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On 11/2/2022 at 11:27 AM, brogansown said:

Goldseeker - 

Here in Eastern Oregon we have lots of range fires and so cigarettes are frown on while out in the grass and brush.  Not a good look on video either.

 

pffffffft....  Can't smoke in bars, restaraunts, city parks, county parks, hospital grounds, jail, and on and on.  Now add out in the brush.  Always a whiner that doesn't like someone smoking.  Smoke away Reese, out in the brush is the last place we got...just be careful AS WE ALWAYS ARE......

51 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

No, pyrite is brassy gold color iron sulphide, generally non-conductive when pure. Arsenopyrite is silver gray color iron arsenic sulphide, highly conductive.

Got it and thanx... was just curious if it was one and the same?  He was talking pyrite then.

16 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

For instance, some ores have a lot of arsenopyrite, a highly conductive sulphide. Gold veins containing arsenopyrite could be located by detecting the arsenopyrite instead of the gold.

Would that be the same as what we normally call pyrite?  Reason I ask is because I was talking with one of the co. geo's and he'd mentioned something about the veins in our area with gold always have pyrite along with the gold.  Pretty sure he said always....and mentioned they get pretty excited when pyrite shows up.   I forget shit too so I could have misunderstood.....

16 minutes ago, phrunt said:

To me it looked like he didn't even balance out the hot rocks, he balanced the ground and with it in fixed ground balance then went over the hot rocks.  I'm not sure why he didn't try do the ground balance over the ground and the troublesome hot rock to see if it would balance out. 

Not sure what happened there either???  Been somewhat watching this Axiom story unfold and the hot rock part of the vid did it no justice?

Phrunt....  maybe take JW's sdc out for a couple days.....can't be any worse than swinging that 7000.  see what you think?  

I actually don't use a PI much but REALLY do enjoy hunting with a threshold.  With that said tho....the junk wastes too much of my precious time using a PI so if I can't use it along with the Monster for PP'ing/discrimination to speed up the process I won't use it.  That all depends on how steep and brushy the ground is (most all of it).  I do use it along with the Monster almost always when hunting roads marking targets, chase with the Monster.  Monster still my go-to machine and if I ever lost it you might as well castrate me and bury me now as that Monster is a part of me....lol

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

Thanks for the video, both the SDC and Axiom did pretty poorly I think on the small gold he was testing with, I didn't realize that the SDC was that bad on small gold as I've never used one. 

I've actually been quite surprised several times on just how small of bits the SDC is capable of. The real beauty is how it handles any hot ground/rocks IN MY AREA(s) and it's also built like a battleship, handles like one too...lol.  The SDC ain't gonna give you any "fits", turn it on, let it do it's thing, and start hunting.  It doesn't give a shit about emi, aircraft, being set down on ground or what position the coil is in, doesn't care about speaker issues or being sent in for the recent fix, etc.  It just does what it's supposed to do all day long.  Drawbacks would be weight, weak speaker, ergonomics and not a depth demon.

You say you like your 6 but constantly whine about all it's current issues?  Those "issues" won't be there with the SDC, you'd have the ones I mentioned above and may have to put a peice of cardboard in between the top 2 batteries...lol.  Anyways...the only reason I'm jumping on you is that I get the impression that because your bud JD doesn't like the SDC that you've kinda taken a dislike to it because of his feelings towards it...????  The only reason I have a PI is to quiet down hot ground/rocks and the SDC does that very nicely imo....   I don't like PI's in general because of the trash aspect but I do want one that'll go straight to WORK without any bs emi crap or having to baby the thing because of the price and how flimsy it was built.  Once again I liked my 6 in between "fits" and was impressed with it but in the end the machine aggravated me just enough because it's so high strung that we parted ways.  There's always trade-offs.  Again Mr. phrunt...not trying to start a pissing match or machine debate but I have noticed from your previous posts that you don't care for the SDC.  IMO the SDC has some real strong points you just might actually like?

PS....now that I wrote all that and maybe pissed you off in the process, I just remembered that you say your ground is very mild so all the above probably moot?....lmao

PSS...I heard the .077 on the vid and would have dug it.....

37 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Squeaky wheel gets the grease!!

or gets replaced......I've seen it happen both ways...lol

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

All I can say is I was a multiline dealer for decades, have worked with Fisher, Garrett, Minelab, Nokta/Makro, and White's on product development and testing, and have been doing that actively still for the last decade. People ask when I mention this or that, just post an "opinion", if I have insider information. Which I generally deny, even though I think by definition I AM an insider. Still, does anyone know what NDAs are? Nope, not me, don't know anything about anything. Yet go back and find anything I ever expressed an "opinion" on that turned out to not be correct. Just lucky, I guess. 

