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Dec 24, 2018, 03:06 PM
#1
 Coil Swinger
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Dec 24, 2018, 03:29 PM
#2
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Dec 24, 2018, 03:34 PM
#3
well ain't that a hell of a nice sight……!!!!!!!
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Dec 24, 2018, 03:57 PM
#4
I see you are proud enough about that nugget to show us but....why did you just tease us about the baby brothers and sisters? We would like to see them too!
Future good luck too.
Last edited by arizau; Dec 24, 2018 at 03:59 PM.
If it can't be grown, it must be mined!
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Dec 24, 2018, 04:03 PM
#5
 Bob
“I was a kid once, but I wasn’t very good at it”
2020 YTD totals
Silver coins 83 ( oldest 1742)
Large coppers 30 (oldest 1657)
Silver rings 10
Gold rings 5
Silver items 24
Skeleton keys 5
Military buttons 9
Flat buttons 129
IHP 57
Flying eagle cent 1
Spanish silver 4
Silver thimbles 2
Other than the finds, 2020 sucks
TREY GOWDY 2024!!!!!!
2021 YTD
1 rotten KGII, only been out twice
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Dec 24, 2018, 04:29 PM
#6
Banner story and find if you ask me, not enough post like this on here.
Plus it is a great excuse to skip Christmas.
 Originally Posted by G.I.B.
I'm not an Idiot Whisperer. I can't help you any further with the math.
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Dec 24, 2018, 04:45 PM
#7
 Coil Swinger
Alright you asked for more nugget pic's, all I ask is please nominate for banner, Thanks
Here's a couple more pics with the rest of the gang of nugget cousins.
After years of detecting for gold, I could feel a big nugget coming, just wasn't sure if it would be golden...haha But seriously last 2 trips I dug over 60 pieces of non keepers and no gold, so this trip was extra redemption special as all could be for me.
Thanks and I hope you all have a truly Merry Christmas
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Dec 24, 2018, 05:10 PM
#8
That Zed is no joke.
You gonna go back and hit it again, maybe with another coil.
 Originally Posted by G.I.B.
I'm not an Idiot Whisperer. I can't help you any further with the math.
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Dec 24, 2018, 05:39 PM
#9
 Coil Swinger
Definitely will be re-swinging the whole spot for a few more times.
As coils go I don't have but 1 choice and that coil is not in my arsenal. A friend is swinging the 19" coil over it as we speak for a 80-20 split.
Honestly the 19" is just too big for me for the added 1-2" of penetration it gets on most gold.
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Dec 24, 2018, 05:42 PM
#10
 Lookit Tha Size O' Those Hog-Mollies!!!
Have a Merry Golden Christmas!!! What new detector are you buying with that nugget?...lol
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Dec 24, 2018, 06:42 PM
#11
 Originally Posted by Gravelwasher
Definitely will be re-swinging the whole spot for a few more times.
As coils go I don't have but 1 choice and that coil is not in my arsenal. A friend is swinging the 19" coil over it as we speak for a 80-20 split.
Honestly the 19" is just too big for me for the added 1-2" of penetration it gets on most gold.
Just figured if you had exposed bedrock and slopes then you have fractured bedrock in areas as well; places for it to fall further down, maybe get mixed up with other items that fell in providing very faint signals with even the 19 or a halo.
But with two zeds assaulting the area, with both coils then you should be able to really clean that area out well, and heck your getting cut of your mates diggings too, now you just need an old timer out there with a GPX 5000 under the same split deal you have with your mate.
Hope you have one heck of a great time and get plenty more.
 Originally Posted by G.I.B.
I'm not an Idiot Whisperer. I can't help you any further with the math.
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Dec 24, 2018, 06:48 PM
#12
 Originally Posted by lairmo
Have a Merry Golden Christmas!!! What new detector are you buying with that nugget?...lol
He has a Zed, so unless the mythical X-Coil or mythical GPZ 10000 comes to life that machine is more than good enough. But sometimes a down grade in price tags can be an upgrade in effectiveness. I have an old 4500 as well as the Zed with both coils, and I have not yet perfected the Zed they way I can run that 4500, in certain ground I beat the Zed with my 4500, but that is about 80% operator error lack of hours on my Zed.
My wife, she does not look back, and will not touch anything shooter other than her Zed now. But she is far better than I and has a great deal more hours than I do.
 Originally Posted by G.I.B.
I'm not an Idiot Whisperer. I can't help you any further with the math.
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Dec 24, 2018, 07:08 PM
#13
 Coil Swinger
The GPX series really does shine as a great versatile detector with many coil options and configuring different settings. I loved my Gpx 5000.
Following Z's around different gold fields, I began not to be able to find targets. I would swing over a Z target in differing settings with an Elite 14" coil and Gpx5000, I could not here or detect the signal change. But on the Z it was enough signal change to stop you to dig.
I dread the next series of GpZ as the price tag is always a shocker. If I was going to get a new machine it will be a minelab when the next generation of deeper more sensitive machines come out with a target ID and ferus detection features. Just a short list for the engineers to work on.
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Dec 24, 2018, 07:19 PM
#14
You guys get done hitting it with the Zeds maybe a couple more rounds with a hot vlf and get the little guys that might be left over.... ??
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Dec 24, 2018, 07:58 PM
#15
Congratulations and nice score. You may get to the point that you have to move some dirt with a tractor or something.
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