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You know, all kidding aside, it sounds like something I would do. I mean it wouldn't be the first time that I got words confused, or used a word in a sentence that was impromptu, I mean inappropriate. 🤣 Doc

OMG, really? So do you mean I shouldn't use the tagline. "When you learn to use the G Spot correctly, women will want you, and men will want to be like you." or "The "G Spot" treasure scoop... turning prospectors into something they've always wanted to be... sex objects." OK, so originally I thought of the name Gold Spot, because it just made sense, and I liked the name. But then I started calling it the G Spot, because I think we have a natural inclination to shorten words. I know the connotation, but it's not like everyone and their brother wouldn't shorten it. Not to give it a sexual connotation, it is just what people do with words. I mean we call the GPZ7000 the ZED. I can't be held responsible if you guys have a dirty mind. Besides I did a focus group with a bunch of your wives, they said it was no problem because most of you don't have a clue what it means. 😀

It would probably work fine, if you can remove the base stands. Then I would get suspender clamps and secure them to the back of the speakers. Then you can clamp them to your suspenders or back pack and they will not be flopping around. Doc

Doc's Nugget Stalker Brand™ "SAGA™" Swing Assist Guide Arm $44.95 -Doc

The second NEW ITEM - Coming soon in approximately 40 days. Doc's Nugget Stalker™ Brand, The "Gold SPOT" or "G Spot" Nugget recovery scoop/pocket gold pan. So what about a recovery scoop and a pocket gold pan in one? I promised you that I would be giving you another surprise this week. I have always loved using a recovery scoop, but it sort of aggravated me that little pieces of gold would sometimes sneak out of the scoop when I was trying to sift dirt into my hand. This aggravation has been even more exacerbated by the introduction of machines like the Gold Monster that find such dinky pieces of gold that they can surf right on top of the dirt and be easily lost. I have always advocated that when you get the target into your scoop try to agitate the dirt so the heavy gold sinks to the bottom. Well what if there was a scoop made where the bottom of the scoop was recessed a little to make it a SPOT to catch the GOLD. A Gold SPOT, Or a "G" Spot? Then what if the scoop was designed with an incline that led to three riffles of three different heights? This way when you sift the dirt out into your hand, the riffles stop the heavy gold and hold it making it easier to recover? I designed the "G" Spot so the scoop is smooth on the bottom so you can shove it in your pocket and take it out with ease. I looked at gold pans and they always form the riffles by molding them into the pan by raising the riffles on the inside of the pan by indenting the molded material on the bottom of the pan. This just causes a weak spot, and leaves crevices for dirt to collect in. This scoop is made of tough ABS plastic, the same thing they make sewer pipes out of. I weigh 170 pounds I stood on one and bounced up and down and it's solid. I am seeing whether they can tone done the shiny look as it causes too much glare. Like to work crevices? Scrape the material out of the crevice, put it in the G Spot, add a little water to the "G" Spot and you have a pocket gold pan that really works great, very fast and very convenient. I think the "G" Spot with these unique features will speed up target recovery and it's just fun to use.. I guess this is actually sort of a tease because I only have these 5 scoops. They are just the pre-production proto-types sent to me for approval. So what do you all think should I approve these to go into production? I vote yes! What do you think? Price to be determined after I know the shipping costs, duty and tariffs. I don't even want to tell you what the mold costs were for this project. My kids and grandkids really didn't need to have Christmas presents this year. LOL Doc

So first, we have the new Nugget Stalker padded arm cuff cover for the SD/GP/GPX series of detectors. There must he a gazillion detectors out there and no one has ever made a decent arm cuff cover to pad that steel arm cuff. Well, no more. And we are now using quality 3M hook and loop. Hook and loop inside the pockets allow you to secure the pockets of the cover to the steel arm cuff, to give a solid fit. You have no idea how comfortable this is on your arm and elbow. The cushion of the padded cuff and the way this cover cradles your arm really makes you wonder how you ever detected without this accessory. $24.95 -Doc The feedback I got from the very first one I sold on Ebay was: " A++ The Most Beautiful Item I have ever purchased, Fits my Minelab SD2200D ! " A great comment, but "The most beautiful thing he has ever purchased?" Has be been shopping at Goodwill all his life? ...however, these cuffs are extremely well made.

