devilsrenegade

that gold nugget specimen ring is beautiful ! what a nice find. ?

15 hours ago, phrunt said:

This is the link

It certainly sounds "different" to the GPX, someone who's used one before will have to let you know if it's normal or not.

Nenad @ phase technical left a comment on my utube channel . He said the audio sounds normal for this detector. thanks to everyone for helping me on this. 

29 minutes ago, goldseeker4000 said:

Hey devilsrenegade, where are you in Montana? Im in kalispell. I may know the person who sold it to you if he hunts Libby Creek. Whats his name?

I live in missoula, don't remember the name, I think he was from Kalispell also,  that's where we  made the exchange.

thank you for uploading that. I'm a newbie at computers and have no skills   lol

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

Yup, sounds normal to me but you could put a video up of it, that may help determine if it's normal

I uploaded a video on utube of the audio on a large aluminum target. I can't figure out how to attach the link, but if you search sd2100 audio signal  you will find it. thanks

4 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Yup, sounds normal to me but you could put a video up of it, that may help determine if it's normal

thank you, terrific idea but I have no external speaker yet and it might be hard to record the audio from the headphones with my cell phone. 

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I am not sure what you mean by "clips". The SD2100 did make a weird noise on strong targets, but it has been so long since I ran one I am not sure we are referring to same thing. If it is detecting targets in tests its probably fine.

Thanks for the info hard to find videos of the SD 2100 in operation where you can hear the signal what I meant by Clips is the audio tone gets low then turns to a clicking as the coil approaches a large Target then goes back to normal as the coil is moved away. it detects Targets in air and ground testing. I picked it up late this summer and didn't get to play with it much. the guy I got it from said he had found some nuggets with it in Libby  Montana. I guess it's probably okay

I recently picked up a used SD 2100 on craigslist for next to nothing. When I power it on, the audio clips then settles down to a stable threshold . It also clips on a strong signal response. Is this normal ? Thank's to all who reply

1 hour ago, kiwijw said:

Jim brings up an interesting point about it being melted aluminium. I may have missed it in reading the threads, but have you weighed it? There will of course be a huge difference between aluminium & lead for the size of its mass. Gold & platinum a lot heavier again than lead. Keep us posted.?

Good luck out there

JW   

.23 grams after melting, seems to heavy to be aluminum. It was found in a bedrock crack where the river gets pinched at a place called natural pier. there is a tremendous amount of water flow during high water. also found lots lead. brass. nails, heavy iron etc...

14 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

I enjoy gold rings most, but a really cool sterling ring design or one with stones looks better in a collection than a plain gold wedding band any day.  Plus, a white gold or platinum wedding band is even more boring in my opinion.  Nice collection of rings devil, and may 2019 turn one to gold for you.

14 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

I enjoy gold rings most, but a really cool sterling ring design or one with stones looks better in a collection than a plain gold wedding band any day.  Plus, a white gold or platinum wedding band is even more boring in my opinion.  Nice collection of rings devil, and may 2019 turn one to gold for you.

Thank you Gerry, I used your gold ring settings for the  xterra 705 and found my first gold ring with a detector in 2017 park hunting in Missoula Mt.

38 minutes ago, Walker said:

I find a bit of solder  while detecting. What is the low temperature you are talking about? Solder melts around 850 degrees. 

I had no method to measure the temp, but from my welding experience  I'd guess above 1000 degrees

1 hour ago, oldmancoyote1 said:

There are several silvery metals that melt at low temperature including lead, antimony, and tin.  That's not enough to identify it.

Unless tiny fragments are REPELLED by your super magnet, it may not be lead.  Lead, as well as similar metals, are diamagnetic, the opposite of iron.

Tiny silver droplets indicates it is an amalgam of mercury and some other metal.

Platinum does not form an amalgam and it melts at a very high temperature.

I don't know what it is.

thanks for the info, when I tried to flatten it with a hammer again it broke into small fragments. one of those showed a small attraction to the super magnet. all the other fragments had no effect . it's not malleable like lead, it is brittle with sharp edges where it fractured. I'm still not sure what it is.

My ring finds 2018, all silver, no gold for me this year. 

I guess my first assumption that it was lead was correct. thank you to everyone that replied !

I tried the super magnet and could not notice any magnetism. Heated to a low temp and it started to precipitate tiny silvery droplets, let cool and flattened  with hammer, it became brittle and broke into 3 pieces. Heated again to melting temp cooled down and this is what I  got. Maybe platinum?  

I'll try it right now, thank you Steve.

I found this nugget in the clark fork river in some exposed bedrock with one of my gold detectors. I always assumed it was lead, but after taking close up photographs, I'm not so sure. Any help identifying it would be appreciated.

Thank you

Another lump of coal in my stocking this year.  It was an awesome magazine that will be missed by many.?

Seeing other people making great finds really motivates me to get out there and do more detecting. Thank's for posting your story on a truly amazing hunt !