Fisher Gold Bug/Teknetics G2 Forum

hi Guys

i have to agree with godigit like i am some expert or something but just from my time with the bug nothing beats time with it to understand it and i too think then its trusting my gut feel on a target and if i am not sure dig and see .

also it seems once i think i have it worked out it throws in new stuff that i haven't heard before or didn't notice i think its part of the fun hard work but fun i have lost 9kgs sense i started and was part of the reason i brought it but now i am hooked

maybe in 12 months i will know more hope so but will have fun learning

Steve yours must be with you now how does it feel ?

well one thing i have learnt is i cant not go detecting am off now to a beach to see what pokes its head up for me to see and this i know i have a good machine in my hands so if i am not finding anything i just wait a bit and i will just have to see what it is.

amberjack

amberjack --

YES!!! I have it -- opened the box last evening! Bad news is, my wife's laptop was having issues, so I spent like 3 hours trying to get it fixed -- which means, I had no time to check out the detector. I turned it one, checked out the modes, ran it over the floor of my house (and hit some metal targets in the concrete!!) but that's it. I am going to LOVE this thing, I can just tell. Very similar in feel (weight, etc.) to my F70, which is mounted on the same type of S-rod and has the same arm cup, etc. It's totally familiar in that way, now I just need to get used to the intricacies of this machine versus the F70. I plan to do air testing tonight, and hunting this weekend!

Can't wait!

Let us know how you do out on the beach, today.

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
Garrett ProPointer
Lesche 38D "King of Spades"

Norman, OK

oh computers are fun ain't they! i think that's a good attitude to have maybe i think i am going to find something i will?? sure is teaching me more than detecting its so much more for me!! just glad i got involved

so you will have a good weekend then

i ended up not going had to do some work pay for the new PI which involved a computer too! much rather be out swinging one thank working with it but have to pay the bills hey!!\

raining now so no fresh drops this weekend so will go re hunt some more productive beaches

now i think i have to sleep all out of wack i am

amberjack --

Yeah, that "work" thing sure does rob us of time to hunt! Just kidding.

I do think attitude does affect your finds. If you have confidence, in ANYTHING, I think it really shows up in your performance -- attention to detail, how "careful" you are, etc. Sure, some of it is luck (getting your coil over the right targets), but of the parts you CAN control, knowing your machine, and being confident, play a big part (many other folks I have read have definitely mentioned the "confidence in your machine" and "confidence on a given day" affecting your finds).

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
Garrett ProPointer
Lesche 38D "King of Spades"

Norman, OK

it is interesting hey sort of takes it to another dimension -like if i go down the beach thinking that 3 blokes have been before me and they have better machines i don't find much but if i think nope that's not real i have a great detector and it always finds i do find like both silver rings i have found it just kept coming in my head there's a ring coming soon and guess what out the popped.

sort of strange my Dad said to me today sense that lightning near hit you things have changed i was cleaning something under the tap and storm was around and wammo it hit 10 feet away from me i was at my parents went running inside wiping the electricity off me it was like stuck to me strange feeling but who knows maybe it fried some brain cells



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Well, look at it this way, amberjack -- at least you have an EXCUSE for your fried brain cells. I have never been struck, so I have no excuses for my issues!

But yes, what you discussed about the other hunters with better machines hurting your confidence, and thus your finds -- I think that's totally true. Most good detectorists I know will say that a spot is NEVER hunted out. Again, approach it that way, and you will remain more confident in finding some stuff. That's how I look at it.

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
Garrett ProPointer
Lesche 38D "King of Spades"

Norman, OK

i have a few more excuses too but i don't like to use them unless its absolutely necessary!!

i looked on a dating site once and most of the women said want a fella with no issues i sent them emails suggesting they go look in the grave yard they might find someone there

we all have issues if we are alive its what makes life interesting.

so we both have a good attitude might take a big bag with me next hunt to put everything in.

bet you cant wait for the weekend.

Nope, can't wait for the weekend! I hope you get your big bag filled; from the looks of your recent finds, you just might!

By the way, your suggestion to "look in the graveyard?" Quite funny, but also QUITE true. We all have "issues;" if I forget that I have a bunch, I can just ask my wife -- she'll remind me!

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
Garrett ProPointer
Lesche 38D "King of Spades"

Norman, OK

Great find Ken!! HH!!

Yeah, what DaCapt said! Sorry for taking your thread "off in the weeds" somewhere! This was supposed to be about that really cool chain you managed to find/dig. Great job!!! When I try finding the gold, I end up digging this all day...

Happy Hunting --

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
Garrett ProPointer
Lesche 38D "King of Spades"

Norman, OK



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Thanks to all, even if off topic (Steve) / G2 and the Gold bug #1 in my book. Hunt offen and hunt long !!!

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HH
Ken in Georgia


Detectors own DFX, Tejon, X-3, Cibola, Vaquero, Cortez, CZ-5, 1265x, 1266x, Siver Sabre II. ID Excel, Amigo, Golden, DeLeón, G2 (the best iron eater in the world) 5 inch coil , 11inch coil. E Trac.

yes i will be off for a hunt soon wet weather and all just have to go because its fun and i love it might find a chain like the one in OP well done to by the way

Congratulations Ken, super looking necklace you found there

I see you have a Silver Sabre II, I had one of those, had a lot of fun with it.

Continued Success!!

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