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  1. I lost my dad a couple of years ago and this is my second Father's day without having the chance to say I love him so I've been in a funk as today approached. The other part of my funk is my own kids are 1200 and 3000 miles away and I get to see them next to never due to one's career in the Air Force and the other who flies for Delta. So with that in mind I got a chance today to get up off my pity party butt and get out there and do something nice for someone. I got a text late last night (Saturday) from a young lady who had lost her diamond engagement ring somewhere on the beach at Rincon Beach Park. She told me that she has only had it for 3 weeks and after waiting 9 years for her boyfriend to finally ask her she goes and loses it. We needed to hit low tide so I agreed to meet her at 7am. Rincon beach is popular for surfers due to it's sweet break around the point where if you catch it right you can get an awesome ride. The tide pools though are just below the surface so it requires skill to just get out to the break! Ashley and her friends were just in front of the houses when a sneaker wave came in and as fate would have it she had just taken her ring off to put sunscreen on and so she gathered up her towel and pulled everything up and away. Logic would lead you, me and her to think the ring fell out right there and I could swoop in and save the day in less than a minute. If there is one thing I have learned in finding folks rings is that the logical place is usually not where the ring is at and today that was the case. I gridded a basketball size court area and came up empty. There was a secondary location 100 yards away that she and her friends retreated to with all their belongings and so I began to search a path from point A to point B. Ashley was beginning to have doubts and I reassured her the ring wasn't lost, it was here on the beach and that we just had to find it. I began to envision the scenario in which it was dropped. She had gathered up her towel and the ring in it, dragging an ice chest to the new location in the dry sand around the corner. I finally got the sweet pitch tone on my D2 and a 42 and I figured this had to be it and then bingo, this beauty was in my scoop. Needless to say I quit feeling the funk and realized that Father's Day was/is the perfect day to do something nice for someone else which is what a Dad does. It was a great reminder that we are to be selfless and put others first. Ashley was crying and man oh man, what a great moment it was. I tried to film it with my new camera but having my hat on made the sky look great but nothing else LOL. I retired last week so I have plenty of time to figure that camera out. Happy Father's Day to everyone and do what you do best! Just being a dad who is there! Dave
    14 points
  2. I'd call the 6000 the jack of all trades. 7000 is the undisputed heavyweight king, and I do mean heavy. I'm pretty well convinced now that if there is going to continue to be a market for high dollar, high end detectors then some new idea needs to come out soon. Maybe it's just me, but I think I only got one more high dollar detector left in me and then there just won't be enough scraps left over under the table to spend that kind of money pursuing anymore after an 8000, or whatever it may be. A lightweight 8000 that goes as deep or deeper than the 7000 will be the new king by default. But they really need something completely new and different after that to keep a good number of people buying these machines in this price range, IMO.
    9 points
  3. I admit I read this thread with a degree of satisfaction, and a feeling of being vindicated. As a prototype tester I put out a very early report on the GPX 6000 trying to tell U.S. operators only (not Australian users or X Coil users) exactly what is now becoming accepted as fact. And that is, for the average U.S. user, especially new buyers, the GPX 6000 is a better value than the GPZ 7000. Despite my clearly stated caveats, however, I got enough blowback from the very people I was exempting from my commentary, that I pulled all my reviews and information on the 6000. I did finally post them again about three months ago, once the heat died down. I must say that the quality control, and therefore all the problems people have had with the GPX 6000, have been very disappointing. The fact is most people do not have issues, but so many do, including quite a few people that I know and respect, that it has taken some shine off what should have been a truly excellent release by Minelab. Were it not for the issues that plagued some people, a lot of the pushback would not have existed. We hear "yes, it does find gold, but the problems......" far too often. Still, the Minelab GPX 6000 for me is a joy to swing, and literally paid for mine in two days last fall, on the kind of gold the GPZ 7000 is weak on, and that I had been over and missed with the 7000. Again, because of the grief I was given, I did not post about any of my GPX 6000 finds last year, but it has left me with a hole in my Steve's Mining Journal last year, that needs to be filled. So I will finally get around to writing that up and posting about it soon. Thanks Gerry, and everyone else posting on their GPX 6000 success, for making me feel more like saying something now, than I have this last year. A few ounces of GPX 6000 finds from the Mother Lode country.....
