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  1. I call 'shennanigans'. It MIGHT be real, but so far this is unfolding like every single other faked nugget story. The shape is too unnatural looking and there's no more than 20 Kilos (Absolute maximum) in that nugget. The shadow under the nugget is not only a little too dark but it's actually inconsistant as well. For all that dark shadow under the leading edge of the nugget, why is some of it missing under the extruded part of the nugget? Why does the photograph have no EXIF information embedded? Why does the size of the nugget not match the stated weight of the nugget? (The figure mentioned here is 39 Kilos) Why is the picture only a vailable in Ultra Small size? I just saw 12.4 Kilos extracted from a single specimen of quartz that was around 2.5 feet long... found 20 feet or so from where another specimen that I photographed a few months ago yielded 4.3 Kilos of gold. .....so big finds abound here recently.
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  3. Screen-capture Dated July 28, 2009 Right back atcha Douggie. I believe these are your words (see image as requested) which were posing a pricing question on the subject of the QED. At this price, you'll be in the same league as the Germans and their GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) and the LRLs (Long Range Locators ). Is this why someone else referred to the QED as an "LRL on a Stick"? I have put (this evidence) up as YOU yourself requested. Does this mean you will now (kindly) shut up? Re: Topic... Those GPXs are still whizzing out of eBay, Jen. I saw a couple more sell last week over the USD$9,000 mark. Douggie must be salivating now at every missed sale!
  4. You Administrate that forum. Your members refer to "Greedlab". You let the comments sit. Therefore you approve of the content and ergo, you endorse the comments. /shakes angry fist!
  5. Show Pony? LOL! I don't brag here or elsewhere... that's your special skill. I don't try and sell myself as anything other than who I really am. I answered all your petty and pointless questions on another website and still you were not placated. And my theory of DD coils holds up quite nicely... I came to this conclusion because it fit the evidence by Jim Foster - which was done when the GP3000 was king. I applied the evidence of coil type to the current coil preferences used currently by prospectors with the GPX... and it FITS! You yourself claim it's all bunk so why should I continue to argue with a peanut? That was all a long time ago... but the point I just raised about you trying to justify a $10,000 price tag for your upcoming QED detector is recent, current and valid. I really like your attempt to attack others when trying to deflect a well aimed point of issue. Now, about that $10,000 pricetag? Who's a greedy little peanut?
  6. And under that guise, I would not take advice from you Doug, because you are peddling an upcoming detector of your own. As for fair and unbiased, I've never met a person with as few scruples as yourself when it comes to pushing an agenda, Douggie. Why are you arguing on this forum? Oh yes, so that you can establish yourself as an authoritative figure in an attempt to hijack new members to your own forum. Love your syle!
  7. Serious competition? When that day comes, it will be great to be able to buy whatever takes my fancy. But right now, there's no competition. Perhaps if you released this contraption of yours instead of bragging about it non-stop all around .... ah... I digress.... All this trash-talking from Doug... Say Doug, Didn't you ask you own forum members what features they'd need on a detector before they shelled out *$10,000 for one? I believe this was in relation to the QED detector you've been harping on about for years. Since you keep calling Minelab "Greedlab" on your forum, I'd like to know where you get the brass ones to contemplate $10,000 for a detector? A detector which is mounted on Minelab parts, no less. LOL! Pot calling Kettle? (*and yes, I took a screengrab of that little gem).
  8. I'm not sure where those videos were taken but I had originally thought they were from Western Australia. They MAY however have been filmed in the North Western corner of the state of New South Wales as the region there does have similar plants and geological detail. It's not impossible for him to find a large number of the multi-ounce nuggets. Quite a few Aussies specifically target these larger nuggets in order to make a living and they spend three months a year digging around $80K to $200K worth of gold and then kick their feet up on the beaches for the rest of the year. One chap I know tends to keep all the fist sized nuggets he finds and sells everything larger and smaller to the Perth Mint - who in turn melt it down for bullion or re-sell the nuggets at a premium if they're large enough. Pic of my wife with the Hand Of Faith Nugget replica below.... note that the Casino on Vegas (which had been exhibiting the Hand Of Faith for years) was displaying a fake replica behind bullet proof glass and two guards. The original was discovered in a vault beneath the casino by two of the men buying the casino. There was another large nugget found right near where the Hand Of Faith was dug and is believed to be part of the same reef mass. I think they titled it "foot of faith" or something unimaginatively similar.
  9. I know what you mean. It's pretty serious business for those people in the regions involved in the current goldrushes. Wish I could see it first hand. The thing that has me baffled is why people just want the 4500s and absolutely nothing else will do for them. I'm still scratching my head on that one. If there's a Goldrush in some parts of the world, you'd think they'd use any detector with similar abilities. As for religious themed nuggets, we have one here in a private collection that is under a gram and kind of resembles a woman with a halo holding a child. As you can imagine, the owners have been bombarded with calls from hopeful collectors. By the way, that "Platinum" nugget you found on Ebay looks a little larger and darker than anything I've ever seen. Do you think it's legitimate?
