Dutchman4
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Southern CA
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Upland Game Hunting, Rock Hounding, Nugget Hunting, Desert Camping
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Fisher Gold Bug Pro, all 3 coils, Garrett ATX (sold), Minelab SDC 2300, Minelab GPX 6000.
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Axiom Initial Thoughts And Hunt Updated
Dutchman4 replied to CarsonChris's topic in Garrett Metal Detectors
The next ones will come easier, at least it did for me. Keep it up. -
Interesting way to store electric energy
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I'm still of the opinion that if you own a 6000 then you don't need an Axiom and also the other way around.
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I was up in Spokane, WA for that 2017 Eclipse also. It got quite dark and cooled off considerably. We were in park next to a river and as soon as it started getting dark the Canadian geese' that were sunning themselves on the grass, walked to rivers edge and swam over to an island to roost for the night. Then some minutes later when the sun came out again they came back on shore and resumed sunning.
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Hey Gerry, I am inquiring for a friend, does this machine have the audio fix?
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I lived in Mesquite, NV for 3 years and joined GSSN club, they have claims in Gold Basin/Lost Basin, AZ and also in Johnnie, NV. I found some nuggets in Gold&Lost Basins but it was one of the harder areas to find gold for me. I had better luck on the Pale Burro claim in the Johnnie district and the surrounding areas.
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Gang I Need Your Help. Regarding Hip-stick Lengths
Dutchman4 replied to Doc's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
I'm 5' 10" and measured 19.25 inches. -
Two different scenarios are being described here: 1. The original question was "what would happen if one was to turn a PI on without a coil connected?" In this case I would also expect that nothing would or should happen because there is no load (coil) and there should be no current flow. 2. What would happen when "hot swapping a coil" or better said swapping a coil when the detector is turned on. In this case the load (coil) is being disconnected and/or connected with the detector on and hopefully the detector is designed to withstand this but I would consider this risky with any piece of electronic gear that has an external load connected with a cable or wire.
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Minelab GPX 5000 Discontinued In U.S. ?
Dutchman4 replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
I have refurbished 80's vintage high end audio amplifiers by replacing ALL the electrolytic capacitors and they will work brilliantly for another 20 to 30 years. Electrolytic caps age, leak, swell and degrade over time. -
Thanks for the suggestions but I have found all my gold in dry and mostly comfortable conditions and prefer it this way. I could make an exception if I was missing a significant amount of gold by choosing to hunt only dry ground but it appears from most comments that dry ground provides the best overall metal detector performance for both VLF and sensitive PI like the 6K. Prospecting is a recreational hobby for me that lets me enjoy the outdoors at the same time. I wouldn't plan a camping trip or a day at the beach if it is forecast to be wet or windy and it's the same for me regarding prospecting.
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Thanks Ron, My real question is this: I don't like to metal detect for gold during or after it rains in the desert for a number of reasons but mainly I don't like to dig and recover targets in wet or damp soil and I don't like to walk around with muck on my boots. I am retired so I can choose when to go prospecting based on if I like the weather or not. So I just want confirmation that some wet or damp soils can increase ground noise, requires lowering of the gain and results in reduced depth and performance. From your response it appears that you confirm this to be the case and this will be yet another reason for me to plan my prospecting trips so as to avoid wet or damp soil when I can.