Gold Seeker

17 hours ago, tvanwho said:

In gold mining books pertaining to the Carolinas, they constantly talk about saprolites, weathered loose bed rock, containing rich gold, that they dug out with only shovels.

Many of the southeastern states that have gold have gold in saprolite, especially Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and as mentioned the Carolinas.

48 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

   Any thoughts on the best pick axe to use for heavy work. Durability & weight is a consideration.

Not your traditional pick but it's a great pick none the less, see one in person before buying, just so you know what it looks and feels like.

https://www.bing.com/search?pc=CBHS&ptag=N3132D041519A9DFA1A1FF2&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3210127&q=estwing+paleo+pick

Gold with a high silver content (usually at least 20%) is called "electrum".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum

I live in South Carolina and all can sodas I have looked at have both imperial and metric on the cans.

I was hoping the nugget came from here..but doing a search there doesn't appear to be a Arizona in South Carolina...dang it!!

10 hours ago, NCtoad said:

When something like this is found in the UK isn’t the finder only entitled to half the value of the item found?   Or is that for multiple coins found (a hoard)?

From my understanding, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if several coins or historic items were found together it's considered a "hoard" then the rest of the coins/treasure if any at the site would excavated, researched, etc. and then be appraised and then museums would bid on them and the finder would get the money, if found on private land and the finder had permission the then the finder and land owner split the money, if no permission was granted then the landowner gets all the money, if found on public land the finder gets all the money.

When only one coin or historic item is found it isn't considered a hoard and the finder can sell it themselves and to whomever they please for however much they can get for it.

I'd like to say it was your skill that got rid of the skunk but I think it was the coyote that ate the skunk is why you were successful!

It's definitely an old gyroscope toy, they were very popular from the 1950s and into the 1970s, that one is a earlier one and in the same time frame as the Tootsie Toy car.

Merry Christmas to everyone, stay safe!!

I guess Gary wasn't looking for "Top pocket" finds since he didn't have a top pocket that day! LOLs

On 12/18/2021 at 11:06 AM, GB_Amateur said:

Is there a way to recover the gold from the dust generated when they saw through a specimen?

If you're good at panning micro-fine gold some of it can be panned out, but there are other ways to capture the gold lost when cutting but it would require smelting the dust or using chemicals, mercury, etc., etc.

11 hours ago, Drew4033 said:

Sounds good thanks! My simplex came as 2.68 and I had never updated it. So not sure if I would have issues going from 78 to 77

As long as you never had a update to 278 then you shouldn't have any issues updating from 268 to the 277 if you can get the update file.

44 minutes ago, Drew4033 said:

Ya I see the 278. I have just seen a lot of people bag the 278 and say to stick with the 277. So that’s why I’m trying to go with the 277. Idk if anyone on here runs the 278 and has good things to say

Not being sure if you can go back to a earlier update if you have the newest update, I did some more searching and it seems you can go back...but I still can't find a file for the 277 update and how to go about installing and not have any problems....I found a topic on Treasurenet where others have done so but no one would post the 277 update file but one guy did PM another member with the file it seems, so maybe you can contact him to get the file.

Here's a link to the topic, you will have to join if you're not already a member to post and ask him for the file, the member that seems to have access to the 277 file is "67GTA".

https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/2-77-or-2-78.643562/

EDIT: It appears that 67GTA is also a member here, he posted back in August about him having issues with going back to the 277 from the 278 update, I didn't read all of the topic to see how he overcame the issues but get in touch with him and see if he can get you the 277 file.

2 hours ago, Drew4033 said:

Looking for the 2.77 software version. Does anybody have it that would be willing to share it? It would be greatly appreciated since I can’t find it anywhere on the internet 

Is there a reason you looking for the 277 update specifically, you can download the latest update...278 which according the their websites includes all previous updates?

Here's a link to download the 278 update.

https://www.noktadetectors.com/simplex-software-update/

18 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

Yeah, it links back to the Nokta site and since the file has been taken down there, no joy, unfortunately.  I don't know why Nokta takes the old versions down from their site, especially when they have versions that have different features based on different user preferences.  Strange.

As I wrote above about the current update, they say has all previous updates included as well, so I guess that's why they don't offer the older updates any longer.

https://www.noktadetectors.com/?s=software+update+2.77&searchsubmit=

1 minute ago, Chase Goldman said:

Yeah, it links back to the Nokta site and since the file has been taken down there, no joy, unfortunately.  I don't know why Nokta takes the old versions down from their site, especially when they have versions that have different features based on different user preferences.  Strange.

