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  1. Had to hike in last weekend to get the tiniest piece I have ever detected. Packed up the SDC and off we went! Atleast it was not a skunk day but dang, if you like small gold the SDC can hit it at 3” with an obvious signal. Took me longer to get it in the scoop than dig it out of the hole 😂. Also added to my square nail collection 😂. Dinks! Its what the world is made of 😂😂.
    16 points
  2. I’ve been detecting for gold for a VERY long time and have seen a lot of crazy things happen over the years but this recent experience takes the cake. On the same day but prior to when I filmed my son Joshua digging some gold with the GPX 6000 I heard Josh calling out to me to come take a look at what he was holding. I was perplexed to say the least because it looked like a big dead stick, so I just assumed he had some sort of interesting critter sitting on the stick and wanted to show me. When he got closer I couldn’t see anything that might have attracted his attention but he was looking at the stick very closely, so I just assumed it must be a tiny critter. Then he started mumbling something about getting a signal and how he had kicked the stick away and the signal had disappeared so he went and waved over the stick again and pow a signal coming off the stick!! At this stage I’m thinking a 22 Bullet or a slug gun pellet wedged in the wood. Then I saw what it was that had got him so excited!! 😝 Yep thats a small nugget wedged into the wood, how the dickens it got in there is anyone’s guess. I’m thinking it was in the gravelly wash around the trees root bowl and the tree had been blown over during a rain event (it’s obviously very old) and maybe a nugget had come up with the root bowl and then been washed across the trunk with the nugget then wedging itself into the crack!! Anyway it seems the GPX6000 can find gold in all sorts of strange places. 😂
    13 points
  3. I picked up my 6000 on Monday and have had 3 days of trying out the new toy. First day - i took it to a local prospecting area well known for EMI and tried the 11" mono - the closer i came to the EMI area the less stable it became till it was unusable so i switched to no threshold and lowered the sensitivity - which seemed to work as it was a lot quieter but was capable of sounding off on buckshot. The second day - in same area i tried the 14" DD which totally tamed the EMI so i could run it on manual 10 sensitivity with a threshold. So i am wondering which is better - 11" mono with no threshold and low sensitivity or 14" DD with high sensitivity and a threshold? Also on the second day a friend had his GPZ7000 and we tested a sub gram nugget and a 3 gram nugget. Both machines achieved very similar results - for example on the 3 gram nugget both detectors gave a iffy signal at 24cm but very clear signals at 23cms. Not a real scientific test i know but left us thinking both machines were very similar performance wise. Today i went to the beach to see how the DD coil performed in wet and dry sand - while there was occasional background warbles (i used no threshold) there was no problem in hearing targets loud and clear. Not sure i would use it for my beach work because of the lack of discrimination but for people who like digging everything, are hunting chains or need a bit more depth - it worked. Note - this was not a black sand beach. Likes - With the 11" coil its a breeze to swing - a bit heavier with the 14" but still good. No Sore Shoulder - & with no cords easier to be ambidextrous Set up time and tuning time is minimal. No cords , no battery back pack, no bungy cords - i did not get caught up in thick scrub. Headphones are comfy. Headphones paired easily (better than the Equinox). Confidence in performance tuning. Option of having threshold or no threshold. (switched to no threshold when pin pointing - made it easier sometimes with the 14" coil). Did i mention how light it is? Dislikes - None so far. Could do better (no deal breakers)- A case for the headphones would have been nice (like Equinox). Also a car cigarette lighter charger is not included. Wires on Headphones look pretty flimsy - time will tell if they are up to the job. A few times the rubber headphone socket protector unintentionally opened - its not a real firm fit. In summary - I have a smile on the dial - just need to get to some decent gold fields - maybe will be able to do that this weekend.
