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  1. I have a nice 8x9 four pin which needs to go. Also a broken Bandido with the polo coil
  2. it's not only coins which are going away. In Norway last summer for two months. No mini bank or cash machine at the airport in Oslo. finally got a few hundred kroner from a cash machine. In two months I think I saw someone pay cash perhaps a half-dozen times. Cam home with my kroner! Not even credit cards mostly just phones. parking lot? pull in, pull up the app, it bills you when you drive out. Public transport..load your phone with credits and wave it when you get on the bus or train. Money is disappearing in most of the western world, the US still has a lot of cash changing hands, but very few coins except nickels dimes and pennies in change which end up in a jar at home.
  3. Rumheilagr“ Old Norse word for the period from the 3rd day of Yule (old Germanic mid winter holy time - borrowed by Christians to celebrate the birth of Christ) until “the 13th day” or January 6 - the feast of the Wise Men (now - for the old Norse, the 6th was the first day of the new year. It was a time of feasting, entertainmnet and thanksgiving. So now, I find it to be a time to think of other, sometimes older traditions such as yule - the germano/scandinavian midwinter festival. The tradition of eating, drinking with no holding back, trusting that the gods - so honored - will grant a prosperous new year - with new flocks and crops - to replace that which had been consumed - and more - This spirit lives on in Norwegian culture. Here's my favorite Yule story - it takes place in Brattalid in West Greenland - the setllement of Erik the Red, father of Leif Eriksson - in 1005 AD. Here is the translation from Erik the Red's Saga . This is history. This really happened, it's not from a fairy tale or a dumb miniseries about Viings. ------------------------ There was a man named Thorfinn Karlsefni, son of Thord Horsehead, who dwelt in the north (of Iceland), at Reynines in Skagafjordr, as it is now called. Karlsefni was a man of good family, and very rich. His mother's name was Thorun. He engaged in trading journeys, and seemed a goodly, bold, and gallant traveller. One summer Karlsefni prepared his ship, intending to go to Greenland. Snorri, Thorbrand's son, from Alptafjordr, resolved to travel with him, and there were thirty men in the company. There was a man named Bjarni, Grimolf's son, a man of Breidafjordr (Broadfirth); another called Thorhall, son of Gamli, a man from the east of Iceland. They prepared their ship the very same summer as Karlsefni, with intent also to go to Greenland. They had in the ship forty men. The two ships launched out into the open sea as soon as they were ready. It is not recorded how long a voyage they had. But, after this, I have to tell you that both these ships came to Eiriksfjordr about autumn. Eirik rode down to the ships with other men of the land, and a market-fair was promptly instituted. The captains invited Gudrid to take such of the merchandise as she wished, and Eirik displayed on his part much magnificence in return, inasmuch as he invited both these ships' companies home with him to pass the winter in Brattahlid. The merchants accepted the invitation, and went home with Eirik. Afterwards their merchandise was removed to Brattahlid, where a good and large outhouse was not lacking in which to store the goods. The merchants were well pleased to stay with Eirik during the winter. When now Yule was drawing nigh, Eirik began to look more gloomy than he was wont to be. Presently Karlsefni entered into conversation with him, and said, "Art thou in trouble, Eirik? it appears to me that thou art somewhat more taciturn than thou hast been; still thou helpest us with much liberality, and we are bound to reward thee according as we have means thereto. Say now what causes thy cheerlessness." Eirik answered, "You receive hospitality well, and like worthy men. Now, I have no mind that our intercourse together should be expensive to you; but so it is, that it will seem to me an ill thing if it is heard that you never spent a worse Yule than this, just now beginning, when Eirik the Red entertained you at Brattahlid, in Greenland." Karlsefni answered, "It must not come to such a pass; we have in our ships malt, meal, and corn, and you have right and title to take therefrom whatever you wish, and to make your entertainment such as consorts with your munificence." And Eirik accepted the offer. Then was preparation made for the Yule-feast, and so magnificent was it that the men thought they had scarcely ever seen so grand a feast. And after Yule, Karlsefni broached to Eirik the subject of a marriage with Gudrid, which he thought might be under Eirik's control, and the woman appeared to him to be both beautiful and of excellent understanding. Eirik answered and said, that for his part he would willingly undertake his suit, and said, moreover, that she was worthy of a good match. It is also likely, he thought, that she will be following out her destiny, should she be given to him; and, moreover, the report which comes to me of him is good. The proposals were now laid before her, and she allowed the marriage with her to be arranged which Eirik wished to promote. However, I will not now speak at length how this marriage took place; the Yule festival was prolonged and made into a marriage-feast. Great joy was there in Brattahlid during the winter. Much playing at backgammon and telling of stories went on, and many things were done that ministered to the comfort of the household. Merry Christmas "og god jul" to all and may we all be as lucky as Karlsefni was that Yule in Norse Greenland.