Your Gold Digger picks look amazing. However, my experience with S.H.Wallace was disappointing. Don't get me wrong, they are a fantastic company and Cliff and company are great people. However, I think they underestimated the American market and in particular my marketing reach. And they had no control over their suppliers who could not meet demand. Once I started ordering 300 picks at a time, and placing additional orders before they had even shipped the 300, they started having supply issues with the company that supplied handles. I had spent thousands and thousands of dollars advertising and marketing WALCO picks in the United States and it was way more successful then I think they could have expected. I overwhelmed them with orders and ended up with a lot of disappointed customers. Not to mention most of the cost of the picks were wrapped up in exorbitant shipping costs. We parted way as good friends that realized some things were beyond our control. S.H. Wallace had no control over a handle manufacturing company that could not timely deliver handles to fill my orders. Doc

Dear Digsalot, Glad to have your feedback. As with everything, everyone has different opinions about what they like and what they don't. I'm not going to get too involved in explaining why I designed the pick in this manner. I value all criticism and opinions because after all, all opinions are valid, and they will help me make better products. I used the pick on an outing for the first time last week. I was very pleased. I designed this pick based on things I want in a pick. But what I want, may not necessarily be what the masses want. The sharp blade that you mention could develop nicks??? Under no circumstance should you ever use the wide blade of the pick to hack at the ground, so I assume that is not what you were doing. I always use the pick end to break up the ground and the wide blade to pull the dirt out of the hole. I know I sometimes have to fight the urge to use that wide blade to hack at the ground. The purpose in having the sharp edge on the wide end is to deal with dead brush that many times get in the way of recovering a target. I detect a lot of nuggets that are close to or in bushes that line gullies. Being able to clear that brush and get my coil over the target is a plus. I do agree that I think the blade is a little too sharp, but man does it clear the brush. I do take exception to your statement. " I was going to special order picks like this from Australia from the original designer." I am the original designer! Yes! I am the original designer of the WALCO pick with bent edges from S.H. Wallace in Australia. At one point in time I was the major importer of WALCO picks into the United States. At that time they offered the W1 and W3 pick. The smaller one was shaped like a piece of pizza, and the other was larger with a spike on one end welded to a wide blade on the other end. I told S.H. Wallace that I wanted them to make two picks that were basically the same size, but I wanted the wide blade to be shaped differently with bent wings to enable more efficient dirt removal. They complied with my design request and I dubbed these picks the WOMBAT picks. I still have the emails from November and December of 2004 where I am giving them instructions on making the blade wider, and then finally to bend the edges in. December 9, 2004: "Can you call Cliff at S.H. Wallace and ask them if they got my email back to them upping my order of picks in the new design, and whether they can bend the edges in a bit ? Thanks! Doc" The bitter truth is that WALCO makes amazing picks, but they could not keep up with my demand here in the U.S. I remember the first time I ordered 300 picks, and they asked, "Mate, what are you going to do with 300 picks?" LOL They were having problems getting the number of handles needed to fill my orders. I personally found the handle on my new Nugget Stalker pick very comfortable, but I may not be a good judge. I'm a little guy, 5'7" with small hands, and wear a 9.5 shoe.... no jokes please! So for me the handle feels good. I grasp it right in front of the end of the handle where it gets larger. That larger end gives me the feeling that the pick will not slip from my hand. How did you feel about the weight? It is one of the lighter picks I have ever designed. It comes in right under three pounds, which is significantly different from the prior pick I designed which weighed almost 5 pounds. I am wondering whether the pick point seeming to slide to the side is a product of the pick point, or the lack of weight? As I said I am going to be very interested in how your modifications affect performance. Fortunately my pick is made in the United States and I have complete control over modifying the design elements, including the grind of the blade shaping the point and the way the handle is made. I hope others will be as thorough in testing this pick and offering their input. It was 1990 when I designed the first commercially available prospecting pick. Up until that time everyone was making their own with their trusty welders. However if you were not fortunate enough to know how to weld, you were stuck trying to use a Estwing pick, which were woefully inadequate. I really do appreciate your in depth critique. I know it takes a lot of time to do a write up like this, and a lot of thought. I look forward to hearing your evaluation after you have done your modifications. My first run of picks was only 200 pieces, so there is always room for improvement. Thanks again for the thoughtful evaluation. Digsalot,, Listen if you need another pick to play with modifications, let me know. I would only ask that you share with me the results, good or bad that you experience from modifying. Doc

