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Woke up Friday to snow and packed and icy roads. Got to work before they closed all the roads behind me. I was like 5 minutes ahead of the road closures. If I'd known that I'd stayed home. The temps dropped so low this weekend I didn't get out. Ground would have been frozen. Hoping for a better weekend next week as I found another hot spot to hunt that I think will be productive. Hope the rest of you got out for a chance at silver or gold. HH Mike

Merry Christmas to all , may the day be full of joy and happiness with family and friends, I wish all the best of luck in your future endeavours.May gold come free and steady to all .? Regards Squizz down under ?

just wanted forum members to know that all of your finds and stories this past year kept me going and gave me confedence there is still gold in the ground. Been over a year since i was able to prospect and detect for gold,man thats to long,shoulder surgeries and work keep getting in the way. 2017 i hope to make a few trips to hunt the yellow stuff,in the meantime its nice to see what everyone has collected up this past year and shared with members here. May your presents be loaded with gold equipment and happy memories for the next year. Rick

Hello all.I wish all of you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year on behalf of my team and company.THANK YOU for a great 2016 and your support guys! Dilek GonulaySales and Marketing Manager

We're hoping to have some products that'll catch your interest in 2017, and I appreciate those of you who have helped out with opinions/thoughts/ideas. Thanks for putting up with old Spock on this board. Happy Halloween from everyone at White's Electronics! LIVE LONG and PROSPECT

Hi Just joined the forum and i thought it will be respectful to introduce myself :Rivers rat french chap living in London and sieving the mud of the river Thames for the last.......10 years i have been detecting for 25 years used lots of machine .Recently interested by gold nugget hunting and dredge(Which i can't use...). Et voila! RR

My wife has had me building a deck and a couple of gates at the studio in Santa Clara, never built a deck before...kinda fun but been to damn hot the last couple of days. it's getting pretty close to done so I've got to head up to the mountains and do some hunting before she finds me another project.

Hi EVERYONE IVE been on the outside looking in for lets just say more than 5 years! I'm in central idaho and chose to study all YA[LL and the AUSTRALIANS...........I have STOOD Next to HUNDREDS OF OUNCES being dug but never have found a single thing but trash just plinking around the rivers and workings close by the car running my whites gmt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THIS NEXT WEEK THAT ALL CHANGES. ROB ALLISON SENT ME AN EMAIL SHOWING SHIPPED Today BOX 30 lbs. fedex ground . Minelab Bundle sdc-2300 and GPX-4500. AND got a used 14" NF ROUND MONO also literally on the mail 2nite from Darrel in Paradise, Ca. Thanks 4 teaching me what NOT TO BUY...AND HOW IT ALL WORKS...AND THE COMMITMENT IT TAKES!!!! IM IN..........CHEERS JAMES D. OH YAH! REASON FOR MY FIRST RESPONSE/ POST//////// MINELAB GPX-5000 PRO PACKAGE IS NOW 3995.00 IN USA PER ROB ALLISON ROBS DETECTORS CONVERSATION TODAY! ORDER NOW

Looking for other prospectors in norcal area for adventures, metal detecting,prospecting, get to the gold in remote areas,have tools and skills. Contact tee at teedouglas045@gmail.com

My hope for everyone here is that 2016 becomes your best year yet but not your best year ever. May God bless you all and your families. Including you atheists.

Just a little Christmas poem from Ruby. Wishing everyone a merry one. Barry

I want to extend a Merry Christmas wish to all of my forum friends. I would also like to share with you a very special gift that I received from "Sourdough Scott" just in time to put it on the tree. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Norm McQ

Hi all, It's Nenad Lonic here - some may know me as Nenad Gone Beepin on YouTube. Long time lurker of Steve's forum, even way back when he ran the shop. Just wanted to say g'day and hope that I can contribute to some topics in the future. Cheers, Nenad

Hello all. I haven't posted in a long time but have been busy! No hunting over the summer due to the wonderful Yuma weather we have. I started college in the fall so hunting didn't start until a few weeks ago. No sooner had I started the SDC up and it had problems. Bad falsing and audio cutouts/volume hi/lo variations. Tried different batteries and cleaning out skid plate w/no help. Minelab said send it back, again, and it's off. Not the same problem I had with first SDC in March, but similar and I'm really bummed as my winter break is over 11 Jan and so goes my hunting time. Fortunately we have a friend here that has a spare md for me to use (Thanks Condor/Steve!). Of the few times out, I did manage to find an old coin spill w/one silver Merc (1943S), an undated Buff and a 55 Lincoln cent. Jan school will be interesting since I'll be taking Geology 101 and my classmate is also my detecting buddy who is better known as Dad. I look forward to it but want my SDC back. Good luck and Merry Christmas to all!

