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-Chris,no wife here, still single..wonder if I am faultless? -Clay, great site at Land Matters and I can actually see local fault lines. -IdahoGold, pitt edu has great color photos of actual faults in the field and tips as to what to look for. As a side note, my IE keeps crashing for Steve's website but Google Chrome works perfect, dunno why and the Land Matters website runs soooo fast on Google Chrome, barely crawls on IE... Glad I asked the questions...altho I am a bit slow on geologic terms like hanging walls. Just took a class for beginners on doing Rock and Mineral Id tests at the Lizzadro Lapidary Arts Museum in Elmhurst, Illinois this past Sat and learnt a few things , spent $100 on rock and fossil books with tons of color photos too.

Where do I even get a geologic map of an area in USA? We don't have any mountains in Illinois and Indiana, only glacial moraines pretty much. Of course there was the gigantic earthquake back in 1820 something that changed the course of the Illinois river, the New Madrid earthquake as it was called. The only metals mines were for zinc/galena in extreme NW corner of Illinois, coal mines central parts of both states, sand dunes around Lake Michigan.

We all talk about gold and fault lines BUT how do you go about finding these fault lines exactly? They are not shown on Topo maps that I know of. What maps should I be looking to acquire? What do they look like in person? Sharply uplifted rock areas I am guessing? -Tom

http://daymak.com/corporate/beast-brochure.pdf does anybody actually own one of these electric offroad scooters, supposedly street legal, and have a review? Hard to believe they can go 15 miles on a 20 amp battery or less ,and offroad to boot. Minimum price is 2300 and goes up to 4500,almost affordable, and no noise. How would you carry a detector and other gear I wonder?

I used to go mining with Jimbo in the video, over in Indiana, once in Illinois down by Peoria too, hate them steep hill climbs,dunno how they do it and at 6,000 feet altitude to boot... -Tom

I just got my new used Racer 2 today, sure am glad I got a slightly used one and with 3 coils. Would have cost over a grand new. I paid $600 shipped. So, California, what settings/coil size would you recommend for Indiana gold hunting? Mostly shale bedrock creeks,black dirt, gravels , not too many hotrocks. We have got 1-3 grain size nuggets on my friends fave creek just panning but there are lots of nails and iron trash there too. -Tom V, ps, winter seems to be on Hold hereabouts in NE illinois in January, 40's temps for 3 weeks with rain. Is it that way elsewhere too?

Sorry to hear about your fave people passing but life goes on...sure would like to hear some more about your Racer 2 gold finds? I hope to be acquiring a used Racer 2 shortly, sure would be nice if I could detect nuggets with it too? -Tom V.

How do they stuff the cable inside the pole and still be able to use multiple coils? Sure wish they had poles that would adjust like my hollow camera tripod legs with almost infinite adjustments and locking tabs instead of locking collars.

I got nervous when my crystal ball predictions stopped working, bailed out today with almost 40 grand vs the 8 grand I started with in October,better to cut and run for now...guess I can afford to buy a Macro Gold Racer now?

I suddenly started having some luck dowsing stocks after losing my shirt for years. Seems to be related to 2 potions I started using for some health issues. I just use a pendulum, look for stocks in breakouts ,or that I have watched for years, and start tracking them. I had 6 figures in my stock trading account last week on 8600 I started with in October but was scared to sell cause of taxes.In the meantime I lost 1/2 when my stock sold off. But its a new year now. Time to try again for early retirement is my aim. Too bad I basically have to give Uncle Sam 1/2 of what I make is the new problem, with short term trading. Not for the faint of heart either. Today,I lost 8 grand in 1 position but made 10 grand elsewhere. Maybe thats why my guts are hurting so much lately? Think of all the nice metal detectors I could buy. But retiring and exiting the rat race early is number one priority right now.

I want a decent radio control excavator or bucket loader to clear the snow off my driveway while I stay indoors at the controls? I have a cheap plastic one buts its next to useless. Sounds like winter boredom is settting in on us once again?

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whats the difference between the G2 and G2 +? I see the G2+ on Ebay for 499. I like the audio tones on it and the boost mode. Is it hard to pinpoint with that large rectangular coil? I'd prefer a round coil or elliptical myself. -Tom V.

And I have a chrome steel Lobo dowsing rod made by Sam Wolfe from way back when. Will post a photo later. ( Always wanted a Darnel rod but never could find one for cheap?) My 1st metal detector was a Bounty Hunter that cost me 90 bucks back in 1973 when I was in high school. Money came from mowing lawns. That darn thing could not see a roll of silver dimes at 2 inches hardly. Somehow, I graduated to a Teknetics Mark 1 about 12 years later.That was1 HOT machine on silver and one of the 1st with Ground Balance for prospecting. Thank goodness for plastic money back then. Had a couple in between as well. -Tom V.

Rat, I have an LST also and 5 Tesoro coils. I prefer the 3 x7 as its so easy to pinpoint with. Which of these NEL snake coils do you use with yours? I had my 8 inch round coil out at a soccer field recently but the detector kept chattering even tho it sure seemed like black dirt with no minerals? I had to turn Sens down to 5-6, vs my usual 9-10. And where are gold chains usually lost on soccer fields and can the LST pick them up? I was told by a fellow detectorist using a Minelab 705 ,that gold chains are easy to find for him? I always thought they were next to impossible to detect? I know to hunt the sideline areas for goodies where folks change their shoes and leave their backpacks. What's a gold chain sound like anyway, IF it is even detected? I've gotten a few silver chains and they made a loud chatter noise. Thanks, -Tom V.

Goldgrabber, I am in USA, near Chicago,Illinois, zip code 60502. -Tom V.

Sluicing is quite relaxing for me. Where did you get that nice blue sluice box? My favorite color. Does the gold show up very well in it? -Tom V.

Weren't there silver mines in the Patagonia area of southern Arizona worked by the Spanish/Mexican miners? I read of huge black sheets of silver inches thick and many feet long being found down there way back when. And another spot east of the Supers. Chris can PM me on that one. Supposedly you could pick native silver nuggets off the ground . -Tom

So Bigsky, will you be selling your Gold Racer then? I'd like to have one for a bargain price if I can use it to coin hunt also? Otherwise, may need to find me a used Racer 2. -Tom V.

I met a new buddy and he is getting some nice gold pickers and multi ounce copper nuggets at a spot where I have permission but was told by others that it is all worked out? He is using a 4 inch dredge with a hookah air system and going down about 6 foot, whereas best I can do is long arming or hibanking He told me the gold is there no matter how hard he and others pound it. It is a bedrock bottom creek, flat and smooth, with FAST water, 1-4 feet deep. One gravel island maybe 100 x 50 feet, 2- 50 foot long gravel bars. Its on a large curving bend. There is no gold on the slick bedrock. No place for it to catch people tell me. Am wondering why these gravel areas stay put even after heavy floods ( a giant size deep pothole holding the gravels in place? ) and why is this glacial gold being replenished? From upstream gravels perhaps, gold scooting down under the gravels and along the slick bedrock during floods is my guess anyway. Wonder if it would work to dig a pit waist deep into the gravels and hibank ? Does using a steel tined rake to rake away the cobbles make sense too? And them copper nuggets I could easily detect the bigger ones a foot down. -Tom

Hmm, how come I cannot print this thread tonite? Never had any problems before? Its a lot of stuff to have to scribble down...I heard Reg was no longer doing Tdi mods? Guess I waited too long. -Tom V.

I've yet to go there myself. Whats that funky looking little building?

Cool find, gives me some hope my TDi may yet find a nugget. What were your settings?