    9 points
  4. AUgetter, Look up Gerry's Detectors, Boise Id. Gerry provides training at Rye Patch Nv as well as other locations. When I purchased a detector from him years ago I received three days of training at Rye Patch Nv. at no cost. Yes you would benefit greatly from lessons by a highly experienced teacher. Gerry and his guys are highly experienced people! Happy hunting, Jeff
    7 points
  5. This was posted by someone else in a different forum. I thought that ya'll would find it interesting. https://www.wfsb.com/news/local-treasure-hunter-helps-family-in-western-massachusetts-find-hidden-money/article_9109b47c-a2db-11eb-a6ef-eb9bac297655.html
    6 points
  6. Got to spend an hour with mine last evening. Thanks to JP for sending it out so promptly 👍 What do you do with a new detector? Put it in Normal and turn the Sensitivity to 10!! 🤣 Went to a local spot that has been a very small gold spot - one that I have described here when using the GPZ and Monster. Found 1 little piece of quartz that could only be described as having a splash of gold on it. Got tomorrow off so will get out and test properly with more regular settings, undug targets and swapping between settings to see what works best in my ground. Ergonomics - brilliant!! Audio with speaker - as loud as you could want. Headphones - connected easily via BT and good sound coming through. Threshold - considering I was in Sensitivity 10 it was actually not bad. Think an SDC on Sensitivity of 3 - just a little chatty. Dug some ground noise and got 2 hot rocks but this is rich, red clay type ground with wet pockets in amongst dryer pockets and running the unit at max it was not a surprise. Initial impression - love it.
    6 points
  7. Apparently these kinds of interviews have been occurring for a couple months with various detector experts (and dealers) around the world. Except for a post buried in a thread (credit to Dances with Doves for calling my attention to these), which I didn't figure would reach the full audience, I think this is the first post of these four episodes with Gerry which were uploaded to YouTube on the 18th & 19th of April. Basically each of the first three episodes covers the one of the new coils separately and sequentially: 5"x10" (~19 minutes), 9"x14" (~22 minutes), 15" round (~44 minutes) and a wrapup segment (~11 minutes). I'm posting just the first one as each successive one is linked by Trevor at the end of the previous. E.g. to see part 2 (9"x14" discussion) just move the video's scroll cursor to the end of part 1. I watched episodes 1,2, and 4 in their entirety and the first 15 minutes of episode 3. A lot of the general info is second nature to seasoned detectorists. But there were a couple tidbits and I like being reminded now and then of the basic principles.
    5 points
  8. Went on a couple of hunts this past week trying to put my new Coiltek 10x5 Nox coil through its paces and then using my trusty Deus at my favorite relic farm site with numerous iron patches and high mineralization. Tested the Nox coil out on a Colonial site and scored a couple of keepers at decent depth in sandy soil including a flat Tombac button and a brass makeup case with a fancy "wreath" design. Snagged a tiny flat button there when switching over to the Deus and round 9" hf coil. in thick iron. A week later it was off to my relic paradise site we have been pounding regularly for a few years and steadily since November when I got the privilege to hit it after harvest and deep discing and snagged a $1 gold piece and about 30 other relics - perhaps my most productive single day ever. The site "refreshes" itself with every plowing. Anyway the finds were tailing off and this was the last trip before spring planting. Took the Deus out and got on the board quickly with a minie ball. Started pulling different types of minie balls including a .69 caliber "fatty", a confederate Gardner, and a really rare dropped .54 cal Merrill carbine, as well as some "generic" 3 ringers. But the highlight was an iffy high conductor signal - hoping for any silver at this point because they have been few and far between at this site, lately. Little did I know that I would be checking off a bucket lister that I have been hoping to snag for some time now. Flipped the plug and knew what I had with just a glimpse. Welcome to the finds pouch my freshly dug 1835 Capped Bust Liberty Dime. Some non-metallic eyeball finds and miscellaneous brass and lead fragments including a porcelain 4-hole button rounded out the day. Enjoy the pics...
