Gold Ryder

2 hours ago, dig4gold said:

Thanks for telling the weight of the nugget. As I didn't watch the whole video I was unaware of the size. Seems I wouldn't have known, even if I watched to the end. LOL. Nice find.

All Detectors have their uses.... even the Nox 800. Might not be all the time for the detecting you do but it isn't too shabby a detector.

The Walco pick would have been good just for scraping & lifting the material to the surface, without having to swing it. I am sure it would have saved you a bit of time.

D4G

No it wouldnt have.  It was too tight of quarters for anything other than he was using.  Its dig and detecting its not like surface hunting where the Walco works well. My go to in the holes this year was the Eastwing Geo Paleo. Reigns supreme over walco type picks in deep tight holes, and the massive rocks we deal with daily. Pulled several ounces with that pick. 

14 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

Great video until the very last when totally foul language was said. Maybe some people talk like that but I don’t!

 Chuck 

Yeah that was me. Im not apologizing though. Sandwiches are special on the claim and the damn dog ate it while I was filming.   Surprised thats all I said. I could of got real colorful.  

Man Im struggling to get depth out of the Manti.  Granted I have barely used it. But today I ran it for about an hour on some old tailing piles. Pulled a shallow piece of lead probably 3-4 grams. So I decided to re bury it and test the machine. I put it about 6 inches down. And reburied it. I was in prospector mode recovery speed 4 and 17 on sensitivity.    It made not a peep.  Reese and I air tested it on a nugget this summer as well on a 1/2 grammer and the coil lost it at 3 inches. Im perplexed. 

1 hour ago, Dutchman4 said:

What brand of beer?

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On 8/17/2023 at 12:38 AM, dig4gold said:

I may have missed it, but what settings are you running? Cheers.

D4G

I run manual 9 or 10 in the mornings on open ground then go to Auto +.  If Im dig and detecting I run in Auto + unless Im checking tailings for missed wee bits then Ill run 9/10

5 hours ago, dig4gold said:

If you are killing it then why don't you go buy a brand new 12 x 7? What other coils/detectors have you been using that weren't killing it?

D4G

Why buy new when I can pick one up used for less money. I was one of the first 5 owners in the US. So Ive been using it since the ground was frozen here.  My smallest nugget .026 at 4 inches my deepest was close to 20" and over 3 grams and a couple hundred this season in between.  I havent even put my 11" on this year.   Reese had the 10x5 last year and it was missing gold and it doesnt glide or hold ground even close to NF.  I have not seen the edge sensitivity problem some have.  Mine is hot right to the outside.  The best part of this coil and where it really kicks the 11" coils butt is that it is super stable especially in the high EMI times in the afternoon when the 11" gets to the point that its almost unusable.  So you dont lose the faint whispers when the 11" does.  We have 5 6000s on the claims at times and a couple 5000s.  The last two years we have pulled many many ounces with the 6000s so Ive got a pretty damn good idea on how they behave 😘

If anybody is selling the 12x7. Ill take it. Need another. We are using them on our mines here in Montana and are killing it with them.  We had the 10x5 last year and sold it.  We have another 6000 that I want to put it on. Thanks

Good read.  We mine primarily with the 6000s. But one of our claims has ALOT of trash in the form of nails and tin on its lower end in some old timer workings. And it its rough with the 6000. So I just picked up a manticore to weed through it.  And to use on the shoulder season near town where the EMI is too much for the 6000. 

4 hours ago, Swegin said:

Dream team.  Steve H.,Gerry, and who else?

Reese Townes for sure

4 hours ago, dig4gold said:

A lot comes down to the operator too & conditions on the day. Some days the stars, moon & the universe all come into line. That doesn't happen very often & you just need to be in the right place at the right time. The universe works in mysterious ways & sometimes just for a select few. That may explain why a few seem to get quite a bit more gold than others. 

D4G 

Reese Is a gold detecting wizard no doubt. 

21 hours ago, phrunt said:

I wonder why you were only finding big nuggets with the stock coil? For me it's been very sensitive and easily finding 0.03 of a gram nuggets and similar more often than any others.

Maybe your stock coil is one of the many duds.

Part way through the season I through a rock on my coil. Got a new coil from Minelab on warranty.  So plenty of experience with two stock coils. Doesnt hold a candle to the 12x7 for sensitivity especially when the EMI kicks up in the afternoon.  

The 12x7 continues to shine. This was a few days ago.  Today I found a few more,  one was .027 and I hit a 1/4 gramer at over 10" deep in rock layers that sounded alot bigger than it was. Last year I commented how I was only finding bigger nuggets with the stock coil and thought I was missing the crumbs in our claims. The 12x7 is proving that was the case.  This coil impresses me everyday I use it. 