    9 points
  4. Awesome fathers day hunt. Dug some ox shoes, horse shoes, then switched to my small coil and started fishing through the iron... Nice old thimble, sadly broken. Small musket ball. And the top find, a bizzare Haitian military button. I think this is incredibly rare for my area. The button dates to around 1800 to 1820 I think. Exact same button here with the history. Crazy. https://www.icollector.com/FRENCH-PHOENIX-INDIAN-TRADE-BUTTON_i20183505
    8 points
  5. Detectors are just tools, and which as best depends on the job. Which is king, pliers or a 12mm socket wrench? Just depends on the job at hand. There is no doubt the GPZ 7000 is the more powerful detector, and what we are really taking about is which is the better value for most people. All I know is the desire to prove any one detector as best has been a rather decisive thing in the detecting community as of late. It’s just human nature in all things it seems, not just detecting. People in general just seem to love taking sides on just about anything, and then arguing about it. 🤔 There is no doubt some performance to be eked, but it appears to me the technological gains have been getting increasingly small, at increasing price. If they came out with a GPZ 8000 that was basically the same design as the 6000, with a rod that does not twist, and a battery door that works, no weird EMI instability issues oddly related to the speaker, and better reliability, plus a good coil selection at reasonable prices, then I might be tempted to bite. Lots of big ifs there however, so I’ll not be holding my breath. The real problem is the gold patches basically playing out, and “going deeper” is not going to make the majority of them come back to life. We have lots of relatively shallow placer here, and with the last small bits getting hoovered up, there simply is not that much left in most of the places that most of us have ready access to. It’s a good thing you are getting near to retiring Gerry, because I don’t think gold prospecting detectors are a growth market anymore in the U.S.
    7 points
  6. Yeah, it has a crazy mysterious history and finding one on the east coast seems even more bizarre. And on my permission it is even crazier. I have not found one single old coin here. One Wheatie. So I know it has been hunted or at least coin shooters had their day. Either way, a real fathers day treat I will treasure. Here is a better pic. Im afraid to clean it.
    6 points
  7. It was definitely a funk buster. She helped me as much as I helped her.
    5 points
  8. GC ZVTs not dead by a long shot, the 7000 was just the pioneer of ZVT, ML will blow us away with their follow up as they have with the 6K and those before, (JPs been swinging an early ZVT2 for awhile now, he`s been way too quiet😉) ZVT will be King again, patience my friend, the 6Ks reign may indeed be short but for prospecting new patches amongst the tall grass its given this GitB "old fart" a new lease of life. Tis amazing that we debate passionately about two competing machines that are not made by competing manufacturers.
    4 points
  9. As much as I enjoy the 6000 for all the reasons stated, I still very much like the versatility the 7000 has to offer. GB-modes, gold-modes, filtering, threshold volume/volume, etc, all of it is missing on the 6000. Of course, the easiness of use comes in handy in particular for detecting beginners. However, I at times prefer to choose the settings for a given location and not let the machine pick for me. This reminds me a bit of cameras. They have fantastic point and shoot cameras nowadays, but does it really make the advanced high end Nikon (or Canon...) models obsolete? "GPX-6000 NEWEST TECHNOLOGY – Who wants to use a 7 yr old cell phone (GPZ-7000)." Gerry, as for ZVT, do you really think this is old stuff from yesterday and obsolete? As smart as geosense is, I still think ZVT has a lot to offer and should not be completed dismissed. After all, the 7000 is still ML's flagship detector. IMHO, I don't think it makes much sense to compare the 6000 with the 7000. Both are different machines with different underlying technologies, each having their strengths and weaknesses. I can see why advanced users still continue to value the 7000, me included. Assuming the 7000 would be as ergonomically advanced and as light as the 6000, and would have the desired coil versatility, would that alone not make the 7000 a much better match, even though using the "7 year old technology"? All this being said, if I today had to award a king trophy it would for sure go to the 6000. This detector is an absolute delight and would absolutely earn this title, all things considered. GC
    4 points
  10. Sorry to hear. Us beach guys are tough on stuff. We find the weakness right away. Personally those WS6 headphones are junk, I will never use them at the beach.