  4. it's gone, but you can still see it courtesy of the "Wayback Machine" https://web.archive.org/web/20220124194914/https://www.ahrps.org/forums/index.php
  5. Been away from all this for a while...many reasons, happily none involving dreaded diseases, accidents or upsets to our "domestic arrangements". The following is presented for your amusement. Looking at the state of the metal detector marketplace right now and it seems to be suffering from a pretty severe case of "Disruption". This is a theory set forth by a very smart guy at MIT, Clayton Christensen a while back. I am getting pretty involved with learning about AI and I use a handy AI Chatbot called You.com. here's what it says about Disruption...If this isn't interesting, no problem, but have a quick thought about Minelab's recent pricing and model introductions, Nokta/Makro's products and prices, Whites and Tesoro's disappearance and First Texas' fire sale on what sits in their very large warehouse. Clayton Christensen's theory of disruption, also known as disruptive innovation theory, is a concept that explains how new technologies, products, or services can disrupt existing markets and industries. Here are some key points about Clayton Christensen's theory of disruption: 1. **Definition of Disruption**: According to Christensen, disruption occurs when a new entrant successfully introduces a product or service that initially serves a niche market or a lower-end segment of the market. Over time, the disruptive innovation improves and gains market share, eventually displacing established companies and transforming the industry. 2. **Differentiating Disruption from Sustaining Innovation**: Christensen differentiates between disruptive innovation and sustaining innovation. Sustaining innovation refers to incremental improvements made by established companies to enhance their existing products or services. Disruptive innovation, on the other hand, introduces a fundamentally different approach or technology that creates new market opportunities. 3. **Two Types of Disruption**: Christensen's theory recognizes two types of disruption: low-end disruption and new-market disruption. Low-end disruption occurs when a new entrant targets customers who are underserved by existing products or services, typically offering a simpler, more affordable alternative. New-market disruption occurs when a new entrant creates a market where none existed before, often by targeting non-consumers or addressing unmet needs. 4. **Incumbent Challenges**: Incumbent companies often struggle to respond to disruptive innovations due to various reasons, such as their focus on serving existing customers and their reluctance to cannibalize their own products or services. This creates opportunities for new entrants to gain a foothold and disrupt the market. 5. **Application of Disruption Theory**: Disruption theory has been applied to various industries, including technology, healthcare, education, and more. It helps explain why established companies sometimes fail to adapt to new technologies and why new entrants can disrupt established markets.
  6. I have a big Foot for my MXT. Everybody knows that the Big Foot is only good for a few inches, guess they never tried it on an MXT. Silly depth. I was planning to sell the Bigfoot, but now the Arrow has spoiled the premium market...but now I don't care, with the MXT it is amazing.
  7. Leaving Thursday for two months to Norway. Taking a Time Ranger Pro and an Omega, sharing coils between them including an Ultimate 13". Starting in the high North and then ending up on the South around Oslo. Plan to re-visit some urban parks dating to the 19th century which I hunted with a Whites 4900 and a Tesoro Golden Saber in the 80's. Also whatever fields I can get on to and some documented abandoned farms from the Black Death. I don't expect wonders, and anything earlier than about 1650 is National Treasure - requiring reporting and handing in, and I have no intentions of robbing folks of their heritage. North Norway is especially interesting since pre Viking Iron Age and Viking age settlement there is not well documented by finds. Given my usual luck, I expect no amazing finds, but then...maybe.
