GPX 6000 U.S. Owners Reports

[Skookum]

I noticed it was you, too! Nice job!

[oneguy]

Got up early to try and get some time in on the 6 before the heat. Got in 3.5-4hrs and 4 nuggs before the bad heat and the flies were REALLY bad, never seen em so bad, ever!  Drove me crazy more than the heat and thought about the poor Aussies and their flies...lol  First place I wanted to hunt I'd hit a couple times before with only 4 nuggs previous.  Got skunked with only trash and also a thunder storm messed with the threshold.  Next spot is a place I've hit at least 10 times before with sdc and Monster, got quite a few nuggs but they were really getting slim and Monster small.  The threshold going bonkers all the time was pissing me off and something I'll have to just get used to I guess?  I was using the lowest sensetivity and lots of noise canceling. I was having second thoughts between the unstable machine and digging crap.  Then it happened and one of the targets was a small nugg but around the 6 inch mark and I was kinda impressed.  Couple more crap targets but Goldmonster small but a few inches deeper than usual Monster bits...impressive!  Then a few junk targets later I get a good faint target and I dig and keep digging and dig some more and pop the biggest nugg at 12"...this is getting better!  Second biggest piece was 9-10".  It's been 2 months of nothing but a few tiny bits and the 6 has proven and given me what I wanted out of it which was a bit more depth, no cords, bungees, handles great, etc.  The 6 also really impressed me on finding tiny tiny stuff at 4-6" range, Monster tiny sized but a tad deeper!  I have a hell of a time PP'ing with it but that'll come in time.  Bottom line for my first outing is that I hit the second spot where the 4 nuggs turned up because it quit producing weeks ago but the 6 says "you've got more work to do now".....

I don't like PI machines basically, they make me dig junk and dig deeper but obviously after today the tired spot has more, just gotta work a little harder.  So I'm impressed with the 6 as I haven't had a 4 piece 3.3gram day in this area for a few months now......

[afreakofnature]

What was the weight of the biggest nugget at 12 inches? Excellent day! Flys have gotten bad here to for some reason, not the norm at all.

 

I also see that you are selling your SDC. Being that you’re a user of one, like I’ve been for a long time, are you finding that the threshold is similar to that or is it something completely different? It seems that on the videos that I have seen that the threshold seems very much like the SDC. Which is really squirrley and you’ll learn to listen through it. Did you ever try to just get rid of the threshold using that option on the 6000?  I’m wondering if it might save some of the headache and constant noise canceling.

[oneguy]

yeah....what's up with the $%^& flies...!!!!!!!  Biggest one on the left in pic was 1.78g at an honest 12".  My sdc runs thru that exact location many times and very stable....I'll miss that.  This 6 running minimum sense just goes nuts like you've already seen in a lot of vids?  Seems to maintain some stability while swinging/hunting but if it gets near your boots, pick, or set it on the ground it'll start it's BS?  I've only got a few hrs in so maybe with time I can figure out what I need to do to settle the thing down some?  I did not try the silent thing or try using the headphones....in time.

One thing for sure and along with most others opinions....this baby will definitely ad some life to hammered locations, without a doubt...!!!!

[rvpopeye]

"Wicked decent haul Chummy !"..... (overheard down on the docks...Oh Ayuh )

[oneguy]

Headed out at dark-thirty and got started at daylight for 5 hrs before the heat.  Had a plan to stay on a road with my slippers on instead of my usual high top metal in boot work boots to see if the metal in the boots may have contributed to my terrible unstable threshold?  Threshold acted better today but still goes whackamo but not as frequent....metal free boots will have to come soon. Todays 5 bits weighed a whopping .645g and as you can see the 6 gets the Monster sized tinys actually better and deeper than the Monster..no shit!  I dug more of the tiniest wire bits today at greater depth that it still amazes me (and pisses me off)....anyways, very impressive on the tiniest stuff.  Also tried the silent threshold but feel I need to hear the threshold for when the machine goes whackamo?  I'll get it figured with more time....

