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Haven't had the time but I found gold up in the Sierras with my GMT on a business trip. It was me, an SDC, and a GM1k. GMT kept up with both of em. Still have the mystery slugs on my desk. When work slows down I will take them to coin shop. Until then they will remain shiny lumps of some kind of alloy to me. At last I can say YES - I can find gold with a metal detector... Took long enough!

One of our dealers sent me this email today. NO I don't know the guy's name and YES if I find out who it is you can be damn sure I will try and get permission to go detecting with him next time: "My customer, (who would like to remain anonymous) a Southern Oregon Gold Dredger that loves to be out in our mountains all year round. He spends his summer weekends in the water with his dredge. A few years ago, he decided to try his hand at Metal Detecting the ground his has been traipsing over for 25 or 30 years. We discuss his options. He has had an MXT for years, but for Placer Gold it just wasn’t going to avoid the hot rocks and cover the tuff ground that he wants to look in. I sent him out with my demo GMT and my personal TDI SL. Clearly the TDI SL was the right choice for his highly mineralized ground. So the machine was decided. He also wanted the right coil for HIS ground. He works a lot of shallow bedrock, also right on the edge of the creek and up the bank often following bedrock. He decided on the SMALLEST folded mono coil we could find with the elliptical shape. His terrain is tuff, rocks and trees in all the right places / wrong places, depending on if something is found. Fast Forward 2 Years: He has had a very exciting year. Finding the smallest picker first and getting bigger each time. He has purchased a second coil to cover more ground and get the optimal depth. We have also just finished our research for an increased voltage battery for the best performance and longer run time on the bigger coil. Thank you for all your support Please enjoy the pictures of your successful product!"

From my own testing mono coils on the TDI tend to be more sensitive to smaller pieces. They can also be a little more finicky to ground balance due to the sensitivity. But a small mono is hard to beat in trashy areas or around large rocks and brush. Glad you were able to get in on the garage sale, it was a big hit this year and I hope we will do it again next September.

Great video!

Finally! Found with White's GMT and the 6" concentric coil. Couple grains, about 3" deep. Smaller foot was perfect for working bedrock cracks and avoiding giant hot/cold rocks in highly mineralized ground.

This guy uses the TDI on beaches and finds a ton of gold... Also, good video si hablan espanol. But he does everything in both ingles and Spanish. I thought it was cool to see a side by side on both the TDI SL and TDI Pro. Sounds like he is switching to just the SL for now. Whaddya guys think?

Day 2 is out this Friday. Found some more cool stuff!

Not as far as manufacturers from what I saw. I have some great footage of the event and also some ghost towns. First video will be out this Friday. Fun trip!

85 tokens out of 100 were found in the adult hunt. Kids hunt was a great success. Lots of detectors given away. If you missed out this year there is always next. I prefer solitude when detecting but as far as group hunts go the Nugget Shoot is a good one. Free, nearby camping and goldfields. Plus nearby ghost towns. Tough to beat that combination out west. At any rate it beats the heck out of staying home all weekend.

Yep it was great!

If there was a new White's machine at Detectival it was only there for verification of performance on ancient coins and relics in that particular ground. And if said machine happened to be photographed on our Facebook page it was only to share the history recovered by our field team member. Furthermore it would be foolish to post a link to any of those photos. Working at White's has been a great learning experience for me... One thing I learned from the MX Sport/AT MAXXXX - never announce a product until it is ready to sell.

The White's detector was recovered and made some nice finds! The story involves one of our field team providing medical aid to someone injured in an auto accident and the mystery machine going missing. Very proud of her priorities even in a foreign country. She did not jump out of a plane but might have helped save a life. So at least there's that. Interesting question about competition for the Equinox - how will American companies compete at that price point and keep the manufacturing onshore? Obviously that doesn't matter for Minelab/XP since they are not 'Murican companies and can outsource to factories in China/Malaysia with a clean conscience. But the MADE IN AMERICA label is important to some US customers. Just a thought, and maybe a complication to add to the puzzle. I think over the next few years you will see a lot of changes to the detecting landscape... Hopefully that includes some truly new technology as well! The Equinox looks like a great little detector, and was well-thought out by Codan/Minelab. The best part is it will make for great competition between manufacturers - if it performs well. I would love to see some non-partisan reports and also get a sense for how robust the design is when it comes to the rigors of real-world detecting. Always difficult to "cut through the marketing" when it is coming from people associated with the company.

I'll be there. Planning to explore some ghost towns on the way dow with my buddy Tim. Always have a Hi Lift and traction mats in the rig... A little rain can make getting there a lot more fun. Throw it in 4LO and put the hammer down! Here is the video I shot last year -

I agree. Whoever wrote it should work on their sense of humor!

That article seems like bait.

I think you could argue that the more someone pays for a luxury good the more likely they are to go online for guidance in using the product. They are then less removed from posting success stories as affirmation of their purchase (and also as an affirmation to the people who helped them along the way).

Couple more items: https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/spl-150-tdi-6-mono-loop/ https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/beachhunter-id-old-stock/

Some of the best prospectors in the world will never be known because they don't trust the Internet with all of their secrets...

Hey guys, just added some SGT's for half price - https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/sierra-gold-track-old-stock/

V3i's are almost gone but VX3's are still a good bet.

Sold out in 2 hours. But if you have a TDI or GMT we have some coils that are killer deals - https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/950-style-concentric-for-gmt-super-pulse/ https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/14-white-gmt-coil/ https://www.whiteselectronics.com/product/14-gmt-super-pulse/

Good points and well-noted.

I think Mark's coupon was due to his recent 'FINDS' submission. White's sometimes rewards customers who make great finds and do a proper write-up. But if you submit a find with a Minelab or Garrett - NO SOUP FOR YOU!

This is a huge part of my guiding principle in my new position - a company should design what the customers need. Everything else is a waste of time. Of course you can't figure out what people need just by asking... but it's a good start! I don't think it is sufficient for manufacturers to slap an accessory on an existing product and sell it as new any more. Truly new technology is where it's at. Looking forward to the discussion and hope some of the forum members here will chime in.

Long time no post! Been busy with my new responsibilities at White's. Just wanted to let you know that White's is donating 10% of all factory internet sales from 08-28-17 to 9-04-17 (through whiteselectronics.com) to the Red Cross to help them with the current crisis in Texas. I'm very surprised the flooding is so underreported in the news - few people realize how bad things are down in Houston right now. I guess politics is a bigger sales tool for some of the networks. Anyways, even if you don't need anything detecting-related please donate blood or help the Red Cross in their efforts - https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey?campname=Harvey&campmedium=aspot Steve if this is not kosher I apologize. I have some friends down there and just wanted to spread the word. They need all the help they can get right now.