    5 points
  9. You’re not free, metal detecting with the 6000 will still have all the little pre-ambles that are associated with the laws of physics. So scraping the coils is still a no no (In mineralised variable ground types), this is because the 6000 is an extremely early sampling PI, as such it will react to ground signals just as much or even more if you do not exercise some coil control, just that now it is a LOT easier on the GPX because it really is a lightweight sweetie. ❤️ 😊 To deal with salt you will need to use the DD coil and that means a heavier coil, but wow is it sensitive to small surface gold, and I do mean WOW 😳 Tips for forum readers: Use the headphones direct wired for the cleanest smoothest threshold. 😉 Use the Quick-Trak button often especially in variable ground to keep that GB within the 95% to 99% of accurate range, there is no such thing as a positive or negative offset with a ML PI, always try to keep that GB exactly where it needs to be. In some ground types there is actually two Ground Balance points, one is approx 50mm from the ground and up and the other is between 50mm and almost touching the ground, in extremely variable ground that close to ground GB is the most important one and requires effort to maintain, use small pumping movements of the coil with Quik-Trak held in, bringing the coil down to just about kissing the ground (or where saturation is felt) until there is minimal movement signal on either the up or down movement. Do not be afraid to back off the Sensitivity, the 6000 Sensitivity is very much environment based so ground signal has the same value as EMI in the scheme of things, as an experiment back off the Sensitivity control to zero (1 bar) and test a tiny surface signal to see what I mean. DO NOT be tempted to crash too much volume into your audio, it is best to start with a low volume and slowly increase as that is much easier than going from high volume to lower volumes. This is especially important when using the BT headphones as there are double volume controls available and a balance needs to be made between the detector and headphone volume controls. Hope this helps JP
    5 points
  10. Today was a day at the beach like many others except I was out at a time when lots of people were at the beach. There were not that many targets but I managed to get a steel ring for my efforts. On the way back I decided to go dry sand and I happened to be near the area where I found the old costume ring. I just picked a line to my parking area and I got a strong signal. I was digging into the harder packed sand but it was starting to sound like an aluminum can with numbers at 33-34 on my 800/15 in Park 1/multi/23. I always expect to catch the edge of the can with my scoop and pry it out of the hole but not this time. It was out of the hole and I knew it was a 50c piece but it wasn't a Kennedy. It was a Franklin. My first ever at the beach and maybe ever but certainly I haven't had one of the big silver coins in a long, long time. Some of my joy was delayed because I didn't have my glasses but I thought I saw the 2 but I also couldn't ever remember seeing a sandwich Franklin. Here it is just out of the hole. Now I have it on display. Just under the Half is a 1949 wheat that I found about 40 feet from the Franklin.
    4 points
  11. I went back to the same general area yesterday and dug junk and a few coins. This is what the spread out results look like. There are lots of old style pop tops. While digging I noticed one silver quarter and later when I was sorting I found another one as well as a silver nickel. Out of all of the pennies only 4 are wheaties. The good stuff is all from the 40s.
    4 points
  12. I ended up getting out in the lake last weekend & finding another really deep Buffalo with co-located iron. Not too much else, people won’t start swimming till the end of May. I stick to the iron areas that most avoid, going slow. Thanks, Aaron
    4 points
  13. Got ya beat.... Got 5 itty bitties today with the smallest being .011g but I was cheating by using the Monster. SDC got nothing for me today...... Main thing is you avoided the skunk!!!!!
    4 points
  14. The GPX 6000 is an extremely early sampling PI, as such it will react to salt signals because salt effects detectors that early sample (VLF are very bad for salt signals too). Early sampling is kind of like higher frequency which is also affected by salt so in the case of the GPZ the High Yield timings suffer the most because of both these scenarios. The way to deal with salt is to Slow the coil speed down (salt is swing speed dependant) Have a faster motion filter like high freq VLF detectors do (Recovery) Use smaller coils A dedicated coil that can cancel salt signals out which is the method used for extreme salt conditions with the GPX 6000. The GPX14 DD coil is an amazing blend of size for best depth and sensitivity due to the way the GPX 6000’s Cancel and Salt Tx and Rx modes work. If a DD coil is 14 inches in size then effectively it has a 7” Tx and a 7” Rx which is way smaller that the supplied 11” monoloop. As such the DD will hit on tiny surface targets a lot better than the 11” mono if the gold is shallow, but the 11” mono will have more outright depth. JP
    4 points
  15. And please make sure it's waterproof. Before the 6000 I used the SDC 2300 to primarily detect in creeks. I always thought it was a missed opportunity that the Coiltek 5 X 10 SDC coil was not waterproof as I would have jumped on one straight away. I found the new 6000 coils extremely buoyant with all that empty space under the coil covers and not ideal for pushing into crevices and cracks under water. I also had a fair amount of EMI with the 11" mono coil so a smaller coil would find its way into my arsenal pretty quick.