    4 points
  11. I still love my GPZ 7000 to me it is king but as a dealer guess what I would rather do training on? The areas I do instruction are near town and have been well and truly pounded over the 6 years we’ve been trading as such it is getting very hard to find a piece of gold using the 7000 in the given time frames (it is also a very hard thing to do to walk around with another person and focus on edge of detection signals whilst instructing). In the past few weeks (since I recovered from the dreaded) I’ve done 3 or 4 x GPX 6000 sessions and 2 or 3 x GPZ7000 training sessions, in every case I have found 3 pieces each time in the 6000 sessions and nil with the 7000, because the gold is just not plentiful enough there now without spending considerable time and focusing hard. The GPZ7000 requires about 1 1/2 to 2 hours of assembly/fit out and instruction in the shop then 1 1/2 to 2 hours one on one in the field with another session a few days later to cover off on any questions ect (ongoing phone support or further refresher instruction), this is bare minimum to get someone up to speed and using that machine correctly. This is my commitment to our GPZ customers to make sure they have the best opportunity of finding gold and using the machine at its full potential. The GPX 6000 also gets similar treatment with assembly and instruction in the shop and then field training but it is so much easier to do even with total newbies, the weight is one factor but also the simplicity of the controls. Controlling the coil is paramount to effective detecting, even though we go to great pains to set people up with the 7K it is still a heavy machine and requires time spent learning how to control the coil properly. Going over my well worked training areas with the 6000 makes me look like superman, there is nothing more gratifying than scoring a nugget with a customer listening in, showing something is possible for real is very empowering. The GPX 6000 makes me look very good. 😊 JP Speci piece I found last training session in someone refilled hole. (Approx 2 grams enclosed)
    4 points
  12. The only association with King I have with it is the Burger King Whopper! 🙂 Just kidding, it's a decent detector but not promoted to King in my kingdom yet even as someone that chases the smaller gold which it's known as being so good for, we'll see how it goes with time, more use and some aftermarket coils! Ps, that ugly whopper may contain cabbage instead of lettuce if you're in Australia 😛
    4 points
  13. Something sounds wrong there if its bump falsing. Should be no more bump sensitive than any other minelab. Maybe check if your coil plug is fully seated, as they are a bit hard to tighten. Otherwise send it back. Scott, the 6000 is a pretty sweet machine when running right. Dumped my 7k and no regrets.
    3 points
  14. I have had 2 times when the WS6 did not automatically power on when the Deus 2 remote powered on. Very annoying and kind of freaked me out. I turned the WS6 on manually both times and it worked fine. The WS6 works fine for me if there is very light wind and no other loud ambient noise. I put a layer of thin adhesive felt around the area that touches my ears and I put on my sun glasses after putting on the WS6. Works for me with just a little top of the ear pain after 3 hours. Without the felt padding, I can stand them for about 30 minutes. However, at a crowded beach with wind AND wave noise.........not for me. Hopefully XP will replace your WS6 quickly.
    3 points
  15. Aye, but regardless of how impressed we are with it`s performance and that it has simple controls that make it a turn on and go machine, we are only early into learning how to get the most out of it. Don`t be fooled by its top response on shallow scraps, the 6000 has depth, "ghost" signals even that "chattering" that will be better exploited once we have a range of coil sizes and varied windings the aftermarket coil manufacturers are renowned for.
    3 points
  16. Some Silver with the Legend There are guys up here who specialize in hunting in the woods. They find a ton of silver by doing detailed research and knowing what to look for in the forest. I spotted some old trees beside a river and decided to give it a try. The Legend is just a superb detector for this kind of hunting because of how much audio information it gives you. It’s also very smooth in the junk–even in All Metal. I ran in “Field” mode, Low Weighting (M1) and 6 Tones audio. Where you have a lot of too big targets (wire, big foils, tins…) its important to listen to the signal tone. I was able to hear those responses that were too big–even in discriminate. Checking these in Pinpoint mode told me which ones were too wide and flat to be of interest. When using a machine with segmented audio (6 Tones for example) it’s important to be able to tell which high responses are coin sized and which are too big. Other targets were transitioning from high to mid tones–not what I was after. A few larger food package type foils told me that I was in an old picnic area. I got a clean high tone that read up in the low “50”s”. It was narrow in Pinpoint and checked on the cross sweep–bingo–silver ring. Now this might not be such a great find in open park ground but the Legend let me zero in in this high potential target in the middle of the woods, in an area full of big foils, cans, beer and screwcaps. This is a very well made and well thought out detector. Can’t wait to see what the next upgrade will do. cjc
    3 points
  17. I just received another Deus 2 accessory- 3-d printed coil centering device for my 11” coil. After having swung the 11” only for the first 2 months and getting along fine, I can say it is a lighter feeling swing, maybe a bit easier on the wrist. It’s definitely noticeable and will help in long detecting runs. I wouldn’t even bother for the 9” coil but for the 11” I recommend it as it is a low cost helpful gadget.
