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  1. I am still need to metal detecting and learning an original tdi.  So lately I have been experimenting with the different controls and how they affect the machine. 

     

    I read some instructions that mentioned running the gain at the point that the threshold remained steady and did not waiver. This typically leaves me with a gain of 3 or 4.  Does this sound right or am I missing something?

  2. 6 hours ago, phrunt said:

    That must be why they were such good sellers 🙂

    Maybe the purchase was just at a price that was too good to refuse, it took a long time for the sale to take place it's not like they jumped on it.  Maybe they played hardball and let Whites think nobody wanted them and took them out for a bargain price at the end.  Really the only likely purchasers were First Texas and Garrett, and First Texas didn't seem overly interested.  The next few months will be quite telling if Garrett start selling any of the White's models.  I can't see any big metal box machines surviving it. 

    If the only machine that survives is the 24k/GMX rebranded as a Garrett with a Garrett colour scheme it's probably all they needed as they didn't have a matching machine in their own line up, probably cheaper to buy the design and production capability off Whites in a fire sale than it was to design it themselves.

    Saying things like they should dump the TDI and put the ATX into a TDI body.... it doesn't take buying out a competitor to put a detector into a new housing.

    I think people thinking Garrett are going to revive old models like the V3i or use their dated technology in a new housing are dreaming, if they weren't selling for White's they're not going to sell for Garrett and putting that old software onto new hardware, yea right... may as well start all over again.    Maybe some of the patents might help Garrett achieve something that was restricted, who knows...

    You never know what kind of benefit Garrett could derive from the source code related to the v3i. If they are working on a high end multi frequency machine it could help a lot. 

     

    I think expecting them to revive old detector lines that didn't sell well enough to keep White's afloat is pretty foolhardy.  It's probably a coin flip for them to keep some newer designs [24k/GMX].  Garrett seems to be really good at marketing.  Perhaps they can apply some of that expertise to White's products but marketing 20-25 year old detectors would be a real challenge. 

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    Is there anywhere in the world where it's not the 16th? Maybe tboykin is not the one producingthe news here and we have to wait for another party to announce something.  

     

    Additionally, having gone through several large business transactions with banks, i feel like banks love nothing more than coming back with more questions at the last second. Business deals often get delayed repeatedly. 

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  4. 23 minutes ago, karelian said:

    I do not see myself using the White's stock headphones with the GMX out of the water. Waterproof headphones for rare water work only. I'll use the Sunray Pro Gold when wired up with the adapter cable, or the wireless system. The supplied headphones are OK, but most quality aftermarket options blow them 'out of the water'..

    That's too bad. I was excited the headphones came with the detector and it wasn't something else I would need to buy.

  5. 2 hours ago, Bohemia Miner said:

    At first I'm thinking, no threshold, no small gold.  I did an air test (@  20 kHz) and it found a 1.5 grain nugget at 1 inch !  I was glad to see that as the launch video indicated it would find "small gold nuggets".

    That doesn't sound too bad.  I wonder how it will perform when ground balanced in gold country.

  6. 1 hour ago, Geotech said:

    I suspect they were just selling out what was in the warehouse.

    I went over to White's today for a last-second repair of my V3. Todd (who has run the Service Dept for many years) has struck a deal with the White's to run a repair center from his home for at least another 2 years and he will be reimbursed for all warranty repairs. So warranty repairs are fully covered for at least 2 more years.

     

    That is great news.  Typically the warranty on a device is 2 years after purchase correct?

  7. I am going to write a little bit about my outings with the GMX.  It will be fun and maybe I will be able to harvest some advice from more experienced detector/prospectors.  I did go to a creek/swimming hole but had very little time with the detector. I have a very young family and it can be hard to concentrate when 1 of my 4 kids is getting hurt or stuck or ....  so I gave up on it pretty quickly that day.

    I was able to get out to the Lynx Creek withdrawal area with a friend.  He's new as well and using a Time Ranger Pro.  I looked on Google Earth and picked out a wash that ran parallel with the main creek.  That way we would be able to detect in and out on our hike.  Unfortunately,  the borders of the withdrawal area are not marked well on the maps I found available but the private claim the wash was on is marked really well once you get out there.  We hiked along the fence for a while looking for area that might be interesting to detect.  The only spot I found was a large hole.  The material excavated was a different color than the surrounding soil so I dug a few iron targets from the pile.  It doesn't seem like anyone has thoroughly gone through all that material with a detector and there are many hot rocks and pieces of iron mixed in with the material.  Eventually, we hiked down to the main creek bed.  My partner moved quite a bit faster than me and found many tin cans along the way.  I tried to be as meticulous as I could whenever we found a wash to detect and found only one large can.  I think I will bring him on my future trips and send him in front of me to remove large trash items.  We detected up the mostly dry creek bed and dug trash target after trash target.  I heard it was trashy here but I had no idea it would be this bad.  The area had many hot rocks which would send my detector into overload if touched.  I ended up needing to set the detector down to level 3 sensitivity just to get around  without overloading constantly.  All in all it was a fun outing with some rugged hiking and a near heart attack when a deer jumped up about 5 feet in front of me.  I was using the 6inch concentric coil but would like to take the 4x6 double d out here and see if it is able to handle the hot rocks any better. 

    Outing 3 was to the same area but I wanted to try the mineralization tracking feature of the detector.  Lynx creek is more known for gold panning so I thought I might have better success that way.  I swung it around and everything in the area is really mineralized.  I was able to find a couple spots with a bit of an increase on the meter and it was really did seem like there was quite a bit more black sand in the areas the detector was interested in.  I panned for a while in these areas but found no gold.  After a while I wanted to try detecting up the hillside in front of me.  It was pretty steep and, I thought, difficult enough to deter some prospectors.  When I got up there it was definitely steep and full of loose rocks.  I was only able to detect a small portion of the hillside but I found plenty bullets.  Many of the loose rocks were quite hot.  At this point I was getting better at listening to the detector and figuring out which sounds are hot rocks but it was still pretty challenging on this hillside  I was worried about pushing one of the rocks out of the way and killing one of my kids who might have wandered underneath me.  After a short time of this I could tell that my families patience had run out and we probably needed to head home, still gold-less 

    Unfortunately, there is a new issue in this area.  The management of the forest forgot to renew the mineral withdrawal and now large areas are now private claims.  The area i had originally planned on going the 3rd outing was all claimed up with fresh signs everywhere.  I can only assume fences will follow.  In the end I don't know if Lynx Creek is a good area to detect.  If I come out here again I will bring my TDI and see if that makes the hot rocks anymore bearable.  I am digging all the targets anyway so I don't know if the discrimination afforded by the GMX is helping.  I will try and head out again soon.  Hopefully the temps here in AZ will go down soon and I can get into more of the GPAA claims in the area.

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  8. On 9/10/2018 at 8:29 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

    In theory this scale could be used for coin detecting but the coins with few exceptions like a nickel tend to bunch up all on the right. The intent really is to be more of a ferrous/non-ferrous meter but I do think I could make do with this for some general detecting scenarios. In air tests a nickel read 88, zinc penny 95, dime 96, and quarter 97.

    Steve, I am interested in trying some detecting in a swimming hole with my gmx.  I have experimented with 20 or so targets and recorded the numerical readings.  Do you have any other ideas on what I can do to make this a more effective effort?

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