    3 points
  16. Yes i would crank the recovery up to at least 7 maybe 8. You will be surprised if you have not tried it.
    3 points
  17. Amazing. I always suspected gold is also growing on trees in Au.
    3 points
  18. Let’s just say we have different ground. I recommend high mineral, big gold people lean to JP, low mineral, small gold folks to me. Our observations and recommendations will be different. Any doubt, see Steve’s Insane GPZ Setting. I’m not saying you will never need DD coil, but I’m also saying a 6000 with 11” mono handles my salt ground better than a GPZ with stock coil. Is that because the coil is smaller? Of course. Does not change the fact that out of box, I’d rather run a 6000 with 11” mono in salt than a GPZ with stock coil. On my ground, the GPZ with stock coil acts more like the 6000 with 17” mono. The DD is not because the 6000 is inherently worse at salt or EMI, but that if either of those things stop what you have now.... it won’t stop a 6000. Yes, there is a performance hit, but if what you are doing is failing 100%, then it’s better than that. That’s the whole point. You never put the DD on unless it will help you, not hurt you. You will know when that is because you will want to toss detector in ditch. With 6000, put on DD, problem solved. But no problem, no DD coil.
    3 points
  19. I presume you’re spending a lot of your time in Normal timings then Steve? 🤔 (Indicative of the ground you’re working) And your right it’s vital that a wide variety of ground types are accessed during field testing. 👍 The GPX11” mono will handle salt better than the 7000 because it is a smaller coil than the GPZ14. But when the ground is wet or its a very conductive/salty area the only choice will be the DD coil. 😊 Tip: 😊 Difficult has just as much sensitivity and depth as Normal on the smaller sub gram targets.🧐 Please note: A lot of our OBP customers read this forum so think of my advice as being generally aimed at Australian conditions and users and Steves advice for the US conditions etc.
    3 points
  20. This was the most secretive project yet. Picture Steve crouched in bottom of ditch with prototype wrapped in garbage bag because a car came up. The protos spent most of their time in garbage bags, for fear a telephoto might see something. The actual shape was a big secret, no photos, don’t be seen.... adds a little extra challenge to nugget detecting. I am however, a lousy poker player, so no worries there!
    3 points
  21. I’m was on the GPX 6000 development crew. This is my first production level model, a step up from my last prototype... which I thought was great. Sadly for some out there, this means I have a 17” mono while the rest of you wait, but being a tester does have a few benefits. You folks that already own Minelab PI type tech... good for you, be happy! However, if you are a VLF hunter and been hanging back on the PI thing.... if you can afford it, now is the time to take the dive. Very powerful, very ergonomic, very easy to operate. Only caveats, no disc, and price. Otherwise, this is the machine you’ve been waiting for. GPZ 7000 is too deep a plunge, this is just right for a lot of folks. Says GPX 6000 fan number one, so just ignore me. I was Equinox fan number 1 for a reason, and this completes my set. GPX 6000 plus Equinox 800 equals nugget hunting bliss. A Monster might hit a hair smaller than my Equinox, but it’s close. The GPZ will hit a one pound nugget deeper... but I’ve had my shot there, not worried about it after 50 years of detecting. My Equinox 6000 is tops, that’s my story, and I’m sticking with it. Not worries about going toe to toe with GPZ operators in Nevada at all, as if you add it all up, salt, shallow small gold, it’s a genuine push as to which is the better choice.
    3 points
  22. It was a strong signal and I think it was laying on the upper part of the hard dirt/pan that was down about 10 inches. Part of the hole filled in before I took the picture. I think it has been there a long time but it didn't dark tarnish like the other coins. Earlier in the day I was at a play park and use 4khz because the sand box is on top of a drain tank. Multi has to be taken back there to around 18. The Franklin location doesn't really have any EMI issues. I broke off the ears on my CTX 17 and put the shaft back on with a repair kit that includes zip ties! It works fine. What I discovered about making the screw too tight was that each time I touched it to the ground to flatten the coil for swinging it strained the ears. It wasn't the sideways crunch that ripped my ears off but it was the rocking motion. Here is the coin before: And after an aluminum foil, vinegar cleaning: It really kinda pops with very little circulation wear.
    3 points
  23. Gerry also mentions that this is one of the best forums out there in the interviews.Gerry and Steve are one of the good guys of the metal detecting community and if there was a metal detecting Hall of fame they would both be in it for there contributions to the hobby and the tons of great treasure they have found.I would put Charles Garrett as the first person in the Hall of fame.In the detecting hall of fame you don't have to be retired from the hobby.
