DolanDave

A prospecting supply company in  Australia is selling what looks like a nice  harness made for the GPZ 7000 and 19" coil, has anyone heard any good stories on this harness?

Pics of New Harness

Dave

I know this is far but the craigslist in Georgia is trying to sell a gpz 7000 for $5000, and he will not ship, it just seems like a fishy ad, like a stolen detector, it has pics, was your guys detector in a box??

https://columbusga.craigslist.org/spo/5976657993.html

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Dave

Hi Glenn,

  Im not even close to an expert, more like lifelong amature,  but the new pics you provided do not really look to promising, I dont see any Chondrules in your window you grinded. Could you get it looked at in person at the Colorado School of mines in Denver, I think they have a few floors of meteorites there. Or a local University Geology department?

Dave

You get em Bob.... maybe a little night hunting, hehe 

I often go with friends... what you find, is what you keep... But if my buddy skunks that day, and I have found 2 or more nuggets I will share, as this is a fun hobby not a living.

Dave

I have cut probably a few hundred probable stones, both with dremmel and rock saw, 99 % of the time it's nothing, but that 1% could pay off.... A guy named Robert Verish who found a Martian meteorite ( Los Angeles 001) , did the same in California, he just can't remember the exact spot he found it, because it was thrown together with all his probables.

Sure !! If you can find them on your drive.

Hmmm very interesting, looks like Chondrules popping out of it, but you say it doesn't stick to a magnet...pictures sometimes are hard to determine if it's a meteorite. Can you cut it with a rock saw to see what's inside??

15 hours ago, jasong said:

Would you say there is any mineral sector you see as underexploited right now as gold was back then?

I keep eyeballing REE's because it sure seems like global energy/auto/electronics industry is headed that direction now and for the future too, plus there are no active mines left in the US (unless that one in CA reopened?) and they are mostly in China (or were until recently anyways). Not easy to prospect for though like gold. But some of the associated minerals/elements are easier to prospect for such as thorium. What do you think about that sector?

Jason,

  Chris is right about the Lithium boom, all dry lakes have been claimed over... good thing meteorites dont fall under a mining claim, a nice excuse if someone says what are you doing on my mining claim right , hehe...   A good example is Molycorp near the Nevada/ California border, just 10 years ago, when the company was not running, you could have bought up a lot of claims around it, and it would have made you a millionaire today leasing it out. I dont know if Red Dry Lake near Kingman Arizona is claimed up, but years ago, I was reading on drilling reports on the dry lake, and they ran into a lot of salt way down, and had to stop. I have read a lot of reports that show a lot of dry lakes that have salt/ brine tend to also have Lithium.... remember your buddy Dave if you do claim it, and lease it in the future... . Also since Tesla built a Lithium Battery plant in Northern Nevada, it was cheaper to process Lithium for the battery plant than import it from China, that why most of the Dry Lakes in Nevada are claimed up, I believe Silver Peak Dry Lake is a Lithium plant that has also been around for a while. Keep your eye out for metals of the future, and claim up  !!!!!  Look at Tantalum, and Indium... Remember to put in the lease agreement you want shares of stock also...

I would also have to say "yes".... I do not sell my gold or meteorites. Except one time I traded gold for a new 25" coiltek coil a few years back... Some of the best friends I have made are prospectors, who also enjoy hunting/ exploring, and getting outdoors. Im pretty serious into it, hunting every weekend, and have been for over 15 years. I love hearing and seeing the finds and stories everyone on here makes.

Dave

Very Nice finds....love that yeller....

Dave

 But it doesnt fit to good, maybe not...  .  Got out for a bit of detectin...El Gran pepita de oro came in at 12 grams , and the little guy ended up being a little over 1 gram.... Got another 3.5 grammer, but didnt get a pic of it...

Low n Slow..... Fast and Furious

Dave.

Very Nice Pieces, congrats...

Dave

Fist full of gold--- great finds , thanks for the pics.

Dave.

Hey Jason....

  The new drones are pretty easy to carry, that DJI Mavic looks awesome, and can be carried in a backpack, and has a line of sight range of 4-5 miles. The drone Im using is a Yuneek q500 , and has a 4k camera that moves, and has a range of 1-2 miles line of sight. If I spot something interesting on a hard to get to location, top of hill, ect.. they will be handy. I am also going to use it this summer while out fishing off the coast of San Diego looking for floating kelp patties, where the tuna love to hang out.

  I ran into a guy out in BFE out near Alamo, NV. while hunting for meteorites, and he was using a drone with a Thermal camera, hunting for caves on the side of some limestone cliffs.

Idaho Gold,

  I have just started getting into using a drone for prospecting... Here is a small example of finding some good bedrock using my drone...

Dave

Steve,

  A neat thing also on the metbul is when you select map all on google earth, as shown in picture...

Dave.

Hey Lunk, 

  So the gpz 7000 works good on Stewart? I tried the 5000 on it, but the soil was to mineralized, even dumbed way down.... I have found pounds of meteorites on Stewart over the years...nice pieces you found...

Congrats on the new detector, and finds Chris. That sure was a good day, and I think that patch has many more buried, need to get a small dozer out there :).  I confirmed Chris's meteorite, by cutting a window into it, so congrats on the gold n meteorite. I've been nugget/ meteorite detecting with Minelabs since I first got a sd2200 back in 2003, and haven't come close to your skill and determination, It came natural to you...Sorry but here is a bad pic I made with phone of Chris's meteorite find,  need to get one of those macro cameras for good close up pics...

I would have added a hot rock discriminator

Hi Lunk...

 Nice Franconia finds.... I agree the 7000 is an excellent detector for meteorite hunting. I was hunting a new strewn field not to long ago, (about 20 miles actually from where you were in Franconia) and the 7000 was the one to find a nice piece, there were about 6-7 others that had vlf's and skunked. I have also found some nice large pieces in gold basin, that I know I have gone over with the 5000, but the 7000 sang nice and loud on it...

Dave.

I believe Minelab is sueing XP metal detectors (over wireless detector and pinpointer applications).

Very cool finds Lunk , especially for the mom to find.... Irons are very difficult to find...congrats to her..

Steve,

  I wonder what thread Minelabs new Monster detector will fall in, I heard it will have different frequency's to select from????  A lot of times they will have demos at the gold shows, like they do during minelab conferences...

Dave