    3 points
  18. Gerry, In my experience of swinging the GPX 6000 since last June, I have to agree that it is the king when it comes to the shear number of nuggets it can find compared to the GPZ 7000. But at the same time, it is also the court jester when it comes to quality; I had to send in 2 of my 3 coils for replacement, which prompted me to buy a spare coil to have on hand when the next failure happens. During the winter desert prospecting season of 2020, it took me nearly 4 months to find 100 Arizona nuggets with the GPZ 7000, as detailed below: This past winter season however, going over the same areas with the GPX 6000 netted the same number of nuggets in only a couple of weeks. And the total take for my first season with the GPX 6k is multiple hundreds of nuggets at a combined weight of 5 ounces, which is an ounce more than found with the GPZ 7k during the previous season on the same patches. The amount of sub-gram bits left behind by the 7000 in some spots was truly mind boggling. Also, there was a noticeable increase in the number of specie bits, porous “popcorn” gold and crystalline pieces. This, in combination with all the reasons Gerry mentioned, certainly makes the GPX 6000 the king in my book. Pictured below is the 5-ounce pile of nuggets recovered during my first season with the 6k:
    3 points
  19. Hey Gerry, I will bite .... 🙂 Yes, we all know you have sold more detectors than anymore in the World, hehe.. Something you should be proud of. You probably put Kellyco out of business I think for the "hardcore, depth guys" the GPZ 7000 is still KING for them. However, this is probably only about 5% or less of the nuggetshooters/mining operations out there metal detecting for nuggets. I think the remainder, 95% or so would have the best of success with the new GPX 6000. This unit is much easier to use, super lightweight, more sensitive to small gold (with new aftermarket coils) and $2500 cheaper. Since I locked up about 1,000 acres around Rye Patch, now our customer can toss rocks back in forth over the line at each other. Just make sure you stay out of the Pizza joint when my crew is in town For anymore that don't get our humor, Gerry and I have known each other forever, probably before these nuggets were even formed. God Bless and Happy Father's Day Weekend to all. Rob
    3 points
  20. O,K guys i hunt with the ORX, and use the x35 coil I was running in coin fast , 11.6khz. recovery of 2 , and 85 gain, i was running disc at 35 and i got what i thought was a iron object, It poped like a bottle cap and gave a big low signal ,but i decided to dig this piece of iron out ,but when i turned up the ground i got a clear 95 with no low a quarter signal , so i wanted to get the iron i heard and then heard a solid 65 with no low at all clear as day well up come a nice 14 k diamond studded gold ring , the only thing I can say is the two targets where touching one another and somehow came thru as flat iron would sound . very glad I dug it Gold ring 2 this year . I also found a nice 925 necklace as well in a different location. The ring weighs in at 1.856 grams 14k
    2 points
  21. Steve I agree with the Ford versus Holden debate (Ford V Chevy in the US), but dang you don’t have to be so brutal about your opinion on the gold being played out!! 😞 I’ve spent my whole career being told ‘the golds all gone’ that I’m ‘too late’ and ‘there’s none left’. When I went pro we hardly saw anyone out in the goldfields because VLFs were a dying art and the gold was all played out. Yes I understand I live in a country with a large land mass and small population, whereas you guys have a huge population and shrinking detecting areas etc. The truth hurts to read I suppose especially when I’ve shaped one of my mental success tools around optimism based on telling myself a place is never cleaned out till I’ve had a crack at it. I am however finding as I get older my body is starting to restrict my capacity to invest in the positivity of enthusiasm, basically I find myself doing less hours, covering less country and not working in extreme heat as much as I once did, as a consequence my gold tally has lowered as a result. I also find that I’ve gathered a vast knowledge base of past success locations that gets dimmed when I revisit those old productive areas and find nothing, that fact is hard to take. But the passion is still there along with the desire to continue looking and trying, it is this part of my psych that is struggling with your brutal honesty. Truth hurts I suppose, but I am still happy to be content in the hopes that I can find some gold somewhere, if that means it gets smaller and smaller so be it. As I get older my ability to roam further and further is going to shrink so hopefully future tech will keep up. 😂 The 6000 has come about 10 years too early for me, I’m still hell bent on finishing areas with the GPZ7000, but I will be honest I do from time to time grab my 6000 and go have a dabble in the lighter easier carefree world the GPX6000 has opened up. JP
    2 points
  22. I agree totally with you WesD, Strick and SS the 6Ks a magic machine but sounds like yours is a wee crook. Bit of a lottery with the 6K purchase it appears, mines, touch wood, AOK and into its 2nd year.
