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  1. I too am amazed at how the Zed picks up small nuggets at depth. I also run my Zed on high sensitivity with a very slow swing speed and find I am digging deep for pitiful small pieces. I dig down ...and down only to be shocked how small the nugget is when recovered. And the best thing is that among the small gold you can still get the deep broad signals and score 2 foot plus targets. The best of both worlds. Re scales, I don't worry too much about weighing the super small nuggets, but if you buy a Zed, the scales I recommend you should buy to keep in the car are 5 kg kitchen scales. There's nothing worse then sitting in camp for days trying to guess the weight of a slug or specimen you found that is too big for your 200 gram scales. cheers RDD PS. Zed owners should also buy a crowbar and keep it in the car.
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  2. Yes, G2 and Gold Bug Pro are same circuit board, different package
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  3. I'm told the Teknetics G2 is the same as the Gold Bug. Below is a link to what looks like a real good deal on a used one with a 5" and 11" coil. Terry http://www.treasureclassifieds.com/metal-detectors/teknetics-g2-for-sale-325-00_i3616
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  4. This does not look to have anything to do with actual detecting per se and in fact appears to be a renewal of Dave's old method for scavenging flyback energy to extend battery life in PI detectors. A similar method was used in the Fisher Impulse metal detector.
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  5. Only a plane ride away!!!!
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  6. I got out for a little over an hr this morning. Went to an old area that had produced in the past, but I forgot about how much trash was there and how hot the ground was. Guys familiar with the Yuma area know this as the Laguna's behind Adair Park. Red clay and millions of bullets and bullet fragments. I ignored hundreds of shallow surface targets and concentrated on finding a deep target or something in the side of erosion cut banks. Insanely Hot does not serve you well in these conditions. I've been breaking in a new pair of leather hiking boots and the metal eyelets are a real problem running Insanely Hot settings. No steel toe, just leather reinforcement. I've worn no metal lightweight hiking boots of every brand most of my detecting life, but they were leaving me wanting. I was wearing out at least 2 pairs a year and the rubber soles were not up to the task of extreme cactus or kicking footholds into steep hillsides. Boot scraping the ground for hot rocks and trying to clean up an iffy target signal was killing those lightweight rubber soles. I've got a half dozen pairs in the garage with a delaminated sole on the left boot from me scraping ground signals. So, I bought quality leather hiking boots with firm Vibram soles and so far I'm really happy with the comfort, support and apparent durability. However, I really have to change up my coil swing style when running Insanely Hot. I'm only 5'7" and extended the coil shaft as far as it would go for some relief. Do they make a shaft extension, for the detector I mean? I can't imagine what havoc the new 19" coil will bring. The nugget came out of a cut bank, screaming at about 4 inches.
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  7. Hi Condor, re coil interference from metal on your body,a solution that helped me was to make a longer upper shaft. I mainly did it because I am tall and the standard Zed shaft is too short for tall operators to use the machine with a comfortable upright stance. I purchased a 1 Metre length of 28mm OD rolled carbon fibre tube (from ebay -china if none available locally) . Its exactly the same tube Minelab use on their GPZ shaft. I have cut it down to 810mm (that makes it 160mm/6+inches longer then the standard Zed shaft). I needed some thin auto cable to pull the coil cable connector up the shaft a few inches so I could connect it. I checked out the coil cable stretch/tension on a tape measure before I cut the shaft to length. The extra length is stretching the curley coil lead to about the max tension that I am happy with. The shaft clamps hold the tube snuggly in place with no guides needed to be glued on the tube. Actually I had to lightly sand off the tube slightly where the lower clamp risers make contact to allow the clamp to be locked down. I have marked the upper end of the tube to tell me when it is extended to the max length I can have. (not having the positioning guides on the shaft like the Minelab one does not matter at all as they are only there to align the coil horizontally...the clamps hold the shaft in position) The longer shaft keeps the coil a further 6-8 inches away from my body and has stopped most interference. I connect my shock cord at the top of the coil shaft and it gives me comfortable coil control when swinging. I have used the longer shaft setup for months in rough conditions and it works well. The longer shaft should help a lot when the 19 inch coil finally arrives. Cheers RDD PS. nice nuggies, keep em coming.
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  8. Pennywt or 1/2 pennywt are not "fines". Detectors should hit them.
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  9. This is a great response. Had to share. http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Owners-Response-to-Govt-Request-to-Access-Property-to-Count-Yellow-Legged-Frogs-is-Priceless-trending/
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