Randy Lunn

1 hour ago, Jennifer said:

Doc won one of these at the conference in Las Vegas, great machine, was super light, felt good in my hand, nice balance... a Gold Bug 2 killer perhaps.

Jen

Yes, at 45KHz it is getting very GB2'ish

I can not wait for Nenad Lonic's  follow-up article where he says he will compare the GPZ 14" and the 19".

Hi Paul and Condor, just catching up. This is devastating. So sorry to hear about the theft and Paul, the insurance issues can be salt in the wound. I am not sure where you are now, but I live in La Quinta, CA, I am two hours from Quartzsite, AZ and two and a half hours from Yuma. If you want to borrow my GPZ please let me know, and I can meet you half way.

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. If there were, the government would have to make its holding illegal, as was done in the case of gold. . . . The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. This is the shabby secret of the welfare statists' tirades against gold. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth."

--Alan Greenspan, 1966

Exciting to watch! You can really feel his energy and joy of finding his first gold coin in 44 years.

Well done Chet! Great analysis and description of what it meant. Thx!

I look forward to the sequel starring the perps.

Wow, this is a lot better Christmas present than Klunker's lump of coal!

I got a new grandson ;-)

How is this different from a ThermoFisher Niton?

https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/XL3TGOLDDPLUS

Hi Paul,

I am going to be nugget hunting in AZ after Christmas from the 27th -31st. If you are still around it would be fun to get together. I do not currently have a plan.

Randy 

Steve, having a single login for the forums would be helpful and allow people to easily switch back and forth.

On 12/3/2016 at 6:24 PM, normmcq said:

Here is my favorite nugget

Now I believe in love at first sight!

Tom, you have some great pictures of your amazing nuggets. Well done! The guy who is arguably the best mineral photographer is Jeff Scovil. He has a website, http://scovilphotography.com/  ,with examples of his work and also teaches a class at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in February. He often uses a glass top platform. This allows him to set up lights and reflectors as well as use colored backgrounds. Here is a picture of his set up:

What name should be given to this nugget?

9 hours ago, Lunk said:

Where the damp alkali soil became too noisy for High Yield / Normal, selecting Extra Deep / Normal did the trick

Great tip Lunk! Thx

Wow, fantastic haul Squizz! Welcome to the Z Club. If you want a partner from California let me know. let me know.

Could be really good. They are based in San Diego. I will contact them and try to get a demo.

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Rick,

With the current price of Aussie dollars at just over US$.75 the new 19" coil should be Retail $1350 and Reduced $975. I am going to guess $1395 and $995.

I am not an expert in this area but in general higher ohms will give you less distortion. However it is more important to match the impedance of your source and earphones. I believe the GPZ 7000  has an out put of around 100 ohms. The standard Minelab Koss headphones also have an impedance of around 100 ohms. Given the narrow frequency output range of the GPZ 7000 I would guess that higher ohm headphones do not add much. However, individual hearing might prefer and possibly benefit from  higher ohms. 

Go go with Gold Seeker's advice and compare signals with your buddy's high ohm earphones.

Any feedback yet on the trade-offs  of the larger coil? Loss of sensitivity to smaller nuggets?

Well done Lucky! Another great outing with your model 7000 Gold Vacuum. I am headed to RP tomorrow. The weather report is marginal, but I am addicted to the thrill of the hunt. 

Thanks Goldgrabber, fun video and congrats on your gold. I drove through Tyndrum two weeks ago. I had been visiting Loch Awe and Loch Leven. I did not realize there was gold in the area. Glencoe on the A82 is an amazing drive. Beautiful but rugged. Not an easy environment for prospecting. Good luck on finding more!

Awesome guys! What device did you use to suck up the gold underwater?

Thank you Tom! A beautifully done professional video that tells our story well.