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There's gotta be a kid building sand castles that you could buy one from?

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Hey Lunk Thanks for posting. I wanna be a ZEDHEAD too but work is keeping me in the bay area. Just got off the phone with Gerry and he told me of your success...see you in April! or sooner...

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"The wise old Owl sat in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke, the less he spoke the more he heard, why can't we be like that wise old bird". No one ever learns anything with their mouth open, me included!!!

 

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JP- Just like the others I would like to personally thank you for taking the time to post on these forums. I read and re read your posts with the hope that I will hopefully learn something. I am very new to prospecting but I have had some good luck already with the SDC 2300 and because of that my GPZ arrived today!

Your quote about the owl got a chuckle out of me. It reminds me of something my grandfather once told me. It's a little more blunt but it goes like this....

"They can only think your stupid if you keep you mouth shut"

I wish more folks would think before they opened their mouths.

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Every time I Google something about a metal detector it takes me right back to this site!

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So I have the ones pictured above and the tab is metal. Everything else is plastic. They work great for the SDC but what Klunker is saying is that they wont work for the GPZ. Guess I'll just have to wear my pull on leather work boots then.

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Nice purty gold there russ, congrats!

 

 

Steve, some skepticism is healthy. Lots of folks have the perception that its hard to trust anyone suckling from the tit of minelab directly or indirectly. Now dont throw a can of beans at me pard, just saying the campfire talk.  

Especially if you don't know the people making those claims personally. You cant just trust everything you read on the internet otherwise we all would be walking around like zombies chanting.. GPZ 7000...GPZ 7000

Wait I think I have been doing that already...

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About a half cup of coffee in the morning and my brain balance starts to smooth out.... GPZ comes in today hopefully !

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On 3/10/2015 at 10:34 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Then there is metal detecting in tailing piles. I made a trip to Ganes Creek, Alaska with three other people and we spent three days. The tailing piles have been mined several times and mixed up multiple ways. Gold, gravel, and trash is randomly mixed and scattered.

We would all walk up to a huge pile of tailings material. We would randomly choose sections to detect. I would walk right into my section and bang a one ounce nugget. We would then all furiously hunt some more but little or no gold would be found. We would move to another pile. Same scenario would repeat.

By the middle of the second day I was actually apologizing. It was just too weird. I wanted my friends to find gold also, but I seemed to have a near corner on that activity for the weekend. But at the end of three days I had over a pound of gold, the other three had a couple ounces among them.

Now, I like to think I know what I am doing, that I have skill and knowledge, and that I work hard at what I do. But there is no doubt in my mind that weekend I was just plain lucky.

Luck can be earned as well.  Per your previous posts you went many years before you found your first nugget with a metal detector...no? 

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I dont think it can be used around PI detectors. I'm still using it with my ctx. I don't use the garrets much anymore. If there is lots of chatter due to the x pointer then you can do a frequency scan on the ctx.

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Very pretty gold thanks for posting!

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This guy has always treated me fair. Turn the volume down before you click on it.  https://www.youtube.com/user/gerrysdetectors/

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Welcome to the forum I've enjoyed your video.

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Nice!

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Strick. I think the trigger may be a handle to a old candle lamp, but I am just guessing I have seen them before but old age keeps me from remembering. Also antique lantern wick trimmers have something that looks like that.   Stick.

I think you are right. Looks to be part of an old wick trimmer or pair of scissors. THANKS!

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Thanks fellas. Yes the foothills are green and peaceful. I'll be heading back to this area a lot in the future. I'm gonna need something with a bigger coil that punches deep ...hopefully coming in the next week or so.

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A friend of mine has some property. Dug lots of nails, bird shot and a few other goodies for three bits. Anyone know what type of gun the trigger came from? The relics were all found with the ctx. Gold with the sdc. I'm getting in shape because I'll be digging deeper holes soon.  See ya at the gold show in Stockton.

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Looking forward to possibly meeting some folks from the forums at the Stockton show this weekend. I need more plastic scoops...

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That Aussie gold is AMAZING  makes me want for gold and  Peanut Brittle!

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I need to be quicker..

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You gotta hand it to the guys that take the time to shoot those videos we look at. I've had a Go Pro for almost two years now and barely ever use it...but it was a great Birthday present! And Steve what you lack in Cinematography you make up by writing a lot. 

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Digger Bob said  the big nugget that was found last year in the California foot hills could have been found with a coin machine. Boots on the ground....

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For me the gold rush started 6 months ago. Having the latest technology in my hands is minor necessity. Having the knowledge as to were to go and what to look for is PRICELESS..... if I could buy it  I would have already....

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Will do but I think it's safe to say that you are "on your way" so to speak with this site already. There is more going on here then the other forums. By far....

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Yea but for 10K it should come with a REALLY NICE hard case

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For 10k it really should have come with a hard case....any speculations as to why they did not do that besides profit?

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