Recent content by The Big B1

That is the gist of it. After what became of co-op I can understand why no one wants to buy it. The students who started it and fought to keep it as a non profit education focused retailer were forced out of the company by greedy bastards.

Hi all. As mentioned in the title, on Tue 14th Jan, following it's administration, Co-op has decided to close down over 60 stores, all stock is for sale at 40-60% off, no exceptions. This is a great time to visit a store if you are nearby one and in the market for a Equinox or Go-find, you may...

What a bargain! Nice find :Y: Time to upgrade :)

Been trying to find those ISO rod ends myself, only store I could find them without the shaft as well was in the US.

For fiber to the curb It depends on which company you prefer to deal with as their prices are almost identical for now. I can only say Avoid Dodo at all costs, worst customer service I have ever had to deal with. But If you can access the iinet HFC service I highly recommend going with it over...

I like the show, after all it is what got me interested in prospecting. The staged parts have me rolling my eyes a lot, but it's the lack of education that bothers me the most. It's all about the finds, almost nothing about the conditions and regulations everyone is constrained by. Even when...

Hopefully it's a bit closer than Gympie next time.

They were reintroduced back in Aug 2015 I believe. Your 2018 model is sure to be the latest version.

My thoughts are that too, targeting the US market with a brand/design that they already know and trust. Of course the layouts will always be similar due to the one hand operation limitation but they must have known beforehand.

Sheesh... I don't wanna be too negative about it but, man, I Really dislike the design of that control panel. :poop: :/ At first glance I put it in the same vein as the cheap China vlf junk machines. There's something about it that doesn't say quality to me. I'm sure the tech inside and...

Hi Tony. I was looking into those batteries myself recently. You can buy the docking plates very cheap from eBay. Even cheaper if you are willing to wait for snail shipping from China. https://bit.ly/2lKOAom There are a few different types, but if you search the battery type you currently use...

I'd bet most if not all reputable brands of coils are made with ESD in mind, not to mention all coils have shielding built into them, if they didn't they would react to every bump or nearby object (ground, plants, your body) through capacitance. This is a good tell sign that a coils shielding is...

Color will have no effect on the coils performance, visible light isn't going to penetrate the casing, I doubt any of the electronics inside the detectors are sensitive to it anyway. With the gauge of wire used in these coils the temperature would need to be quite high before internal resistance...

Looks like they found a part of someones collection buried there not too long ago. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: No way I can believe these on screen finds are genuine.

I'd say start with a budget and work from there. The solar battery option has more parts, more maintenance and initial setup cost but will last longer and have little to no ongoing costs. The generator is simpler, can be used anywhere and for almost everything but is noisy and uses fuel which...