Gold Seeker

Very nice gold coin, unless it was a key date, which will be forever unknown, I think it's worth more as a love token!!

I don't know why the archaeologists just don't come and ask us old fellers, we were there and responsible for at least a few if not most of the pultabs, we can give them all of the mysterious info/history of the pulltabs, places where all the big parties were, etc. and then they wouldn't have to do all of that hard work trying to figure it all out, it would save them tons of time and work!!!

Oh well you can send them to school, but you can't teach them nothing, they seem to want to figure it out all by themselves. 

OMG!!!

I've always thought that archaeologists go a little overboard and to the extreme now we have solid proof!!!  

I'm guessing that using a metal detector will be a hard road from here on out!! 

This statement says it all....

" Schroeder noted, because the ring-tab’s new status means it can be used to identify sites that may have historic value. "

So I'm guessing the historic value he will learn is all the places people used to go and get drunk!!!

15 hours ago, auminesweeper said:

....I saw the Quality of the ARB I got straight on the phone and ordered  the 78 litre version so I can use the 47L as a freezer and use the 78L as a fridge....

Not ever owning or looking at a portable frig/freezer, I have a question based on you getting the second unit.

Can one of these units be a frig and a freezer at the same time or is it one or the other, either you use it a s frig or a freezer but not both at the sane time?

Very nice!

I really like the character of those 2 nuggets, both would make a very nice pendants!  

Brian, curious, what the weight of the dink/nugget?

That;s a price I can live with, so all we have to do now is wait for it to be released!

20 minutes ago, Clay Diggins said:

Nice looking kit. I too like the large bottom. Never got much use out of a smaller pan but you can't have too many pans.

So is this kit P.I or VLF?

I'm also a large flat bottom panner, so this kit is right up my alley, but price will be the deciding factor as to if I will own one of these kits or not, as I don't really need it, I use mainly green pans but I do have a few blue pans so this kit will even up my pan collect a bit and as mentioned one can't have to many pans!! 

I believe that it's both PI (Pan Induction) and VLF (Viscosity, Liquefy, Fluidity) 

Such great finds for any gold miner/prospector, but unfortunately the owner of the mine Mike Corbley died around 5 months later on March 03 2014, may he rest in peace!

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=170097700

Jason, 

 This may not be what you're looking for, not sure if you've seen these portable rock crushers?

http://www.crazycrusher.com/

 One of these and a little water for panning and you can test on the spot.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

On 12/12/2015 at 5:16 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

The 10" x 5.5" DD coil has been redesigned and is identical to what recently started shipping with the FORS Gold+

 

The coil ears have been beefed up tremendously compared to the original Racer, with more material on the inner and outer surfaces visible in the closeup below. Reinforcement has been added around the cable entry point also.

On 12/12/2015 at 5:25 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

The small coil is also identical to what is shipping with the FORS Gold+, a 5" round DD, also with beefy ears.

Steve, 

 You say that these coils are identical to those being shipped with the FORS Gold +, so I'm guessing that they can be use on either detector if you own both? 

Only knowing Paul from the gold forums, i have formed a high opinion of him, him giving the MXT to the professor pushed my opinion over the top, Steve it's good thing you and Delek have done, you couldn't picked a more deserving person  !

Congratulations Paul!  

Congratulations on your first nuggets, now you'll never be the same, the fever will never let you go now!!

Hahahaaha,,this thing has snowballed---

 

Steve gave it one of the best reviews I have ever read from him!!!.....

Steve spent a vast amount of time writing up his review of the Gold Racer, but it seems that he spent about twice as much time writing the review of the ML7007TM, I'm sure he'll be sleeping in this morning!!!

Thank for the review Steve, now Matchbox will have to put on another shift to keep up with all the new orders coming in!!

Paul,

Time to update your list of armaments!! 

Paul

ML2300

Invincible 7005

Falcon MD 2020

Lots of shovels

Pick by Leland

Pick by Bunk

Footprints 8000 by Barry and Leigh

Scales by Merton

ML7007TM

That's combined weight. over 1 ounce of gold.

Better safe than sorry, do what you need to do now to keep the gold you have.IMHO

Very Nice!!

Does the gold look "gold" in person or silver like it does in the photos?

The tub for your gear and a truck inner tube for you.

Goldbrick,

 

I seem to recall Spot sold insurance policies that would pay you for rescue expenses twice a year, if needed? Does the Epirb company do this? An emergency rescue must cost a small fortune I should think and could break your bank account?

 

-Tom

 This is from ResQLink website under F&Q..

"Q: Is there a subscription fee for beacon registration or rescue service?

Beacon registration is free, should you ever have to activate your beacon, rescue is free in most parts of the world.

- See more at: https://www.acrartex.com/products/catalog/personal-locator-beacons/resqlink-plb/#sthash.W06PA3By.CKCZyAg0.dpuf"

AJR and Wes, I don't blame you for being skeptical per a 406 EPIRB reception in canyon areas. Do I have personal knowledge that they work great every where but underground? No I do not. Did I do research before spending my dollars on an EPIRB? That's a big yes. Most things in life don't work at 100% efficiency 100% of the time. My research tells me that in a life and death situation the 406 EPIRB offers the best chance of me being able to contact emergency services.

I am not trying to start a pissing match with SPOT owners but 5 years ago when I did my research, the internet was rife with complaints of poor to no reception in many places by spot owners. I could not find one instance of some one setting off their 406 EPIRB and emergency help not arriving. Do some research yourself, your mileage may vary, after all mine is 5 years stale.

The other advantage of an EPIRB is no monthly subscription fee. Once you buy it all you pay for is battery replacement ( every 5 years on my model). Of course you can not chat up your family and friends with one, that honor belongs to the SPOT.

Whatever option you decide on make sure you take it with you, doesn't work if setting on your work bench at home. Mine lives permanently in my prospecting back pack. I convinced my brother to get one and he used the holster to mount it on his suspenders.

 

Merton

 Goldbrick,

 I feel it's worth mentioning that from the research I have done and from reading reviews the cost of the battery replacement is around $150, another fact that needs mentioning for someone who has a much older EPIRB is that the units that use 121.5MHz and 243MHZ are no longer satellite detectable and these persons should buy a newer model that uses the 406MHz .

Wow great buckle Ron, if I'm not mistaken there are only around 6 complete buckles like that known!

Norvic, is that one of the Wallabies up on top of the water tank, if so, monkeys indeed?

I think that someone with a GPZ700o should contact Minelab too see what they have to say about this and clarify, they do say that the CTX battery will work with the GPZ so that would lead most to believe that the AA holder for the CTX will work as well since Minelab has never said the AA holder shouldn't be use with the GPZ.