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If you want to look at some of its past go here: https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/gpex.ca

I never used the site. What was it about? I had been on a site posting for my first years detecting and then most of the data was dumped which included several years of my almost daily beach finds. Recently I looked at the site and a few selective threads remain but it is not a site I go to any more or a dealer I'll buy from. It leaves a hole in you if you have been a contributor because you can't 're-live' the threads. I'm hoping that the content on DP will last.

Thank you for this description of THAT! I can't find the time to detect that way either. The Arizona gold I've found talked my language and I keep looking for more talkers. I did write down JPs 'try these settings' and will try them when I go back again.

Hey, hey ... what did you say? I didn't know there was a feature to turn off ALL sound on the detectorprospector.com or any other website. Now I know. I can even hear JPs recordings through this little cheap speaker but early this morning about 5 AM it sounded great on the headphones I use when detecting. As they say in several different ways ... I didn't know what I was missing or now I know what I was missing, etc.

When you were swinging over the ferrite I noticed that the ferrite ring itself is not flat. Do you try to position it the way you have it attached to the pole?

I don't know if it is just my Chromebook but most of the time I can't hear the YouTube when played through this website. If I go to YouTube I can hear it fine. Now I see there is a setting on the web address line that says mute or play that I had not seen before.

I have a large specimen that I believe got trapped in the rubble and cobbles because it is smooth on one side and rough on the other. I've come to learn as you suggested that my specimen didn't move as much as all the material that moved over it. I'm glad to know I'm reading some of the clues right. Now that audio stuff ... haha I hear it but don't know what I'm hearing it seems. Between the two threads I'll be a better detectorist. Thanks for the efforts on posting. Mitchel

JP, You have just described hunting for iron meteorites in Franconia, Arizona. The tiny little pieces are loud and hard to pinpoint and they are near the surface. There is no gold in the area where these are found. Now I know why they are 'easy' if you know the area. It does take a bit of coil control on the small ones. In some areas where I detect for gold there is a tiny wire that we hear. It is loud and hard to pinpoint also. All of this time I thought it was because of size but now you have explained it. Unfortunately in some of these areas there are some hot rocks of varying size that will be loud also and I have wanted the gold sound to be as 'bright' as those but now you have explained a difference which may improve my gold recovery. Mitchel

Let me just say Reg that you told me that you are now not very keen on detecting the public forests and goldfields of Victoria so you probably don't compare them to a tank any more. I think you have some private tanks! I would say using your terminology that the beach has certainly been my tank for many years.

I'll have a beach post tomorrow. Just an odd thing I found in the dry sand. Nothing much is being brought up with lack of wave energy. I'm in a holding pattern on gold hunting. There is a slight chance I could go out this Friday and swing for a couple of hours for nuggets.

Reg, when I was there I hunted at least 3 days in each area I went to. Some days I drove back to Bendigo to stay because my hotels were there but I got out early enough to be detecting within an hour of sunrise. The last days I was with Adam I followed his schedule and it was not much different than mine had been until we met up. You may not know but I went back one day with that map you made for me and spent that day detecting there even tho I spent the night in Maryborough. That first day you dropped me off it was wet and I was still jet lagged. It was a beautiful day when I went back. I avoided a couple of other detectorists while there. Where I should have gone was above the parking area rather than below as you told me on my exit trip.

Well, as the results of events and circumstances mostly out of my control and seeing my young 2 year old son throw some tantrums just because I won't follow him to his room I've come to the conclusion that impatience may be my biggest liability when it comes to nugget hunting. I'm going to make a sincere effort in the future to patiently hunt a location for a couple of hours and if I don't like it then patiently go hunt another location! haha I think it is possible to detect with patience and not spend all day in one bad spot. The attitude of patience can be used cruising or gridding if I'm not anxious.

Johnathon Campbell got it started according to the articles ... https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-10-26/pilbara-gold-rush-started-by-man-seeking-stray-cattle/10420380 https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/pilbara-gold-rush-wa-man-who-found-gold-strikes-deal-of-a-lifetime-ng-711d10e05d715d67e2798b5ac0f68991

Here is a chart that I have found that gives 'just the facts' about different sizes and speeds so you can make more informed choices about what you want in that regard. http://www.wu.ece.ufl.edu/links/dataRate/DataMeasurementChart.html The reason I was looking at this was because I was in a Costco (like many of us) and saw a 5TB external hard drive for sale for $89! I can remember when I was in the IBM memory business and 2MB of ram was over $100. What could they be doing with this and our detectors now?