I'm offering it as well. I don't think many dealers have gotten their ads placed yet for this special offering. Doc

No worries Fred. Did I remember to put a key chain in there? I meant to. Doc

Unfortunately that was my fault. I wrote the article and submitted it for Dartagnon. I was in a hurry to submit it before the end of the month and at that time I didn't have the information about the rarity of the find. Heck I didn't even know where that mint mark was from, I thought it was Denver. Obviously I'm not a coin collector. When more information came forward on how rare the find was, I went back to the Minelab site hoping I could edit the submission, but there was no way to add more information. So bad news, I didn't get some valuable information in there. Good news is, fortunately this cool find won. Doc

As previously reported in the post: D’artagnon Jackson, Long Time Customer Of Doc, Scores First Beautiful Gold… Dar found a 1852 D gold U.S. dollar. I submitted the find to Minelab for their Finds of The Month January contest. Today Dartagnon received this email from Minelab. Congratulations D'artagnon! Doc

Yes by all means don't do a video demonstrating the capabilities of accessories, like coils. We don't really want to see the amazing performance that innovative products give in actual real life circumstances. We would rather just be fed hype through print advertising that tell us about how the item performs without anything to back it up. My personal opinion is, the medium of YouTube, with it's plethora of informative videos, has led us all to be more informed and educated consumers. I want to know about new innovative products and I am especially excited to actually see them in use doing what they are advertised to do. So, bottom line, Carry on Chris! Doc

Great video Chris. Thank you for sharing. Also that is a really good looking pick. I wonder who makes those. ? Doc

Thank you Fred, A lot of work still to be done getting all of the products input. But I think it will work well once all filled with goodies. Doc

YOW. I know nothing about grading coins. That's amazing. Quite a quandary. Would I rather find a nugget or a $4000 piece of history. Doc

