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Ericwt, first of all be sure you want to do the impossible........then with a lot of luck it may be possible.... it would take a book to write about all the things you need to know before you ever set foot in another country.......start by contacting the embassy of the country you'll be living in and ask them about dredges, metal detectors and such..........the best advice I can give you now is to get situated in the country your going to be living in, make a few friends, ask questions, SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, and never trust any of them, no matter what............later when you have your questions asked and know where and what you want to do then go back to the USA and hand carry your equipment in.....ask the person you buy your equipment from if they will reduce the price by 50% on the receipt you'll need to carry with you..........you'll be taxed heavy and a 50% reduction will make things about even with the rest of the world.........and one thing never talked about is before you leave the USA practice looking and dressing poor......no Rolex, no designer clothes, keep your mouth shut and LISTEN..........don't let anyone know your an American by just looking at you.........everyone in a foreign country thinks Americans are rich.... we are compared to them and their just dying to clean you out of everything......after your settled ask around about gold in the area........locals know ........the price of a few beers will usually help but don't push it.......take your time......... have fun and watch your back side and keep me posted about your progress..........

airboy, if your asking about the Coiltek 12x24 UFO coil, I have two of them. Why two? Because their ass kickers on big deep nuggets and if one quits I don't want to be left standing around without one. 1- 180 grams, eight feet further a 182 gramer both three feet deep.

NSL Scotty, sure hope your not trying to set me up with that four letter dirty word---"WORK".

Scotty you just made a great deal even better. Guess folks think they'll remember everything forever. Anybody serious about any type of metal detecting should own one of these. Beach hunters should really buy this item along with a GPS. When a storm cuts the beach and you find a good hot spot, things change within a short time and it's hard to remember just where you were.

Hey guys, a lot of good guesses. Thanks for taking the time to participate. I know it's impossible to identify something from a picture and a bad picture at that. The pic with several stones are the real thing, diamonds. I bought three of them ( that's why I got shot at) and sent them to Israel for cutting. Why Israel? I was told that the best diamond cutters in the world are there. They did a good job. When they returned the stones I had one just over 2 ct., one just over 3 ct. and the last one just over 5 ct. Talk about beautiful but someone else liked them better than I did. Hard to find someone you can trust when it comes to diamonds and gold.

Hey Flak, I know how the excitement can build in these post but you've gotta breath man, quit holding your breath so long, "blue" is not your color.

That last pic was the real McCoy's. Now that we have that pic for cActually this pic is the real McCoy. Some of these came out of the river and some were dug out of the hill side just a short distance from the same river. Same stone, three different pics.omparison, here's the one I brought back. Sorry, it says I out of file space.

Good morning all. As promised, pics. Are you ready Flak? Oxygen flow on "MAX"? Brazil stones (diamonds)?

Ok, I'll get right on it tomorrow, pics. If it's just quartz I'll be embarrassed. But on the other hand if it's a diamond-----

Being casual is the only way to go when your beeping in paradise Flak. Any body remember quite a few post back the small black and clear cubes that I found? BIGFOOT and somebody else responded with basically the same answer A little information that I haven't shared because I really don't know what I have. While up North I found not just several but many of the same little perfect cubes. Some were black and some were clear (almost). All were perfectly shaped like crystals are, not the points. A couple of time while close to bedrock while dredging I would see pieces that looked a lot like diamonds. I have one that I saved. How do you tell a diamond from something else? Sorry Flak ka-thunk, first responders are on the way, ka-thunk.

Morning Kajun, wishing you the best of luck with the nine year old. I've got the very same problem with a 15 year old, won't go into that here. I always figure that if a person laughs a lot they live longer. When things get me down in the dumps I grab a detector and head for the bush. A nice nugget always give me a new look on life.

Subject: FW: Welcome to Arizona. Just moved to Arizona. Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here. June 14th: Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper. June 30th: Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here. July 10th: The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected. July 15th: Fell asleep by the community pool. (Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body). Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this. July 20th: I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then popped like a water balloon. The car now smells like Kibbles and $hits. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr. Sun strikes again. July 25th: The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts. July 30th: Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here? Aug. 4th: It's 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state. Aug. 8th: If another wise a$$ cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. D@mn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!! Aug. 9th: Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my a$$ was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and a$$ . . . Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried a$$, and baked cat. Aug 10th: The weather report might as well be a d@mn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do $hit for 2 d@mn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this d@mn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this d@mn heat. Aug. 14th: Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the d@mn windshield out of the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? “Hot enough for you today?" My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Arizona. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial goes.

Thanks for the kind words Kajun. I actually have more pics than I can post so I have to cull out a lot of pics. Example on this last post I ran out of space and had to leave out some pics.