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Thanks, I downloaded it from Fisher's site some time back...will read the article more thoroughly. Looks like I've been finding banks of iron sand (magnetite). The machine honks but produces no TID probably because being tuned for prospecting, it doesn't register it as a target. I experimented by salting the black stuff with a bit of Au...got a honk-squawk, TID 46  Ths little wonder is really REALLY great in iron!

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Very good info in that link. Thanks! I did ground balance a ways off from the inner bends of the river, and am extremely fussy about balancing any machine I use; it's the basic foundation for proper detection...can't check on one side of the target because the water's still too deep, maybe if I get a dry spell of a month and the levels drop to a more normal 2 feet, I'll re-check the area. Really wish this machine was capable of going under 5 or 6 feet of water. Am looking into making a waterproof box for it; I got 23 areas to scan and all of them involve some splashy fun.

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Yes I will surely do that as long as I don't encroach on private property. Am kinda leery of landowners nowadays unless I know them personally. I'll never forget the first time I hit a paystreak with the Nokta. I think I briefly mentioned it in a posting some time back. There it was, less than 11/2 feet down, resting on a layer of dense white clay...glowing small flakes and dust collected in a "spreading" flow along with black sand, rusty colored grains and other stuff. The streak's direction was down a flat area at the base of a hill, heading towards a nearby stream.

I brought it to the attention of the land owner who was about 30 feet away. He looked at it, and then said he would not allow any diggings on his land. So much for our gentleman's agreement of a 50-50 split of any values found. Did some talking but he wouldn't budge. I looked to his son (he's a decent chap) and saw the shame and embarrassment on his face at his father's dishonorable act. Naught to do but to gather my gear and tell my gang that we'd been screwed and let us leave peaceably. I'm not one to hold a grudge...it simply isn't in my nature, but it has made me wary of such types of people. I'm sticking to public access areas for now. The Goldbug Pro is bound to hit the good stuff if there's any in place, and I won't have to contend with dishonorable landowners.

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Wow...insurance against livestock accidents too? Over here the unwritten law of the village is if you hit a cow on the road, the cow's yours. I'm sure some have thought of it as a way to get free beef (after having reinforced their trucks a la Mad Max style).

This is gonna sound stupid but after years of lugging around deep-seeking detectors which I consider to be only tools, I find myself actually getting fond of this machine. First time it's ever happened. I do hope you get one soon, AU...you know you're gonna love it!

Of course I will post if and when I find any color. FYI, I've read that the Gold Bug Pro can detect bits as small as 0.15 gram. Till I do find any good stuff here's a photo of one of the samples I took, classified, washed n dried. There's a fridge magnet under the bag holding the iron sands. Note there's some lighter colored bits in it as well...probably nickel or something else magnetic.

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Addendum to reply #18: Ground Phase between 75 and 95 indicates Magnetite and other iron minerals. Therefor the reading of 86 which I got for the iron sand is in the ballpark. I had been expecting a low iron grunt with a TID in discrim mode and this caused my puzzlement. Gotta memorize the manual!

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