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    Hidden options

    You mean the "Depth Doubler" setting? White's was afraid of people digging too many holes chasing 20" dimes. That would lead to detectors getting outlawed and a collapse of White's business so it extremely important the option be kept hidden. I wish I could tell you how to access it but Ken...
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    Finding Small Gold with The GPX

    One big goal I have this summer is to better learn how to find small gold with my GPX 5000. I will admit that until now I simply did not care. When my brain said small gold, I grabbed my Gold Bug 2. When I grab my GPX, I shift to big nugget hunting. Fact is however that in mineralized ground the...
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    Mild Ground - Normal at high Gain, or Sharp at lower Gain?

    Just curious if anyone has been able to use the Sharp settings effectively? Yeah, I realize it will not work in bad ground. I have used Sharp and found gold with it, in fact on my very first outing with the GPX at GPX 5000 gets Alaska Gold but have not had much time with that particular timing...
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    The main coil I will use on my GPX 5000 this summer

    I am going to be a lot of detecting this summer in Alaska using various detectors. Of course the GPX 5000 is going to get a workout. Jonathan Porter loaned me a Nugget Finder Advantage 18" round mono to use in Australia while I was there. I fell in love with that coil, so much so that he could...
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    Going Nugget Detecting All Summer Long!

    Well, as my article in the latest ICMJ Prospecting & Mining Journal relates my dredging plans are off for the summer. One door closes, others open, and I am hot the path of some excellent metal detecting opportunities in Alaska this summer. I am going to have three main targets. First, sniping...
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    Indisputably the worlds most powerful prospecting detector

    That is it, plain and simple. People discuss detectors a lot, and often the discussion is over what is best. One thing however there is little argument over by the vast majority of professional prospectors who metal detect for gold. The ones who make a living at it. And that is the fact that the...
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    Sierra Super Trac?

    Saw this link posted on another forum http://ca.whiteselectronics.com/az.html Looks like an early peek as nothing official yet. [attachment 260805 image.jpg] SIMPLE - Only Three Controls HIGH PERFORMANCE - Same GAIN as the MXT FAST TRACKING - Same GROUND BALANCE as the GMT Visual Target...
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    Worth upgrading to GPX 5000 from 4500 for relics?

    I was asked the following question by PM. Do not be shy people just post them here. "I have a 4500. I'm in Scotland and use it for coin/relic hunting. Would the additional and different timings on the 5000 benefit my type of use? Is there an advantage in using the 5000 over the 4500 for my type...
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    I've used all the Minelab PI units made

    I am not claiming to be an expert with them, and in fact can't tell you what every little twiddle on my GPX 5000 does. But since this forum looks about dead I will adopt it and do my best to help with any answers here in the future. I have used the Minelabs not just for nugget detecting but was...
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    Getting a new GMT soon

    Hi, I am pretty happy with my current detector collection (I refuse to say arsenal). I did however pick up a White's V3i last summer because I hunted gold a couple times with a guy that used one and was impressed with how well he did with it. In 22 kHz single frequency mode it has some obvious...
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    If you want a Gold Bug 2 buy it right now!

    You can't say later you were not warned. I just hope you are not too late! Steve Herschbach
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    No Waterproof White's TDI - Official Word 2/19/13

    Quote from Carl Moreland of White's today on another forum: "I need to squash these rumors of a "waterproof TDI," no such thing is in development. What I'm working on (and it's my personal project) is an all-new PI design that discriminates. The basics are working, but it's still further out...
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    Dead Man's Claims For Sale

    Well, I almost bought a few more claims. These ones have history galore and I have set foot on them. Back in the last gold rush in the 1970s the Fortymile country was a hotbed of dredging activity. A very rich strike was made on the South Fork of the 40 Mile River at the mouth of Napoleon...
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    New Minelab Gold Mining Division

    Minelab recently created a division that recognizes mining detectors as an area to themselves due to the worldwide impact of the technology. https://www.google.com/search?q=Minelab+Spearheads+Revolution+in+Gold+Detection&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari Steve Herschbach
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    Interesting comment by Dave Johnson on F75 & T2 Coils

    Despite many similarities they are different detectors... http://www.findmall.com/read.php?27,1850405,1851506#msg-1851506 Steve Herschbach
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    14" Sierra Gold Max for GMT - DD or Concentric?

    Here is a rare tidbit for you. The Sierra 13.5" x 7.5" Sierra Gold Max coil comes in two versions. The older white housing units, discontinued last year, are concentric coils. The new black housing coils are DD units. This kind of just quietly happened. There are still some new concentric...
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    38 pounds of clad

    I mostly hunt jewelry in parks, beaches, and tot lots. At least when I am not out nugget detecting. The coins are not really what I am after so they tend to get tossed in cans or other containers in my garage, often with a pile of trash I am cleaning up around the house and made three piles -...
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    Lucky prospector finds 177 oz gold nugget

    A gold nugget with an estimated value of more than $300,000 has been unearthed near Ballarat in Victoria's west by a prospector with a metal detector. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-17/lucky-prospector-strikes-huge-gold-nugget/4470016 Steve Herschbach
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    Waterproof White's TDI

    I have every detector angle I want pretty well covered but there is one gaping hole in my tool box - a submersible PI detector. Since I am into prospecting I want one that can ground balance, and right now that leaves only one option - the Garrett Infinium. Now I have used the Infinium a lot...
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    Hand Full of Big Gold

    Here is a nice shot of some large gold nuggets found by Dave R at Ganes Creek, Alaska in 2004 with a White's MXT. Dave was the resident "gold guru" and dug pounds of gold with his MXT over the years at Ganes Creek. I doubt there are many people who have as many hours on the MXT as Dave. He went...
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