Minelab pricing on my website.

I was looking at the Minelab section on my website (http://www.johnsmetaldetectors.com/) and thought I had better mention that the pricing that is on the main page is MSRP. If you will go to the buy it now page then you will get the proper prices which are the absolute lowest any Minelab dealer can go. Thank you all for reading this and if you have questions please call and I will help you out. Since we are part time our hours are a bit odd. Weekkdays I am open from 3:00 PM CT to about 9:00 PM CT. Weekends are usually 9:00 AM CT to 9:00 PM CT. Please understand that I too have personal things to take care of. So if you get the message PLEASE leave a name and phone number so I can get back to you. Your business is very important to me. Thanks again and good hunting everyone !

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

325-282-2329

Five and a half years later.

Well here we are 5 1/2 years since I opened John's Detectors. Time does fly and I have enjoyed meeting all of the great people in metal detecting ! I opened the metal detector business to provide excellent service and quality products to the metal detecting masses. I do thank the many customers that have chosen John's Detectors for their detecting needs. It's not always easy to have everything in stock when customers need it most, but I thank you for your patronage everyday.

Rest assured that I will be here for another 5, 10, 15 or so years to meet the needs of those that come to John's Detectors for quality service and equipment. It is a great hobby and a learning experience to be sure ! With the down turn in our economy it has been tough but we will stay the course and may we all pray that things get better. But it seems we are getting better technology from the makers of our tools of the trade !

So everyone hang in there and it is going to be really interesting to see what the next 10 years will bring to us in metal detector technology ! Since I am a Certified Electronics Tech. I am always keeping an eye on the technology of this business. All the makers are very secretive of their technology and I understand this. There are some cool cats that really know their stuff and I hope we as the end users can rest assured of a lot more engineers coming into the metal detector designing business.

Well my friends I wish you all good finds and be safe while making those finds. We want to hear from you and not about you ! Ok I will be back soon with another posting and remember if John's Detectors can be of service be sure to call me, I'll be glad to have ya ! Coil to the soil !

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

Blackwell,Tx.

Gold Panning Contest

Hi everyone, it's been awhile since I last posted anything but I wanted to let anyone know that reads this blog that the Llano chapter GPAA will be having their 5th annual gold panning contest and get together this next weekend Sept. 26- 27th in or near Llano, Texas. W.C. Jameson will be there selling his many books authored by himself. He is an interesting fellow I'm sure and I carry some of his treasure story books also. If you go best of luck !

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

Hipstick

Just to let everyone know, John's Detectors is a duly authorized dealer for the Hipstick. This is listed under the Accessories header. It is a simple but yet effective device to take the strain away from the shoulder and arm while using your metal detector. Take a look at it, quite a neat little device ehh. Good hunting all and be safe!

John Tomlinson,CET
John's Detectors

Metal Detector Sensitivity

The subject of Sensitivity in metal detectors has been on my mind lately. Detector electronics is very interesting to me although I know little about them. I tend to try to compare them to radio electronics. But to get the ball rolling one must have a way to intercept the desired signal and get it amped to a usable level. But there is something that stands in the way of obtaining a great signal and that is noise. And some of this noise comes from inside the very instrument you are using and it is called thermal noise created by electron activity inside the components, namely resistors. This noise can be lowered by a cooling process that is expensive and impractical. So I suppose we have to live with it. So we have a signal/noise ratio to work with.

So in the first amp of a metal detector receiver it is best to find a device with the lowest noise figure and highest gain to help mask the high noise figure, am I on the right track? An EE may want to step in here to correct me. But if you try to amp it up too much you might have spurious noise also. but overall it is not good to use excessive gain and cause more problems.

I am hoping someone will step in here to tell me that my thought process is way off on Mars! I am always willing to learn and I suppose I just wanted to ramble a bit. Ok evryone is welcome to come by John's Detectors to get help for your needs and if I don't have it, most likely I can get it. Good hunting and be safe everyone!

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

Blackwell,Tx.

Maverick Gold Pan

Ok here is the Maverick gold pan for working your fine concentrates. I will try to get it and others on my website shortly. This is a pretty nifty square pan that works very well for small gold. the grit strip is a big plus! Ok I hope everyone finds the big one soon and do be safe while doing it! Thanks very much for looking.

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

325-282-2329

Prospecting Gear

I want to announce that John's Detectors is now a dealer for Angus MacKirk. I will be selling mostly the sluices and fine concentrates finishers. I can order many other items from them so if you need something let me know.

I am also taking on the Maverick finishing gold pan by Fossicker. This gold pan is used for very fine concentrates to separate very small gold from magnetite. I also hope to have the Pyramid Pro Pan by them soon. So as always be safe and good hunting all!

John Tomlinson,CET

John's Detectors

325-282-2329