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On 9/19/2017 at 7:03 PM, SteveJJ said:

Go easy on me Steve, I just got an F75 and found silver in Cobalt Ontario. I have badgered/convinced my friend to head west into gold country next trip. So now I'm looking at GB2, GM1K, ATX?, GPX5K?, who knows? So much to learn but the gold is calling me! Would love to be you with a slew of machines to pick from, but I gotta start small then find enough to fund the good machine... or so I keep telling myself! 

There's been gold found in southern MN near Zumbrota, and whatever else is here is fly spec size so maybe the GB2 would be sensible to start with, that could be useful locally. The Gold Monster really appeals for just a bit more... The F75 sure beats my Vaquero, with my poor hearing seeing the numbers really makes a difference, so the GM1K has an appeal over the GB2.

Might be coming through Reno in November for a gold detecting class, but that's up in the air yet. Maybe next year I'll have something to post here, it's my intent anyway! Do you ever show your collection? It would be an education for sure.

Does Fools Gold count? Found a huge specimen that does bear some non-ferrous metal (silver, nickel, cobalt maybe) but I kept it for the huge face of iron pyrite. Not gold but it sure glitters! 

Careful bringing a "friend" that you have to "convince" to go with. If the answer isn't "HELL YEA BUDDY!" when you say "want to go get some gold?" then tell them to F*** Off because they'll do jack shit till they see a pile of gold THEN they want to contribute and cash in on easy (hey it's easy if you do nothing but watch) money. 

On 9/23/2017 at 10:44 AM, Jim_Alaska said:

Luke,

After owning this detector for many years and using it both in Alaska and now California, I am convinced that my problem is one of persistence, or the lack of it. That, along with a healthy dose of impatience works against me.

Steve has told me  for years the same things you outlined. I am not saying that the advice is not good, just that I think I lack the persistence that it takes to find gold. I do have a "dig everything" mentality, which works against me because of the amount of trash.

I have two good test nuggets and am very familiar with their sound at differing depths. That is what baffles me. I know what gold sounds like, but just can't seem to get my coil over any.

I have hunted the same areas that both Steve and Lipca hunt, but no gold. It has to be me, not the machine or the good advice I have been given. I just don't get out detecting much, which doesn't help. Now with advanced age and the problems I experience with my legs, I find it extremely difficult to navigate uneven ground.

I am just about to the point of nugget shooting vicariously through other's efforts, so keep posting good results, I love to read them.

Sounds like its time to start hunting the deserts, that's where all the good stuff is anyway 

On 9/14/2017 at 12:33 PM, Ridge Runner said:

The odd thing is some GM 1000 work great out of the box. Then others have trouble with the small coil. But then you have people like me and a few others have trouble with both coils.

It would be interesting to know if Minelab has more than one plant where GM 1000 comes together. Then too if Minelab had to buy their electronics from another company that could of been substandard without knowing it.

This wouldn't be the first time a top name company got the shaft unknowing what they were buying was substandard.

How many of you have sent your GM 1000 in to Minelab ?

Chuck

Someone isn't doing their job when it comes to QC... likely under pressure to keep up production when behind so they let little crap slide (like the packaging process) I'd put money on it being a packaging/shipping problem.

Yea I'd like to find someone that compliments my weaknesses... I'm a big picture person going 200mph on 10 lines of thought at any given moment.. sometimes I miss less than significant details right in front of me. I definitely wasn't an accountant in a previous life as strict budgeting isn't my strong point. I do, however, possess quite the nose for gold hounding..

If I ever placer it'd have to be with a dredge or hoe & trommel.

14 hours ago, mn90403 said:

Don't give up the hunt for a partner but don't drop your plans either.

Time will be your ally and foe.  The time you spend will reward you but will your partner have the same drive and schedule of time?  What if he hunts on a trip more than you or vice versa?  If you find someone who can go where you go or you go where they go try a trip.  It is nice to have a companion sometimes to share finds.  If one trip works, try another.

Then think about a partnership on your best or new prospects.

Mitchel

I'd rather have that problem than the opposite. I can't deal with lazy.

Good stuff, thanks.

If anything should be easier to hit a telluride nugget... silver is the most conductive element we know, can't imagine that would hurt?

Bummer I just wrote a business plan up today who's focus is REE deposits. I have my work cut out for me then eh :)

In the process of finding the right person to mine with... any advice from those who have been there and done that would be great. Thanks. 
 

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