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    White Bird Idaho gold nugget theft

    :usmc: I know Clarence and "Hooty" as a long time customer of theirs and a few years ago with my work partner taking a coffee break, were privileged to see this gold nugget display. The day after the robbery, this man who is Wanted cooked my hamburger meal and was as cool, calm, and collect as...
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    Pushed the 505 to find drain field collector box

    :usmc: The septic tank drain field sewer system here is old and finally is in need of replacing the old pipe and drain field. Without any real drawings to go by, it was dig out the 505 time. I was not around when they backhoe dug from a known septic tank out to where the non metallic pipe...
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    AMRA dredgers back on Idaho claims

    :usmc: The AMRA dredgers are back again on the South Fork of the Clearwater. I see them in passing by them about once a week or more and looks like they are having lots of fun working the ARMA claims. Only briefly spoke with and shook hands with one I suspect may be the president or something...
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    Falcon MD-20 Gold Tracker

    :usmc: Last summer, I picked up a Falcon MD-20 from a well known dealer in Alaska who had a limited number on hand marked down so there was the excuse to treat myself to one. My area of Idaho has historically been panned, sluiced, and dredged very hard and the locations not under claim are...
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    Gave the F2 a short little run.

    :usmc: We have been over a 100 degrees each day for a while but went out in the yard this morning to get a first feel for the F2. Around 4 years ago, I put together sort of a test patch but have not needed it or used it in a long time so kind of forgot the exact spot. I did however recall a...
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    Ordered a new F2 w/DD coil + 2 round concentric's

    :usmc: I've been detecting since around 1982 and recently had been considering adding a plug in F2/4 DD coil to my BH Pioneer 505 to pick up an added advantage of that kind of coil. Most of my experience is with manual ground balance machines with concentric and or DD coils. My area is full of...
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    Recreation Dredging closed in Idaho?

    :usmc: As best I can determine, it appears recreation dredging is pretty much closed in Idaho by the EPA. From all I have read, that also includes panning and hand sluice of all things. It seems the EPA has pretty much killed it state wide as best I can determine. Sure have wanted a dredge over...
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    Had no idea Roy Lagal, Prospector/Book Writer who spent much time with Charles Garrett passed away

    :usmc: Roy Lagals son Larry had shared a number of e-mails with me a couple or three years ago before I lost my own Dad. It was a privilege to learn he and his Father Roy had spent much time many years ago, searching for Gold along and on the Salmon River where I live in Idaho. I do not know...
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    Salmon River beach hunting with my V/SAT

    :usmc: After our very hot summer and no metal detecting, I recently got in some short evening hunts on three of our river beaches. These are some of the typical things I find in the sand of our fresh water beaches where I can usually run my Gain full open on the Gold Master V/SAT. I was finding...
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    Detecting buried/missing road culverts

    :usmc: Last year, one of the Lead Workers on another highway section in our area, asked me if I thought I could metal detect and find a culvert for him. I told him I had never done anything like before but thought it possible. We had other work going on but one morning I ran up to his section...
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    Hot Weather and personal water Misters

    :usmc: In my travels of the South West in years past, I had run across public places that set up these water misters so people on real hot days could keep cool at events and stores and such. I've even seen them used with large fans at Dairies to keep the milk cows cool. Recently with all the...
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    Ever give a thought to those old nails your rejecting and what they could tell you?

    :usmc: Now and then I find those common modern Wire nails but have also found the Type B "Cut Nails" and the occasional Boot Tack. http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/203/nails.html
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    Salmon River: Beware of Mining and Exploratory Claims

    :usmc: Before you go Prospecting, Suction dredging, Gold panning, Electronic prospecting, or any other activity where you would look for and or remove for example Gold, you better check if there are any active Mining Claims. Here in Idaho, the Federals typically handle most Mining Claims as best...
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    Want to know just how harsh ground can be on your Coin successes?

    :usmc: My non controlled test was in air with the standard BH coil on my Pioneer 505. All items tested sounded in the All Metal mode however, in the Discriminate Mode, Sensitivity all the way Low, Discrimination all the way Low, I had the following results. As a general rule, keep in mind that...
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    Learn about Metal Detector Coils :smile:

    :usmc: Sorry guys. This site wont allow me to put the web address here. Try Metal Detecting World dot com and it has a very good read about coils.
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    White's V/SAT, nothing special but a few Salmon River sand bar finds

    :usmc: Here are some finds from a small portion of one of our river sand bar beaches north of Riggins. As you can see, there is reason all should wear a good pair of shoes or boots in place of getting sand in between your toe's. All of these hooks still have the barbs and all gave a double...
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    Neodymium Magnets, ever use them electronic prospecting?

    :usmc: So I'm not having to bend over so much, I have bought two N42 3/4" dia. X 1.8" inch thick w/counter sunk screw hole Neo magnets. They are rated at N42 each so it's my understanding when these magnets are doubled up, they are twice the strength. I'm going to grabber screw them both...
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    Local sentenced for excavation of archaeological resources

    :usmc: This was back home where I grew up and lived a number of years. I do not know the person involved but have heard of the last name before. I also had no idea Wood Canyon had any known archaeological sites as I have big game hunted there, snow machined, dirt biked, and even when a teen...
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    May help those learning or deciding on Ground Balance machines

    :usmc: This is one of the best pieces I have come across in a long time on the Internet. The reader may pleasantly find a good deal of other information as well as that for ground balancing. http://detectorstuff.com/2010/02/23/new-gold-prospecting-book-by-fishers-dave-johnson/
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    Bought a used Goldmaster Shooter 4 X 6 DD coil

    :usmc: It came with a bottom stem and coil cover and is like new. Had previously searched the Internet for reviews on the performance of this coil for the 50 kHz Goldmasters and found some veterans seem to put this combination and it's performance up around that of a Gold Bug II. I would not...
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