Minelab Equinox 600 - FREE Minelab 6" DD Searchcoil included
• Minelab Go Find 66 - FREE Carry Bag and Digging Gloves
• Minelab GPZ 7000 - FREE 19" Searchcoil included
• Minelab Gold Monster 1000 - FREE rechargeable battery included
• Minelab SDC 2300 - FREE pair of Waterproof Headphones included

As a VET myself USMC, don't forget the 15% Military Discount for you VETS or even active military.  You have earned it and I'll make sure you get it.

11 hours ago, mn90403 said:

Chat with Chet.  He has a chart.   You may get one because you will be going much more often than I will over the next few months and you already know where the deeper gold is.  My trips will be limited on length of time and frequency so I am holding off for now.

I kinda hoped you would say you don't need one because Minelab will have on soon but maybe it won't beat the Xs anyway.  I'm a user and customer and not a very good technical tester.

I too hope Minelab makes some other coil options for the 7000 and I feel a 10" Ellip would be ideal.

The small coil will do just fine and even better on tiny stuff like earrings.  I just feel the little coil is not getting the ground coverage I want.  When the 10" Ellip comes out, it will certainly fill a void many of us want.

Are you heading back to Rye Patch for your 6" bedrock hunt?

Good to see a little gold in the sand on occasion for you and the diamonds are a bonus.

Mitchel,  Those are some fine Rye Patch pieces and glad to see you add a few more to your total.  I'll be training customers down there in a couple weeks and hope to scrap up a few myself.

If the weather holds out and there is no rain, we should be able to break a few golden grins.

Are you 100% convinced on the X coils yet, as I have been thinking of pulling the trigger, but would like to know someone who has personally done a side by side test on a few targets.  Yes I realize a small 10" Ellip coil will find smaller gold better than a 14", but what about a 1 to 3 gram size?

Thanks for sharing your info and photos.

You can easily put $1 million of gold in a small Safety Deposit box at the bank, but trying to put $1 million cash in a small one and it will not fit.  All I need is one of those 24 pound bars and I'm set.

5 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

The Equinox 800 is in the report / list and has been since the Equinox came out so I have no idea what you all are taking about. I guess I am mainly curious about how you are missing it? As far as liking the Equinox... you are late to that party Gerry!  Don’t forget I am Fan Club Member #1!

Are you just reading my update synopsis notes above and not the full report?

Steve's Guide to Gold Nugget Detectors

I guess in all the excitement of the 2019 Update, I did not actually click on the link but only read and viewed the detectors in front of my eyes.  And for a while there...I thought I was the only one at the Equinox is a Gold Detector Party.  Heck, I was kicking butt and taking names with it too.  Glad to see my mistake was nothing to do with your info..

I like your list of gold detectors and the order Steve.  I still feel it would be good to put the Equinox 800 in there, but I also realize it is not sold as a "Gold Only" detector.

My reasoning is the amount of gold my customers and I are finding with the EQ-800 is astonishing and in a few instances it does it much better than the others, including the Gold Monster 1000.

Yes, the GM-1000 is the most dummy proof of gold detectors and I do recommend and sell it to many new customers who are only after gold.  But for those multi task do it all detecting folks (like me) who hunt old coins/relics, water detect beaches for gold rings and also like prospecting for natural gold, the Equinox 800 can not be beat.

2019 was one of the most traveled years for me with many detecting trips and the EQ-800 was the 1 detector I took, used and had success on all the trips.  Beaches of MX, Old Towns/Camps in NV, OR, ID, WY, UT for artifacts and coins.  A trip to the Amalfi Coast of Italy, Civil War Relics in NC, natural gold nuggets/specimens in NV, OR, ID as well as a trip to Bahamas soon.

To have a detector under $1000 that is 100% waterproof, super light weight, compact, multi purpose use, salt water friendly and software downloadable (2 updates so far with added performance) is astonishing in my 40+ years of detecting.

Now for those folks who only hunt natural gold, the list above that Steve has is spot on in my opinion.

