Tesoro Vaquero purchase.

		Quote:			Posted by Ridge Runner
	Actually that's a good point because I did wonder when I saw it because GD Had Not posted here yet It did make me think for away around this, Dusty Carl it is then, Lol,  hope he don't mind AU

Carl, if you have a preference on how people refer to you when they don't feel like typing out GoldDustCarl, now would be a good time to put in your two cents worth.

BA

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		Quote:			Posted by shortribs
	GD  if u can get a 4in or 5in for that Tesoro and go back to that ugly park and detect it slowly u might pull out some coins or rings, That's one of the best places to hunt when everyone gives up and leaves. Those small coils work wonders. I love those 4in Tesoro coils.  shortribs

Thanks shortribs, I'll be sure to try that. Thinking of making a 4 x 7 Double D. I have a friend that has one and he is going to let me borrow it for awhile.
I will post results.

Posted on: August 17, 2014, 03:26:55 pm

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		Quote:			Posted by Ridge Runner
	Carl me Ole Mate I think you have started something, Im now Checking out the Tejon, and it runs at 17.5khz Its great how you see me Struggling to spend my Money and offer to help me out like this, Your A Good Friend, AU

Well you are most welcome AU. Those are kind words.

Posted on: August 17, 2014, 03:29:06 pm

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		Quote:			Posted by Ridge Runner
	Carl when you get Done and return home can you give us a Sitrep on this machine, Im looking at them now, I have just ordered 1 new Machine plus coils phone and A Pinpointer, So Im now looking in to these, Thanks Mate, AU

You can pick my brain anytime. Don't know if I can be of help, but am glad to try.
golddustcarl

Posted on: August 17, 2014, 03:31:17 pm

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		Quote:			Posted by BitburgAggie_7377
	Just a small request, but can we come up with something besides "GD" to call GoldDustCarl when we don't want to use his full moniker, say 'GDC' or 'Dustie', or 'Carl'.   I don't want anyone to confuse him with GoldDigger1950, a long time Global Moderator  here that has been going by "GD" for years.   It might not be healthy for Carl if someone takes offense at some of GoldDigger1950's posts and blame Carl because they see the GD reference.   (and I won't make a big deal out of using GD to refer to GoldDustCarl...just wanted to get this out as a suggestion) BA

Why don't you guys just come up with something, agree upon it, and I will be happy to abide by it. I am not too picky. Just as long as the name doesn't refer to body parts or profanity or is abusive. I have been going by golddustcarl since 1994.

Posted on: August 17, 2014, 03:35:20 pm

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Just an up date on the Tesoro. I like it. It's not a PI (my favorite type), but for a vlf it's just like you guys posted. A very good detector. The learning curve is still going on, but i am getting the hang of it pretty quickly. I took it to one of our clubs mining claims and discovered some f of quirks and some of it's good features and blended them all together into a method to operate it. I can say it's temperature stability is excellent. Temps floated around in the low hundreds all day, and humidity was high and I seldom had to retune except when there was a large change in soil conditions.
I tried using all metal mode at first, but there was a lot of iron in the soil and iron junk. So I turned the discriminate on just  enough so the switch on the control just clicked on. I then searched until I jot a target response. If the tone was not distinct or only responded in one sweep direction I by passed it. If I got fairly good signal, I moved the discrimination up to iron and if I got a distorted tone or no tone I bypassed it. If I still got a tone I dug it. I did not find gold that day, but the trip was mostly a training lesson for me. The fellow I purchased the detector from bought a new LOBO and we both went together to learn our machines. The reason we picked the particular claim was that a fellow we knew showed us 5 nuggets that he had found there a couple of weeks ago. He was using a Minelab 4000 though. 

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A bad day at gold prospecting or metal detecting is better than a good day at work.

		Quote:			Posted by xavier
	Hi GolddustCarl Dual audio is the way to go for me, no need for discrimination just dig everything that is in the non ferrous tone.

Wish that Vaquero had that. However the PI I am building only responds to non-ferrous. No need to know if its iron. The Tesoro is for that. Discrimination sure does play havoc with depth penetration. Just ordered a Tesoro lower shaft to put on my Garret shaft so it will mate with my homemade search head. The lower shaft is made of fiberglass.

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Very well could be a crack Xavier. If you have a 10x or 20x prospectors loupe, you might be able to find it. Also could be a software glitch or a ground loop problem.

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Sounds like you have it under control Xavier. Are you going to post a picture of the finished project?
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