aufarmer

I own 8.  Some of them are now 3 or 4 deep in being over filed on.  Used to stress over it but have pretty much given up on dealing with it.  Tired of spending all my time reclaiming other peoples holes to stay out of trouble with the BLM, and now with the BLM on a mission to save the sage grouse (and being in prime sage grouse habitat) it probably won’t matter in a few years anyways.

I purchased one 2 years ago and I have no complaints with it.  I only use it 2 to 3 months a year and really love the fact that I don't have to pay the full monthly fee which is $20 a month for basic service when I am not using it as you can suspend it and only have to pay $4 a month to keep it active.

43 minutes ago, Jerry Perez said:

Great, what did you try to fix it?

New batteries and tinkered with the battery contacts.  One of the two things I did appears to have fixed it.  

35 minutes ago, Jerry Perez said:

AUFARMER did you ever get your problem resolved with the shutdown of your 24K? see my latest port if you haven't.

I used it for a couple hours since and it appears to be working properly.  

Man, another depressing event for 2020.  Breaks my heart as I just love the 24k.

17 hours ago, Mike C... said:

Well on their site it says in stock nothing about preorder-Ill find out tomorrow when it gets here-so how do you like the coil so far ? Do you have the 6 inch concentric to ? If so which would you say is more sensitive to small gold?Thanks Mike C...

Haven’t had a chance to use it since I got it.  I’m around 600 miles from the closest gold mining areas and this virus situation has made me have a change of plans for traveling.  

On 4/4/2020 at 1:17 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

These guys show them on their website but I’d be careful to confirm they actually have them. Just as likely you order then get told they are back ordered.

https://www.metaldetector.com/whites-4-6-dd-coil

That’s actually where I originally ordered from.  Hope they got their item numbers straightened out.

On 4/4/2020 at 2:57 AM, Mike C... said:

Hi how did you get that-the whites website doesnt show them available yet-here it is April  ??? Mike C...

I found a dealer that said they were in stock.  I think they had mistakenly posted it as that because I was originally sent the wrong coil, and now it’s listed as pre-order on their site.  But anyways the dealer made sure I got the right coil, and it came direct from Whites.  So I guess right place - right time.

Finally got one

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9 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Any luck getting that coil?

They sent me a label to return the wrong coil and told me as soon as they received it back I would be getting the 4x6 “fresh off the assembly line direct from White’s”.   So I’m guessing that means I’ll be waiting awhile.

5 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Ok, it’s March.... where are the coils? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Found a dealer that had it listed as in stock so I ordered one.  What I recieved yesterday was something totally different, but after contacting the dealer I was told they were sorry for the mix up and they would be shipping the correct coil right away.  So hopefully I'll have one by next week. 

It appears it was something as simple as the batteries.  A little surprised as the old ones were showing full strength on the battery meter on the detector.  Thanks for all the input.

I had only used it with the batteries that came with it.  So decided to put some brand new name brand batteries in it and started it up and left it in my basement.  I’ll go check on it after a few hours and see if it’s still running.  Hope that fixes the problem.  

I purchased a White's 24K this summer and am really liking this detector.  Have an out cropping that I swing a Goldbug II over every year so it's been picked pretty clean, but was surprised to actually get a signal with the 24K and it turn out to be gold.  Thinking when the 6x4 coil comes out I may finally say goodbye to the Goldbug II.  Maybe.

One issue I am having is that it will shut off after a couple hours use.  It would start back up ok but after running a couple hours it would shut down on it's own again.  Just curious if anyone else had encountered this issue?  Contacted Whites but haven't heard anything back from them yet.

When I have seen the subject discussed it was either in reference to the XP with ws4 display or a used one.  I don’t think you would ever find a new one with the LCD remote for that cheap.

Ridge Runner

I had the XP Deus for awhile but sold it.  I actually miss it and wish I had kept it.

1 hour ago, Ridge Runner said:

 If I need this X 35 coil to coin hunt

Nobody is saying you "need" the x 35 to coin hunt.

4 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

More to the point, XP is saying this is a lower price option to the Deus. Technically that is true of most Deus models, but as of V5 XP has added enough capability to the WS4 module that the $799 Deus Starter Package actually offers the Orx competition at an even lower price. In that regard XP sort of shot themselves in the foot by upgrading the WS4.

That is pretty much my thinking.  I sold my XP last year but I had both HF coils and spent a fair amount of time using it as a gold detector.  My biggest complaint was I really wished it could have had a smaller elliptical coil option.  If the ORX was $200 cheaper I might be tempted to purchase one.  But even at that price it would probably be third on my list of possibilities.

Just curious if anyone has had an experience using a Fisher Gemini 3 or similar detector in prospecting trying to find an ore vein.

Fisher Gemini-3 Two Box metal detector

On 7/9/2018 at 9:51 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Anybody remember the original Fisher Gold Bug ads? There was a guy named Bud Guthrie that had (has?) a store called the Prospector Shop outside Helena, Montana. Bud and his gold was featured heavily in the Gold Bug launch around 1987. Most of the gold I assume came from Montana but Bud also hunted elsewhere. The largest gold/quartz specimen came from Arizona if I recall correctly.

I stopped and visited Bud over 25 years ago. His shop was in a trailer outside Helena, and he had gold on display that I would not display in a trailer anywhere!

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That brought back memories that I had totally forgotten about.  I stopped by his shop a couple times in the late 1980's or so, and was impressed with all the gold he had there, but never saw the big specimen.   I think all he said at the time about the big specimen was it came from somewhere north of some point in Arizona.  Can't remember if he told me that (because I know I asked) or if I read it in a magazine.

Well nuts.  I was hoping they would be available before mid July.   I sold my XP Deus and HF coils, guess I should have waited.

Gerry,

Can you say when you will be able to take orders?

The Fisher Gold Bug 2 would be something else to consider for small gold.  And if you have some time and can wait I think the new Whites detector coming out in a couple months looks promising.

Outside of other risks, if a person purchased an unopened, never registered Minelab detector from a unauthorized dealer/party, say a pawn shop.  Would Minelab cover warranty service without a receipt from an authorized dealer?

No GPS data with the photo so I don’t know where to go.