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Did the heat run you out of Yuma up to Lucky Land and the Gerry and Lunk patches?

Those showy glasses have been in the surf a bit so they were 'lost' at some point. The lenses are quite scratched.

Yesterday I went on a detect and didn't get much until a little area on the beach where I found a chain. It didn't have a definitive sound but it looked like it could be silver (it's not). This made me check the area more thoroughly as I had nothing else going. I came up with another chain which is a bit of odd construction. This one would be a bracelet. And then as I was exiting this little area I got yet another chain but this one is rusting quickly. This is chain #2 During the mile back to the car I thought about how the ocean can be very fickle. No coins around these chains but 3 of them. I wanted a 4th because the rhyme and title to this post was already stuck in my brain. It didn't happen. I got the cheap ring instead of a chain. Today I was going to detect with the 800 headphones again as a result of a purchase from a forum member. I was glad to confirm to him that while they were sitting on his shelf uncharged they charged for me and also paired. Great. I was now on another beach but it was also sparse pickings. No coins to speak of and I got to one area where someone left their grid marks so I skipped that. When I headed in the other direction on a mid-line I got a small tone. When I lifted my scoop up I could see the balled up chain and I knew this one was silver. My 'line' was rescued and now I could post the title. This is chain #4. It is only 1.6g/.925. Searching the slope proved unproductive so I headed away from the beach to a dig out and found the costume ring which I think is old style but of no value. That was my beach hunting. The old costume ring. Later in the afternoon, I took my son to the park and one of the nannies said she needed my help. They normally give me help and advice so I wanted to know what I could do. She said she had lost her ring in the sand. The sunscreen had loosened the ring she bought in Peru that was 18k with some little diamonds. I had my detector in the car so I tried to find her ring. She didn't have a good idea where it came off so it was unsuccessful. While I was looking for her ring after she left I did find the 1.1 g/14k ring with a heart shaped amethyst! I don't find many rings in parks because I don't hunt them often. This should probably change. It is just good to get out.

Conditions are 'contagious' and oceans discriminate and classify. You just have to be at the right place at the right time. Two days ago I walked my normal beaches without result (EQ800/15) and then I came to a little beach and I found a little chain (thought it was silver but not). Then a few feet away I found another small chain and before the end of the hunt in that 100 ft area I got a 3rd cheap chain. There isn't any value like your finds but it shows once again if you keep walking and keep detecting that interesting and sometimes valuable objects are where you search for them. In this case it is not the chicken or the egg. You MUST search before you find. Well done. You make me want to go out and buy my first ATX! haha

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Peg, Is this the year you will find a diamond on your way back to Idaho? I mean are you going through Arkansas?

Peg, I've got some nice ones from when I lived in the area in the 70s. Bring them with you out west and you'll be able to trade them for some gold nuggets! Mitchel

Norvic, I think the style of tort and retort is born of the English Parliamentary style of government where politicians stand up and directly confront their adversaries. I've seen these debates of one side vs another and they are an essential part of governing. It has obviously lent itself to making superior gold nugget finding devices that kept on evolving. Well, I am just about strictly a consumer being absent the workshop or the inclination to be a designer. That being said I can't adequately measure what it would take in this day in age to be a successful aftermarket coil manufacturer and certainly not a nugget detector designer. It does seem tho that during the early development of these devices many were encouraged to make their own. Are there boards and cases available now for doing the same?

That scoop can be used like a shovel. It is easier than the pull scoop but it is slow. If targets are not too deep then the pull scoop is the go.

That's the area with some stretching in a couple of directions from the Desert Queen Bee. You can see the pushes with Google Earth. The Shamrock claim was a good one for 3 years or so.

I should make a note and say that the official response I posted about X-coils today was sent to me 15 minutes before I posted it. It was not signed so I don't know who wrote it. It came from X-coils.com Mitchel

Here is an official X-coils response: They have confirmed the single owner model.

That is quite a thread about the Xs on FF. I had never been there before. I had heard there was some sacking but didn't know the details. Some of the tort and retort gave me a laugh but it is all pretty caustic stuff. Aussies seem to let insults roll off their backs and return them until they just abandon all sense of detecting. It would be very difficult to have a 'business model' based upon those types of relationships. I can't imagine social marketing such a crowd. Added 30 minutes later. I was just told the 'simple answer' to X-coils was that one owner bought out the other owner. Now they are having marketing pains.

JR We have an area near Coolgardie, California that we detected over the last few years. It is nearly flat desert but just a few remaining signs of drainage. It had been dry washed in many places and the area had last been detected by 5000s but not completely. We came along with the Zeds and other small gold detectors and found many sub gram pieces scattered over a square mile area or so. Within this big 'patch' one of my favorite indicators to slow and grid became what I now call 'mottled granite' more than quartz. If I saw this orange tinged granite pieces or soil it gave me many nuggets there over a couple of year period of time. We seem to have gotten all those nuggets now with just an odd one here in there left every 2-3 trips.

Chunky Lundy on this trip. WTG You live so close now you don't need to stay? haha

WTG! I'd take any multiple nugget hunt right now too.

Reports of the Mineralogist for the state of California. It seems fake news has been around for a long time. https://books.google.com/books?output=text&id=13POAAAAMAAJ&q=217#v=onepage&q&f=false

While looking at this online book I saw a sketch of the San Bernardino meteorite. The report was published in 1883!

A quick search has yielded a document that tells where the placer gold is in Utah. https://geology.utah.gov/popular/general-geology/rocks-and-minerals/utah-gold/utahs-gold-placers/ Another thought might be some places North of Las Vegas on US 95. The suggestion about meeting up with Lunk would be a good one if you can travel that far south of Las Vegas but you need to decide quickly as Lunk will be in Northern Nevada soon. Good luck.

Here is a study that is 20 years old which details some of our earthquake faults under the bay. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/03HQGR0048.pdf

The other day I was detecting on of the many beaches in Santa Monica Bay. Just like all other beaches of the world there are some unique features about it that we all learn. I was thinking about how much sand has been added since a swell event I detected about 6 months ago. I can see where that cut was and I see where the new beach line is and it is 25-30 feet in many places. Our wave pattern with the La Nina has sanded things in. We have earthquakes which raise our plate. How about your beaches from the old days? Before I started metal detecting I was a surfer. Many natural breaks have been there for years. I'm sure some are gone. Has 'climate change' changed your surfing spots? I know some beaches in Florida have had sand added for replenishment. I just read articles about North Carolina and salt intrusion killing coastal forests. They showed before and after photos. Do you have any old detecting photos that would show your beaches 20, 30 or 40 years ago?

Our beaches have become very clean for two reasons. One is that we have many detectorists. The second is that it gets sanded in quite quickly after a storm and also in general. You did good but I know you want to do better. Thanks for the photos.

Well my situation and experience says that 'I got a lemon.' That happens. I wasn't the only one. I'm glad for those that didn't get one with major problems. I'm also glad that the detectors work as planned. It sounds like others had a communication channel to Fisher that certainly worked better than mine. I didn't have any of those people call me as a courtesy call explaining the problems they found and keeping me in the loop. I did communicate and post here with some other AQ owners during the repair silence. I was just a customer service drop. Chase assessed the situation correctly.

Chase, You read things and in between the lines when you made your post. My email to Fisher was meant in much the same way. I don't know what some of the others here on the forum might have to say to Arturo. Mitchel

I just gave them an ear full by email! I got an immediate email back saying that management would be made aware. We'll see.