bado1 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks Guys! I'm headin out the door ! The adjustable bungee works great, Paul. When hiking with the machine I collapse the shaft and attach the bungee and it rides up under my arm near my left elbow (I'm a lefty) so then I can really cruise without getting hung up in the brush. etc. The cover is a must to protect the machine for sure. I saw where one guy did the cuff mod and used a piece of velcro to hold it in place while in use but could pop it out so he could fold it up. Looks like a good way to go. Alright, I'm out. The gold is calling me..... Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azavsfan Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Ok bado1, how did it go today? Down here in Yuma it was a cool 82 with lots of lead and bullet frags but the skunk continues it's 5 trip strangle on me and my SDC. I hope you had better luck with the yellow metal and stayed dry because it looked like it was headed your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 The skunk got a hold of me too today. So did my office which cut my detecting time short. I had to leave about 11:00. My buddy and I hunted archery Javelina in this spot in January and liked the looks of it for detecting. We have a couple of worn out patches near by so figured it would be promising. He went back there a month or so ago and scored a single multi-gram nugget. He must have found the only gold and got all the trash too because I didn't hit a single target. Not even a bullet. Very strange. I did encounter my first hot rocks that the SDC struggled with though and wore off some boot leather kicking them out of the way. Other than the rocks the machine was very stable in this ground. No rain or even much in the way of clouds. Next time I take a day off my phone stays home! I hope you beat the skunk on your next outing. Hang tough! Dean P.S.- Are you stationed down there? Marines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Keep it up Dean and you'll beet the skunk one of these times. Sounds like you and your buddy did a great job cleaning up the place previously. May lady luck ride your shoulder your next time out AjR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Watkins Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Bado 1, i noticed the same thing with 2300 with the different sounds on lead mainly,and some small iron sounds differently. On your adapter for less than $10 i made my own ,only 2 wires red and white used. The black wire is not used here even though it is being said it pulls out of the minelab plug easily. I put the standard 1/4 stereo plug back on the koss for spares, I also wrapped the complete adapter cord with emergency silicone tape no way of pulling on the wires now. Hope this helps, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 AjR, We've only been to this place twice now so we didn't clean it up. Someone did though it would seem. Strange though, as no one can get all of the gold and all of the trash as well. There was no evidence of prior detecting in there. Maybe ninjas with detectors? Are you getting out this weekend? Rick, Thanks for the tip. I'll let you know how it goes. Good luck! Dean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azavsfan Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Good luck on next trip. I'm headed out tomorrow and hope to shake the stink as it looks like the 100's are gonna be here soon and once they get here they like to stay for a few months. In Yuma by choice and circumstance, not USMC or Army but I can hear em all the time with the detector. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Best of luck tomorrow! Yep, next week is gonna get warm. I've been scouting some areas up here in the pines for some summer detecting. I've got my eye on some promising looking ground and, hopefully, I can get out this weekend and swing the SDC over some of it . The biggest challenge is that so much of it is claimed up its hard to find open ground. My daughter is married to a Navy Corpsman who is assigned to a Marine unit. He is on deployment currently and will be back in June. She told me yesterday that after they are done in Hawaii they will be reassigned to either San Diego or Yuma. She is praying for San Diego. Either is good for me as she will be much closer. Kill that skunk tomorrow! Good luck. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hello folks! I was asked about the overload on the SDC recently on Tnet so i conducted a test and figured i'd post my results here also. I did this quick test in my yard which has moderate soils of 68 on my GB Pro. I plan on doing a test in hot soil also but may be shy some nuggets to do so because im currently liquidating my stash as to pay for my Zuma ( not the 1/4 Ozer though - plan to make it into a necklace for my wife). I used the stock setting of Sens. at 2 with threshold at 3 with my Grey Ghost Headphones. I used 1/4 oz, 2 dwt, and 1 dwt pieces for my test. The 1/4 ouncer overloaded at 4 inches and closer and the 2 dwt piece at about 2 inches. The 1 dwt piece screamed with the coil directly on it and up to an inch but didnt hit the overload pitch. Yet if i put another small piece, say .1 gram it hits the overload pitch. So it seems that gold smaller than 1.5 dwt wont overload even if directly on coil while gold over 1.5 dwt will hit overload pitch at about an inch. As you all know the conditions of the soil and shape and angle of the gold all determine its response on our detectors. Thus it is what it is. A guide line at best. I know that i'm still amazed at how strong the signal is with tiny gold on this machine. Now if i can just get time to get out and find me a new spot. The itch needs a scratchn! I love to hear from others on what they've noticed. Good Luck - Happy Hunting! AjR Nuggets are in order of size 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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