Admin nuggethunting Posted June 4, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Hello All, After this video from JP hit Youtube, many customers started calling as they assumed we had these in stock. I contacted Minelab Americas a few days ago, they seemed pretty unaware at the time what I was talking about. I believe they are going to have them soon, but they don't have them at the moment nor do any dealer (that I know of) have them in the US. The moment I get these in stock, I will make sure all my customers are notified about the availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Sounds good. Dunno if there's much ground in Arizona that's bad enough to have to use one but it'll be interesting to experiment with it tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Rob... The antenna core from an old transistor radio popular for just a few $ years ago will work, Alsoferrite can be bought from Radio Shack and a ferrite ring was included years ago in VLF detectors soldby White's... JP's videos are the best and I really enjoy seeing them as it is a vicarious way for me tobe out actually detecting again... This ferrite suggestion illustrates the difference between Aussie andUSA soils... Laterites, cap-rock and etc...Stay cool... Hot weather is predicted for you area in Arizona... My Best to All... jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Sorry to intrude Jim...BUT!Minelab specifically says to only use the ferrite core they have provided...or they will provide...it is in fine print but I am one of those that read directions first...sometimes I even follow them...fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Howdy Fred I really your posts... YOU are special to me and as my Ol long-gone friend wouldsay... "smarter than two jackrabbits." (this is a special complement that I understood being raisedin the hills of eastern Nevada).White's stopped adding the ferrite core sample as it was not needed. Thus, while ferrite is ferrite,JP is also smarter than two jackrabbits and it is needed for Australian Minelabs which again illustratesthe core-difference in soils and the difference in basic language between the Australian and USAprospectors such as ironstone and calcrete and even ferrous/ferric hot rocks as mineralization.You know Doug Stone? He is one of the first eluvial prospectors and a geologist.Just my outa the box dyslexic thinking.... Best to All... tailgate jim straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ps... Fred Correction: I love your posts. Woody Woodworth was my friend and Doug was one ofthe first to take a detector out of tracking so it would not overtrack... the early "fast-trackers" wereprone to overtrack and ground balance out a good target.Being legally deaf, I could not hear what JP was saying? Was it about using the ferrite toquiet'en down the ground noise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Jim, yes, I know Doug Stone. He is a very special person and loves all things Australian. You would certainly enjoy trading tales with him!Yes, basically that is what Jonathan was saying...and showing in his video...He is also a very fine person that has given much to me and to detectorists in general.These guys are like you, Jim...overflowing with goodness and knowledge!fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Well Fred to include me with JP or Doug is quite a reach for me... LOL... It better describes you...JP is well known as a current successful prospector/miner/educator in Australia. Doug is well known for his videosand setting up prospecting trips over the earlier years All I know about ferrite is that it is an example of a paramagnetic material that are attracted ta a magnet butcannot be used to create a permanent magnet.Iron targets are generally referred to as "ferrous" (Fe304) and also attracted to a magnet; but CAN be turned into amagnet...Somehow that I do not understand in Australia, Negative and Positive "hot-rocks" are oxides or hydrous oxides ofmagnetite or hematite or one of their alteration products and the Minelab Pulses need to be used to quieten downthe ground in some of the ironstone areas in parts of Australia.So much for my knowledge :(... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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