    2 points
  24. What you guys will find with testing is the results bleed seamlessly between the various models, with each having some edge the other lacks. This is the part that maddens people and makes simple answers dangerous. A Gold Monster still is best for finding invisible gold. If you have to own one detector, you will compromise, period. I promise anyone as a person that does the tiny gold thing, that if you get a 1/10th grain speck and do your tests, in actual ground, it will take a microscope and a micrometer and a lot of hours to sort out. For some people the Gold Monster will back up the GPX 6000 for the tiniest gold, and for discrimination. In my case, an Equinox with 6" coil will always be out with the 6000, which will often have the 17" mono running. Equinox is a pinpointer, trash handler, and flyspeck detector that pairs really well with the 6000. But for gold only guys, a shortened up Monster will be a better alternative.
    2 points
  25. I think this is about the plastic quality and the process how it is manufactured. I had the same issues with the plastic housing of the meter pod of my VX3 and the plastic parts of my SpectraSound headphones and the MXT display pod. After some failings to glue these plastics I came across the Epoxy Structural Adhesive >>Scotch Weld DP 410<<. That really did the job and gave new strength to the plastic parts. Right now I have this on all my cracked White's detector plastic parts.
    2 points
  26. I might be speaking out of my bum here, so please do correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the understanding I have of coils like Minelab’s Equinox 12” x 15” coil, and Minelab’s CTX-3030 13” x 17” coil as well as other tapered coils in general. We shouldn’t expect much in the way of depth increase because in reality the 12” x 15” is really just a 15” long 12” coil, and the 13” x 17” is really just a 17” long 13” coil. Where we see increased performance with such coils would be in ground coverage. Indeed that’s the performance characteristics I’ve noted with such coils. Very little depth increase, but better ground coverage. Although I don’t have the coiltek round 15” I would expect it should provide better depth than the minelab option in addition to the ground coverage. This is in theory anyway, and it gets even more complicated than that because larger coils can lose sensitivity and depth to small objects like coins and gain on larger objects like some relics (buckles for example).
    2 points
  27. Hello there. Just wanted to respond to some of your comments. I prefer not to post pricing because I do not want to be conveyed as I am trying to make a sale which is not my purpose of being on this forum. I just want to share information with the members. Sales is the dealers' job, not mine. The MSRPs of the HPs are $99 and $70. Now, your second question: What's going on at Nokta? We are doing VERY well, thank you! We have been releasing accessories because we want to offer a full range of products to our customers. If they buy a detector from Nokta Makro, we should be able to at least offer them the accessories they need when they ask. A customer can use a different branded shovel and/or HPs of course if they prefer BUT as a manufacturer we should at least give them the option. I would prefer to see a customer with a Kruzer using our PP or shovel versus a competitor's. We are not trying to sell, we are trying to offer a full package for customers’ metal detecting needs. It is part of becoming a ‘’brand’’. And your last comment: ''How about teasing the new multi? Garrett Did.'' I, as the Sales & Marketing Director of this company personally do not like to ''tease''. I try to share as much information as I can - honestly and openly. My competition may have a different approach. I would advise you to focus on results. PS. SMF is in the testing stage. Thank you very much.
    2 points
  28. GPZ owner and hopefully a 6000 owner as soon as the bank balance allows. I was fortunate enough to have a go with one and it sold me simply on the ergonomics of the machine and the way it pinged the small bits. Clear crisp signals nearly every time. The nitpickers honestly don’t know what they’re missing and I reckon their mind would be changed the moment they pick a 6000 up. Some great write ups here once again.
    2 points
  29. Amazing story! I always liked the smell of eucalypts oil. Now I know why!
    2 points
  30. Eucalypts reveal their veins of gold.pdf
    2 points
  31. If you are hunting with all targets accepted in Beach 1 or Beach 2, using the threshold included in those modes will not let you hear anything important except for maybe a change in the ground conditions. It is a reference threshold only, meaning it will drop out when you swing the coil over a rejected target ID. If you aren’t rejecting any targets, there is no point in using it. If you are rejecting the iron range.......that is certainly one way to not have to hear a lot of iron sand iron grunts. Unless Minelab did an update I don’t know about.......the only modes that have anything resembling an old fashioned threshold where the threshold tone will help to slightly “amplify” really deep targets just past the depth of detection by either boosting their signal or by dropping out over them are the Gold Modes. Running in Beach 1 or 2 at an iron sand beach in 50 tones with a threshold tone with all targets accepted (horseshoe button depressed) with a low recovery speed and a minimum amount of iron bias would drive me nuts especially if I wasn’t ground balancing or using tracking ground balance.