EDIT UPDATE-  I should have actually went to the link and read, as it is mentioned.  Sorry about that Steve.

Very kind of you and I hope it comes back 10X.

Nice find and thanks for sharing your detector #'s and ideas.

I'd love to see the Big Gold Chain, when you find one.

That lunker is worth a few $$$.

Thanks for sharing.

Glad to see you saving a few more precious metals.  Swimming holes are always a great way to cool down in the summer with the NOX. 

Were you able to swing any while in UK?

Beautiful natural gold Glenn.  Love your story and stunning photography too.  As you know I have told many folks and even teach it in our 3 day field classes, there are certain types of gold some machines do not respond.  The density and characteristics of some gold is not ideal for PI technologies. 

Glad you were swinging a VLF and having some Success.

Those are some high dollar finds and well earned too.

Thanks for sharing.

I can't believe I missed those two nuggies.  Well you certainly had your travel time in so realistically you earned them.

Thanks for sharing the story and photos. 

Hopefully we'll score a couple on the last training class I'll be doing for 2019 (coming up soon).

BTW.  What settings did you use this time out there?

Glad you were able to do some real prospecting in California and go home with an 1800's antique collection of square nails.  You even found a little color and 2 specimens.

Sometimes the best tools are the ones not high on the list with miniscule thought (the water bladder), but at least you listened and took advice.

Hopefully the trip is enjoyable and be safe.

Jason,  As you know I don't sell many traditional prospecting items, but mostly detectors.  If there is something down the road you need to get replaced, I'll try to work a special deal with you.  Thieves are the lowest of low so if you do find them, but sure to keep a level head and not do anything that could put you behind bars.  I know it would be quite easy for me to end their existence, but what does that make me?

If everyone could mention this to their prospecting clubs and buddies, then something should turn up.

Keep us informed and glad you were able to save the books and backhoe.

Gerry

My experience with Coil Knocking on the EQ-800 is this.  The detector coil knocks much easier than most other detectors I have used.  But at the same time, it also finds more too.  The large 15" coil is by far the worst and when I use it to hunt in the gold fields I am running a SENS around 17.  With the stock coil the bump knock is not as bad and I run my SENS usually around 19.  As Steve mentioned, the small 6" coil is much more stable with not as much bump knock and I can run higher SENS. 

Now a couple of my Field Staff run as close to 25 SENS and just deal with the bump knock.  We all find gold so not sure who is doing it best or right wrong.

I'll try Chase's knowledge of the Ground Balance and see what happens for me at my sites.

Phoenix, That beautiful/ugly specimen ended up producing almost a half ounce of gold for you.  You enjoyed the hunt, enjoyed the find with a shitty grin when digging it up and now you learned how to make your own gold bars.  Detecting is one of the most enjoyable hobbies out there.  Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

On 8/27/2019 at 9:38 PM, strick said:

'The smiles say it all...Nice work Gerry!...do you think it was really an ounce? Is that a thumb in the photo? then I'll believe it's an ounce 

strick

I've found quite a few nice pieces of gold, but not many monster rings.  I feel it was very close to an ounce.  Yes that is my thumb in the ring.

On 8/27/2019 at 5:36 PM, GB_Amateur said:

Great story, Gerry.  But that was his side of it.  I can see you were using a White's Golmaster 24k, but what settings, coil, etc.?  Did you key in on a signal strength, conductivity range, gain setting,...?  How accurate was the location he predicted?  How long did it take to find?  Did you get any other targets that looked good?  Did he give any compensation (cash or otherwise -- I like to ask grateful recipients if they know of any properties I can search, such of those of older relatives -- i.e. permissions are more desired/valuable than simple cash, IMO).  Obviously your business's reputation and personal satisfaction were rewards in themselves.

 

6" round coil to get better target separation in the yard full of iron nails.  Signal Strength and a hard Positive reading.  It was 25' from where he thought he lost it.  Took me about 15 minutes.  It was the 2nd signal I thought could be it.  The other was a brass sprinkler.  He did offer a small reward.  I always try to gain a potential hunt site when doing these.