mn90403

How much can a pink, 1 carat be worth?  I'm sure the insurance paid for it already.

He is not going to look it up.  He's going to tell me what it says.  haha  He won't know how to find me.

If you want to meet up some time in May ... after May 8th, hit me up and we'll set something up for a swing.  I've found that when you are helping someone find some gold, I happen upon some gold myself!  We are in the 'same' area based upon detectable gold is concerned.

This is the best thing you can do in early April.  Kevin Hoagland will be there.  I'm going to be in Texas for the eclipse.

Placer Petes (placerpetesgoldcamp.com) 

http://placerpetesgoldcamp.com 

On 3/20/2024 at 6:35 AM, TTT2866 said:

Plug the number in to IGI or GIA

I would need something other than a loop to read the numbers.  I'm sure it was a laser, and it is 4 characters long.  It is a very light gray when seen with a loop.  It is very small.  Doesn't seem like a GIA number.  I need to take it to a jeweler.

On 3/20/2024 at 3:13 PM, GB_Amateur said:

it's from my birth year.

My birth year too!

Very nice hunt and writeup.  WTG

An 800g recent fall has been found near where Simon lives in Queenstown!  Maybe I'll have to go and see if there are fragments of it still unfound.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/new-zealand-s-10th-meteorite-discovered-by-couple-sitting-in-queenstown-spa.html 

Everyone speaks of John B's claim in Gold Basin.  It was not on BLM land.  It was 80 acres he owned.  He was one of the founders of WSPA and let all of the members camp and detect his property.

I wish I had gotten one of those ouncer club certificates.  It was on order.

Reg,

Most of us know the real story.

I was playing billiards yesterday and one of the guys came up to me and said "Have you seen that gold show?"  I said I know about it but hadn't watched it yet.

He thought it was great.  He's a native Californian and never hunted for any gold in his life but has been fishing all over the mountains.

The show's real claim to fame might be that it gets non-prospectors to watch!

Oh, my goodness!  There is a big TELL in this auction ...

Look at the closing date ... April 1st

When I read this story I thought about a different thread where we came to the conclusion that we don't need new detectors to patch hunt.  This little tale confirms that ... even tho it might not be a 'patch!'

Talk about striking gold! Metal detectorist unearths the largest gold nugget EVER found in England - and it's set to fetch at least £30,000 at auction | Daily Mail Online 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13218195/Metal-detectorist-largest-gold-nugget-England.html 

I seem to 'get by' with Google Maps and I download offline maps.  I can mark spots if I find something, and I can put in claims with the GPS coordinates before I go out.  I can get within 20 feet.  

I can take these locations and look at My Land Matters.

OnX is much better but I don't like to pay if I'm not playing much in the desert.  I've got locations all over my Google Maps.

So the 8 might just be a super coil!  I remember that Lunk told me that the Commander 8 was a really good coil out in the gold patches.

23 hours ago, mn90403 said:

I like park hunting with the 8. 

What am I thinking about?  The Equinox is a 6" coil.

My wife has been looking at a ring I found a couple of years ago.  It has a pink diamond in the center and if you look very closely you can see a number on the face.  This is not on the girdle.  The diamond is not very big (half carat) so we wonder why it would be numbered.

Nice work there.  I like park hunting with the 8.  It has quite a bit of 'off coil' sensitivity and reasonable depth.

The small coil find reminds me of the first time I used the 8 on the 800.  I found 4 rings at the beach.  I've since found other good jewelry but interestingly enough I've never found a nugget with it and I've tried for over 20 hours.  I've found a bit of gold with the 11" but not with the 8".

Patch hunting these days takes strong legs and/or special equipment.  Much like the old days!

We took Doc's topic off on a tangent, didn't we Doc?  

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

If a GPZ 8000 does not give me a genuine better shot at gold coming out of currently dead ground then I don't need it, no matter what it weighs.

It's about the gold as Steve said.  You can perform, outperform, over perform or any other improvement you want with a detector but if it doesn't get you a significant amount of gold from existing patches (based on reports from others) then it won't be needed.  We can use the detectors we have now to find new patches.  That is a bit of a different challenge than just a better detector.

I have a pair of headphones that won't charge.  I bet if I replace the batteries they would work.  I think Simon has posted links for battery replacement.

Did you use a video for the battery job?

After the charge it seems to be normal.  I hope it stays that way.

I've run out of power before.  It starts blinking and you know you have just a short time before you are done.  This didn't happen this time so ... one detecting day at a time ... which is good advice anyway.

Here is what I found today by going to a park and finding the cars and then picking up where I left off yesterday.  I got the broken silver chain that is about 5.5 grams.

I've charged the detector overnight.  Solid green and full charge show up.  It powers on normally and hooks up to the headphones.

Let me attribute the problem to my lack of attention to the battery level for now ... until it happens again!

It might be a voltage problem.  I wasn't taking too many notes before it happened.

It wasn't out of power as it was trying to boot.  I actually thought about letting it drain completely so that the eprom might clear itself.

We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Simon,

You have such good reasons for your purchases.

You make me want to replace my 800 with a Legend.  I know Jeff likes them too.

Your finds are too good to imagine!

WTG

I enjoy the read when I get a chance.