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You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Paperback)

by Charles Garrett (Author), Roy Lagal (Author)
Key Phrases: depth multiplier, plastic gold pan, recreational miner, Gravity Trap, United States, Charles Garrett (more...)
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  • Paperback: 140 pages
  • Publisher: RAM U.S.A., Publications and Distribution (November 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0915920867
  • ISBN-13: 978-0915920860
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Missed the Mark, July 15, 2006
The authors have so much enthusiasm for their topic that I truly wanted to write a positive review, but unfortunately their enthusiasm is the only redeeming quality of the book. True, you can learn some things about searching for gold with a metal detector. And although the authors disclaim any purpose to sell their products, they refer to them exclusively on the grounds that they are most familiar with them. Well, OK, but it still has an uncomfortable feel to it. And I felt I was unable to translate many of their instructions to generic terms (for use with any brand metal detector).

Early on you are advised that terms are defined in the glossary. But they should also be defined in the text so that one does not have to continually stop reading and refer to the glossary. This is basic to didactic writing. For example, the term "placer" is used many times before it is defined. Ground balancing (canceling) is treated the same way.

There are several passages that are repeated verbatim in different chapters and you are left wondering if you have somehow read the current chapter already! It appears that the editor of the book was in a great rush, or extremely inexperienced. I could not find any reference to RAM publications on the web. The editor was found, and seems to be mostly associated with the works of Garret and Lagal.

Was it worth the price? I suppose, as I at least felt the excitement of hunting for gold. But it would be better titled as a companion to one of the Garret manufactured metal detectors. I still hope to find a book on using the metal detector as a hobby that is a better-written "how to" book that speaks in generic terms about metal detectors.

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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If the old timers had these machines there wouldn't be any, September 17, 2003
By Jack Purcell (Placitas, NM USA) - See all my reviews
The improvements in technology have corresponded inversely to the number of prospectors. Erosion during the past century has exposed millions of tons of virgin substrata for prospectors of today, and metal detectors will increase the chance of discovering new placers.

There's no better expert on metal detector technology than Garrett. Great as those detectors are, they require some training to use them. Garrett provides the best 'how-to' advice available. His book will give you the straight-forward means to practice with it before you begin trekking into the canyons or sweeping old school yards for coins.

Learn how to do it and you still mightn't find gold, but you'll certainly find the greatest treasure of them all: solitude.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gold has a SHINE all it's own. Even Bill Gates Thinks it is GREAT!!!, October 12, 2008
By drayegon "dray e gone" (Redding, CA United States) - See all my reviews
I asked Bill Gates one time Why with all his money he still kept going after even more? He said it is not the Having it is the FINDING that makes his day brighter. I retired from a 9-5 job in 1990. I was 40 years old. I love to find gold. My preferred method is to use a Metal Detector. I have a collection of books written by Charles Garrett. All of them on different ways to use a Metal Detector to find gold or other items of great value. Now you might think that a silver dime is not worth much. Still if it has a great history behind it. I could have been the dime someones father used to call your mother and ask her to marry him. Where would you be if that call never would have been made. This book is into the finding of GOLD like I have said it has a shine like no other. The first thing I found with my latest Infinium LS metal detector was a bracket off of a lawn mower or some such. I would not lie to you for this report. The second item I found with it was how ever a small 1 inch by 1/2 inch by 1/3 inch piece of quartz that had some metals inside of it. I have not ground it up to do an assay on it yet. Still I like to think it has GOLD inside of it. I for one really like listening to Charles Garrett tell us how to find gold or any metal with a detector. I also love it that he is not bad mouthing other metal detectors to try to make his detectors seem better. I do have some of his detectors and I love them. I know one thing listening to him tell about using a metal detector has made me a much better fossicker. Which is how they say it in New Zealand.

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Prospecting information is presented that is useful and informative
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