Hello All, Just wanted to say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" (if we can still say that) to Steve and his Detector Prospector Forums. I have known Steve for a very long time and he is one of the most respected and knowledgeable guys in the industry. This forum has been a wealth of information for not only the seasoned metal detectorist, but newbies also. Merry Christmas to you all. Wishing you all Health, Wellness and many nuggets to boot!

I made you some hot, fresh oatmeal cookies with chocolate- chips and walnuts... they won't last long MERRY CHRISTMAS a little early fred

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

I haven't heard anything about Paul after his surgery. Anyone have any updates? NormMcQ

Hello all!, new member here from the Philippines! Hope i learn a lot in this forum, really interested in starting this hobby. but i still don't have a detector yet. I m already set to get a Nokta but still figuring out which model to purchase.

Hey everyone, Been stopping by the forum for some time, and now that the heat has chased me off my usual spot, I have some time to say hello:) I am new to detecting, mainly sluice in the past and now dry washing/detecting. I have yet to actually find any gold detecting, but I have been working some hard worked sites. I have detected the Weaver claims, GPAA claims in Black Canyon and Mayer without luck. The dry washer on the other hand has been successful everywhere I set it up. Not huge quantities mind you, but some color every time. I haven't given up on the detector yet. I am running a SDC2300 (fits my level of experience and love the compact size). What I have been impressed with is just how small and deep it picks up metal. I am sure this is nothing new for you folks, but I am talking about tiny metal shavings 6" deep and small 22 casings up to a foot down. I know this guy is touted as a small/shallow gold detector, but it truly does seam to find more than expected and advertised. I am running it on the stock setting with the Rattler headphone. The minelab headphone set kept falling off my head and the ear piece connector came apart on the second trip so I purchased the adapter and moved on. The other thing that impresses me is how it completely ignores hot rocks. I had first tried a friends Lobo up a weaver and I was loosing all kinds of time kicking around hot rocks about every four feet of travel. I am looking for cooler places to detect now that summer is upon us with a vengeance. There are not many GPAA claims in the higher elevations of Arizona.

Brief intro-just starting out, located in central wy. near atlantic city/south pass area. Main focus is gold prospecting. purchased nokta fors gold pro package-kelly co, used gm v/sat-neighbor, a gmt-ebay, and an sd2100 through jim garlock. Dad just purchased gold bug 2 two coil package and mom got gm v/sat as well. Yesterday was fourth trip out, i use my nokta as primary machine. no gold yet but bullets, nails, tacks, tabs etc. Down to 8" on some targets. Have tested all machines with 1-2 pwt nugget at 1-2" with all showing similar results but the sd2100. How big should piece should 11" coil see @ 1"? How bout ole 18" mono coil? Lou got alot of use out of old sd, had to apply coat of resin to 18" coil. Does anyone know if to much resin re-coat(thickness) would hinder coil performance? I look forward to all the info i will recieve, the people i will encounter and the education i will gain from all. thanks and good hunting. any questions?

G'day All, Great forum you got here Steve, good to see one with educated discussion without the crap. Those on the Aussie forums will know me as Diggerdude and my missus Goldgeo. I'm mostly interested in hard rock mining, I have a few leases in WA where I chase small rich leaders/reefs that aren't big enough for the mining companies to worry about. I still do a lot of detecting while waiting for mine dept/native title/environmental approval on my leases, I'm starting a new hard rock project next month crushing a section of enriched cap rock which will be good fun. I got about 12oz from my small test pit so am looking forward to getting started on that one. Nice to meet you all , and I hope to read of some big finds this year!

Hello All, My Name is Adam Robinson and I live in N.California just below the Oregon border in a beautiful little place named Scott Valley, Siskiyou County. I'm 35 yrs old, have two children and a beautiful wife. I'm a 3rd generation miner and had been detecting with a friends MXT for a few years until i bought myself a Gold Bug Pro last year. I did pretty good last year with my Gb Pro and even better so far this year. Detecting has quickly become my favorite way to prospect and i border on obsession sometimes. I recently bought a used SDC that i should have by the end of the coming week. It will be my first PI and i look forward to learning a new machine. I mine year round and about half the time in or around water, underwater sniping is one of my favorites as well as trips deep into the wilderness in search of patches untouched by modern electronic prospectors. Last year was also my first year in my 35 yrs of life i joined an online forum or even frequented one. I have posted some of my finds on Treasure Net this last year and shall do so here also from now on. I appreciate the wealth of knowledge i have found on the solid forums such as this one and the ability for us as miners to share experiences and techniques. I've made afew friends along the way and look forward to making more. if your interested in my recent finds check out Featherdfishead at TNet. Attached is some of last years gold i'm getn red of to pay for my SDC.(not an Ad) Also, Tips and nuances people have found useing the SDC or Minelab detectors in general would be appreciated. I look forward to sharing my adventures - Happy Hunting! AjR