~LARGO~

Great job, Peg! And here we thought it all had been cleaned out! Thank you for proving us differently! You earned every BIT! ~LARGO~

One benefit as you grow older, is that you can watch a great video such as this, and in a week or so watch it again, enjoying it every bit as much as you did the first time you saw it... ~LARGO~

Very cool story... Thanks for sharing! ~Largo~

Hey Klunker has a good idea...BUT, WHO could replace Steve Herschbach?? Let's keep Steve. 10 post minimum is a good number. I feel comfortable with MOST of the forum members here... ~LARGO~

I'm going to check all my headphones from DetectorPro...I've always had good success with them... I did have an adapter pigtail where the plastics rotted off, not sure what I will do with them. I have not checked to see if they work, it's been a while since I've been detecting, and was checking my huge inventory of detecting stuff I've bought over time... Amazed at how much $$$$$ I've thrown at this hobby... ~LARGO~

Hi Steve, I have been asked "why don't you hunt where everyone else hunts, Gary?" Well, because like you, I like take some time to find new places that haven't been hit, or less hit by the gold hunters. I did find a place in Nevada that was close to a popular, but rough unimproved "pioneered" track. In my wanderings I found a place that you don't come upon very often. Signs of an old time gold camp, lots of old rusty cans that weren't smashed flat or shot full of bullet holes. BOTTLES! Complete bottles, not broken or shot up as well. THAT is a rare instance, and add to that, drag marks in the dirt that told me this was a place where an old fresno, or horse drawn scraper was used a long time ago by miners in their search for gold. I didn't have time to use my metal detector that day, but I mentally catalogued my newly found places and left, as my truck was just a dot in the distance, and I had a long hike back to it. Sometime when my new knee gets to working better, I'll take my new Gold Monster 1000 there, and give it a go! ~LARGO~

Thanks Strick! Wow! That guy was lucky to get out of that situation alive, especially if he was being beaten with his own beach scoop. That particular jetty at Carlsbad Ca., shown in the video, is the place we used to fish all night at, catching lots of fairly large fish that liked the warm water coming out the electric plant nearby. We never had any issues from anyone there, having a bonfire, etc. going most all night. That was long before metal detectors, I bet there could have been some nice finds there. ~LARGO~

Chris, Very nice series on the GM1000 detector! Thanks for taking the time to product these videos! I know watching these videos will take some of the mystery of how these new detectors work, and improve our ability to be successful using our new toy! ~LARGO~

Years ago, I went to a federal office at a local lake, asked the man in charge if I could metal detect around within the federal property. His answer was, that I was the first to ask that question, and would have to check on the rules so he could give me an answer. Two weeks later he called back, saying, you can metal detect on the beach areas, and anywhere below the high water line, but nowhere else. Period. Bottom line, I think Steve is correct, the law enforcement have more important fish to fry, than hassling seniors w/metal detectors...well, I hope so...

I received this message in my mail inbox just now. I read the introduction and description of the contributors needs, and ultimate successes, never knowing who that contributor might be. I finished the introduction, trying to think of possible names of that person who might most appreciate such a convenience, the only name that kept coming up in my mind, was "Doc". Yes, that Doc. The man who we newbies cut our first gold hunting teeth on, reading his funny stories, and buying his neat supplies. HE knows how to camp for sure. Even to having his own enclosed power shower to wash the Nevada desert away. Having said all that, your END result turned out to be very novel and useful. As with all novel inventions, the first is the one who you and others might build on, and improve a bit, beyond it's primary function. One idea I had was to have a Costco chair I saw available in the past week, with an attached side table, and cup holder, modified with your idea here. That would be GREAT I thought, total leisure and comfort, where you can read and drink while you, well, you know... Thanks for being a great source of information, Steve. Your "Detector Prospector" is a great source of knowledge which I look forward to daily! ~LARGO~

I have one... It's an Ames brand shovel. I got it when I bought my GPX 5000! It is probably worth a lot with that in mind, kind of like my fine Minelab coffee cup, that puppy cost me 5 grand to get as well! Largo...

Great write up, Lunkster! Your being a truly "straight arrow" guy across the board, (not to diminish my respect for friend Steve Herschbach) I put great value in your comments and experience! Your comments, along with those of Steve Herschbach only magnify my anxiousity (new word: derivation of anxiety and curiosity...) Thank you, for your comments! I am now even more anxious to receive my own "Monster" in the near future! C'mon MINELAB! ~Largo~

I used to sell the Troy line of detectors. Not many are seen for sale these days, as they are such good detectors, Tesoro will still cover their lifetime warranty, I believe. I have one X-2 left from that endeavor having with two coils, the smaller coil being super sensitive in coin competition hunts, as it is so fast and light to swing. There is a coin check button, where if you hear two clear repeating signals, you depress that button. If you hear another clear repeating signal, it is a coin. That feature saves a lot of digging. The machine was designed for relic hunting, and is incredibly deep seeking. One of my avid coin hunting customers reported me that he had found over 200,000 coins in one year with the detector I sold him. He hunted mostly schools and parks every day until he passed away a few years back. Maybe from exhaustion... I loaned my X2 detector to a possible buyer one spring weekend. He drove up to a large ski area just above Boise, Idaho, after the snow had gone away. He reported later to me he had found seven pounds of coins in those two days, and who knows what else, with my loaner detector. He did then buy an X2 from me. LARGO

Thank you, Steve Herschbach, for this scholarly dissertation... THIS is why I bow towards Reno each time I turn on my detectors! ~LARGO~

