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We have been waiting in California for many snows and many floods to dredge again also.

How long from time of find until you have the button? haha

He knows they are there so ... the mind set and read on your task was excellent JP.

I used this online gold calculator. It does allow you to take into consideration a lot of different host rock/quartz if you know its specific gravity. I 'played' with the formula years ago when I found a couple of nice specimen and there is a margin of error for quartz. I also found a specimen with my 800 a couple of years ago that had very little gold. I had to be very, very careful in my weight measurements in order to get a 'reasonable' estimate as I'm not going to dolly it up. It is also possible to come pretty close by weighing my specimen and weighing a similar size piece of local quartz. The difference in weight between those two in dry air give you the weight of gold. http://www.desert-gold-diggers.org/gold/specgrav.htm#:~:text=Specific Gravity Formulas,all in some other unit.&text=Wg %3D Wsa * A,sw * A * B).

68.4 g of Gold! WTG JP What a great read. You loaded up for big nuggets and you did it.

Do they all sound the same? I found a specimen in in the Southern California Mojave that just stuck on 1. It is much more quartz than gold but we could candle the quartz and see pockets. It is about 2 grams of gold vs a weight of about 40 grams if I remember correctly. Were you using the 11 in coil?

It seems there is a considerable amount of gold in Wales. Is there any that can be found with a metal detector? https://dailytimes.com.pk/706546/wales-braces-for-new-gold-rush-as-700-million-seam-of-precious-metal-is-discovered-in-snowdonia/

I hope we are 'remembered' for our troubles and helping to work out the bugs. 🙃

Those are nice. I haven't made it to Idaho yet for a hunt because Gerry didn't invite me! haha I've had other friends find some unique gold up there. I'd like to be able to have 1 Idaho nugget. Mitchel

Are you going to Queensland?

We all have them in our cars now too so you are never without a charging source. I have one of the car starters/usb quick charge batteries that I can charge something with my car off. Chet uses solar.

Here is a bit about some recent history of prospecting and fossicking in Queensland. Good news for JP's business but some gold will be taken out of the ground. There’s been an upsurge in the number of people fossicking for gold, sapphires, emeralds and opals in Queensland’s hotspots for precious metals and gems. More than 18,000 fossickers’ licences have been issued in just the last two financial years. https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/91243

I had 'noticed' the rig it took to get there and said WOW! Boston Whalers eat your hearts out.

Gerry has just defined PATIENCE!

I've found coins with my Zed but I wouldn't consider them 'deep' like what you describe. I'm certain lots of us with Zeds find coins but as you said and Gerry said they seem at first disappointing when we are after nuggets. I bet there have been gold coins found with the Zed and we'll just have to wait for the stories or maybe go to the Minelab site and see what they have there.

This pendant has been identified as an RBG pendant! It is silver with 3 microns of gold over the chain and pendant. They state that this is 1 micron thicker than the normal process which may explain why I heard both gold and silver when discovering it as well as testing it on the surface the next day. Would this be my first gold discovery for the AQ? It may also be the first gold/silver 'discovered' while it is in the shop! haha

Unique is what we seek and you got it Strick. Well done once again. Mitchel

You NEED a place where you can dig big, deep holes and I doubt that is on a golf course or in a city park! Oddly enough that might be the dry sand at some of the beaches. I personally haven't tried it but ...

Are they just 'fakes' for a costume or something or did they ever have a use?

Thanks for your response. As I was reading it I realized that we are often times told that wet ground may help in the detection of nuggets let's say in Arizona. Sometimes detectorists rush out to detect the wet ground also. Now that may or may not be the case (as with dry ground) but if it puts our minds into the right frame to listen then we will find more than if we think we are looking at difficult ground. I'm somewhat convinced we all have experienced 'good finds' at the beginning of a session when we are fresh and everything sounds good rather than with a sour eye at the end of the day. The grass is not always greener! We have to make lemonade in detecting until the magical days that match our skills and luck. Mitchel

Well done. I've heard of places on the Colorado River like what you show but never gave much thought to the delta. I'm sure there are places ... and more places. I found a grill like that on the beach one time. I had it in my pocket when I was playing billiards and it broke it up pretty good. I couldn't quite figure its 'use.' Mitchel

Ho, ho, ho ... Merry Christmas to all and to all a good hunt! Thanks Gerry. More in store for the New Year. Mitchel

Did you return it yet? haha

I'll never trust the programmer or the company that makes it.

While on the main forum I 'clicked through' on an ad about a waterproof metal detector on eBay. That detector was at a Buy Now price under $60. I started reading the details and looking at some of the other 'similar items' and discovered that the low end market is upping its understanding of metal detectors. The product descriptions indicate an effort to market and capture the true nature of what metal detectors are used for in the field. https://www.ebay.com/i/303679961277?var=602921879060&norover=1&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]&siteid=0&ipn=admain2&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-157953-782142-0&mkcid=4&placement=529925&gclid=Cj0KCQiAlZH_BRCgARIsAAZHSBmMmYBYeCJteqb75VB_YgHROstIVZ57SDhfcg2P-DWWo4nQ1ztvMMcaAlgvEALw_wcB Simon, how many of these bad boys do you have? Mitchel