mn90403

We went to this area this afternoon!  Wow!  And it is in a gold region.

It was shut down in 1952 but there is still active mining near.  More on it later when there is time to put up pictures.

Simon has a wealth of answers as we all know.

Thank you Simon.

So, there is this problem of charging my computer.  The van needs to be plugged in to a camping spot for the 220 and my converter to work.  I can charge my USB devices without a spot.  My laptop needs a usb charger.  

It took a few extra hours but we are all here!  We'll do a bit more driving around Auckland today before going to an in-laws farm and then we begin heading South.

Weather is quite nice in the high 60s and 70s.  Kids are crazy with energy after a couple of airport days.

McDonald's is a lifesaver for their internet.  Simon, does KFC have free internet?  

More later.

Good old-fashioned service (if the employees have the time) of taking calls, creating repour and getting them to make an order.  Free 'solutions' lead to sales.  Now they can add a text question and response.

It is funny that Simon would put up the map he did over the eastern United States.  When I started planning the trip I used a similar map and the place where it says Dunedin is very near where I grew up.  I've driven up and down the Eastern United States a few times but only going to New York City once.

I've been through the other parts of Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas before I knew anything about gold.

My wife's sister lives in the north near the big gold mine.  I'll have to take a look at it and take a few pictures.

35 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

It's not a gold trip

It is a training trip!  I've had many trainers and I've learned from both of these guys online so I'll take advantage of some in person training now.  🙂

5 minutes ago, Tony said:

Hopefully Milford Sound isn't snowed in like it did for me many years ago 😞

My wife has been there and she has other things in mind for this trip.

Nice nuggies from a great spot to detect.

I'll be back up that way in May/June for a few nights.

You could look in this thread and see some ideas about hearing aids and detectors/headphones:

I Hear A Difference - Detector Prospector Forum - DetectorProspector.com 

https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/24653-i-hear-a-difference/

Ah ... my experience is not with directly connecting my hearing aids to a detector!  I've yet to delve into the intricacies of the electronic shortcut.

On 4/3/2024 at 1:29 PM, phrunt said:

moved onto the Fisher F-Pulse

I just bought one.  

Years ago I was using a Garret one night and I didn't make it off the beach with it.  I'm going to attach this F-Pulse.

We started our morning with low clouds and high ones, then it was fog.  I changed my location from Gatesville to Hillsboro and we had a great time in the downtown square.  The skies changed to partly cloudy and added character to the viewing.

I haven't reviewed my pictures yet but I'll post a couple when I get back to California.

How many times have we said on Detector Prospector that improvements in detectors have been marginal?  First Texas is out to prove it.

Buy one of their 'effective' older detectors or buy one of the 'new and improved' from someone else.

When I started detecting in 2010, I joined a couple of clubs and bought a Minelab 5000.  One of the guys in one of the clubs was a Fisher Dealer.  A few years later we ended up buying a Gold Bug Pro.  Steve had the Gold Bug Pro on one of his short lists of detectors to have for many years!  We found gold with it.  It took me a while to find gold with the 5000 but I did of course.

The President of one of the clubs I joined still uses a Gold Bug to this day.  He had it modded years ago but for him it still works.  

When I read about 'What is Fisher doing?' I'd say they are now selling effective detectors at effective prices.  I hope this doesn't portend their end in the detector business, but it does reflect some of the true manufacturing costs and shows us what direct to consumer prices are.

They don't need to add a big R&D percentage to the costs.  The amount of improvement they will get over their 'effective' line is marginal.

I haven't looked.

We hunted Saffordites all day and enjoyed it.  We got a few.

On to Deming tomorrow and the museum for geodes and Carlsbad Caverns.

It didn't sell!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/largest-gold-nugget-fails-to-sell-at-auction/ar-BB1kVV6N?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=cdeef1d120c04be9b3555f87251c49dd&ei=35

On 3/30/2024 at 10:46 PM, phrunt said:

 

If you wanted more depth, with near GPX 6000 sensitivity/depth to very small gold the 15" Concentric coil is probably a better choice, it gives near 6000 performance on small gold with superior GPZ style depth on bigger stuff.  

I don't like recommending coils for people though, as my soil conditions being mild maybe very different to someone elses, I just know what works best for me, best thing to do is ask around, far more 15" CC users than 8" users though, most don't care enough about finding the tiny bits to justify an 8" when the 15" is close but deeper on all else.

I have a 15" CC and it was recommended by Simon.  I have complete confidence in it when running it at 18 sensitivity/high yield/normal.  I can go to mineralized areas and hot rock areas and just know what I'm hearing.  The coil was actually of enough weight I used it this past year to work a patch that had dried brush on it.  I could push it down with the coil and know where I had been.  I had 6000s work before and after me in some cases and I think it was mostly first one there.  I didn't think it was worth going over the patch again.  My trip to a similar area this week with a 6000 user showed similar results.  We both found meteorites.

I've got a good bungee system or I would consider the lighter detectors ... when I go with my wife she needs something better than the 2300 form factor.  I hope she likes the Algo.

Now the prediction is for clear skies on Monday for the area!  Let's hope.

I was copy and pasting from this darn Edge browser.  Then I was clicking on the info box and saying copy link.  It would post the same inactive link.  Then I had to email to myself and copy the url from that link ... sometimes it didn't work.

Crazy hoops to get a URL up.

On 5/6/2016 at 8:40 AM, fredmason said:

If you mount the hipstick on the harness belt it all comes off together. I can, if need be, answer certain urgent calls without removal of the harness...

I tried the swing arm long ago when they first came out...just another piece that is not needed for my style of detecting...

fred

I miss Fred.

There is one additional layer to all of these cookies.  The government can request the info whenever they want.  Google will give them your search and video watch list.

They also store the internet metadata in Utah and elsewhere.  So, when they tell us that in an investigation that data has been lost or can't be retrieved ... there is a copy and for some reason it will not be made available.

We are going to Safford to look for fire agates and Saffordites and then on to Carlsbad Caverns.  Then if it is clear some place we will attempt to get there with all the others.

Latest 2024 solar eclipse updates: Cloud forecast; how to get glasses (usatoday.com) 

I'm having trouble lately with copy and paste of a URL?  Does anyone else notice?

There are going to be lots of clouds for the Eclipse it seems.  It could change my plans.

I was 'pushed' this today.  Is it a coincidence that I got it or was it cookies?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-meteorites-brought-gold-to-earth-and-shaped-its-history/ar-AA1kkDcr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=96eb98691ff0436bb6b101e59804d379&ei=41