Randy Lunn

A real beauty Jen. It reflects your spirit of adventure and hard work. 

Beautiful special issue coins. Thanks Steve. 

They don't make our regular coins like they used to. Our debased fiat currency with flat strikes (no relief) is a national shame. This feeling is reinforced every time I detect at the beach and recover a rotted zinc penny.

Well done Condor, nice collection! You must have been exhausted in the heat from doing your Happy Dance.

Lucky Lundy is a generous pro. 

Hi Paul,

Sorry your VLF won't cooperate with your 7000 to pair them up.

But have a great trip to OZ. Keep us posted on your adventure!

Best Wishes Mate!

Thanks Steve, Mponeng is an incredible engineering feat and an ongoing economic marvel for South Africa. 

What a whopper!

Dreams can come true. 

Sorry to hear this news Jim. I hope you get it back.

What a lousy day - two thefts. California stole our dredges and won't give them back.

Nice haul Rob! Well done.

Any special settings on the CTX 3030?

Got me. Made me smile! Thx

Thanks Steve. At least we do not have totally debased fiat medals.

A beautiful nugget Steve and your macro photography skills are impressive.

I have been to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show the last two years. Jeff Scovil (http://scovilphotography.com/ ) who is arguably the best mineral and gem photographer gives a multi-day macro-photography class at the Hotel Tucson City Center. The classes are small and get good reviews.

Angle of Repose – Lesson of the Day

There is a steep price to pay

For an inclination to find gold

Look for the patches

But don’t be so bold

Listen to Chris

Or in scree you’ll be froze

Hugging rocks

In your final repose

I have found several tiny nuggets in the .03 gram range with my 7000, but I am not certain of their weight. My $20 .01 gram eBay scale gives inconsistent results with these little guys. Wow, the 7000 is an amazing machine. 

When I am working a patch and get a distinct surface signal I will often give a quick check with my GB2 to eliminate the obvious iron flakes. However, the 7000 does not like the GB2 and goes wild whenever it is near. I use a trick. When I am in a remote area without RF/EMI interference I run my 7000 start-up routine with the GB2 turned on. The 7000 picks out the 72KHz signal, cancels it  and the two machines are compatible. This allows me to use my GB2 as a discrimination tool with my 7000.

General Hercules would be perfect.

Hey Kate, Check this fellow out:

For individual items or small caches of gold, silver, bronze, iron, etc. the Minelab CTX 3030 is excellent.

I think we have successfully convinced Guilliaume World to go main stream with quality proven detectors. He was smart to ask.

Tomorrow I suspect we will see the Titan Ger 400 advertised as a sure fire device to find hot babes in bars.

All new to me and fascinating. Thank you Steve!

I have found Merrill's light hiking boots to be metal free and comfortable. I lived with my old "beeper boots" for too long. You do get some odd looks in the shoe store with your pin pointer ;-)

Nice find Rob! An oldie and a goodie!

Well done Dave. Looks like a perfect morning.

The 705 with the 18.75 kHz coil is a fantastic gold machine. In Alaska last month one fellow left his GPZ home and took a 705. He found nuggets of all sizes including a 1.8 ounce solid gold nugget. At one-tenth the cost of a GPZ and less than three pounds you can swing it all day ..... and all night in Alaska. The extra $160 for true full-metal mode, automatic GB and a back light is worth it. You can not go wrong with a 705. If I were to get a fourth machine I would probably get a 705.

Thanks Steve, you have just confirmed several of my suspicions. The amount of rust and the location of the rust on nails and flat iron sheets also seems to add to the signal problems.

Steve, well done, this is a comprehensive summary of Minelab's patent filings.

Minelab's last two major patent filings 2/11/16 and 8/6/15 are bold intellectual property grabs covering all mathematical modelling methods and techniques (with any number of variables) for metal detection and discrimination.  The breath of these patents is staggering. Competitors will be boxed out of much innovation if these patents are granted. I doubt any single competitor has the resources to fight these patents although a strong case might be made they are too broad and cover an infinite number of techniques that have not yet been reduced to practice.

Minelab anad Bruce Candy are lapping the competition on the IP front.

Gold has responded well to the Brexit vote and the fear the whole EU could be effected. However with China's growth slowing and their demand for commodities decreasing, the world is wondering if a recession is near. Gold retreated with the other commodities last fall. Gold and Silver are now recovering. Silver was particularly hit hard with the gold/silver ration getting very wide. The big gap is beginning to close. With the British pound closing at $1.29 there are many Englishmen tonight who wish they had bought gold.

If it was not so sad it would be humorous to watch the battle of the fiat currencies. Holders a particular currency want to see their money stay strong. However, each nation's "economic policy makers" want to see their currency devalued to make their exports more attractive and maintain full employment. We now have a Federal Reserve that has a goal of 2% annual inflation.

Gold's future as a store of wealth is strong.

Well done NB! Nice score in the bottom of the ninth.