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14 hours ago, YubaJ said:

 

       I've had good luck selling gold fill (GF) on eBay. Midwest doesn't pay much for that.

What is "gold fill"   ???????  Thanks

4 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

Just received my check from Midwest Refineries.

I mailed them my 10K and 14K scrap gold jewelry finds and my .925 silver scrap jewelry finds for the last 18 months for processing. I removed as many gemstones as I could before mailing. It all fit into a USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate box. I added some extra insurance.

Midwest received and processed it on the same day and I have a check in my hands for $2,400 or so after a one week turnaround. They paid 95% of melt value on the gold and 90% on the silver with no additional fees. Very easy to deal with, no questions asked, just follow their instructions. The amount they sent me is within $200 of my estimate too, so very happy.

Thanks for the info on Midwest!  Bills starting to add up even with insurance for the chemo crap....AGAIN.  Highly doubt I'll have to sell my wild gold but nice to know a trustworthy refiner from a trusted forum member...THANKS!  Feel good and the chemo working REALLY well once again and I'll be back on the mtn come spring!!!!!!!

I literally wait sometimes for years for OTHER people to get hurt.  You know, stuff like getting stung, stubbing a toe, falling down, and now cholla, just so I can use my favorite saying....  "It'll feel better when it quits hurting".  I live for those rare moments, I'm such an asshole but I can't help myself....lol

Reese...  "It'll feel better once it quits hurting".

That's better than the hornet nest incident up bedrock Gulch.......lmmfao

My PI does a great job on anything metal, that's why the Goldmonster is always close by.... (just being a smart ass)

whatsit.....  one of those fancy napkin holders possibly....?????

I've only done the creek crack scratch thing maybe 5-6 times.  My sucker is like the bottom Quick Sniper you posted above and in my opinion works well? I also like it where the nozzle does NOT extend up into main tube a few inches to hold the gravel so that you have to remove cap/nozzle to free up the gravels.  I like the nozzle to be flush with bottom of main tube so in two fast strokes you can fill and empty into pan or bucket without taking it apart to release the gravels?  Suck, raise sucker up in air FAST, swing over bucket, push plunger down, gravels in bucket..... jmo

My first thought was also the small hand dredge.  If and when I crack scratch down by the creek I've used a small hand dredge, they work well.....  You can make them super small too out of just about any sized plastic bottle, etc. for tight cracks.....

1 hour ago, delnorter said:

I’m glad you brought this up Steve. I was debating whether to let you know of a recent experience just like this.  

I posted the need for an original SDC 2300 coil a while back. I received a PM through the forum, by a “member”, about an individual who had a coil for sale. This guy provided a gmail address to contact an individual outside of the forum. I contacted this person and danced around availability, cost and shipping to the point I just told him I was suspicious of the whole thing and was ending it.

After this I went back to the forum to look up the “member” status of the one who send the PM about the guy with the coil. A brand new member with no posts. His only activity was to send the PM to me.

Thanks for bringing this issue to light Steve,

Mike

Had almost the exact same thing happen a few times when I sold a few items here. New member(s) interested in item for sale with no past history on the forum....BIG red flag!

39 minutes ago, RONS DETECTORS MINELAB said:

 

How about any other features you would like to see added???

 

 

two tone break on the Monster

These mods really helped my Monster for what I need.  Extended "legs" on the stand probably keeps the thing from falling over 50% less?  Equinox adjustable shaft and adjustable strap so I can throw it over my shoulder and out of the way when I hike or hunt with the 2300 (use the vlf for fast target recovery).  Cost=$45 for shaft.

Seeing as how no perfect tector made sometimes ya gotta improvise.......

Bullion on the beach.... definitely a first...!!!!!  Cleaned up nice.........

3 hours ago, All_Metal_Mode said:

 The Axiom would have been able to balance out that signal without a doubt, but the point of the video was to show the stability of the SDC without any user input.

IMO....the key word here is stability.  Stability is why I parted ways with the GPX6000 and kept the old warhorse, cumbersome, built like a tank and reliable 2300, it just works. Never used an Axiom and really don't use PI much anyways so the 2300 fits my PI needs when I need a PI and in my area(s) it runs smooth all day long without any little fits....jmo's

looks a bit lighter than my SDC............

17 minutes ago, Smigo said:

I don't think I'll do the contact Garret thing. I swear this is true. I contacted them about 2 mths ago asking about getting a coil cover for the 10x6. I told them how I none are here in Aus and even though I can find some overseas nobody will sell or ship me one. The reply. Honestly was this.

Hi sorry to hear that. If you dont mind what shape you use as a skid plate you could get a pot plant drip tray bottom and glue it on and use something like that. 