  8. Wonders of AI...notice how it mentions NOTHING about actual alluvial gold.. so, I tried again... that's very interesting, but that seems to be "lode" gold, gold in rock. I am asking about alluvial gold...free gold deposited by action of water or ice I apologize for the confusion. Yes, the recent gold finds in Greenland are lode gold, not alluvial gold. Alluvial gold is much rarer than lode gold, and it is also much more difficult to find. Alluvial gold is typically found in stream beds and river beds, where it has been deposited by the action of water or ice. It is also sometimes found in beaches and other areas where there has been a lot of erosion. There have been a few reports of alluvial gold finds in Greenland in the past, but none of these finds have been large enough to be commercially viable. However, there is still potential for finding alluvial gold in Greenland, and several companies are currently exploring the possibility of doing so. Here are some of the areas in Greenland that are considered to be prospective for alluvial gold: The Nanortalik gold belt The Isortoq gold belt The Kangerlussuaq gold belt The Julianehåb gold belt The Upernavik gold belt These areas are all located in the southwestern part of Greenland, which is the region where most of the gold exploration activity has been taking place. However, it is important to note that alluvial gold can be found anywhere in Greenland, so it is possible that new discoveries could be made in other parts of the country. If you are interested in prospecting for alluvial gold in Greenland, you should be aware that it is a very challenging activity. The weather can be very harsh, and the terrain can be very rugged. You will also need to be very experienced in prospecting techniques. If you are not experienced, it is best to hire a guide or join a prospecting group. Google it
  9. Notwithstanding Steve's having told me years ago that alluvial gold in Greenland is probably scarce due to glacial activity...I keep look around to find encouragement. Google's new Bard, AI assisted search engine is fun to play with, so I had some fun just now. So I asked.. is there any notice in the last 3 years of finds of alluvial gold in greenland Yes, there have been a few reports of alluvial gold finds in Greenland in the last 3 years. In 2020, a team of prospectors from Canada discovered a large deposit of gold in the Kangerlussuaq region. The deposit is estimated to contain over 100,000 ounces of gold, and it is the largest gold find in Greenland in over 50 years. In 2021, another team of prospectors discovered a smaller deposit of gold in the Isortoq region. This deposit is estimated to contain over 10,000 ounces of gold. These discoveries have renewed interest in gold mining in Greenland, and several companies are now exploring the possibility of developing these deposits. Here are some of the details of the recent gold finds in Greenland: 2020: A team of prospectors from Canada discovered a large deposit of gold in the Kangerlussuaq region. The deposit is estimated to contain over 100,000 ounces of gold, and it is the largest gold find in Greenland in over 50 years. The discovery was made by a team of prospectors from the company True North Gems. The team was using a helicopter to explore the Kangerlussuaq region when they spotted a large area of bedrock that was exposed by erosion. The team landed and collected samples from the bedrock, which were later assayed and found to contain high levels of gold. 2021: Another team of prospectors discovered a smaller deposit of gold in the Isortoq region. This deposit is estimated to contain over 10,000 ounces of gold. The discovery was made by a team of prospectors from the company Veritas Gold. The team was using a ground-based exploration method called induced polarization (IP) to search for gold when they identified a strong IP anomaly in the Isortoq region. The team then drilled a series of test holes, which confirmed the presence of gold in the area. These discoveries have renewed interest in gold mining in Greenland. Several companies are now exploring the possibility of developing these deposits. However, it is important to note that these discoveries are still in the early stages, and it is not yet clear if they will be commercially viable.
  10. If the cover is missing or the plugs which fasten it are missing or broken, you can make a simple panel with appropriate holes to line ump with the holes on the case. Then you can get some of these - Amazon has them. I also have them because I needed two of them and they come in a bag of 20!
  11. Problem solved. make a simple panel to cover the opening, drill holes to match the holes in the case, insert 2 of these.
  12. It lost its battery door somewhere on the way. I will send a silver dollar to anyone who can supply me with one. I suspect all the large plastic box underarm Tesoro's used the same box and battery door. Thanks, it looks so silly with scotch tape over the opening.
  13. We are off to Norway in July for two months. I will have a couple of (I hope) well chosen detectors for the usual run of field, meadow, park stuff. One thing though. there are things older and deeper than my VLF's will find. I detected in Norway a lot in the 90's and found nice stuff, but I didn't have anything which could go to depth on any metal targets which existed. One interesting thing (sadly) in Norway's history is that th eBlack death hit Norway very hard. about 65% of the population died. Unlike more settled village and town settlement patterns in Europe which helps recovery, the Norwegian population was largely rural on individual farm sites. the place names all over Norway are sprinkled with places, now often in the forest - Called ødegård - old abandoned farm. Having a detector which could double VLF depth in all metal could be a really interesting exploratory tool. Mind you, any objects dating from the mid 1600's are National treasure, but I am not looking to supplement my vacation budget and I would fully comply with the rules about that. I am thinking a ML PI with a more modern battery arrangement which I could manage to legally get on the plane. I don't care about small gold - there isn't any - Would an SD be fine, or is there a reason to go to the GP or GPX range. light is better and old lead acid or other bulky batteries are not good for air transport or my old bones. Your thoughts.
