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    Alaska Gold Dredging Adventure Part 1

    Hi, I have decided to go gold dredging next summer and thought I would invite you all along for the ride via the Internet. Some partners and I have ground up in the historic 40 Mile mining district of Alaska on Jack Wade Creek. The creek has been mined for over 100 years so there is no question...
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    Geophysical Prospecting Methods

    I read this a long time ago so it is getting a bit dated, but finally available as a 9MB pdf download so I thought I would post it here. It is technical but on the other hand about as simple as the subject gets. Not for most of you but a few will appreciate it. Magnetometers, electromagnetics...
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    Fake of Not?

    There was an earlier thread where it was purported that the gold/quartz specimens pictured were fakes. Of course the problem always is trying to determine this sort of thing via a picture on a computer screen. Sometimes it is hard when you have it in your hand! So I am curious of anyone's...
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    Fisher F75 Special Edition for Prospecting

    I have been using the Fisher F75 Special Edition a lot the last three years and have found quite a bit of gold with it. I did a couple reports up for Fisher some time ago. Iwas Googling around on some stuff yesterday and found Fisher has put a page up with the blurbs at...
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    Oddball detector frequencies

    Hi, This is off the top of my head but I was looking at some info on the old Fisher Gold Strike that got me wondering about it. The unit was very unique in that it operated at 30 kHz. The Tesoro Lobo runs at 17.5 kHz and the new XP Deus has an 18 kHz mode. The Fisher Gold Bug runs at 19 kHz...
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    Garrett "Manufacturing Marvels"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgyYOmDjzpQ Steve Herschbach
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    What Detectors Would You Most Like To See Soon?

    I am always wishing for something new in detectors. Now, when I say that I mean within the realm of reason, not wish upon a star stuff. Like a lot of people I would like to see Fisher move the analog CZ platform to digital, the key thing being dual frequency and much lighter. All kinds of...
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    How good is the V3i for finding gold nuggets?

    I have to admit that I have not attempted down and dirty nugget detecting with the V3i in highly mineralized ground versus various other detectors so I can't answer the question directly from personal experience. If the V3i had glaringly obvious better performance as a nugget detector in the...
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    How good is the V3i for finding gold nuggets?

    Hi, I would not recommend a person buy the V3i as a nugget detector as it has way more features and a higher cost that you need just for nugget detecting. The MXT would be a better choice. But if you already own one, it can indeed find gold nuggets. I have seen it used two years in a row at...
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    How we detect, Where we detect, and Differences of opinion

    argyle made an excellent post at http://www.findmall.com/read.php?27,1805770 that really got me thinking. Specifically in the post he stated: "How good is the Eureka Gold on hot ground compared to other detectors? That question is quite often asked by those who have a true want for that...
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    Minelab CTX 5000

    Hi, I have a Minelab GPX 5000 and a Minelab CTX 3030. I am a firm believer at this point that the GPX 5000 has taken PI nugget detecting technology about as far as it can go, with only better ferrous discrimination the only thing to offer me. And I am not holding my breath for that. So where to...
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    First Two Coins with 6" are Silver

    After waiting a month on backorder I finally got my new 6" coil for my CTX 3030 early this week. Winter was right around the corner so Wednesday when we got a burst of sunshine I left work early and ran to a nearby park for a bit of detecting while I still could. The park is one that used to...
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    Ganes Creek, Alaska Closes Doors to Nugget Hunters

    After just over ten years the "pay-to-mine" gold nugget metal detecting operation at Ganes Creek, Alaska has closed it's doors. There were probably a few who thought predictions of the end being near were hype. Unfortunately it was true, and I am sure there will be many now who regret not going...
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    Converting White's GMT to chest or hip mount

    I did an article years ago which has finally found a permanent resting place HERE which shows how to convert a White's GMT to hip or chest mount. Not something many people need to do but if nothing else you get to see lots of pictures of the guts of the detector! Steve Herschbach
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    Gold Prospecting with a VLF Metal Detector - Free Book

    Gold Prospecting with a VLF Metal Detector by Dave Johnson, Chief Designer, First Texas Products & Fisher Research Labs Mar 2010 Edition This is an excellent 56 page book available for download at the Fisher site at http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/davejohnson/Dave'sGoldbook-reders.pdf Great for...
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    White's MXT Engineering Report

    This is a great document. Perhaps the most detailed available into the behind the scenes process that goes into bringing a metal detector to market. In the case of the MXT over four years in the making. And revealing that the GMT was an early spin-off of the project, not the other way around as...
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    Gold Bug 2 Gets 10 Small Nuggets

    I ran up north last weekend to check out a claim for a possible suction dredging operation next summer. 400 miles each way so more driving than anything. Still, when I got on location, I was able to do a little metal detecting before dark on an old bedrock bench area above the creek. My first...
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    My new V3i showed up today

    I tried the V3 when it first came out, and although I was thrilled with the unit in many ways I ran into lots of EMI issues in my area due to buried powerlines in most public areas like parks and schoolyards. Finally I just went back to my DFX. Then the last couple summers at Ganes Creek ...
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    Fisher Gold Bug Primer

    This post is intended to help with any questions regarding the various Fisher Gold Bug models that exist, especially for those who are looking at used detectors. The late 1980s Fisher Gold Bug was a real design breakthrough at the time with S rod, elliptical coil, and compact detachable control...
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    Wireless headphones versus wireless module

    Having used both I think the Minelab style wireless module that you plug headphones into is superior to wireless built into headphones. I get to choose my headphones, and that is a big deal to me. And if the module quits I can still plug my headphones into the CTX. If the headphones die, I use...
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