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G'day Tom, Na mate that figure is the total number of nuggets found for all those days of detecting with the 3 detectors. Wouldn't we all wish to detect a 164 oz piece or even a total of 164 ozs over a weekend? I see your location is Canada so I assume you may not have experienced temperatures we are reaching up to at the moment above 40 degrees C (or above 100 + degrees F) although those in the desert areas of USA would. I have not been out for a detect since the end of August last year, now waiting for a cool day to appear over a weekend.

I started detecting in 1989 until 2001 using a Minelab VLF before I received the SD2000. In answer to Kempf’s question in regards to total time spent swinging each detector then the majority of my detecting has occurred only over one day on a weekend during the cooler months. So here are the results using the 3 detectors on the same goldfields : SD 2000 for 122 days ; GP3000 for 113 days ; GPX5000 for 78 days. In regards to Fred’s question then the answer is nothing spectacular as the total is only 164. Thanks Steve for the welcome and I would expect there are a lot of US and Aussie operators out there with much better figures than mine for the time I’ve been detecting, although the goldfield I have detected on the most is not noted as a good producer compared to others around the country. I agree with you about detecting in that we get better the older we get except for our agility. Also agree in regards to the GPX5000 as it has produced the most gold for me including the largest and deepest while using the Fine Gold timing. Again will agree the ground here is rather nasty.