Was just having a little fun poking some fun at ya.  didn't mean anything by it

18 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

 and I'm advising people, as usual, by way of hints and suggestions, about stuff that I maybe just might possibly kinda sorta know things about.

oh you little teaser you..........

That's a sweetie of a seatie and good shape too!  I've got a seated half and some seated dimes but that seated quarter has eluded me......  Good job!!!!!

3 hours ago, Jim_Alaska said:

 Twice I have left home, got halfway there and realized my teeth were still at home. Nothing left but turn to back and get them.

I do that ALL the time....lol  It's to the point now where IDGAF and just go.  I've also walked into the bathroom and just mindlessly look around wondering why I came in here?  I wear dentures so don't brush teeth, wasn't going to bathe, so what else would I be doing in the bathroom?????  lets see...hmmm, maybe to pee...lol

If anybody is interested....  Just got off Provident Metals site and also Golden State Mint site.  Appears provident now has plenty 1ozt. coins but Golden State is still only filling previous orders on the 1ozt. coins...didn't check anything other than the 1ozt. coins.....

5 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Totally different terrain than many Americans think of when we hear of Australia.  

Very nice pics.

Ditto....  I think of Australia as flat to gentle ground, poisonous snakes, and a bunch of F'n pesky flies...  Thanks for showing me there's much more to your country!  Beautiful.....

The story on the battery...  The old cougar is apparently getting dementia, and few other issues...lol  Being a creature of habit at the end of the digging day once I come off the hill I stop and pour a big cup of coffee.  By the time I get home the cup is empty and before I get out of the PU my gold vile, cigarette case, lighter, and battery from the Monster go into the cup then head into the shack.  This time I didn't finish all the coffee and dementia me soaked that battery in half a cup of coffee and ruined it.  One of the MANY little things I'm noticing about getting old.  Used to be a time where you had to get up real early in the morning to trick the old cougar...not any more......

That's the straight poop, raining today all day (we need it), so I'll only lose a couple days.  Thanks once again and appreciate the fast action Gerry....  

1 hour ago, GhostMiner said:

The Fed has just hiked rates by 3/4% and will do another most likely in November. We can expect gold to slide a bit lower for now but by early next yr I would think it starts to rise again. I'm thinking $1500 an oz or so is a new bottom. 

JMO ....  I look at physical gold as a long term thing to hedge and preserve wealth.  Really don't pay much attention to manipulated short term price fluctuations, etc.  I do watch the "price" as it generally shows me how worthless my "backed by faith" paper dollars really are.  But like Steve said, in a real pinch you can't eat the stuff...lol   just my thoughts....

Lanny..... I noticed on my AA pack that the contacts on the pack were same place as battery but just a little different?  I'm thinking that may be the reason the AA pack didn't fit quite right?  If you do try yours check the pack contacts and compare to the battery contacts?

Hope you're killing the au up there.....

All I can say is my bullion cost average is $1160/ozt.  The gold has done exactly what it's expected to do over time...inflation hedge and preservation of wealth.

Also a comment on what Clay Diggins posted on dealers paying a premium OVER spot, that's also what I saw last I checked.  I buy Canadian Maple Leafs from Provident Metals and see that most all the 1ozt coins from most the sources are currently out of stock?  Also sometimes buy from Golden State Mint and their supply is down, and they mint the stuff!  Been 4-5 weeks since I checked but it appears more demand than supply as far as us retail buyers...????

7 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

 

That said, anyone who thinks fiat money is not real can send theirs to me. 

Fiat will work until it quits working... and it will.  When...who knows?

7 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

 If we are both starving, you can have your gold… I’ll take the potato’s!

agreed... if things get REAL ugly what's important will be guns, ammo, firewood and food.

12 hours ago, YubaJ said:

There's a back-up 8-AA battery holder made for the Monster.

I dug out my AA holder and loaded it up and it just didn't quite fit "right" and the cam-lock battery door didn't want to seat just right?  Double checked everything a few times it just didn't fit quite right?  Machine would turn on then quit.  Anyways...new batt on the way.  Lost without my Monster, should be back in biz Fri. or Sat.

Lanny is Canuk....  He mines over in BC and I'm sure he'll be able to add to the subject if/when he reads the post...????

5 hours ago, geof_junk said:

Wow nearly ½ ounce in a day from those teeny, weeny NZ nuggets. I think they weigh more than Simon pesky little bastard pellets... 😀

pesky little bastard pellets.... sounds familiar lol.  Hatters teeny weeny nuggies are huge compared to what I've been digging all season.  My pesky little bastard nuggets are about the size of Simons' pesky little bastard pellets!   LMAO!

Nice gold Hatter......

pesky little bastard pellets...OUCH!   Tuff sleddin....