Back in the 90's an older retired guy invited me along to shoot a patch. It was a great time exploring for me and he found a decent nugget in quartzite. About three weeks went by and he really wanted me to come along again. That time he found another nice nugget early on and offered his new GM for me to try and he took over with his older heavy ML. Damn he nailed a nice second nugget while I struck out. He really encouraged me, kept calling, leaving more and more invitations to shoot the patches more often. Sometime later after two or three years he gifted me a machine and let me know, " You're a very lucky person". I found my first nugget with that machine.
Great vid like always thanks ,i love my 7000 but i seem to have more luck and can swing for longer when patch finding with my gpx5000 with nugget finder evo 14/9 coil ,very light 7000 will clean out patch after ,that works for me 7000 is fatiguing to me . appreciate your vids thanks from Australia
Hey Chris! I'm heading to Missoula Montana next month to visit an old friend and we're going prospecting up in the mountains. I'm going to take my gear and all the advice and knowledge I've gained from watching your videos the past few weeks. Prospecting has always been a bucket list dream of mine since I was a kid and also I live in Ohio and there isn't enough gold here to make it a worthwhile hobby. Anyways, I appreciate all your efforts to help us find success. Ill tell you next month if I find anything! Happy prospecting!!!
Chris..thank you for doing a 7000 video! Please do more of them. I hunt with this detector and really enjoy watching others over here in the US hunt with them. Most videos with the 7000 are from Australia which is fine but I really want to see more local stuff. THANKS
Sorry - I get quite a few people every day who want me to ID their rock and mineral photos. I do not offer a mineral ID service, mostly because it’s not as easy as you think. Usually, minerals cannot be identified from just a picture (same thing for metals - there are loads of alloys, both man made and natural). Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MpkW58ZeQlc.html and Part 2 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zOWo49X90gA.html and Part 3 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ab5NngRlVw.html
You did it Chris, you did it. This time I'll remember it 😁 . So no more comments from this peanut gallery about not remembering you finding gold with the camera on. And to think you did it just for little old me 😂
I had already filmed this when you made the previous wiseacre comment - this video was already almost finished - I just needed to clean the one nugget that was coated in iron oxides. Soaking to clean it took about 10 days.
see if you can get some one to lend you the gpx 6000 very light. or the equinox 800 ,900. ,manticore. ,i have a equinox 700 swinging it ,it will sound off on my sand scoop like 2 feet from it ,with the 11" coil. horse around. ,you have gold. all 4 i mentioned are very light. just making a suggestion. hope you have a good day.
GG my friend - I am not a metal detector dealer who has all models in stock. I have a number of detectors that I bought. I don't need to buy all of them (and I cant afford it either!).
Chris, thank you for all you do. How deep will the 7000 detect a 1oz nugget, and a 1 lb nugget? And how deep will a Gm1000 detect these same nuggets? Thank you.
It is not a simple question and depends on a number of factors. Watch my video on how deep a metal detector can see: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SD3cSkeikto.html
in your book you talk about using large coil in the area that is mostly hunted .is possible if i buy 19 inch coil for gpz to bring more gold missed by 14 inch
Hi Chris, I Always like your videos, Thank You for making them and sharing with us. I'm wondering if I may have met you at gold seekers in Paradise when Gary Connors and I were partners. anyway I would like to go to AUSTRALIA to test a machine I am building specifically for AUSTRALIA, have you been down under ? I had claims in Alaska that produce Great gold. I like the Mining Journal= the who's who of prospecting. Best Regards.
I've never spoken to or attended a prospectors club meeting in Paradise, CA. So it must not have been me. I've prospected in Australia, but it was a decade ago. Best of luck to you.
Yes it has paid for itself, but if you have very limited experience and knowledge, don't expect to just walk out and start digging loads of nuggets. Like I say in the videos, its a skill to be learned. I don't own a 6000, so I cannot comment on that.
@@ChrisRalph you are very persistent and have tenacity. Those two qualities have taken you far master! I have detected off and on for close to 50 years. I know that relation ship with mastering your detector. It takes time and work. .
chris .there is big rock i have come across while metal detecting using GPZ 7000 .when i put the coil over it it makes alot of noise .but the center of rocks doesn't have noise and when i break its parts the smaller part doesn't produce any sounds .how can i test if its hot rocks or its cointain some treasure
Chris have you ever crushed up hot rocks? I crushed a few and found small gold in several of them. I used to just toss them back but now I hold on to them and crush them to see if any gold is in them. I'm by no means saying every hot rock has gold and I don't always get gold in every hot rock I find but it does happen to me. Has this ever happened to you?
I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I have many business and family commitments and simply don't have the time available. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.
I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I have many business and family commitments and simply don't have the time available. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.
Yes, Ohio has gold. Not loads and loads, but some. There are prospecting clubs there (find them with google). Be sure to watch my video on Midwest gold at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lJoRt5Un9SE.html
Sounds are different for each target. Size of the target and depth of the target matters and helps determine sound. Since gold, lead, iron trash and other potential targets can be of any size from small to large, what you can say for sure by listening to the sound is limited.
@@ChrisRalph that's what I was thinking, the grounds kinda hot (alot of mineralization) but is known to have streaks of fine placer, I'd like to run my puffer where everybody hasn't been digging so I'm thinking I'll have to find a patch first.
Oh ive found a pocket of rust that sounds good but when it is dug up the rust falls apart and the sound goes away. I mention it to newbie detectorists.
I thank you again for being real. I know a newbie to detecting who wants to find gold with detector. I told him you just picked one most difficult thing to do with a detector. I sent your link to him. Gotta start somewhere