Gold Basin Mining District has a long and colorful history. Starting back around 1861 the road now called Pearce Ferry Road was the trail that took the old timers down to the Colorado River. The River separated Arizona and Nevada. The Ferry was the only way for travelers to cross. Outlaws, Indians, cowboys and settlers heading to California were all part of the local landscape. This is the area where D’artagnon Jackson found an amazing find with his Gold Monster 1000 on January 22, 2019. “Dar” had purchased his Gold Monster 1000 from Doc at Doc’s Detecting in Henderson Nevada almost one year ago in January of 2018. Doc had taken him to Gold Basin for a day of one on one training. Dar lives in the state of Washington, and only gets to Gold Basin twice a year. He joins his brother, J.R. from Utah and they travel to Gold Basin to detect. Dar has been looking for elusive gold nuggets for 15 years with no success. He has owned every low end $200 detector on the market, with no success. However, armed with his Minelab Gold Monster, all of that was about to change. As he was detecting, looking for meteorites , and of course his first gold nugget, if he could be so lucky, he stumbled upon a good target. At three inches he uncovered a pull-tab. Somewhat disappointed, he said, “I remembered what Doc had taught me. Always check your hole before you fill it back in, there might be another target.” Somewhat reluctantly Dar swung the 5 X 10 coil of his Gold Monster over the shallow hole. He got a good target sound, and it was registering as non-ferrous, however the pull tab also had registered as non-ferrous. He started to dig deeper, and the ground started getting more hard packed. Ringing in the back of his head was Doc’s admonition, “When the target is deep and the ground is hard packed, it is less likely to be a trash target.” At 8 inches, Dar saw a glint of gold. Could this be his very first nugget after 15 years? NO! It was something much more impressive that spoke to the unique history of this Gold Basin area. It was an 1852 U.S. Gold dollar with a “D” mint mark. The coin was in amazing condition considering it was 167 years old. Needless to say, Dar, can’t believe that he found such a unique treasure, let alone, it was the very first piece of gold he has ever found. Think of it, this coin is 167 years old and yet this coin was minted only 76 years after the founding of our country via the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Later, after getting back to a computer, Dar found out just how special this coin is. There are only 125, 1852 mint mark “D” $1 gold pieces known to exist today. Valued at around $900 to $1,400 depending on condition and this one looks pretty good. Gold Fever? Yes, Dar has a really bad case of it now. Congratulations D’artagnon!

OK, OK, Please I don't want to hear, "It's about time." This all started when I payed an obscene amount of money to a web site developer to design my new website. He got it 90% finished and disappeared with all of my money and left me with no instructions. HOWEVER, my guardian angels in the UKRAINE, came to the rescue. If you didn't know UKRAINE programmers are some of the best in the world. I have been dealing with these guys fro 25 years, they are freaking amazing. They actually wrote the enitre DMV software for the Michigan. So it finally occurred to me to ask if they knew a website designer proficient in WORDPRESS. Well of course they did. Enter "MAX" real name Maksim Nikolaenko. Max speaks English as do most of the programmers there. He is a savant when it comes to website design and especially WORDPRESS and Search Engine optimization. So over the past two months, using chat on SKYPE and screen sharing we collaborated to get my new site functional. So Max got me online with the new website, a site I feel is befitting a company that has been in this industry since 1992, http://docsdetecting.com/ But please be patient as I am in the midst of the arduous task of getting all of the content and thousands of items we carry input into the site. In the meantime take a look around. Tell me your overall impression. I would welcome the feedback. If you enjoy reading articles and adventures, at the very top on the left side of the home page there is a link titled Things of Interest. Take a gander. Thank you! Doc Steve's Review of Doc's Harnesses and Covers

Something I forgot to mention about one of the pieces included with the Gold Monster Cover, this is a "CORD WRAP" for the upright where the Coil Cable runs vertically along the upright and then plugs into the back of the detector. Steve referred to this in his writing as, " The Gold Monster cover includes an additional item in the form of a small cover for the upright support post. " It is not just a cover, it has a very important purpose and I encourage you to use it! Anyone who has used the Gold Monster knows that this plastic upright where the coil cable runs has a plastic clip type arrangement where you are supposed to insert the coil cable to hold it in place. This "clip" is very tight and you have to force the coil cable into it, and out of it, if you want to change coils. Well that coil cable is very thin and pliable, and I foresee that in the near future users are going to start having issue with this plastic clip damaging the insulation, or worse yet breaking the wires on the inside of the cable. The purpose of the cord wrap is to eliminate the need to use this "clip" to hold the coil cable in place. You simply leave the coil cable out of the "CLIP" and use the wrap to hold the coil cable in place by gently caressing the cable as opposed to pinching it. Which would you prefer? A caress or a pinch? OK, I know some of you weirdos like to be pinched but that's not going to damage your wiring. ? Recognizing the Cord Wrap is small and could easily get lost, I designed it with a small hole in the middle. Unscrew the little wire cable that keeps you from losing your battery door, un-thread it out of the battery door, run both ends of the wire through the hole in the cord wrap and then back to the battery door. Now you will not lose the battery door or your cord wrap. The CORD WRAP makes changing coils SO MUCH FASTER! Open the Hook and Loop closure and remove the cord, (WHICH IS NOT WEDGED INTO THAT "CLIP") Put your new coil on, run it inside the cord wrap and close the end of the cord wrap with the HOOK and LOOP closure and you are ready to go. (Hook and Loop is the generic name for Velcro® type closure material.) So bottom line, that CORD WRAP is an important feature to protect the performance of your coils. It is not for aesthetics. Doc

