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  1. Where can one purchase metal free boots? And how many of you detectorists wear them?
  2. I'been looking for some new boots lately. The Reebok tactical boots just arnt doing it for me. Their hard to get on and off even though they have a side zipper...their heavy and most of all they are not water proof. The last straw was a couple weekends ago while I was trampling around the foot hills my feet got wet instantly as I had to cross several creeks. So I went to Bass Pro last week Pin pointer in hand and found one pair of boots (only one) on display that had no metal in them. Turns out that I could not be happier. They are light weight (3lbs total for the pair) Water proof (Gortex) and most of all comfortable. Broke them in last weekend and my feet were bone dry at the end of the day despite having stepped in water up to my ankles. The boot strings are a little on the thin side but that would be the only thing that could be improved. Just thought I'd pass it along. http://www.basspro.com/RedHead-RCT-GORETEX-Hunting-Boots-for-Men/product/12021405012918/ strick
  3. I like to wear broad brims hats while detecting. The hat keeps the sun off my ears and gives me shade. A few months ago I bought a nice, inexpensive Stetson Straw hat.. very nice for my use. However, I kept noticing weird responses from my GPZ when I would isolate targets. Well the other day in Gold basin the wind blew my hat off. As I held it in my hand I passed near the coil and got a huge signal. What the Heck??? I thought my 7000 had lost its mind...so I waved the hat over the coil again...woo woobong!!! Crap my hat has wire in it...no wonder the detector would go crazy when I got close. I just did a bit of research. It seems the wire is there to give the hat strength;needless to say that hat has been retired from nugget hunting service. fred
  4. Steve, how about selling detector prospector hats with your logo and our username on them. Would be very handy identifying others when out and about. Also, what attire works best in the desert heat? Watching videos I see all kinds of clothes worn but it's hard to tell the heat they're worn in. I'm planning on going to the veterans outing in June as are others. Would be nice to be able to recognize the others easily and to know what to wear for the weather. Thanks, and love the form, Paul
  5. Really 2 topics here. I am interested in what kind of boots you folks use while detecting. I prefer metal free and currently use a pair of Keens but the sole is already starting to delaminate and they have less than 60 hours out and about. I know they are good about replacing them, or so I have heard, but I would really like something that will hold up reasonably well and won't give me that falsing that can happen when I forget about metal in boots. I ran into a Border Patrol agent who said he uses a boot called Vibram Rocky that has no metal and stands up to the terrain down here in Yuma by Sea (sorry Condor, I can't resist repeating your catch phrase). Comments or new ideas? 2nd question is about a standalone GPS unit that folks use. I have an old Etrex but would like something a little newer and if possible it will accept Google Earth images/KML files so I don't have to try to redo all the points I have saved to my places and the special MRDS and other KML layers I've accumulated. Any info is appreciated and I know from experience that somebody out there is bound to learn something from these topics besides myself. Thanks in advance.
  6. What do you guys recommend for walking a creek where one encounters soft bottom pools that can be chest deep water and no way around it? I will be in a situation like this Labor day weekend and need to plan ahead? Need to get my little highbanker and camping gear past the spots too. Might float them in a large cement mixing tub with foam slabs bolted to the sides and a towrope but doubt it will support my 200 pounds too? Soft, gooey bottoms give me the willies as you can get stuck quite easy and nobody to help you? -Tom V.
  7. I could use some advice on traversing rough ground ? The creek I need to go check out in a few weeks,if the dry weather holds, has numerous mudholes and vertical banks up to 10 feet straight up with either water or knee deep mud at the bottom. The one side creek, I used to go down the bank on a knotted rope and had steps carved in the dirt but this creek bank is now 10 feet high and too dangerous to go up and down I think, especially by myself. Where it feeds into the bigger creek, is alternating mudholes and gravel bars and tons of hotrocks. I just found out last week, this area was almost an iron mine back in 1890 which would account for the hotrocks and red bedrock river bottom in spots and blasted out craters in the limestone ridges beside the creek. I never ran any gravel here in a sluice or did any serious panning or get rock samples, all of which I need to do this time, plus photos and detecting. Years ago, when i was here last, I even found a cone shaped tailings pile of mud and bits of limestone in the creek and an artificial looking white cobble gravel bar where i wanted to gold hunt. I am betting the iron miners were sluicing here before me altho I don't know why they would be sluicing for iron? The history book did not mention anything about gold in the account. Should I wear hip waders or my leather boots? That creek water is gonna be cold.Just hope the nettles and poison ivy are down by now,Nov 2014? I have to get up and down a couple steep hills and that muddy creek bottom via deer paths or making my own path about a mile in from the nearest road.Wonder if I should wear blaze orange as it may be deer season for bow hunters? Thanks, -Tom V.
  8. I searched high and low for a decent pair of working pants that can handle the bending, stooping and kneeling of prospecting. Military fatigues were close, but too many knockoffs and they weren't holding up. A few months ago I began an online search and came up with some real winners. Mind you, I have no vested interest in the company, no affiliation whatsoever, but I thought I would share my knowledge. I bought 1 pair just to try them out. They were so comfortable, I bought 3 more pairs and they are now my everyday pants, not just prospecting. The company is Duluth Trading, the pants are called "firehose flex". They make a bunch of other working pants, but these seemed right for my purpose. Not cheap, but so far well worth the money for me. The key is they are looser in the legs and have a gusseted crotch. Now I'm not bragging that a man like me needs that extra crotch room, but they really make a difference for bending and crouching. They are pretty lightweight, probably not warm enough for colder climates, but I think they make some with a lining. I bought some for my 21 yr old son, he's a lot leaner and fitter than his old dad, so he wasn't that fond of them. Oh well, its the thought that counts. I'm not trying to spam you, just passing on some information I wish I'd had a couple years ago.
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