  10. Hey AzNuggetBob, I see your $750,000.00 'platinum' nugget - and raise you a 6.3 gram (!!!!) nugget for $500,000.00 - I believe it sold last year. LINK: The "Jesus Nugget". LINK: Original EBay Listing What can I say. Just WOW! Jen: There's a FREE BATTERY NOW??? (Batteries are probably next in the scarce items list)
  11. It's a rare glimpse of what a real old-fashioned gold rush used to be about. They are taking advantage of the extremely high demand for GPX 4500s at the moment. I turned down an offer for nearly twice the original price for my own this week. A second hand 4000 sold for more than a new 4500 this week on Ebay. With demand so high, a lot of people are trying to turn a massive profit by selling them for two or three times their original price. Watch closely when supply returns to normal. That's when the fun will start. Hmmmm.
  12. Perhaps the cost of exporting the larger, heavier coils to a remote region adds to the price. Those 18" coils cost up to $400 here in Australia... in Australian dollars.
  13. I really do like the Garret Pro Pointer. I've had a few people tell me that the Pistol Probe is slightly more sensitive by comparison but that this can actually be a disadvantage due to the response to the minerals in small stones etc. and a response to the detector's EMF. The Garret Pro Pointer is self calibrating, Vibrates AND beeps at different speeds to different target sizes and proximity and uses a very robust method of securing the batteries in a water-sealed housing. I've dropped mine onto concrete and solid rock several times from shoulder-height and it was completely unaffected. Tough build! Sounds like either probe will do the job. My preference based on ease-of-use and practical field strength is the Pro Pointer.
  14. I had a couple of bees pestering me yesterday when I was detecting. I'd already put on insect repellent so they eventually moved on to bother my wife instead. Last few times I got stung was when I tried to wave them away from my face with an open hand and they seemed to get wedged between my fingers. You sound like you had a family of bees squatting in your vehicle. Or was that "beehicle"? Stay away from those bees!
  15. Hi Cen1, As other's have already pointed out: the Prospecting Mode is the reason to pick the X-Terra 705 over the 505. It makes a very different audio tone in that setting. The 705 is a good detector and one which is for a more serious detectorist who wants a lighter machine that can be used casually on the goldfields, parks or beaches. The X-Terra 705 is actually far more sensitive when used in 'Prospecting Mode' than when it's in the Coin-Relic Mode. It's also a little more sensitive depth-wise than its previous incarnation (the X-Terra 70). For this reason, it would be the better choice if you were weighing up the 505 and the 705. If you want to spend 90% of your time doing parks and beaches, you could get the 505. If you intend to spend more time Prospecting, then the 705 is the better choice of the two. When you discover a target in Prospecting Mode, you can easily switch back to Coin-Relic Mode to see what it might be on the TID before you dig it up. Whilst the TID isn't flawless, you can usually determine junk and iron targets at a glance before digging. Get the Dual Set with the Elliptical high-frequency Double-D coil if it's available where you are. You can also leave that coil on if you work parks and beaches. *The Ground Tracking feature is fairly handy. *In Coin & Relic Mode, I found the new X-Terra 705 to have 4 inches (10cm) more strength in the air than the earlier X-Terra 70. * If you hunt old creek beds, there's a small, waterproof 6" DD HF coil available that picks up micro-nuggets under 0.10 grams. I'm considering updating my X-Terra 70 to the 705. It's pretty handy to break it down and pack it away in a backpack and it's very lightweight. Yes, the VLF detectors are noisier on the ground compared to recent PI detectors and they won't give you the same depth... but they certainly have their place and I always take mine with me when I'm using another type of detector. You may need to back off on the sensitivity, but they can often clean up on smaller gold and they're lightweight and easy to use. They can still find larger nuggets down to around 14 inches in moderate ground. Possibly deeper if the target is large and metal based ...but not too much deeper. In mineralized ground they generally respond to smaller gold (2grams+) at depths of around 5 to 7. It has a 'Beach Mode' to help cancel out the salt and a LOT of people here switch that setting on in a Goldfield to enable the X-Terras to work on mineralized ground even more efficiently. Cheers, Marco PS: Bumped into a chap working an area near here without much luck using a GP 3000 last week. He'd been there for two weeks and had met three people using 70s & 705s. He told me they'd all found some gold in areas he was unsuccessful in. I believe he was experienced but no doubt his personal detecting style, settings and coil choice played a part in his lack of fortune there. I've found a few ounces with my own X-Terra 70. They usually do very nicely in shallow ground. PPS: If you get an X-Terra, be sure to grab the Protective Environmental Control Box Cover which slides over the control box to prevent damage, water spray and scratches.