Thin peice of plexiglass cut to shape and some ShoeGoo can do wonders.....

swung Tesoro for 22yrs then bought an Etrac and trash/treasure ratio did a complete 180......

Is that the bridge going into Memphis...?????

Boy...that reminded me of something.  Back in my coin shooting days I dug one of those with the rusty razorblade and luckily didn't slice my fingers digging it out.  BE CAREFUL guys........

Hell.... the BEST tecting vids from Australia came from General Hercules!!!!  But of course apparently some "snowflakes" at youtube didn't care for his language or whatever as I haven't seen any General Hercules vids in years? Recently someone was whining about seeing a cigarette in a tecting vid....  World turning into bunch of girly men.....

12 hours ago, phrunt said:

   It's just so strange how we each have our own unique experiences

I don't know, I detect and that's it, really don't know the how's and whys things do or don't work? It has always been my belief as far as the 6 is concerned that your locations may play a big part in how that machine acts?  Just a gut feeling....

I've probably talked to more people that have had no issues with planes than those that do?  No cell service near my diggings and I also don't own a cell phone.  No trains or electric fences here either and I doubt there's any TV transmitters, pretty remote?  I'm probably 400ft above the canyon floor on side of the mountain.  Anyways.... kinda curious about the "fix" but that's all because I no longer have to deal with it.  Once again...not bashing the 6 at all, quite impressive, just not the machine for me.  I'm a MONSTER MAN....lmao!

I used the 6 without headphones, with corded headphones and the bluetooth.  Like I said above, trying to figure why the fits had me all over the map and the only thing I can say for certain is that 75%(?) of the aircraft overhead would cause some fits. I've had the 6 run smooth threshold most the day both with and without headphones.  Some days not many planes, some days up to 25 passed over?  Never ever paid any attention to aircraft....until I got the 6.  My time is limited and I need a machine that'll go straight to work without any BS so I sold it.  Took a $1100 hit but also dug close to an ounce with it so no biggy?  The 6 is just a little too high strung plus I don't hunt much with PI's anyways because of the trash aspect but keep the SDC for the times I want/need a PI.....it doesn't give any "fits", just works!  Not sorry I parted ways with it at all, just don't need the little aggravations that go along with that machine (imo).....

I hunt on side a mountain in steep ground above the canyon and I often wondered if the terrain might act like a funnel as far as the airplane emi...???

2 hours ago, Norvic said:

Something is not right about this "upgrade" it appears a sort of a rushed backyard repair of a complex piece of electronics, a stop gap solution, too many 6Ks are having problems and not just whilst using the speaker but there are many others who aren`t. They cannot be the same machine and all are faulty. Because I`m not having troubles I`ll wait and see what time brings. Sort of if it aint broke dont fix it. Time will tell and we`ll all know then.

Many detectors helped and changed my life Phrunt the 6Ks just the latest, tis a magic machine.

I'm in the same camp as Norvic.  I got one of the first 6's to hit the US.  Noticed all the little fits right from the start.  Tried to figure what was causing the fits and reading on the forum from others with a 6 and their issues.  I went from thinking it was a loose cable at the powerhead, detecting wet clay, the speaker, fits in the morning hours, then thought using the headphones stopped the fits, and aircraft, etc.?  Anyways, I was all over the map on what caused the fits and in the end before I sold the machine the ONLY thing I could definitely say that I KNOW caused fits in my areas and my 6 was aircraft overhead.  There may be other factors also but aircraft was my biggest emi issue.  I could literally listen to my machine start a fit, then get worse and as I watch the jet slowly leave my airspace the machine would start to settle down and once jet was gone machine back to normal smooth threshold then continue hunt.  Towards the end of my owning/using the 6 it got to where I'd rarely waste my time doing noise cancels, they never seemed to help.  Machine starts a little fit, I'd start looking for the aircraft, spot the aircraft, set machine on the ground, light up a smoke, let machine go wacko, watch plane leave, machine settles back down then continue hunt. The machine definitely impressed me several times but I got kinda frustrated losing 15min time every hunt, it adds up!  The 6 I had, even with a few fits, is nothing a guy couldn't get used to or work around and it is impressive at what it can do, just a little annoying at times.  The man I sold it to is doing great with it here in MT. and getting lots of gold.  I ask him about emi issues and he says a few fits now and then but just works around them and very happy with the 6.  In my opinion the 6 is just a super high strung sob, nature of the beast type deal, learn to work around it's faults and reap the rewards of it's strengths......

Been watching to see if the "fix" really is a fix.  Personally think the 6 is just a high strung sob, we'll see?????

A guy seems to focus on the gold often forgetting the old timers mining had a few coins they lose once in awhile.  In my short gold detecting I've popped an 1881 IH, 1905,1896 V's, and some miners in same area showed me a seated half that came thru their large production trommel....in good shape ta boot!