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    Treasure Hunting Books, M D Books

    I have 3 books I will sell as a package, 2 are harder to find. #1 The Urban Treasure Hunter By Michael Chaplan, As New #2 The Complete Unabridged Zip Zip by Larry Salle This is an excellent MD book, as new #3 Follow The Drywashers Volume 3 "The Nuggetshooters Bible. Another excellent book by...
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    Arizona & Calif. Treasure hunting Books

    Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps As New $17.00 United States Treasure Atlas VG+ $12.00 Delos Toole's, Where to Find Gold In California, Latest Edition, As New $18.00 The Best Of Buzzard $12.00 Like New Arizona Gold Placers And Placering Like New $8.00 Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona Like New...
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    F.S. Minelab XT 17000 Detector, 3 batteries

    I have a like new Minelab 17000 Detector given to me by a friend. He only used it twice and became sick. Great Gold Detector, very sensitive I have used it once and it works perfect. It has switchable 6.4 KHz and 32 KHz, Auto Ground Tracking or fixed, Difficult or normal soil switch and a sound...
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    First Silver of the year with Ace 250

    Living in Idaho at 6300', there is still a lot of snow and frozen ground. My step son just rented an old farm house on a very small piece of property in Twin Falls, ID. We went to visit him and as luck would have it, there was no snow and the ground was not frozen. I broke out my Ace 250 and...
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    Detecting in the snow

    When the ground is frozen, you can always try the snow that has been pushed up in parking lots. I've found lots of clad, but still not the elusive ring or other jewelry. It gives me a reason to swing the detector when the days are not too cold. If you have not tried it, you might be surprised...
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    Minelab X-Terra 70, 4 coils & Black Widow Headphones $775 Delivered

    X-terra 70 in mint condition. Control box always has had cover on it and comes with the detector. No scratches, works perfect. The lower rod has a couple of small scratches. Has never been wet, used in water or at the beach. Comes with stock (" 7.5 Khz Coil, 10.5 " 7.5 KhZ DD coil, 5" X 10"...
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    Minelab X-Terra 70 w/ 4 coils For Sale

    I have an X-Terra 70 for sale, used very little. The control box is 100% perfect and has a factory cover. Several very small scratches on the lower rod. It includes the Original box, carrying case, stock 9" 7.5 KhZ coil, 5" X 10" 18.75 KhZ DD coil, 10.5" 7.5 KhZ DD coil and 6" 18.75 KhZ coil...
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    One of my Idaho Finds, Anybody Know the History?

    This metal is from 1926. It reads "Nautilus Navel Beach" and Gold Metal Club on the back and is dated 1926. I'm still working on cleaning it up. It is going slow, but the gunk is coming off. It was found in front of a small wood cabin from about 1910. I'm pretty sure it is from Florida and may...
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    Gold and Silver Prices Really Down

    Gold and silver have really taken a beating since oil prices have dropped. Silver has taken a bigger hit than gold. Not a good time to dump your metals. If gas hits 6 or 7 dollars a gallon, I'm thinking the metals will take off like no ones business. I don't think the amount of metals I have...
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    Disappointing First Day Hunt In Idaho

    I traveled from Arizona to Idaho to visit family this week. There is a park across the street from my daughters house that once had a K to 12th grade school from the early 1900's. I was really looking forward to some good finds. They made the park beautiful, re sod ed the entire area. It's been...
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    The Best Gold Hunting Books

    I have bought quite a few books on the subject of gold prospecting. The ones written by Charles Garret are so-so. By far the best books I have read are "The Complete Unabridged Zip Zip by Larry Salle. It is available in an updated version that combines the first two books into one book. It is a...
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    Comparisons between the X-70 and Gold Bug II

    Has anyone had the chance to do a side by side comparison between these two machines. I have and love my X-70. I have the 5 X 10 18.75 and the 6" 18.75 DD coils. I intend to do a lot more prospecting for gold nuggets in the Arizona desert. The Gold Bug II has a good reputation for finding gold...
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    X-70 on "Gold Fever"

    This weekend's show had ol Tom and his son out on an Arizona claim near the Bradshaws. His son was using an X-70 with the stock coil and found a really nice chispa. Lots of gold on the piece of quartz. Tom was using a ML PI unit and found a smaller one. It sounded like his kid was not using the...
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    Which is Better ??? Auto GB Question

    The areas I hunt tend to be pretty full of trash. My question is, does the constant signals from the trash really allow the auto tracking GB to correctly ground balance or is it hampering the detectors ability to read the ground correctly. I tend to try and find a clear area, GB the detector and...
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    117 Degree Hunt Today

    Older than Dirt called me and told me of an old bar that had been raised. It was 117 degrees when I left the house and only a couple of degrees cooler when I got there. I found a 1954 d penny, a rosie and a bunch of clad pennies. I didn't stay too long as I think the control box was melting. I'm...
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