I don't want to brag, but the advantage of having someone like myself design accessories is I have been detecting since 1990. I know these machines. I know the things that I would look for in a cover, and the "must haves" accordingly I design my products with features that provide the greatest benefits to the user. That's why it's a very expensive undertaking because it is not unusual for me to go through 10 prototypes and test them before we get to a place of refinement where we can go into production. These covers started back in March. Not only that, but the next run will have more improvements. My users are always very helpful in suggesting things they would like. Someone already suggested maybe a little bit wide straps for the Equinox. But I really appreciate your input Phrunt, thank you. Doc

Yes it's $24.95 plus $4 shipping. I just launched my website, FINALLY, and I have a gazillion products to add so please be patient. But let your heart not be troubled, I have it listed on Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/323614874891 So you can pick one up there. Thank you! Doc

Thank you Steve, that is very nice of you to say. Doc

Wow that is a darn near perfect fit. Doc

The only other criticism I have of Steve's review, is his pictures are much better than mine! Dang it! LOL ? Thanks again Steve. Doc

Dear Steve, Thank you for the in depth review of my newest products. A couple of things I would like to add and clarify. #1 I agree 1000% with Steve, get yourself screen protector film to protect your screen from scratches. A cover can even make scratches worse because the dirt gets between the cover and the plastic of the cover. A screen protector stops the dirt from scratching your screen. #2. While the arm rest covers for the Gold Monster and Equinox look the same, (They are the same design style) THEY ARE NOT. So always specify which machine you are ordering for. If you lay one cover over the other you will see that the Gold Monster arm rest cover is significantly wider than the Equinox, which is narrow to match the dimensions of the plastic cuff. I wish they were the same, then I wouldn't have to work with different dimension cuffs when we are fabricating them. #3. The extra "hook and loop" tabs on the Equinox cover is to achieve a perfect alignment of the small side holes, directly over the side buttons. These are small buttons, two on each side of the detector and likewise the holes are small. Accordingly I wanted those holes to stay directly aligned over the buttons. In order to accomplish this we stitched a piece of LOOP inside the Equinox cover directly below the button holes, Then we give you extra piece of adhesive backed HOOK. You take these HOOK pieces and peel off the back to expose the adhesive. Stick them on your detector directly below the 2 buttons on each side of the machine. Now when you get the cover on, get those holes perfectly aligned and press down on the LOOP inside the cover and it will adhere to the adhesive backed HOOK that is on your detector and those holes will be, and will stay, perfectly aligned. #4. I know many of you have your own backpack or hydration system that you have rigged where you can use a bungee and it works well for you. The only issue I have ever had with backpacks or hydration packs is the "D" rings are too small and they have a tendency to rotate so they actually hang like a "D" instead of a U. That is why I had manufactured these large barred "O" rings. The bar keeps them from rotating, and the large "O" means you can attach your bungee without even looking because it is such a large "target." Those "O" rings are also available from me along with a piece of webbing so you can attach them to your favorite rig. Inexpensive, $5 plus s&h. They are tough NY-GLASS material. Thanks again. I just wanted Steve's opinion and input on these products, but I really appreciate the extensive review he did. Have a wonderful 2019! Keep you eyes peeled for several new innovations from Doc's Detecting Supply coming this year. Doc Doc's Detecting Supply The largest Certified Minelab Dealer warehouse West of the Mississippi