  14. Tom, I have a modified IDX Pro and the correct Bigfoot. I plan to sell it, are you interested?
  15. mine is the original. I have no idea if there would be any difference between the various ones. I claim to be shocked and surprised. One big caveat. I haven't tried it in the dirt. One other thing, I live in a tightly built development, there are dozens of wifi routers around, they make most coils nuts with noise. The Bigfoot is deaf to all that, quiet as a mouse
  16. I just got a perfect closet queen MXT. Absolutely like new. On a whim, I decided to try it with my Bigfoot for DFX/MXT. air test only, coil lying on a table. MXT in relic mode with full boost....shock. ID on a dime at 7"+, nicely audible threshold break at 9"+. Whatwhatwhat??? OK, so I try the 14" elliptical DD. 2 to 3 inches less... So I power up my OK DFX in its deepest mode - prospecting...with the same Bigfoot. a bit less than the 14" ... I have searched the forums a bit for experience with the Bigfoot and the MXT. I have found no such results. Need to get in the dirt with it.
  17. Skål og godt nyttår, James. Greetings from Arizona. We will be in Norway in July and August, (same procedure as last year) where are you located?
  18. thanks for everybody's interest...and yes...I am showing off. Some may have noticed my long absence from the forums. Thankfully it was not that I was deceased or even seriously ill. Some things interfered with my enjoyment of the whole scene a few years ago and now, I am over it. Just bought the 1236X2, a Perfect early MXT, and planning my battery to attack Norway for two months this summer...details of the machines to be revealed later!
  19. I am super happy that I just got an absolutely "like New" Los Banos 1236X2 on eBay. It tickles the hell out of me now that I have what might be the only absolutely as new perfect los Banos 1236x2. This one is SN 90272. Likely never saw dirt. Came with unused coils...8", 5" and the rare 10X5 elliptical. I just ordered a new 10.5 coil for it to complete the set. While I was poking around on various forums about the 1236X2, I found this Hymn to them...by Keith Southern. Pardon if I am cross-posting, because I am not sure which forum it originally appeared on...but Keith The 1236-X2 might be the best detector ever built by fisher or any manufacture ..The Machine may not air-test the best or unmask in air-test the best but get it in the dirt where it counts and you will see it goes deep and pulls items out of iron with the best of them..It is a phenomenal detector.... I have pulled some real nice finds with mine and would never be without one...Get the 5 incher for the trash..run it in iron disc pre-set and by all means do not turn that silencer on... learn the language of the machine...If you run the silencer on you are basically running like any other machine out there... Remember quiet is nice but it kills masked targets and iffy deep targets...with the silencer off you will be hearing the targets that are discriminated out .. they will be pop's and sputter's and spit's..but not round sounding if that makes sense to you..what this allows is a good non-ferrous target to bleed through the discriminated out nail's (when set at the iron preset nails sputter big iron sound junky broken like) so you can hear the target with a nice audio response..these type targets will take awhile to get use to but once you hear the target a few times that is being masked you will know what to listen for...Also try to stay with the low ohm headphones like the stock fisher phones they replicate the detector sound so much better than the killer b type phones and such of high ohms they make it hard to discern a target...the audio which can speak volumes to you is best replicated at around 8 ohms or so..Deep targets have a fuzzy type sound that would be completely quite if the silencer was on..I have ran the 1236 against some big dog detectors in my personal test and the 1236 will hear deep targets just like the big machines but it has its own language...Again what is happening is the 1236 hears it all like ground noise and such and can report a target lurking below the mineralization..a lot of machines when canceling out the mineral also cancel the target since it cant break through the extra filtration of the signal going on from the ground reading..but the 1236 just blends it and you listen for the fuzzy round modulated hit.. Now the 1236 loves round targets be it low conductor buttons or high silver coins...I have actually found coins with the 1236 that I thought I would never find one being a 2 cent Piece out of a thick bed of nails that I had pounded on with probably 12-15 machines and the other being a 177? Spanish 2-Reale which is just about unheard of in my North Georgia area and it too was in a bed of nails.... I have found many relics with it also behind other machine's and in pure machine gun type iron... Once you get the language down and listen to some noise the 1236 is one hard machine to beat in mineralized dirt and it just can’t hardly be beat in nails...Remember iron sites are a important for making find's because where there is iron like nails and stove parts and horse shoes and busted kettles and such is the habitation sites and that where the finds are at but it is hard to get stuff out of these sites...and the 1236 is one of the better machines I have ever had at picking through sites like this....There's a couple more that will hang with it and they don’t have a meter neither.. Good luck with one of fisher's greatest
  20. my uncle Harold, long deceased was a sonar man on a USN escort vessel in the North Atlantic in 1943-1944. The accomplishment of their mission to protect convoys and their own survival depended on the audio intelligence that the ears and brains of Harold and his shipmates could derive from analogue audio signals. Audio is a rich and sometimes undervalued source of intelligence, just ask a whale!