    2 points
  32. Been bulldozing a lot with the 11” mono. Get a speck nearer the winding, bang! And yes, in the right ground little invisible hot rocks will make it impossible, but here at least I’m good. Guys here will love it, but gimme that 6x10 scrubber also please.
    2 points
  33. I don’t see how anyone could not like it, just swinging it and listening to it. Yeah, I know, wear headphones... except I don’t anymore. The speaker is so loud it literally vibrates the speaker grill at full volume No harness, no bungee, no headphones... you may not find gold, but you’ll be comfortable doing it!
    2 points
  34. Hey Steve, for a such a simple turn on a go machine we sure are finding a lot of diversity in the ways to use the GPX 6000 so early on. 😊 I still remember that quiet ground raked spot I took you too in WA and you showed me the way you use a Gold Bug, that was an eye opener and I learned a lot that day. 😂 I never could master the bulldozing technique you showed me, but you sure did sniff out some tiny pieces on the ground.
    2 points
  35. Not for me, been scrubbing the heck out of the 11” coil, going to need lots of scuff covers. So funny you say that... I’d say just the opposite for what I’m doing. Just goes to show why people are needed in different areas with different focus. And 11” mono handles salt so well, way better than GPZ, that the DD will be for truly worst case scenarios here... and the beach! JP and I hunt different ground, and I’m half nuts, so my Nevada recommendations will tend to be “hot” compared to JPs. I’m running the 6000 like it’s a Gold Bug 2, already lobbying for smaller “scrubber coil!”
    2 points
  36. Trash is easier than gold so far this morning good showing already though so no worries, will finish out day, be home very late. I just wanted to note that fact production unit was delivered to my doorstep means dealer units are not far behind, probably on the way right now.
    2 points
  37. I think JP summed it up nicely. Yeah, 6000 gives Monster run for the money, but I still bet on Monster for the tiniest bits. Yeah, the 6000 gives the 7000 a run for the money, but I still bet on the GPZ for the deepest bits. For me 6000 is SDC that should have been, in regular box, with swappable coils. And better ability to obtain a smooth threshold while retaining power. SDC is more compact, fully submersible, less expensive, and will kill hot rocks that will bother 6000. But for me there is no comparison. Maybe an SDC owner that has Coiltek coils, but not really. That’s an aftermarket kludge, and looks it. So you could say the 6000 is like an SDC done up like a normal detector. But for me in my mind it’s “GPZ Lite” as the 6000 audio responses largely mirror GPZ responses as far as hot rocks and salt, though the 6000 handles salt way better. But anyone used to a GPZ will find 6000 familiar, just easier and smoother. It’s all very straight forward, with the only calculus here one to be made by people weighing 6000 vs 7000. For the power users, it will come up GPZ or GPZ plus 6000! For people like me.... 6000 all the way. I’m enough older than JP that our paths have now parted ways. Power guys are more in JP camp, I’m more in retiree camp, slowing down, and the GPX 6000 was made for me. Perfect detector at perfect time of my life. It’s 6000 + Equinox for me, 100% covered for anything. 6000 first, Equinox for trash and the tiniest bits (also gives Monster a run for the money there). All I can say is I let the 7000 go when 6000 entered radar, have not regretted it yet. In fact after yesterday, I’m happier than ever. Just spent a day digging Nevada nuggets, my shiny new GPX 6000 is no longer a gold virgin! Dig some more today.... report soon. I think I’m ungagged
    2 points
  38. Hit it with the stock coil. Turn down sensitivity, turn up recovery speed and have at it. The 10x5 is not going to make a dramatic difference in your ability to hunt that site from a separation standpoint. The 10x5 strong suit is not so much separation as that it provides the ability swing in constrained areas, is light weight yet gives superior swing coverage vs. the 6" round. If I had a choice, would I tend to grab the 10x5 vs. the stock in the situation you describe? ...Yes. But I can easily make do with the stock coil in that situation. In other words, don't sit on the sidelines waiting for the optimal accessory coil to show up, if you have limited site access time, hit it with whatever equipment you already have in hand.
