Ridge Runner

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  1. Dutch John Jim Straight Jim and I never talked directly but we did email now and then. I sent Jim some different material in the way of books and magazines for him to read. In turn he’d send me more than one of his books he put out and I know I didn’t pay for any. The sad part about people passing is you really don’t know how they affected your life until they gone. I’m sure Jim made a lot of people better prospectors from the books he put out and if nothing else a better person for knowing him. Chuck
  2. You hard press to find a gold show of any size anymore. I know it’s some here and there but the big one most of the time was the GPAA one. You could find them going to different states even Texas. So if maybe bye them doing that a lot of people wouldn’t have a long drive to see what’s it’s all about. I keep telling myself I’m going to make the one at Quartzsite but that’s about a 1300 mile drive one way . The sad thing is my grandkids and great grandkids will never know what they missed. Chuck
  3. Hey Minelab don’t you think it’s time for you to offer some smoking deals like that above again ??? I got money burning a hole in my wife’s pocket that I’m wanting to spend and I know it will go a long ways with more hot deals like you offered in the past. Don’t rush on my behalf but the sooner the better. Chuck
  4. The Manticore has been selling fast as a coin and relic machine . It’s the high end of the other coin detectors . Everyone who has one have been waiting on other coils. Well your wait is over being Minelab has came out with two new coils for the Manticore. The first is the M8 it’s a 8 X 5.5 and you have the M15 it’s a 15 X 12 . You won’t see a price on either because Minelab hasn’t posted it yet. That M8 should be great for high trash areas and nugget hunting. If you got access to a beach then the M15 is the coil for you. Chuck
  5. One thing about Doc he’s not going to put something on the market for sale until he knows he’s got it right. You know you got your monies worth when you buy a cover for that high dollar detector and you getting it from Rob with Doc’s name on it. I remember when the SDC 2300 first came out I bought one. Rob had a booth at a GPAA gold show and I stopped by to buy Doc’s cover for it before I went on to nugget hunt. Oh that SDC came from Rob to. You can’t go wrong with a great dealer like Rob and the same goes for the products he sells. Chuck
  6. Way2cool I sure hope they don’t say no big loss when we’re gone ! Chuck
  7. Around two years ago above the town I call home a gate broke on the Guadalupe River. The powers that be come to the conclusion that all the dam gates needed to be repaired but had to find the first. After that money was found they started lowering river so work could be started . It first the water level was dropping and you could see dry land appearing. That’s when I told myself self when it gets lower you going to detect it , I know most items will relate to fishing but in one picture you will see a old bridge that has not been used in years. But what do people throw away that they want it gone for ever ? A gun and maybe I just may find one . I posted this on another forum and after I took the pictures it rained every week with more rain coming next week. I’ll post more if and when it stops raining. Chuck
  8. It could help if the forum was setup something like what Steve H. forum but don’t have to be in total detail as his . In my opinion here is more like a shotgun effect. Bye that I mean don’t bunch everything together like it is now. Rob I know you running a business and I guess you still have another job but you yourself need to show more interest in this forum to keep it going. Chuck
  9. GPAA has stated they are discontinuing having any gold shows for 2023 and following. If you were able to make any of the shows in 2022 you didn’t know that would be the last of a enjoyable event. Chuck
  10. Got a email from Garrett stating today the first day of Match is the last day to get your name in for the big hunt .
  11. That’s why people keep breaking the ears off their coils pushing them big rocks out of the way. Beautiful nugget and that shows they still out there to be found. Chuck
  12. I said about this hunt on another post but posting it where it belongs. The hunt will be Canton Texas April 14th and 15th of 2023 . I’d received this bye email and also have the opportunity to sign up for the hunt. They were talking about a guest speaker that for myself have no interest in. If you’re into hunts like this then go to Garrett site to put your name in for it . Chuck
  13. Minelab is telling us with this new detector called Manticore is more than a step beyond what we’ve ever seen in a detector before. I wish I had the knowledge to transfer all the information relating to this new detector that not in the distance future we will have. I do know it will have more to offer than any coin detector made by Minelab ever before. So many Minelab dealers are putting names on a list to be many of the first to receive the Manticore. You have a great dealer here and remember Minelab was the first to offer Vets 15% discount off their detectors. Chuck
  14. Garrett will have it’s Memorial Hunt in April of 2023 on 14th & 15th at Canton Texas. Hopefully bye then the Axiom will be out and some can get to hold it in one’s hands. This month one of the USA 🇺🇸 testers is going with Garrett down under to Australia to have a show and tell all about the Axiom. On what has been posted so far about the Axiom has been positive. You have a Garrett dealer right here and remember that Garrett is giving Vets 15 % off their detectors . Chuck
  15. I do believe Minelab is having this sale because their new Manitcore will be out after the first of the year. This would be the time to buy if a guy needed say a backup detector and was planning on getting that manticore when it comes out. That Nox 600 with a Vet discount is almost Minelab paying you to buy it. Even if you never buy that new detector the Manticore here is a opportunity to own either one of the best detectors on the market. Chuck PS Did I say dirt cheap at that !
  16. That’s right Minelab has a 100 dollars off on the Equinox 600 and 800 until the end of 2022 .
  17. Rattlesnake Jim I owe you a apology in I forgot you had started a post on the Axiom already. Chuck
  18. Garrett has come out with this new detector called Axiom. It’s two are more testers here in the US and nothing but good reports coming from them about the Axiom. If you do a search for videos on it it’s lots out there and more I believe to come. Rob here is a dealer of Garrett and I’m sure when he can get his hands on one we’ll hear from him his opinion of it . Where it will stand in relation to Minelab 6000 only someone with a lot more experience than myself can determine that. Guys like Rob and others like him that I put my trust in to tell it like it is. Chuck
  19. Hey Rob I don’t know how big a seller the Nox was for you but if this Manitcore is as great Minelab says it is it may out do the Nox on Sales. You dealers may not know more than the public about the Manitcore but I guess in due time we’ll all know. First the Axiom from Garrett a PI detector. Then here comes Minelab with another new detector called Manitcore. So many new toys but little money. Chuck
  20. It’s said this new detector Manitcore is lighter than the Equinox by one ounce and more powerful. To what extent has to be seen but it for sure has something new and that’s a vibrating handle like another metal detector company has . If not mistaken it can go deeper than the Nox and hopefully not take on water. The price of this new Manitcore is right at the door of 1600 but just under that around a dollar . Minelab like always onward and upward with big and better detectors. Chuck
  21. Hot Dog you do a search for Minelabs new Manitcore and you get one short video after another on this detector by Minelab . Chuck
  22. That’s all I know at this time but nobody knows just what it’s to be used for . Chuck
  23. For a while Minelab ran a special offering that 19” free with the sale of the 7000 . The only problem was being the 7000 is like me and that’s a little over weight that large coil just wasn’t that popular. You may want to check with Rob being he may have one and let you have it at reasonable price. If he don’t have one just place a ad what you want and I believe it won’t be long before you will have a half a dozen if wanted. Chuck