[Bishop]

it was hard to pick which spot to go as we have fire closures going on right now.
got to the patch at 5am. this is a well know area, club claim, and it has been pounded by a lot of people using every detector you can name.
after a few minutes swinging it my first thoughts were where did all these new targets come from.
i was getting used to the machine so it took about 2 hours to get on the first gold 1.1 grain. maybe an inch deep. next one .9 grain, nice signal.
was 2 inches deep in tight bedrock. the 2.4 was found by my hunting buddy with the gm1000. at 10am i was soaked in sweat and hot.
told my friend, take the 6 for a spin. he has been hunting less than a year and has never used a pi before.
5 minutes later he is calling me over. 3.4 grain at like 2 or 3 inches.
still learning this detector as i have less then 4 hours on it but, i really like it. light weight. just the right amount of sensitivity.
banging on the little bits with that 11 inch coil is amazing.
deepest target was a little bit of wire @ 13 inches.
one other thing. all the videos on this detector have it warbling really bad. i don't know if that is due to having the camera/phone
on next to it or emi or what but mine was not that bad.

i am very happy with the detector
going to run over some new ground tomorrow, maybe some bigger bits and less trash on fresh ground.

side note for Skookum. you and i worked the 2 pesos patch. we should get together for a hunt.

[Gold Catcher]

On 7/3/2021 at 2:29 PM, oneguy said:

contributed to my terrible unstable threshold?

Hi Oneguy, just wondering if you have anything on you that could contribute to the EMI, like a cell phone or GPS device? But it might also be the area where you are in. The 6000 threshold can go nuts if an EMI source is around, but the noise cancel usually helps quite a bit. When the coil lies flat on the ground without movement, does it get better? Backing off with the sensitivity followed by frequent noise cancels and strict coil control (slow swing speed, keeping coil height steady and with flat coil angle) helps a lot for me. Plan B would be to change to the 14DD. Regarding metal, I definitely recommend metal free boots and keep the pick away from the coil. But metal interferences will sound very different to EMI, more like a howling similar to what you would get from ground saturation if the gain is too high.

GC

[Norvic]

Don`t know if my 2 bobs worth is of any use to you folks in the US, but I mostly simply run in Sens Auto +, let the 6000s internals do its magic. Also don`t dismiss the "no threshold" "Bogenes" , with of course as stated by all good slow coil control. Ensure there is no moisture (or dirt) under coil cover, because that will send it nuts sloshing around in the weight saving cavity. I`ll be adhering a coil cover made of simply cut 1mm thick PC sheet (used to make fighter plane canopies) as per norm for all my coils, when I getroundtoit.

The 6000 is a most powerful piece of lightweight productive armory for us crazy gold detectorsorists, I just love it and look at my neglected Z/X combos with guilty shame.😉

[Gold Catcher]

1 hour ago, Norvic said:

Don`t know if my 2 bobs worth is of any use to you folks in the US, but I mostly simply run in Sens Auto +, let the 6000s internals do its magic. Also don`t dismiss the "no threshold" "Bogenes" , with of course as stated by all good slow coil control. Ensure there is no moisture (or dirt) under coil cover, because that will send it nuts sloshing around in the weight saving cavity. I`ll be adhering a coil cover made of simply cut 1mm thick PC sheet (used to make fighter plane canopies) as per norm for all my coils, when I getroundtoit.

The 6000 is a most powerful piece of lightweight productive armory for us crazy gold detectorsorists, I just love it and look at my neglected Z/X combos with guilty shame.😉

Well said Norvic! Bogenes is always my friend of last resort. A good friend I shall say, in particular for the 7000. I always put coil tape around the 11 inch, not something I am keen to do but it helps in keeping the dirt out. Also, since there seems to be no spare skid plates available in the US I am careful because I usually change the cover when I clean the coil, and thenit just does not fit anymore tightly once it has come off once. Would love to have a coil cover of yours. Would be willing to trade for exquisite espresso from Italy 😁