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For the most part yes. Everything I have is collapsible in some way. Naturally I will have to make some sacrifices but for the most part it should work OK. If nothing else I will have fun with it for a while and then decide what I might do with it. At the moment I just would like to have time to ride it, lol

@@WheelieShinyGold You're totally right! I've been working so much that it's drowned out that subtle sound that keeps me coming back to the desert! Thanks for the reminder!

Thanks! Hoping to get back there someday…

I just cut the clamp portion off of the trolling motor mount, drilled four holes in it on top, two on the vertical to connect into the rudder bolts, and used a metal plate on top of the bracket for reinforcement. I used bolts mounted through aluminum tubing inside the hull to make sure everything would be sturdy from the inside. The hardest part of this project is getting the bolts up through the hull. I first drilled the holes, then put very small weights on fishing line and dropped them in through the holes, stood the kayak up so they would run all the way to the front, and then took off the weights and tied the fishing line to the bolts so that I could pull them to the back of the kayak and they would come up through the holes. It was a lot easier than it sounds! You can also modify the trolling motor mount so that you can remove the trolling motor when you want to just by pulling a pin. What’s funny is after I did this modification, somebody saw it and had to have it, and offered me more money than the kayak should have been worth! so I sold it and then turned around and bought a pedal drive kayak!

Definitely!

Definitely would like to do that! We haven't been able to go back due to roadwork but hopefully soon!

Thanks! I'll have more soon...

Thanks! Theres always next trip... We're working on finding new areas within reasonable distance from our main detecting spots.

Yes you're right, he had it checked out and they said it was magnetite. But dang it that's a disappointment, lol! Yeah those frogs were crazy like at first I just didn't know what it was. Admittedly it would've been more fun to have been scared and then go check it out, but I guess I've just been out in the boonies too much to be surprised.

Totally nuts... What's even more crazy is we haven't been able to get back out there due to activity there, both our work schedules, and POISON IVY...

Lol! Worse-because you're tempted to swing it every step of the way going back! For ME, that means probably the other half of the day just to get there!

Definitely! It's my own fault that spot got picked off...sucks though! That won't happen again!

It's a crapload of work and yet the most fun!

Well I heard from Owen that it was a meteorWRONG, lol! Magnetite... Man it had me fooled!

Definitely! Next trip will be focused in that area and getting everything out of there! I'm already eating my wheaties, lol...

I will! I did tell him while there that you said hi previously. He told me about you and I think we'd all have fun together exploring and prospecting! Of course it's quite the jump from Alaska!

Yeah, it was such an eerie sound! Unfortunately logic took over and ruined the fun, lol!

I missed this somehow but I got mine for $1250. There are deals going now that have extra coils!

Sure does! Come on down and we'll all go!

@@randystreasureadventures Believe me, Id love it!!!

Thanks for the kind words! I definitely was disappointed, but at the same time I’m not living off of this gold, so it doesn’t really hurt me in that sense. Having found that patch, and being in on a few others being found I feel like if I just keep doing what I’ve been doing I will stumble across another one! I’ll video that too, but I guess I’ll be a little bit more careful about things, lol! Thanks for watching!

Water will be a little high but you can still find plenty! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Hopefully I’ll have another one to tour soon..after this rain moves out anyway! Thanks for watching!

Haha, yep.

Thanks man!

Thanks! I'm wanting to do more old houses and stuff that's local this year. Having said that, I did just book another trip to Az! Lol... So I'll be working a good bit ahead of that as usual. I'll keep you posted though. Looks like potentially could be several interested.

I didn't notice any particular issues pinpointing with the small coil. Once you know where the hotspot is it's pretty easy. Now I do use a plastic scoop to help narrow down the target vs trying to precisely pinpoint in the pile of dirt. But I could confidently say that you do not need another detector to narrow down the target! Thanks for watching!

I do have the 17 inch coil but I have not run it yet. That little nugget finder has come in really handy in some of the tighter areas that we have been searching for the last few trips. But I know the 17 is a screamer because my buddy used that one for a while and told me that I should try it. I want to use it next time searching for a new patch just because it will have much more coverage. You're definitely right about how things look different when you come back! I'm just like all those people you read about where you think you're just going to go right back to the spot but then when you get there you're not really sure. I used to think that was just a detail of treasure legends that just added to a good story. But it is the truth, it can be very difficult at times, especially after rains have come through! Thanks for watching and hopefully that 6000 will keep your gold poke full!

