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Watching YouTube videos of detector comparisons can be educational or like getting teeth pulled without something for the pain. If you are thinking of purchasing an Axiom this group in here does some great videos and tutorials. I'm knew to using the Axiom, 3 times so far. I watch as many videos as possible. "Professionals" do a disservice to the Axiom if they don't show how to use it properly. Just because you buy a hammer it doesn't mean you're a carpenter. The Axiom is a tool and I see people dissing it when they don't even know how to use it. I've watched videos of people trying to use iron discrimination with a mono coil. Videos where they don't ground balance on known hot rocks. Small gold specimens but don't use the DD coil. We might need an approved list of videographers because some of the reviewers don't do the Axiom justice! You guys make the cut!

All, Together with a few friends I’m setting up a YouTube channel with detecting videos. I made a tongue-in-cheek trailer, made up like a David Attenborough nature documentary (including my own, horrible impression of his voice). It’s quite obvious that the whole thing is staged, including a scene where I’ve “found” a gold ring (my own wedding band). I showed the video to my friends and one commented “faking finds already?” He may have meant it as a joke, but now I’m worried that I’m risking the integrity of the whole venture because I didn’t think this through. Could I please have your thoughts on this? Would an obviously staged find in this context immediately put you off, or would you see it as part of the joke? I’m not sure if linking the video is allowed, but if @Steve Herschbach is ok with it, I will. Thank you!

I saw today that Calabash has pulled his content and quit Youtube. I enjoyed his content with my own opinions of course.

Hi Folks, It’s Sunday afternoon here and I’m trying to get ready for a few days detecting over the next couple of weeks. I’ve been working some gully areas with a mate but he’s gone away on a prospecting trip for a month and it looks like I’ll be working solo during that time. We put out a YouTube clip last week and it was so easy with two on the job. When we detected a target, one person would film as the other person dug out the buried metallic object. It saved a lot of time as normally tripods etc need to be set up and this often becomes a frustration that can take the edge off a trip. I decided that I’d mount my GoPro on the shaft of the 6000 to make life a bit easier for some of the footage that I plan to take on the next outing. When I looked through the various assortment of mounts that I had for the camera, there was nothing suitable for the job so I decided to make one. It is a simple task that can be achieved with some PVC pipe, some basic hand tools and a hot air gun. A piece of 50mm pipe was cut to 30mm in length and a slit was cut down one side. A spacer block and two cramping blocks were then cut from some scrap timber. You can see on the left hand side of the photo that the lower shaft of the 6000 was ready to be used as a mandrel to shape the PVC. The hot air gun was then used to heat the pipe until it became soft and pliable. This only took about 10 seconds. The PVC was then shaped around the shaft and the blocks were positioned in place. A G cramp held the moulded plastic in place until it was cured. I had to repeat the process a couple of times until I was satisfied with the shape of the mount. It was a simple matter of reheating the PVC to soften it before reshaping it again. The mount took a couple of minutes to cool before being trimmed, shaped and drilled to fit the GoPro. An off-cut of 3.5mm acrylic was shaped as a spacer to fit between the camera legs. Stainless washers could have been used for this component. The mount was attached to the detector and secured with the standard locking screw and a 5mm wing nut. Using scrap PVC is a cheap way of moulding all sorts of mounts for prospecting gear. I’ve just finished making a bathyscope from some 100mm sewer pipe. You may be able to see the light fittings at the bottom. They were all made using a similar method to the mount shown above. I noticed a local prospector was using a bathyscope when he was detecting in water. I thought it was a good idea as it can be time consuming trying to recover gold from submerged crevices without one. Have a look at Bedrock Gold’s channel if you get the chance. It really does speed things up.

What are the top half dozen best YouTube channels for good solid information on metal detecting for gold? I'm not looking for a comprehensive list - just the opposite. What do people consider to be the best of the best? The one or two you'd watch if you could watch nothing else? Thanks.

I explored this area over 60 years ago and have done many trips since and hopefully a few more in the near future. Way back we did it with no guided tour as it was an abandoned mine at the time. Old post of mine...........Old Post....

While scouting this morning, I came across a stretch of coastline and... You know what I mean.

Watch GoldRyder break his 5 day skunk. His gold was very hard won. Congratulations buddy!

Evening to all,i spend countless hours looking for a video on youtube ,i almost give up as it may lost in the archives of the youtube inferno: The video was showing a beach/lake comber using a CZ machine BUT connected to a modified/inverted leaf blower. The aim was to everytime he had a target press the trigger from the blower who i believed was connected to a venturi system,connected to a PVC pipe sucking the sand from the middle of the CZ coil,and all the water and material was then send to a waist basket designed like a sandcoop. Do you guys remember watching this video it must be +12 years old at least . Thanks RR

Anyone that needs some good detector comparison and hunt videos for the Equinox 800, Equinox 900, Manticore and Deus 2 can certainly get lots of good information from Andy's (Abenson's) Relics and Rings YouTube site. If you are looking for weird, provocative, crazy, angry, not very factual, controversial, entertainment only, egotistical, opinionated, click bait type metal detecting YouTube videos, Andy's videos are not for you. If you want calm, down to earth, just the facts, painfully honest videos about those metal detectors, his videos are worth a real close look. Thanks Andy for taking the time to make them. Here is a good one.......

New video I have up as of last night. When I get back from the gold show in Quartzite, I will get the video edited of the specimen. The SD card and the movo lapel mic for my Canon will be here by the time I get back.

I have been searching for a video on tweaking the settings on a GP Extreme. I believe it was a Jack Lange video. It was specifically for the Extreme. Explained the settings to use to maximize the machine to find gold. A prospecting friend of mine had it and I've since lost contact with him. It was in VHS and hoping to find it in DVD.

I just came across this short film that should be shared. Painfully ridiculous, but worth a chuckle.

Hey everyone, just a shout out to y'all that my YouTube channel is taking shape. Got a video up today on Gold Basin and I am uploading another this very moment. Check them out and leave a comment. I have a few things to work on and improve. Words to stop saying, nervousness to overcome, looking at camera more often, yada yada yada check it out and please like and subscribe. YouTube Channel: Gold Seeker Adventures

Here is a decent video from Tassie Boys Prospecting, he's actually one of the new Minelab detect-spurts. Tasmania detecting is much like NZ detecting, the bushland looks VERY similar, so it might go some way into explaining why I like certain detectors and coils more than others 🙂 One of my favourite creeks is so hard to get into now it's getting near impossible and like these guys it's full of hot rocks that send detectors wild, the problem is there is gold to be found if I'm patient enough and willing to crawl through the bush to get to it.