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A couple of the managers were given their walking papers so im told. One of those managers made the deal with Rick, and the last he posted he was still a dealer, but no longer involved with the project. In fact Fisher opened it up to all those on his list who wanted a Limited and even sent a few over seas or to others who contacted them. I dont know that its a dead project.... but they do have
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I know a few .... lier lier pants on fire guys. We likely all know some we have doubts about. Recognition .... is a powerful word now days with all the u-tubers they even try to friend you just to increase their INFLUENCE status. Some just like to brag plain and simple. Most of us who really have to grind it out know whats possible in our area and become a little skeptical of newbies suddenly
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Goody..... thats about what i thought. I doubt you could brighten your teeth with it. Curious how companies get away with this type of advertising. I assume they figure they will sell a lot of them BEFORE they get shut down then move on to another scam. Shades of PT Barnum.
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OK experts .... has anyone tried this Fiber Laser for cleaning rust .... say like on relics.... or even coins? The price makes me go .... scam. But .... if it removes some it cuts back on electrolysis or tumbling which can really damage the metal. Im wondering about its effect on say jewelry just as a cleaner? Or tools even. What say you smart guys?
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I noticed he sealed his external speaker..... something ive done for years even on my dirt machines. I never use the speaker any way. Interesting to see those bubbles location. As far as the battery compartment ive always thought heat expansion..... then cooling would pull water in at any weak point. There is a product its like a liquid plastic that cures in seconds with lazer light. Tuff a
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Lets also take a look at companies that have went by the way side. Competition is drying up. Not a lot of discussion about the old machines..... and a good bit of info has been put out about the new. The last year or so hasnt helped either with the virus and our attention being focused else where.
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Well hopefully it doesnt take years to come out like the production AQ has. Im hoping they show more of their hunts. I seen some of the results posted on a FB page. The Red Tide is making things difficult up that way. Im wondering how difficult PPing would be with that coil..... especially in the water. What ever machine it goes on it obviously works around salt water.
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Good little video recently with Russ from Fisher with some of Phil Meyers crew. That area around St Pete and Tampa bay seems to have the most Red Tide right now. Unfortunately we didnt see much of their hunt results..... and they didnt show off the AQ either. Hopefully one of the guys will do a follow up.
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Im hoping Phil reaches out to Cliff since hes hunting in the same area for a hunt. Makes it a much fast learning process. The two of us can answer most questions about beach hunting with the machine..... but im sure he will have to reach out to Dimitar or others for running it in the dirt for those customers. For us its pretty much set and go. As you have seen the machine is very flexible
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Thanks for coming over Cliff. Two heads are better than one when highlighting a machine and what its abilities are. We both know .... nothing beats hands on now thou once you have read the manual with this machine. I still like the uniqueness of the machine that makes it fun to us. I believe Phil said he had a few of the 12" coils as well. Cliff brought his machine along which helped
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My concern is access to my account when a LOT of sellers are overseas. Thats like saying here hacker lets make it easier to get my account. Its difficult enough now days when everything seems to be on line to protect your identity and account info.
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So, did you add that NEW SteveG shaft to the 12"? I rarely hunt the dirt anymore but both me and Cliff changed our disc because of Keiths posts. I was NOTCHING out 27.... a good bit higher than a quarter that comes in at 20. Not something a coin guy would want to do. At 27 it did break up iron that wrapped around, but having disc at -30 for me knocked out a lot more. Bottle caps ....
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I like this shaft. Its thinner than the standard, the lock is excellent, mine came with coil rubbers, and Steve will do a custom. Also the lock isnt glued on so if you wanted an even longer lower shaft the middle can be cut to size and the lock put back on. Cool the way he stretched the middle shaft to fit into the upper and shes snug. Really good fit OD and ID. At fist i was concerned abo
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Will a cell phone ever be considered .... as a replacement for the current box? Apps have a lot of versatility especially for those not used in the water. Apps also generate advertising.
