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Detected some gravels from a hard rock mine near my cabin....used GB2 in Iron Disc due to lots of trash and iron. Lots of pyrite, some galena, and other sulfides(I think that's what they are?). Some small speci's and thin sheets after soaking in CLR. Still need cleaning, but will take care of them when I get back from wintering on the Treasure Coast of FL. Maybe I'll find a gold doubloon or silver piece of eight while there! Wish me luck! :-)

Sweep speed, coil control and comfort, sounds like the HipStick can play a critical role! Thanks JP!

Hello forum lurkers, its been a while since I posted here but I make no apology because its been a while since I had time to do much of anything outside of the day to day running of a retail business. The reason I'm posting today is because I was forced to defend myself on an Aussie forum after posting up material on our The Outback Prospector FB page OBP FB page so now feel this forum deserves some of the information because I would prefer to spend my online time here than anywhere else. The GPZ19 coil is the subject of scrutiny at the moment and for good reason, namely that it offers the full depth potential of a very powerful metal detector. I know this is not an ideal scenario for a lot of detectorists who work in very hilly scrubby terrain but for a lot of people its announcement and pending release is definitely raising the pulse levels. I've been exposed to large coils on the GPZ tech for a long time now, with the first coils I used being hand built heavy monsters. I was also very fortunate to have been involved in a major alluvial gold discovery around the same time so benefited from regular deep gold discoveries with these coils on a regular basis, this then fast tracked my understanding of SuperD and ZVT when exposed to deep targets outside the range of other tech. At this stage I've been asked to write up some material on my experiences with the large coils so will hold off on going into too much detail here but keep an eye out once these go mainstream, also please bear in mind I now own a retail business that relies on my personal information being exclusive to its success so need to focus on whats good for my business. The main advice I can give for successful large coil use with the GPZ 7000 with GPZ19 is, The deeper the gold the larger the range of controlled coil sweep required to assist a suspect target signal to be recognizable from ground signal Conservative Sensitivity and Volume settings Careful coil control Comfort when swinging the coil Quality clean audio Targeting the right places to detect I'll post more to this thread when I have time over coming days. Jonathan Porter

Good luck down on the coast! Finding pirate treasure has always been a dream for me.

Hey Peg You got some good looking gold and just maybe you will find more in the Sunshine State. Come back again for more show and tell. Chuck

Looks like you are already having some luck Peg but I wish you some more!

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Some more pics of gold found during the development of the GPZ 7000 and GPZ19 coil.

The nineteen inch coil goes thirty percent deeper I'd like to have one for my forty percent beeper but it aint gunna happen till it's fifty percent cheaper. (start applause here)......................................................................(end applause here) thank you.

Very easy to modify it to a straight shaft (even carbon fiber). FWIW I prefer a hip/chest mount. Makes climbing cliffs much easier.

I just talked to Minelab Americas. Nice lady named Jean. She relayed to me no decision has been made on a discount yet. She will know more at the 1st of next week. And will let me know anything further. She also mentioned that they are getting plenty of people calling and emails that are not happy about this discount ordeal.