hawkeye

Good luck in that wash!!

Reese,

Enjoyed the video, great find and worth the effort. 

You noted that the 6000 and 7000 "were not able to hear this target" which indicates to me that you had those detectors with you and made an actual test on the target.  Why, because of the coil size?

I would think you could shorten up on the vid run time if you used high speed on parts of the dig like when you were pulling little rocks and dirt out of the way with the side of your pick.  That would shorten the vid but not diminish the work involved.   

Thanks for posting..

No thanks, not going down these rabbit holes.

Reese,

Your situation is grim.  I think you should very seriously consider putting things on hold until you can rebuild your assets.  I am saying it, others in the forum have hinted at it, and many are thinking it.  You have given it a heroic try, but you are finding it is not viable.  No shame in that.  

Normally I would not make a comment like this in open forum, but you have been an open book to us.

Ken

4 hours ago, Goldseeker5000 said:

Now that I am in Winnemucca NV,

On the road again...  Snow in the high country of Montana?

Bill's interest and participation in the forum has pretty much dropped to zero since he began devoting more time to the You Tube thing.  As it stands now there aren't many reasons to drop into a forum that has very low traffic.  I'm not being critical or placing blame, just stating the facts.

Go for it!!

Nice gold.  Yeah, I remember that place--got stuck several times!!!

Reese, nice nugget.  What coil were you using when you found it?

On 6/29/2023 at 2:26 PM, GhostMiner said:

Perhaps it was the argument with Steve & knowing what he really thought of me & my writings.

@GhostMiner

My two cents:

Steve regretted his comments made in the heat of the moment and apologized (several times).  I would hope you could accept his apology, move on from your hurt feelings and fire up your writing juices to continue with your story.  You have a large number of readers waiting for the next chapter.

Marketing guys have all the fun!!!  But wouldn't that get so tiresome?😉

2 hours ago, Rob Allison said:

Hey Reese,

   Great to see you are back home, away from this Arizona heat .... LOL  A few guys purchased GPX 6000 and were hoping to see you in Gold Basin, but I told them I thought you bailed out for the season.  

Believe it or not, you got me fired up a few months back to get back out with the GPX 6000, so I did.  I rounded up 197 nuggets in 5 trips, will post some pictures, but wanted to make sure I cleaned the spot up first 🙂

Wishing you much success in Montana this season.  God Bless,

Rob

What coil(s) were you using?

Oops messed up and have a double post.  

8 hours ago, phrunt said:

Holy crap! that looks like a total redesign of the 11" coil, now mine needs to die again, I want the new one, you can bet they've fixed all the issues on the new model

To me, it just looks like they "poured" a little plastic of some sort in the existing ridges to add some additional strength and more thickness behind the "ears".  

Very interesting topic.  

(Zero content comment but I keeping getting a notice to make a post.  So....)

Thanks for the weigh in, very helpful.

Hi all,

My new Axiom is the wireless package with the 13x11 DD and 11x7 Mono coils.  Initially I will be using it to patch hunt in unfamiliar areas rather than cleaning up old known patches.  I'm thinking the 13X11 DD would be an okay choice to use even though a 13x11 Mono might punch deeper.  I may have to drop down to the 11x7 Mono in brushy tree covered areas.  Any advice on this strategy will be greatly appreciated.  

I own a GPZ 7000 but it gets heavier each year.  If I locate a patch or two I can bring out the big gun.  💪

Congratulations on the first one.  My first nugget was with a new SDC 2300 also after many many hours using a number of different VLF machines.  Best thing I ever did as a detector prospector was buy the 2300.  I'm sure you will find that to be true with the Axiom.  

20 hours ago, phrunt said:

The guys got his Axiom maxed out, doesn't seem a good idea to do that with the Axiom.

Yes I also wondered about that when he made the comment and, remembering Steve's comments about how Garrett cranked up the sensitivity settings in the production Axioms.

Thanks for taking the time to make the videos.  I don't have either machine but thinking hard about both the 6000 and the Axiom.  I have a GPZ 7000 and love it but reached the point where rigging up to swing the beast is taking some joy away from the hunt.  

There are no maps you can easily lookup that give you all the active mining claims.  Finding where the claims are located requires a bit of research.  Land Matters gives you some tools.    

I think, but I could be wrong, the so called railroad lands mineral right's have been sold or leased to mining companies.  Although, I have seen numerous people detecting on these areas.

Others may chime in.  

On 3/8/2023 at 1:25 PM, Dain Blackburn said:

What detector would you get especially if you have used both?

Exactly the question I had in mind.  Thanks for asking.

Wow just wow.  Very impressive store and ownership story.  

Love the Baja adventures!!!