Jim in Idaho

Chuck, you're absolutely right. A black bear is much more likely to eat you after the kill. A grizzly is mostly responding to what it sees as a threat, or to defend a kill. All the historical evidence supports that, which doesn't mean grizzlies don't ever eat people. Personally, I don't go into grizzly country anymore...I'm too old to outrun the younger guys, and can't find a one-legged guy to buddy up with. Jim

By the time a grizzly dies from a shot to the heart/lung area, you'd be dead, so could greet him when he finally dies, unless you shoot him at a range beyond 150 yards. In that case you could pay the Feds a pile of money for his funeral expenses. Jim

oooohhh, Chuck, that one hurt. Jim

Maybe mine's a mono? Jim

MY coil doesn't have the sticker saying "Folded 8 Noise Canceling". I just noticed yours is specifically for a TDI. Mine is for a Minelab. I wonder what the difference is? Mine just says Professional ML Series Minelab. Jim

Ya know, George, a guy drove all the way out here two weeks ago to buy the Coot ATV I've been trying to sell for months. He lives in your state. Jim

Bite me...LOL....50's here, with occasional rain, and breezy. Jim

I bought one of those myself, George. A few months ago. But, it's been winter here since I bought it, so have yet to try it. Jim

Clark is a good man. I have personally benefited from his generosity. Not at all surprised to see him protecting that bird. I'm also sure a whole bunch of us guys would do the same. Jim

Yup, Chuck, I hated that coil. IMHO, the Miner John 8 x 12 is lighter, more maneuverable, and more sensitive. Jim

I've found, in my long life, that a little hostility is often needed. I remember, long ago, I told my quiet, nice partner, that I was going to turn over a new leaf, and be a really nice guy for our entire busy season of construction work. Near the end of the season we had a problem that nobody would solve, so I lost it and reverted back. That fixed it. My partner walked up, stuck out his hand, and said "Welcome back", with a grin. That ended that experiment....LOL Jim

This is now the world we live in. The old world of people being professional at their jobs, regardless of the level of that job, are now gone. ie. Boeing, Ford, Dodge, and others. Better get used to it. Jim

I was in the Air Force 4 years after the quake. I remember a buddy from Anchorage that had an album full of pics of the quake damage. Can't even remember his name now. I remember being astounded at the damage. Jim

Ya know, the Navy did a whole bunch of research at their facility on Priest Lake here in Idaho. They were researching ultra-low frequency communications for talking to the world-wide fleet of submarines. Would be interesting to know what freq they ended up using, assuming you didn't go to jail for espionage...LOL. I thought your idea was pretty good. If I remember right it was useful for more than precious metals, too....like rare earth minerals. I'm still getting into the data-logging with the two box deep detectors, though haven't been doing anything with it since winter set in. Start of March we had bare ground, and then the blizzard hit and we had 15" of snow, and single digit temps, and that took care of spring for awhile. Snow's gone now, but we got 3/4" in one squall this morning. I think I'm still looking at a month before I can do much. Looking forward to at least one trip to your area this summer. Jim

Yeah...after watching the entire video, I'm starting to understand how this works. Mainly, it's a ton of calculations to arrive at a conclusion. I can also see why it's now becoming useful. Wasn't that long ago we didn't have enough computing power and speed to do the calculations. It' sort of a play on the old "give typewriters to a large enough group of monkeys and eventually they'll produce the works of Shakespeare"....LOL, but with hi-tech enhancements. Hoping all is well with you, Jason. I imagine, like me, you're itching to get out prospecting again. Jim

Still seems to me, Jason, you'd have to know the strength of each random noise source, relative to each other in order to make it work. GPS works because the initial impulses are at a set timing, so distance can be calculated at the receiver, and compared to other delays to calculate angle, and thus location. I'm still not confident that random noise would be much use, other than having the random noise from a known source location. Even then you'd have to know the comparative distance from each sensor in order to determine the earth effects. Maybe I'm just slow....LOL Jim

Looks like pieces of a citrine quartz nodule. Jim

I can see how that would work, assuming lots of sensors over a wide area. But seems to me it would lack much resolution. It's interesting, but probably has a long way to go. Might be pretty good for really large deposits. Jim

I'm curious how they can use random noise, at unkown distances, to determine anything. I can see how known power going into the ground, at a known point, being used however. I also see how measuring the ambient soil voltage could indicate a conductive ground anomaly. Jim

I've got a Razorback 3 1/4" x 6 1/4", Simon, and so far, I haven't been able to run with GB off. Granted, I haven't used it alot. I think our soil would be considered "moderate". Jim

Slightly off the subject, Steve....that display kinda reminds me of the DFX Signograph. Jim

That's right, Bill. I'd forgotten about the Millard County. Had a buddy working at the mines around Millford, too. Mostly copper, but gold was produced, too. Though the OP asked about Box Elder county, this thread has morphed into all of Utah...LOL Jim

Keep us updated if you find anything worthwhile. Maybe between the 3 of us we can do some good. Jim

Well people, I think I've finally accomplished what I set out to do 8 or 9 years ago. I think I've built at least a dozen different machines in an attempt to get something I could use to recover diamonds and indicator minerals without water. Maybe twice that many. The number of hours I've spent thinking about this are countless. I had an idea that my dry sluice might finally hold the key. I recovered a few tiny garnets with the larger model in Wyoming last summer. But, I still wasn't convinced. The riffles weren't quite right, and tiny gems are easier. Today, using the backpack model which only has a 7" x 24" sluice, but with the new riffle design, I put 8 1/4" alumina abrasive spheres in 3 gallons of mixed dirt/gravel. About 20% gravel, and 80% dirt/sand.silt. The alumina spheres have a specific gravity of 3.5. In most of the west the SG of the background material is about 2.5. I've never before managed to separate anything of less than 10, or a 1:4 ratio. All 8 stayed in the sluice. That, for me is a real accomplishment. I think the combination of that riffle, and the particular motion I designed into the sluice has finally overcome the "Granular Convection" problem. This is going to open up a lot of gem country, where previously I had to screen, classify, haul buckets of gravel to a water source, to use the Pleitz jig, etc. I'm a happy camper this afternoon. And, it should work even better on heavy metals. I'm going to apply for a Provisional Patent to start with. Jim

The only place I know there is the old, I think it was called, the Texas Mining district in the old days. It had gold, but was mainly silver. It included the Vipont mine, which is privately owned, and they don't like trespassers. I've done considerable prospecting in and around the old PegLeg mine on the Idaho border..literally, right on the border, and just a short distance north of the Vipont. It was gold/silver. And this summer, about 5 miles north of there, a company from Nevada had a drilling operation going on, but after talking to them I got the feeling they were not finding the gold that the company that hired them hoped was there. The drilling crew kept pestering us about any gold we might have found. They wouldn't do that unless they weren't finding any. There currently, in the ICMJ magazine, is an old gold mine for sale north of Rosette, over at the base of the mountains. It was a fairly large operation. I think he was asking a couple of million. There's also a trommell setup on the south side of the hiway just east of Park Valley. I've always wondered if it was a gold operation. That area east of PV has a LOT of volcanics, and is not far from the Blackpine district in Idaho, which was a gold mining area. I think there also were some gold claims at what is now City of Rocks National Reserve, but no digging is now allowed. All this, of course, is in the western part of a very large county. I know nothing about the portion over towards Logan. Jim