Sometime in the distant past, I lost a small plastic bottle with a couple of gold nuggets in it, out in the vast reaches northern Nevada. I told people I knew in the area, that I had lost it. It turns out that I learned that Smokey Baird, who knew me from earlier meetings in the desert, had found that very small bottle with the nuggets in it, and wanted to return it to me at some point. A few months passed, and by chance Smokey found me at my camp, and stopped by to chat at bit. We chatted about places Smokey had been and seen, as he was about to go, he handed me a couple of cards with the same poem on it, one with an angel on it, and one without. Smokey had a dry sense of humor which he liked to use when the opportunity presented itself. As he turned to leave, he handed my that little nugget bottle I had lost, saying, "oh yeah, I found this bottle I heard you lost out here, and you need to know we don't appreciate you littering our desert." That was Smokey Baird. Extraordinary in so many ways... RIP my friend. Happy to have met you!

...yep, coulda, shoulda... LARGO

Hi all, I went to a yard sale of sorts, a friend was cleaning out his garage, everything sold but a pile of metal detector search coils, a 14" Coiltek, a 6 inch Gold Bug 2, AND a 10 in Gold Bug 2 coil. These coils were now in a "FREE" pile, which got my attention, as I still have a 5 digit serial number Gold Bug 2, with 10 and 6 inch coils, which I bought together in the early 1990's. My questions are: I have found some incredibly small gold with this old Bug 2, and I am curious just how much better or worse my 26 or so year old machine might be, if I sent it in to be "calibrated" Add to that, I have heard that if a person buys a new coil for your Bug 2, or acquires another coil that didn't come with the machine, that you need to send both coil(s) and control box in so it can be calibrated to the new coils... For a small fee of course, I would think... I am thinking that I should try my new found coils before I send the machine in. What might be your thoughts, folks? What would you do in this situation? Thank you! Gary Long/ Largo

Hi Steve, I DO have an SDC 2300 now, not found anything with it thus far, however. I will more than likely sell my GPX 5000, with a 7 or so coil collection, as it is may be too hot, since I got my cobalt/chromium TKR surgery last October... Even the SDC 2300 may prove to be a bit sensitive with the new apparatus in me... Hope to see you guys this year, it has been a very LONG time since I visited N. Nevada... p.s. now I have a boatload of solar stuff, Steve. When I bought my new trailer I was given a nice 40 watt Zamp solar panel setup, I bought a 90 watt folding panel setup from Overland Solar, plus several panels like the ones you used on your trip to Alaska a few years back, plus a Yeti 400 storage battery arrangement... Gary Long/ LARGO

I thought that might be the case...thanks Steve!

I hope so, Chris! It's been a long time since I was there at RP, or anywhere, for that matter! My wife insisted that I get a new RV over a year ago, I told her that I did have a trailer, and wasn't using it for good reason, she was pretty sick, in and out of the hospital several times for different reasons... We DID buy that "cute" little trailer she would see as we drove home from Costco on the interstate near the Boise airport. That "cute" little trailer is going into its second year of storage, never used in any way... It's all paid off, everything is, so it isn't the money that keeps me away, it just hasn't been convenient... Oh I do need to mention that I have a new cobalt/chromium knee, not sure what that combination means, it just wasn't the titanium one they said would be going in. I will go for old times sake, if nothing else, I will probably try to sell my GPX5000 and a bunch of coils, as I think I would be chasing my new knee pretty much all the time, especially with the bigger coils... Thanks for Asking, Chris, it is always good to hear from you!

Hello, I just woke up from a near 4 year absence, I noted this interesting offering by Minelab at nice price, and an interesting 45 kHz as well. After reviewing commentary on this forum, I have failed to see any commentary on the headphone jack, which I very well could have missed during my doldrums. Turns out the Minelab Monster 1000 headphone jack is a 1/8"... Any insight or commentary on this? Thank you! RE: Model: Minelab Gold Monster 1000 •Intended Use: Gold prospecting •Operating frequency: 45 kHz •Coil: 510 DD and 5 DD •Headphone jack: Yes, 3.5 mm (1/8 inch) •Display: LCD, Monochrome •Screen backlight: No •USB port: No •Depth Indicator: No •Discrimination: Gold •Ground Balance: Automatic •Pinpoint mode: No •Sensitivity adjustment: Yes, Automatic & Manual....et al... Gary Long/ LARGO

Ha Ha Ha...that Nursepauls gets around doesn he??? Great refreshing story of success...!! Thank you for sharing! Gary Long/ LARGO

I guess we shall survive! Have a great day!

Private video. Well, that is disappointing! Guess somebody didn't want everybody to see it! Largo

In the past couple of days, I have seen drone videos of the Bruneau river running across Idaho highway 51, just south of Jordan Valley, Idaho, a main route south through McDermitt, Nevada, then on to Winnemucca. I am not sure if the water there has receded yet, as much north-south commerce use that highway. I probably have already posted this somewhere here recently, but hey, I'm getting old! As an aside, the last time I saw the Rye Patch reservoir full, I crossed the Humboldt River, which fills the Rye Patch Reservoir on what is called the Callahan Bridge, just west out of Imlay Nevada. The high water at that time was pushing against the concrete bridge, and some water had already began to run across the road, it appeared. The good news was, there was evidence that a road grader had created a small dirt berm to help keep the water from further damaging the approach to the bridge... I was not to be denied, and gave my truck the gas, and me and my little rv trailer took the chance and successfully crossed the mighty Humboldt!