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he must be a little short on cash even tho he said it was not about the money...hehe...its always about the money.....glad he has a good sense of humor tho...is it really warm enough out there for bare feet and shorts already...I wish.....

I will let others be the guinea pigs , like with new cars and fixes, plus I still have a bad taste in my mouth from Garrett charging me $200 to fix their factory defects on my AT Pro....looks like 2016 will be an interesting year for new machines....

Steve, Can you tell us why gold jewelry in particular sounds just like aluminum trash,even to the MXSport ? They are entirely different metals, just seems like they should respond differently to a detector so as to disc out the aluminum? -Tom

Ah perfect ,users reports of both machines in action, just what we need ...and Yes Steve, its hard to fight the desire for a new machine now and then vs being happy with my 20 year old ones...

and I appreciate Keith for his tinkering with detectors, gained 4 inches on silver coins on my LOBO ST thanks to his tweaks...

Hmm, for $799 , I might have to sell my AT Pro , Headhunter Diver, MXT , and Compadre and get me an MX Sport...sure beats $10 grand for a ZED.. -Tom

Sounds like we have a few mad scientist types on the forum? I am jealous....

Sposed to be MX Sport updates on Facebook today. Monday,Jan 18? I can't see them due to firewall at work. It was also on YouTube, not much of a clip... -Tom

Steve, just a Ford vs Chevy type field test between the Gold Racer and Fors + Gold when warmer weather is here

Now if we could get a comparison between the Fors Gold Plus and the the Gold Racer? But maybe we should wait for the new Whites MX machine next month too? -Tom V.

I don't see a price on their website? Sure would be nice to have while browsing at garage sales or resale shops, etc...does it work very well? -Tom

What the heck is a Sage Grouse? And why 10 million acres withdrawn for it?

I've hit a few gold rings totally by chance and then hit nothing but tabs and foil the rest of the day in school yards.Of course that was years ago and I was using my Tesoro Lobo ST with the 8 inch round coil, disc at 2. Might need to go back to that 20 year old machine.Found a number of gold pendants and gold chains including 2 Playboy Bunny pendants, 1 in a schoolyard playground and the other in a swim hole.The black sand mode really helped in the swim hole.It quiets down the noise but cuts the depth in half but it got me that gold pendant. Of course, the Lobo has no meter to watch, sound only.....sure wish Tesoro would update it with a nice meter and Ground Grab, etc...I tweaked mine for more coin depth using Keith Southerns tips. Its more chattery but I gained 4 inches on a quarter or half dollar air test.

This potion called Zanfel? at Walgreens helps my poison ivy. 35 bucks a tube tho. I got poisin ivy last year in the campground lawn apparently when nature called late at nite. Never had poison oak yet.Whats it look like vs normal oak tree leaves?

So, if most gold diggers are ignoring these trash sounding targets, there will be big pieces left yet for me to find with my 20 year old MXT? Sure is pretty, and how do you tell how much AU is in the rock?

Cabin, How much did you have to shell out for the Gold racer?

Believe it or not, but I think I had 2 Bigfoot run ins already in the flatlands of Illinois, in heavy woods. Don't really want another . Both times I was out hunting gold or treasure and alone. I am packing bottle rockets for next adventure in the woods, whenever that might be, and a 50x zoom camera. I envy you guys and your gold patches .we don't have anything like that where I live. -Tom

I like your trailer and the gold. Can you tell us more about the trailer/camper? Can a small car pull it ,like my Subaru Forester? Whats it look like inside? -Tom, ps, you look so fit and trim in your member photo, ru saying that's not the real you? Pss, Menards sells these flat bungee cords and I was experimenting.I found the 30 inch long flat bungee holds my pants up better than a belt and far easier to take off vs them suspender things...

A pseudomorph? I thought that was a false fossil? Sometimes I see speckled patterns in rocks which look like some sort of fossil, only to be told it is a pseudomorph. So, what does a pyrite pseudomorph look like exactly? And why is placer gold so often associated with blue clay in creek bottoms? I understand the clay is decomposed shale? Except I thought shale was gray ,not blue?

Only 1 snowstorm in Chicago this year, temps in 30-60 range since early November, lots of rain, sure hope it stays like this. am sure we will pay for it in Jan/Feb tho...I kinda like global warming this winter anyway.... I like Arizona too but being as how I've spent 45 years in FLAT, Sea Level, NE Illinois now, I can't hardly breathe around Prescott or Rich Hill or Snowflake at elevations of 4-5000+ feet plus, something to keep in mind before moving there...plus they do have vicious dust storms, forest fires, and Valley Fever arround Phoenix. There is always a tradeoff, the good and the bad...at least we have plenty of water in NE Illinois, but no gold and no mountains to speak of . -Tom, need to find mountains, gold, warm weather, and under 2000 feet altitude, good water supplies, low cost of living and housing, where might that be?

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_333BEBOPRB/Parrot-Bebop-Drone-Bundle-Red.html $750 dollar built in camera drone with 1 mile + range and you can dock it with a tablet or smartphone for flying as if you were in the drones pilot seat. My dream drone. Now ,if the price would just drop to the under $500 range.....since I need/have a use for a tablet pc now too Too bad the reviews are so poor tho, almost sounds like vaporware...big promises but poor delivery..and I hear the FAA now requires all drone pilots to get a license and max altitude of 400 feet...

Is that the same as the MicroBlaster ? Videos on YouTube.

Great Thread Root, was just thinking all night about Pocket Gold mines in Oregon. Didn't Bearcat say the deposit at Gold Hill in Oregon was a pocket gold mine? Wonder how they discovered it way back when? Not sure what a Knudsen Bowl is exactly? A industrial size motorized gold pan of sorts? Do you have some photos you could post of these various contact zone types to look for ?

Nice gold, how deep was the pocket? How did you miss it before? Is Californias drought over now?

I imagine Steve just commands the gold to jump outta the ground and into his pocket and it obeys him.I wonder what his magic words are? I don't think Open Sesame would quite do it...