JP, Thank you for your detailed impressions and style in telling it. It really seems to be where the detector meets the target but the Z is without any digital screen help so you have to describe a sound as best you can. That is a difficult task for all of us. What is a murmur? A slight break in threshold? An iffy response? My previous trainings have not included trainer audio. One training session (Gerry's) included a hookup so the trainer could listen to my ground. Mostly I've been given setting and put on my way for the most part. It sure would be helpful to have a audio of yours or other detectorists to hear their catches. Is there a way to hook up the second WM 12 and record audio? If we could 'hear' what makes you stop when it is subtle or faint I'm sure I could know how you 'brake for gold!' Going on to the 'missed gold' from above, I've tried to be keen on 'missed' vs 'unseen.' Missed to me would be not getting the coil over the target or not hearing or not knowing it was a target but the detector 'saw' it. Unseen to me would be no matter how much coil control you have with a particular setting then the target was not 'seen' because of its depth, size, texture, etc. Going over the same target with different settings or different detectors or coils would 'see' the target. This might be a 2300 that is reputed to see gold that other PIs miss, especially on the mollock piles, right? My last day in Bendigo I found a tiny little nugget that was not very deep but I got it from a pointy finger from Northeast's friend. I was able to capture it because he told me he had found gold there with his 4500. Mitchel

Maybe I didn't see everything but I don't think Parker found any big nuggets. He was 'shown' big nuggets in Victoria on the first episode. Now they're off for places North or West. He looked very uncomfortable around a metal detector.

The linked article is a geology lesson for sure.

Some of us should have taken our money and put into these stocks! https://stockhead.com.au/resources/the-small-caps-with-prime-real-estate-in-the-eastern-goldfields-one-of-the-worlds-best-gold-districts/

Well stated from all.

This is 'sound detail.' Thanks. Mitchel

His last name is Walker ... https://elkodaily.com/mining/nevada-gold-mines-director-joint-venture-is-good-for-nevada/article_3f4160c0-42e6-5e91-819e-a1b945209fe8.html

Well, during today's beach hunt my thoughts were of 'the game' and how to play it. Thoughts of all sports came to mind as I was listening to the smooth, mostly uninterrupted threshold of the beach sand. We've had a storm but not many targets came with it. I know this because places where I normally hunt had few targets and others detectorists didn't find them also. There is something confidence building about seeing a few un-refilled dig holes about. If there are not many then the guy before you didn't get much and he would have missed me asking him "What is good about leaving an open hole?" Anyway, I know what many targets can be and what few targets can be. A theme running through my mind today was 'how do I be competitive' with either the ground or a fellow detectorist? This can help with the concentration if done properly. While I was detecting I started to rank the areas we hunt or the settings which are somewhat like Steve's categories in the forums except I rank it according to WHERE the hunt takes place. Let me rank (easy to hard) them in order of difficulty for me: 1. Blanket Line Dry Sand 2. Parks and Playgrounds 3. Wet Sand Beach 4. Old Relic Fields and UK Sites (I haven't done this yet but maybe?) 5. Nugget Hunting I can't resist comparing this to something I do several times a week which is play billiards. This is also a skill and luck 'sport or hobby' as you might put it. (Andy's brother is a professional and we have compared the concentration in pool to nugget hunting.) How would I compare those games to detecting? 1. 8 Ball (easy) 2. 9 Ball 3. 10 Ball 4. 3 Cushion Billiards 5. One Pocket (the most difficult game on a pool table) For those of you not familiar with one pocket, it is a game where you and your opponent each has only one corner pocket at the bottom of the table where you can score points. The other 5 pockets on the table are not used and any ball that drops in those pockets (except your opponents corner pocket) are replaced on the table. Without going into all of the details and strategies of offense and defense in each game, I've tried to rank then in order of difficulty for semi-pro types of players. One pocket is the king. Nugget hunting is the king. All of your skills and equipment are needed to succeed at both them. This now comes to the point of comparison. One pocket players learn by watching and doing in much the same way that detectorists learn from each other. But there are some players that just have the 'magic' and no matter how much you watch and learn you still need them to open up to you. They have subtle moves and techniques that they don't share with everyone and especially to their tournament rivals. Metal detecting and pool playing at the highest levels requires good fundamentals. I sometimes find myself playing pool and wanting a good smooth stroke (you have to hit within a .5 mm spot sometimes) and follow through like JP's coil control teachings. Hitting a shot with extreme 3:00 English on it as opposed to centerball is like JW finding tiny nuggets in cracks on bedrock with maximum sensitivity. Using an X-Coil is like using a low deflection, carbon fibre shaft. You just learn how to get the most out of what you have and you try for more. We all have limitations. These limitations can be frustrating and irritating sometimes. I keep expecting a 'break out' that improves my technique which in turn leads to more consistency which translates into more wins and more nuggets. Wes has touched upon the greatest truth of the matter. I need more practice. I need to live closer to gold like both JP and JW and many of the rest of you not to mention Walker and Lunk who live the life of a detectorist for more than half of the year. And then there are Klunkers who have to think about detecting for half a year before they can get out and do it. If I sound and say I'm irritated, I am. But it is not at any of you as much as it is myself. I've probably had more lessons about nugget hunting than any person alive and I still haven't found any 'magic' I can teach. I have no seeming command of my nugget finding. I can tell people a lot of what others have told me but that doesn't put anything in the poke most of the time. I hope I stop this search for the holy grail sometime soon and just take it one day, one hour, one swing at a time. Results are or aren't in my control. As Steve and Fred say, just slow down and play more battleship.

He said inspirational ... I'm feeling jealous of you both! WTG Walker By the way, there is someone by the name of Walker who heads up the Newmont partnerships now. Any relationship to you?

You have to keep the dealers happy with the price. There are few NF dealers in United States.

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