Yes I agree that they should make all updates available, I even searched for that specific update and got an "Error" as a result.

4 minutes ago, Drew4033 said:

19 minutes ago, Gold Seeker said:

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for or if it's still available for downloading.

https://noktadetectors.co.za/info-hub/simplex-software-firmware-update-v2.77

it says page isn’t found on the link inside your link:/

I was thinking it might be outdated but I didn't check the link on their website...however

The Nokta USA Service Center has a Facebook page, try see if they can help you.

https://www.facebook.com/NoktaServiceandRepairs

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for or if it's still available for downloading.

https://noktadetectors.co.za/info-hub/simplex-software-firmware-update-v2.77

On 6/24/2021 at 2:28 PM, dbsmokey said:

Are these still available?  Wow, were they tough. I abused mine and it held up well.

They maybe still available, another new start up company in Canada it seems bought out Angus Mackirk  in 2015, here's the site I found.

https://brokenback.ca/about-us/

Kudos to you for a job well done, great detecting outside the box, if you hadn't looked where she said she hadn't gone that ring would of never been found!!

On 11/24/2021 at 6:06 AM, Againstmywill said:

Of course, I forgot the most plausible explanation... it's Templar, Baby! I'm sending it off now to have it analyzed. Will it be found to contain lead mined in Europe, or is there some other explanation that will add to the mystery of Oak Island?  🙂

 

I do believe you're on to something and it just has to be connected to Oak Island, BUT I wouldn't put it in your "Top Pocket" it will just rip your pocket off your shirt!!  

My opinion for what it's worth, let say you're out swinging your detector and you see a gold/silver coin/jewelry just laying on the ground....you found it while metal detecting..right, so as others have said you detected a metal necklace with your eyes so you indeed found it metal detecting, the detector you used was your eyes, case closed!!!

Sorta a similar story, many years ago I went into a local bar on a Saturday around lunchtime to see if anyone was up for playing some pool/billiards no one was interested at the moment so I took a seat at the bar, placed my order and happen to look down and saw a ring on the floor, it was a very old art deco lady's gold diamond ring, I told the bartender I had found something on the floor, gave him my number and that if anyone came back that had lost something important to them have them give me a call... about 3 hours later a lady called me and said she had lost her great grandmother's ring that had been past down to her...she described it exactly....they were from out of town and just visiting relatives and leaving the next morning so we setup a meeting at a local restaurant they had planned on being at later that night, I returned the ring to her and her husband...they offered a reward but I refused but they wouldn't let me leave unless they could buy me dinner, we had a good meal and I wished them safe travels going home, I slept well that night with a full belly and a good feeling that she had her great grandmother's ring back!! 

Back then I didn't own a metal detector but I found that ring metal detecting with my eyes, so I can say I found it metal detecting and I don't care if it was cheating!!

4 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Excellent historical saves again!

Maybe it's just me, but if I were purchasing 3 Merry Widows for $1.00, I would prefer 3 new ones instead of 3 selected and tested ones. 😎

That was my first thought as well, and no matter the cost......TESTED???? EEEEEEEWW!!!

I would bet they would find a lot more of what they're looking for if they would get that coil closer to the ground and slow down their swing speed, we all know you need to scrub the ground to get more depth and slow is the way to go when swinging the coil!! LOL

When you say western N.C. where do you mean, not exactly but where in general?

Most of the gold in N.C. is in the central portion, the more eastward you go the gold dries up, and this is somewhat true to a point with going westward, also most of the gold is fine gold and not detectable, granted there have been detectable size nuggets found in N.C. but they are far and few between.

I don't want to burst your bubble but just wanted you to be realistic in your hopes of finding detectable gold in N.C.

I go mainly to N.C. when I get a chance to hunt for gold and I would rather use a dredge or a sluice than a metal detector, I do take my detectors with me but use them mostly for relics, coins, etc., but sometimes to find black sands deposits in known gold bearing streams.

Congratulations on the silver ring, but just as cool is now you have an excavator to help dig signals in the future!!!

25 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Here's an interesting "relic" I dug, it was about 1 foot deep in a sand lot.

A relic indeed, the last time I saw one of those was on a rerun of Star Trek, beam me up Scotty!!