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I had hit this beach yesterday and thought i did a pretty good job coming home with a couple of handfuls of small jewelry small amount of change and of course the normal trash. Out of all the jewelry .... only 1 piece was silver. Never seen so much junk jewelry. That day there were 3 guys hitting it.... today there were 7 plus me. I got a good bit of change and the quarters were pretty black
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Thanks Steve. Fishers made some changes in personnel so lets hope everything about the AQ starts to roll soon.... in a positive way. Picking thru thrash has always been a beach hunters issue when it comes to a PI and why most choose the easy route of a VLF. There is except able loss with both.... so pick your poison. Not only do you pick thru the trash left by the VLF, which do a pretty good
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Your comment about it picking up tiny ferr .... it will do the same on the beach. Here in the Gulf there is a lot of rusted iron flakes.... ive noticed them even with the MDT. BUT... as you said for those micro gold hunting willing to learn ....and who has that kind of cash it could pay... especially during the winter months....maybe more so on Toms side of the island with a huge tide swing.
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The Nox from the beginning was under priced .... or was all the beach machines OVER priced for salt water hunting? That sold a lot of people.... i can how hunt in the water and its as deep or deeper than other machine. But IMO the Nox brought one other thing besides price, warranty and performance...... it brought hunting intensity and MORE hunters ta boot. That has been reflected in the gr
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Thanks Tom. That was two hunts..... and a week apart. Not nearly the time id like to spend, lifes got me a little busy lol. I dont know how you find the time to do any hunting or testing with your schedule. My only advantage recently is .... when im not in the water neither are the other guys just because its been to ruff out there. Appointments and projects around the house right now are r
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Id say like a sand scoop.... depends on the conditions you are in. Ill also say..... its not the only machine i own for good reason. Its a great all around multi use machine and personally most only needs the 600 with makes it a killer value with its crazy good warranty. BUT.... we keep other machines to fill those niche gaps where its a good second best. The Nox has always been under price
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Robert .... in some ways these conditions helps hunters like me. Thou we have to put in more hours finding gold ..... it can discourage others. If every time you go there are a lot of hunters and you arent getting much EVER..... then some give up or just dont hunt as hard and limit their time out there. Getting to be the season now for some recent drops.... competition going to get crazy.... s
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Ivanll..... as is the AQ. Midalake.... this is how i like to find precious metal jewelry.... big pay day tickets. right now the water is getting warmer..... the winds are changing to the South so more waves...... but on my beaches right now not a lot of trough so people are all over the place. That makes it time consuming..... and its like playing the loto..... gold is where you OR someone el
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Hunted with Cliff last weekend i got real lucky to pull the one necklace gold. Turned out to be 10k 2 grams. Always a fun time with him swapping stories. Hunted yesterday .... ugh it was so bad. Hunted about 3 hours at a local beach, all of which were renourished last May. I got 3 pennies.... yep 3 pennies, a putt tab, and a bottle cap. It was going to be a little ruffer out there today b
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Working on ID to depth..... or one that can REALLY separate a pull tab from gold.... and lets put that bottle cap somewhere other than right in the middle of the gold range. I think once it starts IDing deeper non-ferr as iron we are heading in the right direction. EVERY detector should have a salt balance to compliment the GB.
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Ive been watching some of my tracking..... it seems some are being shipped WAYYYYYY out of the way then back again. One from MI went to Ohio.... then Texas.... then Jacksonville before getting to me. One took 3 weeks to get to me and bounced all over the place .... this is thru the postal system. is it intentional? I hate politics.
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Not sure what the big deal is now. It seems those on the list got theirs or turned them down. Also, surely Fisher has the information they needed from those testers. I assume you bought because of price?
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Sheldon..... there are 5 holes on the middle shaft. Im only 5'7" and i use the second hole nearest the coil only because i want more lower shaft in the middle shaft. Otherwise id be fully extended. So some more lower shaft is good for me. Id let it out to that last hole. As a beach guy i like a wide swing even in the water.
to me the threshold acts very much like GAIN on an exp
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The first year i had my MDT i got 6 gold chains in the salt water...... so it will find them. Ive not found any with the larger coil yet.....but its just been a hard year thus far for gold and me getting out there. As far as iron, my machine spends a lot of time underwater so ive got a pretty good feel for iron at depths. If it dont give the iron tone....you get mixed tones and most of the ti
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I think we can all see why our postal system bites. OHIO??? then back to Calf. I had some stuff come from NJ and it went to TX first before coming to Fl. 5 weeks for a coil..... these are the times i guess. Couple of years back just before the virus i got a scoop from the Ukraine..... it took only 10 days.
Well .... no dealer..... that may well be an opportunity staring you in the f
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