Lunk

No problems with the unit I have.

Nice video Jim!

5 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

For that, I will dig very deep into my wallet, and that's a promise.

Thanks Steve for cleverly circumventing a specific dollar amount. 🙂

Again...

Please, nobody say they would be willing to pay as much as the GPZ 7000!!!😅
I remember when the GPZ 7000 was but a rumor, one or more posted that they would be willing to pay $10,000 U.S. for the next Minelab flagship gold detector if it had the features they wanted. And then the GPZ 7000 was released at the exact same phenomenal price! Coincidence perhaps, but I think not. 

17 minutes ago, klunker said:

The next question would be "what would I be willing to pay for it?

Please, nobody say they would be willing to pay as much as the GPZ 7000!!!😅

3 hours ago, ALEXANDRE TARTAR said:

Now, I focus on the development of gold nuggets metal detectors, I test my models with 2 different evolving technonologies.

In all cases the outcome will be for this year.

Very exciting, Alexandre!

56 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

My personal opinion is the GPZ 7000 set a high limit both for weight and price that will not be repeated. The tide has turned in the other direction on both counts. Equinox points the way to the new Minelab philosophy.

Agreed Steve, and I'm convinced that Minelabs' next flagship gold detector will be lighter weight than the GPZ 7000.

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I found the comment interesting. A detector with exactly the same performance as a GPZ 7000 but exactly half the weight and with lighter coils would be worth more money to me. In other words set a new GPZ 7000 in front of me and another machine, same performance, less weight.... which would I pay more for? I’m going with lighter even if it costs more. Yet Mitchel implies other people would not feel the way I do about that so I’m curious what others think.

There is true sales psychology here. White’s Electronics used to produce various versions of the same detector and the bigger, heavier ones cost more because bigger is better! 

I guess you could see it two different ways: on the one hand, the lighter weight alone could be perceived as added performance and would justify an increased price point. How well that would fly would depend on how many people would actually view it that way. The other perception that I think would be more common is that a lighter weight, equal performance detector Is not worth an increase in price because you’re paying more for less physical detector with no real technological performance advantage. Now if it was a lighter weight AND improved technology than the GPZ 7000 with X-coils, a higher price would be justified to most. And I don’t recall Minelab ever NOT improving their tech on each new flagship gold detector anyway, so I feel the lighter weight, same performance detector scenario is extremely unlikely. That's what I think. Of course, a lighter weight, improved performance detector at a LOWER price is what we all want, but that scenario has never happened with Minelab either; maybe they will make history this time? 

A couple of my favorite 2019 gold finds was this 5.6 gram piece at nearly a foot and a half with the GPZ 7000:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zzmm1pgdrpaswe7/Nugget dig.mov?dl=0

And the recent 3-way specimen with White's GM 24K:

Guess nobody got the humor; perhaps they would if the email was titled “Gold Prospectors Bum...”? 😅

Not to be an alarmist, but I received an email today about an affliction that affects gold prospectors and is apparently related to athletes foot. Has any one else heard of this or been unfortunate enough to contract it?

😱

https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2019-12-25---the-meteorite-that-fell-on-christmas-eve-.r1wJLAlJL.html

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Spain&sfor=places&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=0&pnt=Normal table&code=16715

Congrats on the hard -won gold, amigo!

20 minutes ago, Lacky said:

Im trying to find it but that doesn't match any of spud diggers titles. How old is the video? 

Here it is:

6 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Here's a book that should be in your collection.

It's in my collection...a great resource.

4 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Show us a few of your ID pieces Lunk.

These bits were found several years ago with the GP-3500, and are typical of what I dig up in my neck of the Idaho outback; nothing big or particularly impressive, but keepers nonetheless. The hand-stacked rocks and iron trash from the 1860's gold rush era clued me in to the gold.

Holy schist!

13 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Don't suppose you have waved a Gold Monster or a Nox 800 with small coil over that area?

I’ve actually used the Nox and the GM 1000 at this locale, both with their small coils. Must have just missed this particular spot before, as the speci was right on the surface. Happy Holidays to you.

3 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Did you use acid on it or did just water clean it up?

As Geof noted, I didn’t want to use any kind of acid on the limonite, so I just used a gentle scrub with a toothbrush in soapy water.

That is some hard won gold!

Super awesome, Dave...you make it look easy! Can’t wait to see them all cleaned up.

On 11/24/2019 at 11:34 AM, kiwijw said:

Thats awesome Lunk. Well done. Gosh....what an X coil would do over that ground may surprise you.

Best of luck out there.

JW 🤠

JW, I’ll have to borrow a 10-inch X-coil next time I see someone swinging one and give it a go on an old patch or two.

6 hours ago, flakmagnet said:

Uh…new modified settings? Are they shareable?