6 hours ago, phrunt said:

Do you have the Coiltek 10x5? I'd like to know how it compares with small gold sensitivity vs the 10x5", I guess physics means the 10x5" will be more sensitive unless NF have worked some magic.

Great work on the nuggets Gold Ryder, very nice and deep too.

Reese had it and didnt like it and sold it. I have never swung it.  I pulled a .026 at several inches with the exceed this spring.   Im really looking forward to the bigger coil coming out. We have alot of ground that needs surface prosecuted. Hopefully its as smooth running as the 12x7. 

Pulled this 3.17 gram nugget at 20"  out of our claims with Reese Townes aka Gold Seeker 5000 on Sunday. It pinged real loud.  Had a great day with 4.35 grams total in the last hour of digging. Always good to hit a "patch". Worked my hole hard before it finally showed. I absolutely love this coil. Really smoothes out the 6000 and finds little bitty crumbs and big gold at depth. Game changer for digging and detecting our claims. 

Cant wait for the 16"x10"  Ive had tge 12x7 since January and its a game changer on my 6000. Just ready for more depth with tge bigger coil

Gold Seeker Adventures of course

Haha!  Nice... You made me famous.  Boy its true the camera adds a few pounds lol. It had nothing to do with a winter trapped inside with nothing to do but eat 🤣🤣.  Ohh well digging at the claims should tune me up a bit. 

Is weed legal in OZ or am I missing something?🤣🤣🤣

Put the 11" Minelab back on after running the NF 12x7" for the last couple of months,  to run over some nugget patches I found with the NF.  Right away I wished I had the NF back on.  It is so smooth and stable compared the the stock 11" .   I found nothing else in the patches.  And hunted around the rest of the day with it.  No gold.  A few pieces of small iron trash and a couple birdshot is all.  One thing I noticed on the stock coil is the lead shot is definitely louder on the 12x7 and the little wire and iron is ALOT louder on the stock coil 11".   I moved settings on the stock coil all day trying to get it tuned in and settle down a little since my ears have gotten so used to the 12x7".  Finally just settled in to the noise all the while wishing I had the NF on.   After today I dont see the stock coil going back on much and am definitely looking forward to NFs release of the bigger version.   

On 3/26/2023 at 1:04 PM, Doc said:

What makes your AM FM radio pick up a broadcast signal and not transmit something back to the radio station?  You're listening to Janis Joplin on your radio, but the radio station is receiving the Beatles coming back from your radio through their microphone???

What makes your cell phone cause static on your AM FM radio if you put it close by, but the radio does not interfere with the phone?

Why can't you aim your metal detector coil at a passing plane overhead sweep back and forth and detect the metal in the airplane?

So many questions, so much magic. 🤣

Doc

Ha!  Yeah I should probably stop thinking about it too hard and just work  on beating my 257  nuggets of last year and concentrate on my 500 nugget goal this year.   

7 hours ago, Reg Wilson said:

The three spoked one at the top is the one that I have. Worked really well on a 4000

Reg what settings are you running the trash can lid in? 

Killing it buddy!  Great video

Ill have to read it. Im curious as to what makes the detectors pick up a plane signal and not emit back. 

Chase- Just read your post.  Thanks for that.   

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

FAA? Airline communications? No. Absolutely not. It’s an actually impossible. As is any talk of metal detectors exceeding some kind of power transmission limits in the U.S. That’s always been a myth. Your “connected source” just lost all credibility and can be safely ignored in the future.

And delay? What delay? How can a detector that has never been announced and exists merely as rumors be delayed?

I’m not trying to jump down your throat at all. I’m just trying to stop misinformation being spread via these forums. I do agree however that any focus by Minelab with a new gold machine needs to be on depth attained on multi ounce nuggets, not the small bits.

Haha I should of said Kinda reputable but that being said.  We can hear them everytime they pass over with our machines as they are. So debunk the myth and explain why their is no effect on their systems.   I havent had the chance to be told why not.   And yeah If I was betting it will be a deep machine.   I have no doubt one is coming eventually the sales and technology have to go on. 

Ive heard some talk as to why the delay in release of the 8000 and it had to do with the FAA and disruption of airline travel comms mostly from the US regulations I think.   It a came from a fairly connected source.  That makes my brain think they are striving for depth well beyond the 7000. Why bother with small gold in the shallows when the 6000 has that more than covered.  All though it would be great to get the bits past the 6000 capability too.  My money is on more sensitivity at depth, because really isnt that where every generation of detector leaves off?  For me I want a mining and prospecting machine for our claims that will go deep real deep.  But I suppose thats a little narrowly focused  for the masses.