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Here is some real research for your trip. Did you make it there? https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/23/trails-of-gold/

This mirrors my experience with jewelers.

Did the gold test out positive? I found one with a 'nice looking' stone but it wasn't gold either. You need bling at the beach not the real thing.

What he said! haha

Thanks Jeff. I use Field 2 on dry beach sand and feel like it is the nuts. Targets jump out at me and a very good depth also. I use it to and from the wet sand. I'll have to try it in the gold fields the next time I go. Mitchel

The Southern California beaches have been very stingy lately. Yesterday I went out for an hour on a normally productive beach and I got nada! Not a single thing to dig. There were no coins, trash or jewelry. I've been close to that a few times in the last several weeks but not like this. I notice that my wet sand beaches have had little wave energy to bring things in from the deep. This has resulted in a sand build up rather than exposed hardpan and rock beds. Others have noticed it too as I rarely see a detectorist at the usual places. We could say it is the pandemic (fewer drops) or the gas prices (fewer trips to the beach) but I'm going to say it is because of the 3rd year of La Nina. It has caused our drought (climate change) which resulted in less snow pack and less rain. Here is an explanation of ENSO which affects world patterns. https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/la-nina-update-cooling-warm-cold-season-forecast-fa/#:~:text=It also shows the La,What is this%3F&text=Trends are currently in favor,the second half of 2022. Are your beaches still producing?

Well ... I want a CC for my Z!

How much do you think it costs now to just return a warranty/defective detector? Then there is an evaluation cost. Then there is a cost for repair or replacement. Then it has to be tested and returned to sender. When coming up with a price for the 6000 there must have been an 'assumed' percentage of problems/returns. We really don't have any way of knowing the actual percentage of faulty units but just from a public relations perspective the number of bad units reported is high. Total sales may be affected because some users don't want to deal with warranty returns. Someone in each of the ML divisions is keeping track of this stuff and is responsible for reporting it to management/shareholders. It would be one of the factors used in determining price increases. I'm sure all of the users want this info used to reduce problems. Dealers want the problems solved because they are in the middle and probably can't say what they really want to say because it would challenge their marketing relationship. We're supposed to be happy that we have anything to buy. Welcome to the new world.

You are right. You can't just look at the price of gold or silver. It takes lots of energy and resources to mine these metals so if the costs of mining go up faster than the price then you could have shrinking margins which would make the price of the stock go down. Costs determine if you should even be mining a claim.

How about something like this? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-sculpture-likely-looted-during-wwii-turns-up-at-texas-goodwill-180980045/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220506-daily-responsive&spMailingID=46799444&spUserID=MTMxNjg2MzE5MzQ5NgS2&spJobID=2240685109&spReportId=MjI0MDY4NTEwOQS2

Has the dealer experienced other problems with the 6000s?

I did more to discourage prospecting in Victoria than all the crocs in Australia!

How many 'known' meteorites are in your area? If you add one more then it would be good to know and it could also be of some significant value if it is of an unusual type.

Probably good news but you still have a bit of 'research' to do. You need to find someone that will classify your meteorite and then give it a name and submit it to Met Bul to be included in the database. The best way to find someone to help you is look at that listing for the nearby meteorite and contact someone on there and they will help you. They have been there and done that as they say.

Well done and well told. Thanks.

I used an SE Pro and liked it for many years. I bought it used from a friend. It worked great on the beach. It got dropped into the salt water one time to many and corroded so badly it could not be fixed. A couple of years ago we bought a lightly used one and still have it but use it little with the other detectors I have available. Your discussion of the 'pro coil' makes me wonder if that was the only difference between the SE and SE Pro? I bought a Coiltek 12x8 for it and it is really quite good also. How does that compare to the Pro Coil?

You likely have found a previously unnamed meteorite if the nearest meteorite is over 20km away. It would have needed to be an exceptionally large mass (like in Gold Basin) for it to have shed fragments over such a large strewn field. Some say that Gold Basin is made of several different meteorites/events and they are not all of one kind. If you look at your meteorite and get it classified and it is the same classification as the named meteorite then you may have a piece of it.

I read about this movie and looked at the trailer. It seems to capture some of our 'problem!' haha

Well done Simon. Thank your lucky stars for JW who keeps putting you on nuggets.

On April 22rd 2012 I was chasing the Sutter's Mill Meteorite and I was on the wrong side of Lake Tahoe. Without anything better to do I drove on to Elko, Nevada. I knew a geologist there but he was in Mexico at the time. While I was there I learned a little bit about the Carlin Trend and stopped into a book store and met a knowledgeable man. He told me that all of the rivers once flowed West. That was long before the Sierra Nevadas were there. He told me that I should keep that in mind while detecting for gold. He also told me that most of the gold around Elko was fine but there were a few detectorists who did really well but on private land or mining property land. There was very little open land. This would confirm your research of significant releases heading west from the great divide.

Some sort of unique 'piece' could be made from those nuggets which could enhance the value over just gold alone I would think.

I like the results.

I just read with interest an event that changed the landscape of Eastern Washington State. There is some mention of Montana so these events may have changed where gold has been moved and where it is left. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/devastating-ice-age-floods-that-occurred-in-the-pacific-northwest-fascinate-scientists-180979749/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily-dek&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220419-daily-dek&spMailingID=46715100&spUserID=MTMxNjg2MzE5MzQ5NgS2&spJobID=2222101253&spReportId=MjIyMjEwMTI1MwS2 A little bit more research provided a more detailed link. https://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html

Well done Reg. I've rubbed both of my boys noggins for you and James. I hope both of you drench your pant legs in the fields and share those pictures here. Mitchel

Simon, Get your dredge ready. I'll be right there! https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/128327995/the-new-central-otago-gold-rush-is-just-a-trickle-for-most