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Mitchel- if you’re worried about it, sell it before you use it and perhaps trade it for a Garrett carrot or something like that. i’m still using mine because it’s used, still works well, but won’t be worth much to sell.

They are good for coins and other bits, especially when you dig deeper or off to the side of them, then it’s a timesaver. I use mine while prospecting to weed out iron for my PI. It does go bonkers sometimes, you will have to turn off and then back on occasionally. Keep in mind it’s my first Pinpointer, so I don’t have much to compare it with. Others with more experience about these probably have a more accurate opinion and review.

Sold out, my eye! We know your warehouse has more in it somewhere, including all those little hard to find Minelab pouches and a truck load of Thompson drywashers! 😉

Welcome! There are certified Minelab dealers all over the world, and as you did not mention which country you are from, perhaps going to the Minelab website will be a good place to start your search from: https://www.minelab.com/where-to-buy Return to this forum if you have any questions! The Equinox 800 is a great machine, you should do well with it! -Anthony

Your wish has been granted- now use your last two as wisely as you did the first!

PM sent- thanks Doc!

Jim- didn’t you find one of those in your backyard also? 😉 The guy in Mexico who used a RS detector to find the 389oz Boot of Cortez (and sold it for just $30k to his boss) let go of a $1.3M + nugget (valued from its 2008 auction).

The Boot of Cortez - the guy bought a basic metal detector from RadioShack and paid it off pretty quickly!

They decided to raise prices because Minelab wants to help out Garrett in the Australian market.

that would be cool if you could make a touch table for the local science center. If there’s a way you could make it show faulting types that would be interesting too. Check out the MakerMade Maslow CNC router kit- it’s on 40% Black Friday off sale right now- it has an odd way of running the router head on its x and y axis, but it works very well and is accurate. It handles up to a 4x8 piece of plywood, making it very good at doing cuts for large projects like cabinets and signs. One drawback is it doesn’t have a very deep Z axis- and it’s not really a carver - just a cutter but you can do steps for contours with it.

Nice work Jason! I saw a similar print at the recent JPL/NASA open house. They 3D printed the terrain where the Curiosity rover is at and had a little scale printed model of the rover on it (much bigger than the terrain). It looked like a great way to teach how to read topographic lines and about different types of landforms for students. I meant to try it out sometime- thanks for the link to the Iowa State University site- it will make doing this a whole lot easier!

Wow Reese, that flake has some really interesting deposit patterns in it! Nice! I really like seeing pattens of how it forms, that one looks like many little chevrons stuck together.

Welcome! You will have to post some more photos sometime of your part of the world, looks interesting! This is a great book if you’re just starting out and need more help on how to look, especially on what to look for with deposits in the hills near stream beds and such. And it’s on sale right now from the author Reese Townes @Goldseeker5000

Yeah, I miss those also, it’s been a long time since I could do that.

Worms are for trout, the tasty ones from my campfire.

My son got a specimen ring that was gold veined white quartz- it was polished nicely and set flat in the ring. There are many classy ones out there that don’t look like golden poo. Nice nuggets though, it’s amazing how variously gold nuggets are formed.

Yeah, the little BMS (battery management system) built-in to the batteries should keep them from fully discharging. That’s another reason why these are so expensive to replace, it’s a shame to throw them away without just replacing the cells.

Like other expensive lithium powered gadgets such as drones and things like that, I wouldn’t think the 6000 will actually truly let it fully discharge a battery in order to prevent damaging it, so hopefully the 6000 isn’t doing that. Northeast is correct- Lithiums don’t have a memory, but they do not do well if fully discharged, especially if stored that way. From what I learned, it’s best to store them between 50-75% charged if storing them for longer than a week (partially charging them to that is OK).

If anyone had a dead 6000 battery that is out of warranty please let me know. I would be interested in using it to see how easily it can be repaired- I’ve been doing this with my other lithium powered stuff as the cells they contain are usually common ones and easy to swap out. I use a little battery spot welder to do it- they are handy little gadgets that even have a USB port to charge other stuff with.

If you Google Search the images you’d find the legit ad it was copied from. Probably EBay…

It was a edge of your seat thing- one does not read the last chapter of a good book first nor should they fast forward to the end of good movie…. 😉

Great video and a very nice find Reese! All the digging definitely made it interesting. Guessing a pinpointer would’ve ruined the anticipation of watching it all! That nuggie was deep! 😉

Guiding can be a good venture if you can stand baby sitting in the outdoors- I used to do it as a white water guide and got a lot of tip money, it paid for my college, but man, working for a lot of rich sissies from the city killed the fun. But most prospecting types are outdoorsy people anyways so it may be easier. I’d go on a paid venture to get some training and advice…. If I had the time!

Gerry’s says BOCADAU or Gold n’ mouth in English….

Edit: Not People, but tweekers and itheads should be #1 on the list. I’ve only seen black bear butts whenever I run into them, rattlers are typically not around during the heat of the desert day but I still don’t step or put my hands in places where I can’t see them, and the only close mountain lion encounter I ever had was when I was walking on the only trail I could use to get back to my truck and I saw an adult one crouching under brush ahead of me (it was dark and I could see its eyeshine). I scared it away by grunting and stomping my feet as I walked towards it. Now the thought of running into the wrong type of strangers while carrying a $5000 detector, or having my truck ransacked or worse while I’m away from it makes me worried sometimes. This goes with having to live where there’s millions of people nearby. If I lived in a more remote state, I’d probably still find something else to worry about. Luckily, practically everyone I ever met out there have been genuinely friendly and cheerful people who were also happy to be out there.