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Those $1 USA brass coins are always a surprise find for me, although not as big of a surprise as a half dollar in my case. I've still yet to recover a Susan B. Anthony (clad) dollar. I tend to be more open-minded at the beginning of a hunt, meaning I'll dig targets which tend to be out of my 'favorites' regions (coin TID's) and then get pickier as the day progresses. This definitely has to do with fatigue, back pain, etc. The worst thing that can happen (short of injury, of course) is the loss of concentration that can occur later in a hunt. When that happens to me I take a rest break (5 minutes or so) and if it continues I just pack it in. Paying attention to all the subtle hints is what brings in the tougher finds in many cases and concentration is required for that.

I just looked in my GB-PRO-DP manual and it shows only one washer for the 5" round and also the 11" oval. Not sure about the 5x10.

September 27 2002 Moving The operation Clay was not able to get much pay gravel hauled yesterday and today was no different. The rain has let up but the road needs work. Conor and I finished up running the gravels yesterday and we weighed up the concentrates from 60 yards. We ended up with 14.3 ounces. Not too bad but now we are out of pay gravel to process. I hiked up to the pond and got a surprise. It was over one half full of water. All the recent rain had started to replenish it. The seasonal north/south creek was starting to run again as well. We all talked over the idea of moving camp back up to the dig site and using the pond as our water source once again. I asked Jacob what his opinion was and he thought it was worth one last try. If the pond held up for a week or two we might hit our jackpot. If not then at least we had given it our best effort. We all worked like dogs and had our camp set up near the digsite before dark. We will need to run water line and set pumps tomorrow morning. If it rains hard again it will only help us by replenishing the pond. Now to see what lies in the bottom of that pit. TO BE CONTINUED ...............

Most certainly is LITE. The detector with the small coil is lite'er and the cost of the unit itself is lite'er on the pocket. Actually, one of the blessing of the Axiom is how much lite'er it is when compared to the competition and then most certainly lite'er on the wallet vs those others. Did I tell you I found more gold with the Axiom in 2022 and 2023 than I did with my GPX-6000 and GPZ-7000 combined. I won't even mention what a couple of my Field Staff did. Let's just say, many folks assume and wear blinders. I realized my blinder mistake many years ago, so now I keep an open mind and let the results dictate my preference. In no way am I saying the Axiom will always outperform my GPZ, but with the added features, it sure shines through in many applications. Can't argue results, that's for sure.

My recent F19 purchase had washers there didn't quite fit into the lower shaft and were a tight fit for the coil ears too. I just sanded them down a bit until they fit better. Not the first time I have needed to do that on several different brand detectors.

Ends up being a PIA as I have to readjust the length everytime I do that... Small one but still a PIA that has a simple solution.. When I am out detecting for the day and take a break I put the charger on.. I did manage to make it easier to use the coil connection by shaving off a little of the edges of the coil cover connection.

Indeed. Look how long Gold Rush has been on TV LOL. We won't tell the viewers we had to run hundreds & hundreds of yards to get the gold. I will try to get a new post out on the journal today. Looks like everything is back to normal (whatever that is).

If you really wanted to make some big bucks, take those concentrates with the dozens of ounces, pay some actors to look like they are shoveling into a sluice and then coming up with pounds of gold. People don't care if its fake. Comic book characters made Marvel millions. A new super hero Gold Miner Man would be a hit only because people wouldn't care if its fake when they only see simple tools, and a couple of guys with pounds of real gold. No one would be able to resist seeing that much gold in a pan no matter how fake... People believe fake stuff all the time and tune in regularly to be fooled by it. Of course, this is all sarcastic. Just thought I'd add to the fun.

Well George with your background of what you said you tested in the past I’m surprised Nokta didn’t contact you again. The Best To You! Chuck

Nice score !

It would be great to test the new Relic PI in Culpeper Virginia. I was involved in the testing and developement of The Whites TDI. I also Tested for Nokta's Gold Kruzer which I still have. Culpeper has some of the worst minerals on planet earth. I dont make videos anymore so It won't be me.

Looks way better than a skunk. I'd go back again..🥸

Or perhaps a phony YouTube channel? Better yet, one of these fake gold shows on TV.

Hey Brad thanks! It's a mystery to me how those glasses came out so good. Must have been lost not too long ago. I found them in the water. Hardly anyone getting in the water, so not too many fresh drops out there. The gold coin is a replica. I was tempted to throw it back in but I might be the one struggling to dig it up again some day. lol

The test patch is in an old surfaced area where the ground is quiet. We did some testing in normal but the area we will be in tomorrow won’t allow this to happen. Too many hot rocks and heavily mineralised ground will probably kill my patience. I will be able to keep sensitivity quite high in difficult.

Come on now. You don't think we will believe that do you? 😂 D4G

No, no more detectors for me, I'm kicking the addiction, still happy Garrett is doing a lite package though, hopefully this becomes the new norm with lite and full offerings. I'd rather Garrett dropped a few more bucks off it and ditched that carry case though.

Nice hunting. I don't see any scratches on those Ray Bans....how did that happen??? What is the gold coin in the 2nd pic? Replica?

Got yours coming Phrunt? D4G

That's cool you've got an 8", were you able to run in normal? probably not being in Australia, my go to is Hy/Normal/19 sensitivity with the 8". I can go 20 of course but I just like 19 for the extra threshold stability 🙂 My two favourite X-coils on the GPZ are the 15" CC and the 8".

Gezz Reg. That was a bit heavy handed. You get out of bed on the wrong side, or had a bit much home brew top shelf? You obviously really miss Finders. D4G

Just put the 8” X coil on the zed for the first time yesterday. Joe and I took it and the 6 with the 10x5 attached out to our test patch a few hours ago. As Phrunt said earlier, the Zed runs quite well on max sensitivity with this coil (as does the Nuggetfinder 12”) The 6 also ran well with little emi experienced. Buried a few pieces of gold just to get some idea as to what to expect from the X coil. The six came out on top with a micro piece of gold (.045g) and picked it up a bit deeper and with a better signal than the zed. A .3 gram and a .5 gram nugget were also tested. We used the 6000 to test each piece as we continued to bury them deeper until any sign of a signal disappeared. The X coil was then run over the test bed and clearly gave “dig me” signals on both of the nuggets. We don’t take too much notice of this type of test but what we saw was encouraging. If the weather holds up we may do some detecting tomorrow and if we are lucky, a couple of live targets will be compared.

Looks great. One day Nokta is going to be the undisputed market leader for sales of VLF metal detectors, I have no doubts in my mind.

It might have been good to meet you. I didn't want a picture of the gold I saw because some things need to be shared by the owner only. I took a picture of some of Justin's finds as it was part of his shop.

Just found this YouTube video on the Nokta FindX Pro. It looks pretty decent and comes with an excellent selection of accessories. I think its most definitely exceptional value for money!