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Lanny

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  1. As for your contest, what a nice thing to do Ray! I'm glad your buddy made it through with a clean bill of health. Who knows, one of these days I may just show up at one of your outings, and thanks for your open invitation. You've always been a very helpful person, open, and generous. All the best, Lanny
  2. It's always great fun to get out with a new detector, and it's always fun to start finding things, anything in fact, just to scratch that itch! All the best as you get out there again, and good luck to you too, Lanny
  3. There you go Alex! Nicely done. After the first one, the others seem to come easier, sometimes . . . All the best, Lanny
  4. Ron, what a great write-up with a lot of great reminders and advice included that is worth reviewing. Thanks so much for taking the time to write it, and all the best, Lanny
  5. I envy that you're able to be out hunting. The big freeze will last here for quite a while yet. All the best, and congratulations on your finds, Lanny
  6. Fantastic!! Nicely done. All the best, Lanny
  7. Pretty soon it will be like golf? Lowest score wins? Congratulations, and all the best, Lanny
  8. Steve (and other contributors), I thoroughly enjoyed reading this entire thread! The praise you give the 7000 is great indeed, but I don't know that I'm ready quite yet to commit to such a large cash outlay, so I'll just keep feeding on the bits and pieces of stories that people like you are willing to share. But, you do have my curiosity up with what you're holding in your hand, and I'd love to hear more about it as well. All the best, Lanny
  9. That is such a cool find! I love my little X-Terra as both circuits (coin with discrimination, and all metal) have found coins and nuggets. Once again, congratulations, and all the best, Lanny
  10. 20 mm nuggets, that's a new one, but with all of the military bases and testing areas spread around Nevada, it's not surprising. I imagine that piece got your detector's attention in a hurry! And I thought the 50 cal. projectiles I have were big, not so compared to yours. All the best, Lanny
  11. An old nugget shooter gave me this advice once when I told him I'd just bought a detector, and it has proven golden: he said to put the detector manual on the bedside table and to read it every night before going to sleep. I was amazed at the things I thought I knew about my detector back then (and its capabilities), how to operate it, what to do and not to do when nugget hunting, etc., amazed that is in how much I'd missed during my initial readings of the manual. Every winter, I bust out my manuals again, make notes, write annotations in the manual, and compare what the manual is telling me as contrasted to what I've been doing with the detector before that annual freeze-up hits. I still pick up things by using his method of rereading the manual even though I'm no longer new to my machines. All the best, Lanny
  12. Steve, Thanks for your updates and for the information, regardless of the source. I sincerely appreciate your efforts to be helpful. As for the forest fire soil, yes I know what you're referring to, and I know how the detector responds to the dirt, though I had no idea why the coil responded to the altered soil, so thanks for that as well. All the best, Lanny
  13. Fred, Nicely done! I can tell you love your 7000, so can you share any of the reasons you love it so much? If you could be as specific as you can, and if you have the time to comment, I'd appreciate it as you seem to have invested some time in using it. I'd way rather hear from someone that's actually using it while I investigate Minelab's newest gold machine. All the best, Lanny
  14. The Snow Racer seems to perform very well in its natural habitat. I think that 's a first for me, seeing someone detect in the snow while wearing flip-flops! Thanks for the continuing updates on the Gold Racer. It's great to see it in action. All the best, Lanny
  15. Great answer Steve which has illuminated some new thinking for me and given me a new focus while I'm riding out the frozen conditions here. As always, I'll be revisiting my manual again as it perpetually seems like I'm missing something, missing things I need to understand better to refine my detecting. You sure know your stuff! Peteren, thanks for the write-up on hematite as it sure is obnoxious stuff and being non-magnetic, as you say, it's a stinker to get out of the way. Magnetics are fairly easy to deal with by using a super-magnet, but hematite has to be removed the hard way, so I understand why it's driving you crazy. Goldbrick, great question, thanks for posting it. All the best, Lanny
  16. Bob, I'm getting tired of the cold winters too, but I do love hunting the gold here in the summers, so I may have to do some investigating of the snowbird option as well. I have to agree that Prescott is a beautiful area, yet it seems like all places have their pros and cons. Having said that, Prescott is in a choice location. I agree with others that you should join a club for access to claims until you've stomped around enough to find a sweet spot of your own, or maybe you'll just always love the club scene as it does give you a dedicated group of friends right out of the gate. Any place in Arizona with a lower elevation will greatly inhibit your summer gold prospecting such as in places like Stanton, so that's why migrating north in the summer will remain a great choice too. All the best with your trip to check things out, Lanny
  17. Nice finds, and thanks for the links to your live-action youtube videos! Nicely done, and thanks for the streaming dialogue about target sounds, etc. It's nice to have another field update on the Racer. All the best, Lanny
  18. Sounds interesting. I'll have to do some Australian research to see if I can find the details for what happened to spark the novel, and life sentences to boot! I wonder now if they think it was worth it. Plus, the novel itself may be something to get me through this freeze-up as you've suggested. Update: I found it: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-24/stephen-struber-dianne-wilson-convicted-murder-of-bruce-schuler/6647230 Interesting read! All the best, Lanny
  19. Keep the updates coming please as I'd love to hear more of what you think of that little detector, whether you're chasing coins with it or hunting nuggets. All the best, Lanny
  20. Those are some wonderful finds for sure! All the best, Lanny
  21. Nice find! I've only ever seen a couple out in the desert, but that's probably because I don't get to visit the desert very often, and both of the ones I've seen were in Nevada to boot. All the best, and thanks for taking the time to post the picture that sparked the memory, Lanny
  22. It's interesting how that dang lead takes the headlines and makes a nuisance of itself when all a nugget shooter wants to do it not detect the lead, but I'm glad you got some gold regardless. More than a few times after I've dug a pocket-full of lead, for whatever reason, I'll dig a nugget or two. Weird coincidence? Or is it just that when I'm working bedrock or the bottom of gulches I'm working where heavies have been concentrated, and that's the only common factor, heavies hanging out with heavies? Enjoyed reading your entry, so thanks, and all the best, Lanny
  23. There you go! Nicely done!! All the best, Lanny
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