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Klunker, I'm sure they don't make large enough cameras to take pictures of your nugget!

Planning ahead is always a good idea. 

Nice fusion crust on your meteorite Fireball.  It looks a lot like my Gold Basin meteorite.

Nice nugget BMc, hasn't traveled very far. 

Nice 350, I am getting more and more interested in coin and relic prospecting reading post like this.  

klunker, no, it's your great talent at the right time. 

Diggin' It, the bottom picture makes me think it is amethyst as you thought.

Nice going Chris, can't wait to get out myself.

Most dry lake beds in Utah and Nevada are covered with salt from the many times they have filled with water then dried up, some have many inches to feet thick covering what use to be the bottom so only salt and minerals are exposed. Any rocks on the dry lake bed are on the old shore line as you get 20 to 30 feet out, there are no more rocks or very few.  If there are meteorites they a very easy to see and test with a magnet.  

There are hundreds of meteorites that hit the earth each day, most land in the ocean and in places where they are very hard to find ( deep grass, rocky areas, steep mountains, ect.) some land on dry lake beds but it is a very easy area to find them just because looking is so much easer. Professional meteorite hunters look on glaciers, most any rock is a meteorite found on glaciers. So, on a dry lake bed, if there is a meteorite. it will be easer to find just because of the barrenness of the terrain and the lack of shore rock that make their way to the center areas of the dry lake beds. You don't have to believe me,  check for your self. I have had very good success, not every one does.  

Look, the businesses are declaring paying taxes as the law allows, fair or not, it's the mixed up tax laws that lead to this mess. By hiring smart tax lawyers, they save money by out smarting the less able government law makers. 

We have great and helpful folks on this forum that also sell detectors and accessories, Doc, Rob and Gerry, can't go wrong doing business with any one of them.  

Yea, the cable is very long, your right, is because of the ability to mount the control box on your belt. the detector is so light I have just leave it on the detector. 

I have found 11 meteorite's in NV. at 3 different dry lake beds ( also 1 at GB found with a 5000). You need to drive around the perimeter of the bed to familiarize your self with the native rocks where there will be a lot of rocks around the old shore line. Move to the interior where there will be less and less rocks, when you see a darker rock, you drive up to it and see if your magnet sticks to it if not, move on. In the middle of the dry lake beds there are so few rocks, there is a better chance of a rock being a meteorite. This method really is a lot of fun especially looking with a buddy. 

Nice finds Gerry. I have found meteorites on dry lake beds driving around on a 4 wheeler using a earth magnet taped to a ski poll. A fun way to look for them. 

Machineman, sorry, Doc and Rob only sell the whole handle, didn't catch that you were only looking for the button. 

Gerry, this is indeed tragic, I hope you can recover.  

Good finds Goldseaker5000, I have not been able to use my 17'' yet, can't wait for good weather. 

Rob's Detectors sells them, I all ways keep a spare.

I have been kicked off 2 claims that were not marked and I had no idea it was a claim.  Like Gerry mentioned, its just best to move on rather than argue. Please mark your claims, I'll stay off. 

Gerry, I would never call you a big mouth, but I think you could fit this one in. 

Detect in AZ and NV, I have been offered to buy a beach front property in AZ, so there could be a shark there. Still thinking about buying it.  

My friend uses a 4500, I used a 5000 for years, the advise above is very valuable, stick with that. 

I have not seen a shark in the places I detect for gold, ever. 

Thanks for profiling the 7000, still a great detector.