Hard Prospector

Really appreciate you time in the discussion Steve thanks a bunch. Seems like there's enough differences between the two machines that I suppose I'll buy one .Been doing a lot of tailing pile work with the f75 this year and the T2 should be a great addition for this. BTW, my favorite loop on the f75 for this work has been the concentric coil and I'm already looking forward to having the T2 within reach should I feel the need to run a DD through the same material

Thanks Steve, just what I wanted to know. One more question; Do you think one would perform better than the other in highly mineralized ground (as in what you would see in the gold fields) with both using comparable DD coils?

I have been told the T2 is really just a F75 with different rod, paint and decals. Programs, performance and sensitivity supposed to be same machine and I'm referring to base models only (not special /limited edition models) The T2 is known internationally in distant gold fields as a great nugget shooter. The F75 state side for relics, coins and gold in trashy tailing piles. Are they really the same machine or perhaps "tweaked" just a bit different but kept on the down low by the folks at First Texas. Any insight into this would be appreciated.

Every time I talk of a new detector my wife would remind me that money doesn't exactly grow on trees, Thanks for sharing Steve!

Thanks Chris

May be I'll get lucky and Reno Chris will jump in on the subject

The old timer's horn spoon was used for sampling for values.especially in the desert where water was scarce. Any info. on technique or how it was used would be much appreciated. Thanks...Rob

Nice gold and well done, thanks for sharing.

Stinks of total inside job, most of it probably moved out of area immediately. Some sold to collectors the rest melted down to facilitate selling. Victomized by scheming low-life dirtbags, I feel for the the guy.

I believe US company's care more about the business "bottom line" over bragging rights to best nugget detector currently in the field. First Texas and White's are making plenty of money selling their existing (dated?) gold machines to the african miners. An old tech detector here is all new there where what counts most is low cost, availability, ease of use and proven to find the gold. Since africa hasn't seen the pressure like north america or australia, these machines are producing just fine. Research and development is very expensive with uncertain outcomes so If you can still sell whats already on the shelf you do it.......Just business

An ICMJ subscription it's self is worth its weight in gold and most every prospector should have Fists Full of Gold in the man cave (I have both) Their are no losers in this contest. BTW; Does anyone know if ICMJ is having a mining summit/prospecting trade show for 2016 in Placerville?

That stuff was meant for crush n' panning. If you find values in that sample and have access to a whole lot more.....Time to buy a impact mill. BTW, I wouldn't put any ore into my mouth (arsenic, lead, copper sulfate....)

TDI SL and GMT

Very nice coarse gold and specimen "chips". Those are just the kind of pieces I like to test my detectors on. Great diggs and I'm glad for you guys.

Looks like one big happy family of White's prospecting detectors and just missing one, the GMZ which works quite well but never really took off. Looks like a ton of fun lined up there brother...Enjoy!

John, I hope some day your government lets you people own guns in a practical way for hunting and personal defense. Firearm ownership should be a personal decision, not one made by government.

I have a full time job and investments that I depend on to raise my family and save for our future. All of the gold I find is very hard earned and saved as an investment kept in a safe deposit box. Some years are better then others and this year has only been so so as detecting is getting tough and I'm considering all prospecting options these days. Recently I heard of a prospector out swinging his detector(VLF) in a known gold producing district who hit a 60oz pocket of free gold in quartz that only had 6" of soil covering the outcropping. My point is prospecting/mining is unpredictable and hard work with uncertainty yet it would seem once in a while miracles do happen.

My hobbies: backpacking, hunting, fishing, prospecting, kiss my wife's *ss and repeat.

John, I looked into these "mods" as well but just couldn't find anyone who could or wanted to do it(in the US that is) so I gave up on the idea. Besides I haven't had any issues with the SL anyway. Its been my experience that the key to increasing performance while maintaining smooth threshold with the SL is to run modest size coils(6x10 elliptical or 7.5 round) and keeping up on fresh batteries. The TDI really sucks the juice and hundreds of hours on this machine have taught me that when the batteries start to fall out of spec the threshold becomes erratic and it has difficulty staying balanced. When running at high gain I will swap out a battery pack of alkalines every 3-4 hours no problem. I too considered buying a TDI Pro but opted for another SL instead. You may find of interest that I bought my first SL in 2012 and the other in 2014 and have not noticed any performance differences between the two with the coils I use. I don't think it matters much which PI machine used in iron infested sites as they all struggle big time. Facing a similar problem, I recently bought a Fisher F75ltd2 for this purpose and although still learning it (lots of bells and whistles!) it handles mineralized ground better than any VLF I've used by far, also heard good things about the FORS too. I don't consider myself any kind of "TDI Wizard" but it has been my only PI unit for several years and these are my observations...Rob

I can only imagine the tons of material moved and 1000's of calories burned for that hand full gold.......Very impressive to say the least.

Careful guys, plenty of government regulators out there who would love to bust a guy swinging a detector for removing (what they consider) historic relics off public lands. Don't get me wrong I totally believe in "finders keepers" and am glad for your cool finds I just don't want to see a brother prospector rolled up by some civil servant.

Perhaps time to drag in a drywasher to the spot of that one gramer and mop up his "minions" that are likely about

Well put Norvic, too many people these days just don't want to see anyone do anything that even resembles work, productivity or even enjoyment of the outdoors.They would just prefer sitting on their dead lazy *ss complaining and wait for that government check to come in.

The truth is much of the content in museums was originally found/discovered by treasure seekers, relic hunters and prospectors. The way it often plays out is; A unique and valuable find was secured by a seeker/prospector and ended up eventually being sold to a museum( often below appraised value) or to a collector (usually someone very rich) but it often doesn't end there. This valuable piece may sit in a private collection(sometimes changing hands) for however many years until the current owner decides that he is in need of a substantial tax write off. Curators are contacted, the value assessed(usually hyper-assessed but the government turns a blind eye because its being "given" to a museum) and the donation made. So now that beautiful ten pound nugget or piece of historical antiquity has been set for all of humanity to appreciate. So what about the guy who spent thousands of hours researching and digging his but off to secure this find from the ravages of mother nature.....He's got my total respect and I could care less what ignorant people think anyway

Jim, I don't even want to think about the silver ore specimens I've likely stumbled on over the years that were probably nice finds (not knowing any better) Gold fever certainly has it hang ups.