Wow, thanks for the tip! Sounds like a cool adventure! I've been really wanting to get to California to do a little prospecting, but just haven't done much to make it a reality. Sounds like that should be the first place to go! Thanks for watching and for your comment, and hopefully you're finding a lot of gold in AZ!

You got that right! It was super cold that first night, and then my last day was nothing but rain. But I was so excited to get back to that patch area! Now I won’t lie, I was pretty disappointed at what I found, but that’s OK because there are so many places that I have to hunt and so many places that I even haven’t gotten to yet, that it’s not going to slow me down! I’m hoping I can get in a spring trip, but it’s pretty iffy at this point. This is going to be an expensive year from the standpoint of family expenses. It just is what it is! Thanks for watching!

Sorry to hear that! Frustrating for sure, and money down the drain... Hopefully those issues get sorted out, but sounds like you have the best combo available between your two machines. Good luck! Hope you dig up a RIPPER as y'all say!

Thanks! More coming soon!

Yes, definitely! Should have some footage coming up soon of going back right now during the winter when all of the vegetation will be much thinner. Hopefully it will be epic as well! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! There are many other beaches at that particular lake, and would like to get a sampling of a few others sometime within the next couple months. I will post video of those as I hunt them. Thanks for watching!

Awesome, thanks for subscribing! I have more stuff coming, just been working as usual! Arizona will be coming up in about a month and I’ll try to get to another new beach somewhere between now and that time.

Thanks! That was a crazy day, just finding one of those quarters would have been amazing, but two…! Sadly, in what has become an all too common story, development and housing has swallowed up that land. It has gotten so bad around here that whenever I take a drive in the country looking for old farm houses, and then look up who owns the land, it is most of the time owned by some foreign holding company. That’s why so many of my videos are hunting gold out west, on a beach, etc, or IF I can get a certain venture off the ground, some other really cool detecting adventures for ‘24. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned! Hopefully I will get better at doing these videos as well as having cool subject matter!

Yes, it’s actually more fun hunting these beaches in cold weather believe it or not! Except getting in the water, lol… thanks for watching!

Yes, Texas..

lol Andy… I don’t know nuthin’! But Owen is like a gold vacuum! I just watch him and do what he does, hahaha! But I know you can find gold we missed because some of these areas are so loaded with micro nuggets that there HAS to be buckets of fine gold that the detector just can’t see! Could be a great ‘one-two punch’ to dry wash as well, but those areas tend to be steep and brutal to access, so traveling light is the name of the game.. Detectors don’t weigh much these days!

Yessir! The place to be!

Merry Christmas btw!

@@randystreasureadventures Merry Christmas to you as well! I hope I get to get our and follow on an adventure like yours!

@@jaminoes_ I hope you can too! It may be easier than you think!! I may do a short video on ‘what it takes’ just to show it can be done without spending a ton of money…

@@randystreasureadventures Cool! Right now I am about to shell out $ on an Axiom. Perhaps you can convince me to not do it, and save my bank account.

I did do scan but usually would have the 6000 turned off so as not to interfere. Other than experimenting with the sensitivity I ran it how it fired up. I’m hoping to get another opportunity to try out the Axiom sometime this winter..

Do you mean the up-down when ground balancing? Generally I try to have good control but rocks and bushes will necessitate raising. The good thing on a PI is you can get a response if you’re trying to narrow down exactly where your signal is. Then again maybe I was just excited! Hahaha

No, I mean when zeroing into the target. I understand ground balance pumping. 🙂@@randystreasureadventures

@@jaminoes_ gotcha. I will sometimes do a kind of ‘swoop’ when I have a target, especially if there are obstacles around it. Mainly just trying to get an idea how large or shallow the target is by getting the coil as close to the ground as I can. When not filming I generally scrub the coil on the ground constantly, but the audio on the camera picks it up so loudly that it makes the audio horrible. I’m trying to improve the videos but there are several aspects that I haven’t managed to juggle yet.

Thanks! Not sure how I missed your comment originally, but I appreciate you watching!

Yes this is last week. I wish I could teleport to metal detecting spots…maybe we need to talk to Minelab or XP and see if they can arrange that! Lol. Anyway, yes, last week. Not sure when the next one will be just yet!

Haha, yeah just trying not wake everybody up…

Thanks for watching!

I’m in Texas. It’s pretty nice around here in the winter. Thanks for watching!

@@randystreasureadventures I'm in Wyoming, temps are 50s but getting into the 20s in the coming days. No digging for a little while.