  21. I am busy archiving lots of his posts other places, no website is forever... here is a concrete example of what I am talking about...Keith at his finest... "What's funny on analog audio only machine especially the Tejon once you get hours on them and know them like the back of you hand at least to the operator in control of it .A coin of high conductance has a different ring to it vs a nickle ..they both sound tight and round but you know its higher the way the signal snaps.The edges f the signal the rise and fall of the target is very telling on conductance of a target on a single tone unit.Nickles hit's later and stops shorter in the instance of peak hit like a rise and and fall but round Vs a coin that hits sooner and ends later with a sharp rise and fall though round and tight too. Low conductors like to start off sort of laggy before the sharp peak where as high conductors like to snap to peak almost instantly..You may not know it or even sense it at first it takes awhile and alot of holes dug to paint a picture that one day your 6th sense takes over when your swinging and you can start to sense TIMING of hits that are round.I'm talking nano seconds delay but after awhile you get a feel for it.If you try to notice it you may never in a learning environ. but after awhile even years of analog no Visual ID on same unit use day in day out your doing it and dont know your doing it.Even foil etc can become wavy and weird sounding..NON ROUND.Subtle waves in report. Analog audio has tiny minute audio traces that a digital machine can not convey.Digital is getting better but there's still a place for audio aficionado hunting". A concert of information vs a number...lovely!
  22. My esteemed pal Keith Southern is a virtuoso of metal detector audio. Not only is he a highly accomplished and respected detectorist and hunter, but he deeply understands and appreciates the audio languages that they speak. I once was so inspired by his insight that I began to link it up with some very limited knowledge of information theory, dim remnants of the "Observe, Orient, Decide, Act" air combat theory as defined by John Boyd which us dumbass USAF Pilot Trainees struggled to grasp, and a couple of glasses of wine and came up with this... The purpose of a metal detectors user interface is two-fold. The first purpose is to allow user control of operating parameters. These include all the well known things like sensitivity, ground balance, discrimination, audio characteristics and visual display characteristics. The second purpose is to inform the user of what the detector is extracting from the target signal. The extremely faint electric currents induced in the target are processed in the detector and presented to the user by audio or visual means. This target feedback information - through the operator’s ears and eyes has one purpose - to cause a “Change of State” of the operator. There is no observation unless there is a change in state of the observer. The energy to change that state comes from the phenomenon being observed. The energy supplied by the phenomenon to change the state of the observer is no longer part of the phenomenon that was being observed. Keith reported that he had good results in specific circumstances with this detector due to its rich audio feedback. The energy given off by in ground targets was analyzed by the detector and presented as a complex audio signal through the headphones. The result was a “change of state” of the operator - Keith. This caused him to either dig or not dig various targets. He was pleased with the results based on his decades of experience hunting similar targets under similar circumstances. There is nothing to suggest that the largely analog single frequency circuitry resulted in inferior performance to more “advanced” machines utilizing digital signal processing instead of analog hardware signal processing. The absence of any visual user information doesn’t really have any relevance as long as the audio information is “conclusive” - that it caused the correct “change of state” of the operator. In the case of a metal detector it would mean desired targets dug, undesirable targets ID as unlikely to be worth digging. To better understand where Keith is coming from in his love of a complex audio interface have a look at his post from December 2016 titled “The Future of detector design will be Sonically aimed” [www.dankowskidetectors.com] Rick Kempf
  23. guess what, still have the Pantera, still near perfect, will take some pics and post in Classified soon!
  24. Way below the level of this discussion, but...have a look, you might find it amusing...
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