    2 points
  39. I'm trying not to fall into the NursePaul philosophy of buy high/sell low and what don't get stolen you can give away. If I had 20% of the value Paul's stuff that's been stolen, I'd buy 2 6000s.
    2 points
  40. Minelab have made clear that the GPZ 7000 is the top dog, especially for larger, deeper gold. I would expect vey few serious operators to ever take a step down, as the drive is always "more power, more power." JP already made it clear the GPZ is and will continue to be his main machine. Long story short it will not be a market dump for the 7000. This is not a deal where everyone is upgrading to what is being sold as a more powerful replacement for the GPZ. Most power users will stay with what they have, or maybe add a 6000. I think this is aimed at people who have a SDC 2300 or GPX 4500/5000 etc. type detectors, but for whom the GPZ 7000 was too much weight and too much money. GPZ 7000 owners are last on the potential customer list I would think. The ones that are considering the 6000 are probably more in my camp. Willing to give up the chance of hitting a one pound nugget at three feet. Guess I'll only dig mine at 2.5 feet. The 6000 targets the bread and butter around here. I'll not worry about the big one going beep if I get over it. I'm the target customer, not JP. So which are you?
    2 points
  41. I live in WA, along the Columbia River, and my local native soils are highly mineralized. In certain areas my Mojave is more chatty, almost unusable, than my Silver regardless of coil selection; might be EMI but not likely given the rural locations? I have owned 11 Tesoro models (4 & 5 pin) and tried nearly every coil option over the last 12yrs searching for that perfect combo for my ground. My Mojave is paired with a 3x18 cleansweep coil 95% of the time and I use it for tot lots & sports fields for shallow drops. I also use the stock 7 and concentric 4 occasionally when I'm curious if other machines have missed a nonferrous target in an iron infested site but feel either the Silver or Outlaw are better suited, in my soil, for iron discrimination-separation. I will always own one or more Tesoro's; simple beep-dig fun and possibly the best iron separator in my ground.
    2 points
  42. I dug another fake Cartier LOVE ring yesterday. Second one dug on this beach. Even though I could not read the hallmark inside the ring (gotta have my cheaters for that) I knew it was just like two others that I dug last year and the year before. I do have one real one though. I dug it last year. All the white gold ones are fake. The gold colored one is real. These are getting to be a little to plentiful. LOL
    1 point
  43. 1 point
  44. My shoulders are literally writing minelab a thank you letter as we speak :)..... Cant wait for Saturday to finally get this thing out thru its paces!!.....Its been a long week at work already while knowing what is in my cupboard!!!
    1 point
  45. Maybe the finds were light but the trash was heavy. I'm getting nervous that the farmers will show up and I'll be out of the fields for the rest of the year. I've never dug so many bullets, all either vintage non military, or brand new black powder, mostly in the 50 caliber range. I was hunting a roadside in this field near my house today. There was a horse racing track here long ago, the farmer "killed" the side of the road it was on, not sure whether he did it so I could check it out, but we did discuss it a while ago. This is only half the road looking back to the entrance, I'm pretty sure it's about a half mile long or more. This field is over 200 acres. Didn't find much: A fired musket ball, a ramrod tip, an odd shaped bullet that was interesting enough to keep, a 1912 wheat penny and an unidentifiable wheat, and my favorites of the day, most of a 1600s spectacle buckle and an 1800s 2 piece button. Looks like the button was decorated but bronze disease has taken its toll. Just before I wrapped up the farmers stopped by and gave me some great intel about this area. They figure I have another week or so before they plant. Great guys!
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  46. Aliens, my Troopy`s first service is next week, if your not too busy in 2 weeks...............
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  47. JP, I've followed every one of your reviews and tips way back to the first GPX and I well remember the heat you have taken on each new Minelab release. The old Finders Forum was a hoot because for me it's a hobby and the unbridled opinions and malice expressed by its members defied logic. My post was rhetorical, just bringing some of the various internet comments and questions to one place for a little pre-release exposure here in the US. Me and most of the DP members are anxiously waiting for your unrestrained views and experiences with the new 6000. Your expertise is always appreciated.
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  48. Sorry to sidetrack a bit, but what are these coffee machines you blokes speak of and are they power hungry? I carry a Kelly kettle and a can of Nescafé blend 43 and while it does the job it’s just not barista quality. p.s. Does anyone know what happened to blends 1 to 42?🙂
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