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Most definitely!!!!!

Bear river campground is an excellent place to pan and sluice BUT BEWARE OF THE TWEEKERS...I haven't been there this yr but the past 3 yrs were a mess there... Its a shame because its a beautiful river and has nice panning and camping right on the river...

Thnx Steve... I'm going out right now for some play time....

Dang it !!!! Wish I didn't already make plans ...I would've loved to go join this outing....

Thnx...will do ... I'm pretty excited about this machine ...heard so many great reviews on it so I figured I would give it a shot ... Still love my gb2 ...guess we gonna see how they compare... Did a simple air test last night and was amazed at the sub grain pieces it was able to hit on and the distance ...not really good at detecting yet as I am a newbie but excited about this machine and its potential...will keep y'all posted....

Deathray it will ...it always does ...takes more than a bad experience to jump my groove so to speak... Bad experiences are learning experiences.. ;-)

now that I bought this machine...I need advice on settings etc etc etc etc ...every bit of advice would help...

Thnx ...just got home from a 3hr each way trip to a mining shop in oroville ca. That I would not step foot back into if my life depended on it ... Called this morning before i left to make sure they had one...Price was higher when I got there it was a demo and I still paid higher than retail for it than I wanted too but after driving 3 hrs one way...oh I did get a 8.95 scoop for my pain and suffering ...yeah bad experience but I have the machine for this weekends trip so it is what it is....oh and did I mention the ride home with my wife in my ear was no joyride either...lol lol yeah she chewed most of my ass off...lol lol NOW LETS GET SOME GOLD!!!!!

Is Kellyco the only Nokta dealer????? I'm trying to locate one closer to me ...California area...

Thnx Reno Chris.... After reading ur comment we examined the nugget and yes it does have quartz in it and is kinda hollow... As for the Lil ones in the vial one of them is 4 grains... Thnx for the help.... That's why I like this forum...

Deathray here's the pic of the spur...

Thnx AussieMatt ... I will keep y'all posted on our progress...

Thnx for the replies... Deathray I'll take a pic of it tomorrow when my buddy comes over....

My buddy bought a minelab extreme with a stock coil on it and a docs screamer on it...we took it out today and found the normal 3 pockets full of square nails plus an actual cowboy boot spur (which was the awesome part of the day)... We brought a test nugget that about 6gr + I had a vial of about 10 Lil guys totaling just over a DWT... The machine would not hit either one... Is that norm?? What is the smallest nugget for this machine to hit on .. Also any advice on settings for this machine will probably save this detector from closet time... Thnx

A 44 shell casing with 3 little gold nuggets in it...

U got me with the hoof and horse shoe combo....while mining on the river last yr my 12 yr old daughter caught a Steelhead in her sluice box...then the week after that had a crawfish... She said it takes more talent to do that than get gold...lol lol

Thnx Steve.. I was just skeptical because of the price drop... I'm highly impressed with the Nokta company in general.... If anything was gonna have an impact on me it would be me using this GB2 for the past 2 mths and starting to believe its a square nail and foil detector instead of gold... Lol lol lol ...but I refuse to give up... I just always like a second opinion before I buy... Thnx again Steve

Congrats on the nuggets...nice ones.... More congrats on the 15lbs.. I just have a GB2 and I gotta say it has worked me to death in 2mths and I haven't lost a pound...... Not many pieces of gold but I'm still the king of square nails and foil in my house!!!

While we r on the subject of the Nokta... I see the prices have dropped significantly... My concern is has the quality dropped as well... Maybe an off base question but I'm wanting to order one but feel alittle skeptical now...

NICE!!!

Nice birthday present!!!!

I have never until recently heard of a company that is so quick to focus on the feedback of customers and make immediate changes in a product to satisfy them... Dilek ur company is showing a fine example of how customers should be treated... Thank you.. There are people in this life that live for negativity and nothing u do can satisfy them...

Funny u mention that Steve... Was out yesterday and was digging a target that turned out to be a piece of foil but as I was digging I was coming across bones...big bones some leg looking some spine looking ...all I kept thinking was I found a body...I was so happy when I came across a skull that wasn't human... Needless to say I'm loving my detector and the adventures its taken me on in a week of owning it... Already went through 1 set of 9volts.. Already thinking about what detector I want next...

The gold bug 2 is teaching me a lot about metal detecting...mostly about digging...been doing a lot of that...but having so much fun... Been going to old hydraulic mining sites and the history I see and dig is amazing to me...boot tacks..old tobacco containers...old mining equipt...etc etc.. Mostly etc...lol ...thnx

I wanna thank everyone for the advice...it helped out a lot and the machine seems alittle less frustrating.....unfortunately I have no new pieces to show but have decide on the 6.5" coil.... Will update in the near future