nugget65

Good going!!!!

Wow I didn't realize it was that sensitive to gold that small... Looks like I got a lot of learning to do... I've put at least 30hrs on this machine in 5 days and although its getting easier its getting challenging and that's the part I'm loving... Nice gold by the way...

Strick ... Any tips on ground balancing and suggested coil size???

Wow must be... cause my wife suffers from the same thing...lol lol

Learning how to use it is like learning how a new language... Any tips would be awesomely appreciated... I live in n.Cali and the ground here is real hot (MD lingo) and I'm having a hard time keeping it balanced and I don't know if that's common for these machines... I'm wondering if coil change might help me ... It has the size up from the smallest one... They say that if u can learn how to use a GB2 u can learn anything...

Found this little 1.4 grainer today ...second with with my goldbug2.. Got a good deal on it ..needed some cosmetics but only paid $300 for it 2days ago and found gold today...found a bunch of other stuff too...I might go in the square nail business or maybe hot rocks...lol lol lol But I'm happy and having a ball learning this machine...

That's a lot of gold!!!!!! Yeah my wife would kill me if I spent that much on a piece of mining equipt... Lol lol lol

thnx for the replies...

That's awesome!!!!

Just the coil ...i don't trust my waterproofing techniques...i can't waterproof a flashlight that good ..I'm not gonna even try to waterproof an $800 machine... lol lol thnx again... I still have my plan set to get the Nokta Fors Gold...

thnx steve...i live in n. cali and the soil here is pretty hot as my neighbor puts it.. i plan on buying something for depth(come on taxes) but I think I'll go ahead and get this one anyway... does the gold bug 2 coil work good submerged???

got my eye on a gold bug 2 ...i see other coils available for it ...my question is...how much more depth would I be able to get out of a bigger coil such as the 14"...and would I get the small stuff as well as the big stuff...and I plan on submerging the coil if I can on more than one occasion... thanks for any help...

I'm guessing a 40% price hike from the gpx5000...

wow what an amazing display of greed and deceit..the sad part is there was no need to be with all the $$$ that stood to be made... somethings I just still at 49 yrs old don't understand..

u pack a mean lunch!!!!

Very nice!!!!

Steve pick me up along the way ...I'll chip in for gas!!! :-)

wish I lived closer!!!!

Last yr I found so many potential jewelry piece nuggets and had to sell them needing the $$ ...i wish I would have kept at least one... alot of nice pieces people bought from me while I was still in my wetsuit for double sometimes triple of their value...but that funded my mining equipt and food for my family so it was worth it... i have found in my travels that some people want what other people will talk about... yeah if I found that big of a nugget...SOLD!!! LOL

Idk Tom it just showed up in my classifier and I thought it was an awesome looking stone ...showed it to someone back at camp and they said that was big for that area...funny thing is we dug in the same place for 2 more days and found 2 tiny tiny ones and a few small tiny diamonds..got paid and mined our way back to Cali...

I just read everything on both links u sent me to and it seems alittle to hit and miss for me... i need something alittle more user friendly and nothing I read sounded user friendly...thnx for the input.. i think I'm gonna just order the Nokta Fors Gold next week...i haven't read anything bad on the Nokra and any negative that was said.. was addressed immediately by the company... that's a big plus for me.. thnx everyone for the input..

got my eye on a Minelab Eureka Gold at a good price ($500)..The problem is I can't get any input on one...is this my first sign to look elsewhere??? Any unbiased help would be appreciated thnx

wow never seen a copper nugget..that's pretty cool...no telling how many I've thrown away and not know it... that's where my lack of experience kills me....Also wouldn't know platinum if it hit me in the head...

I get a kick out of the peopLe that think it is easy...and thnx....As for the great shape...i been slacking cause of the cold so my shape is kinda getting shapier...lol

bought this for $10 at one of those convince stores in Reno 2 yrs ago.. i use it steady does every other weight except measuring fraction of a grain.. i never weigh in grains so I never missed it..