Joe L

14 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

Winter detecting , ooooooh yeaaaaah !  👍

And looking at this weeks weather, winter is back 😚

Made a 7 month move to SC and some great beach detecting.  Had to come back to NYS for family, NYS yuck, but will be heading back soon as we can, hopefully this fall.   Fingers crossed 

Back getting better, thanks

Welcome from another surf saltwater fly guy.  And yes, it’s worth it. Hit the beach with fly rod and metal detector. 😉

We’re the lucky ones on the snow line, only got 5 inches here and its gone already, here in Albany county..

Just looked up the sugar pine cones and definitely not them, their huge,  definitely the smaller.

Well, bring I’m not a crafter like her, what ever looks good I pick it up, mostly the bigger cones, not sure of the differences too much.  Most are opened up and look pretty nice.

Strange as it seems, my wife loves to do crafts with pine cones. So most of the times I carry a cloth shopping bag, when hunting my wooded area I frequent, and bring her a bag full. She picks out the good ones and the rest feed my outside wood burner,

As for mushrooms, my Dad used to take me along, gee around 55 years ago, and tried to teach me, as he called it, mushroom pickin, and now I wish I paid attention.😔

GhostMiner, you’re my supplier and I for sure need a fix…..just a couple pages to hold me over….

Well, all tested out in my back yard, mostly air testing until I get the jist of it. All looks good. I had some Alkaline batteries I tested her with while I wait for the nicads to charge, I got 2 solid blue and the rest are still charging, shouldn’t be long now.

All great info above.  
For me, even though I really don’t live in the “right” area I am totally into prospecting and mining. When I’m into something I do so much research my mine explodes.
I will say this, I have learned the most right here on these forums. There are a boat load of people here that have taught me, in reading threads, that on my trips I do west, I’M READY.

i have panned here back in the east,  but other than enjoyment of the actions ended up with,,,,enjoyment. That’s ok for now. I now own a gold detector, which can be limited used for other things, so when I head out west on one of my trips, I hope I enjoy that as much.

So my input on this thread, read, read, read.

Joe

Whiskey and beer, ahh to be a miner….oh yes, that gold stuff too.

It’s finally in the house…got Friday off and I’ll start digging nuggets in my back yard.  LMAO.  It will be put to good use, and will make my numerous (well 3 or 4 a year) trips out west. Other than that, I have a  few small nuggets and will have a hoot of a time learning it.

Joe

Sounds like one heck of a day and adventure.  Really like the photos and even though I am just, for now, an armchair prospector, I do live through guys,,, until the my first gold detector shows up.   Joe

Well now after reading the manual several times, I just hope the shipper (distributer) and UPS can get it to me this upcoming week.  Fingers crossed. Weather is warming here and I have a few areas up in our mountains , yes it’s just NYS, and I know we are nugget less, but it’s just more than that. It’s more than just pulling a nugget out, it’s the adventure and these semi older legs need more than searching parks and fields with my Xterra pro.  So for me it’s a detector and a dream..
And then it’s or trips out west, we do a few times a year, friends in Colorado and we always take a drive south and I have a bit love for Arizona. Luckily for me my wife “likes” the area too,  so with the start of our retirement,  you never know. Sorry just babbling on now.

Now,I have to figure out the logistics of flying with a detector.

Thanks for all for all the input and info.  Joe

Thanks all, joe

2 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said:

The 24K is a great detector.  I would highly recommend watching Steve's videos on the 24K on the Garrett web site.  He knows the machine very well.  Good luck with it.

Bill

Unable to find it on the Garrett site. 

A small story and then a question.

ordered my detector from a long time detector dealer down south. Order was smooth. So I get the UPS shipping notice and I see Texas distributor entered my Name a bit off and street name  missing the first letters. Oh boy.   So contacted the dealer and even called the distributor and they said the contacted UPS and it should be ok. We’ll see.

Now the question.   Every detector I have had, I think, you just plugged the charger in to charge. So it says it runs great on just regular alkaline batteries but I like rechargeable.   Do the rechargeable batteries use the same holder? Manual not that clear on that. Also regular nicads? And are going rechargeable worth it due to shorter use.? Thanks , Joe

More please.   

6 hours ago, JCR said:

What detector are you referring to?

24k

Ok, I upon reading something I found I guess its how fast the threshold recovers after the hum varies??? Hmm

Still a bit confused, I know I can adjust threshold but there is. SAT adjustment also I guess you set to let it set your threshold.  I guess I’m over thinking and should just go out and detect.  lol. Thanks

I searched the internet but, still not sure

 What does SAT adjustment mean on a metal detector? What is SAT.

Thanks, Joe

I’ve read a few of your  pages in these forums and if your book is anything like them, it will be Fantastic!!  I am looking forward to it. Joe

Learning here too. Welcome

Bear, that’s excellent, thanks, Joe