    2 points
  23. To heck with this cheap recharging crap. I am simply getting a jumper cable made to run my favorite QUALITY headphones. I am not sure why anyone would buy any of those cheap non-Db rated headphones to put the puck on. [for beach hunting] I can tell you how many failures I had with my Equinox wireless in 4 years. Zip, Zero, Nada. Because I was connected directly to the pod with a jumper cable!
    2 points
  24. I’m sorry to hear all your troubles and hope they get ironed out quickly. I saw the back phones as a joke when I first opened the box and have never used them. I have a set of phones from doodads that the WS6 module fit on that have never failed me yet. I am on a list for the WSAll XL phones but the doodads work fine in my salt water environment. I wonder if it’s the phones or the WS6 that failed? Although I have a third party CF shaft, I have had no issues with the stock shaft as many have. I guess I have been lucky. I also have never had the RC come off either shaft but I do have vet wrap on the handle built up quite a bit, below the RC that prevents me from sliding my hand up into the bottom of the box. I suspect that is the cause of so many knocking the RC off it’s mount. I have a friend that uses a bungee and it also knocks the box off. I have coiled my antenna wire and installed inside the shaft and also wired a set of MSA muffs with piezo’s I installed for water detecting when over knee deep. All and all I love my Deus which in my book is leaps and bounds over my Equinox 800 in every aspect. Guess I was just lucky. Hope all things work out for you. Good luck everybody.
    2 points
  25. Erik, that is terrible. As I did with the Equinox, trying to keep track of anecdotal common failures reported with these new detectors, especially under challenging conditions like beach and water hunting. Out of the box coil failures seem to happen and there have been remote controller lockups with the D2 which was addressed with an update. First WS6 failure I've heard of. On the WS6's is it a matter of no longer pairing up with the remote or do they just fail to turn on outright? Do they also no longer take a charge or or provide any visual indication they are charging? Thx.
    2 points
  26. Technologically yes. Quality and pricing no.
    2 points
  27. Good discussion guys. I think there is big difference in what "pulse" means for both PI and ZVT. For regular PI machines there is an "off time" for receiving (hence the word pulse) whereas for ZVT the term "pulse" refers to just switching the pole of the magnetic field while continuously transmitting (no off-time). Hence, in my view the 7000 is not a PI machine in it's conventional definition and should not be called as such. In contrast, the 6000 is still a "conventional" PI (with off times in between pulses for receiving), so the same advantages (or shall I say differences) that ZVT has over PI will remain in effect when comparing the 7000 with the 6000. This is the reason why I don't think the king trophy discussion makes much sense, both detectors are really so different. Now, when it comes to all the other stuff (weight, ergonomics, coil variety, easiness of use for beginners, etc.) then you can call the 6000 a king. You can also call it king (or god...!) if your primary focus is super fast timing gold in shallow to medium depth ground. However, the ZVT technology will always have distinct advantages that will not be reached by any conventional PI machine and the 7000 could equally be called king, just in a different kingdom. Even with a newer GPZ version released the differences between PI and ZVT will remain fundamental, hence the 6000 will likely remain king in it's kingdom, even after the "GPZ 8000" has been released. In summary, ZVT is not an old obsolete technology and calling it outdated is simply not accurate (IMHO). Just my 2 ct. GC
    2 points
  28. As explained on video by Bruce Candy himself, right at the release date of the 7000, the GPZ detects eddy currents from the targets received (PI tech) it doesnt have a complete switch off cycle like a PI though, because BiPolar PI's simply switch rapidly between field changes, so there's a constant (almost) 'wave' of transmit energy. So, instead of a complete switch off cycle to allow for the Rx to determine a target, the field change allows the extraction of the ground signal (thanks to the clever use of DOD coils) and the eddy current is then detected. Everyone can easily hear the similarity in audio response between GPX's and GPZ's....the same multi channel signal responses (MPS PI tech) and so on.... Minelab have a strong history in shrouding their tech with acronyms and long winded wording...and very wise too. Its smart and clever and shrouds the tech against those companies and countries who would steal and copy at the developers expense. No critique here...just telling it for what it is.
    2 points
  29. Hard to ID rocks from photos but if I had to guess based on the looks of it and the fact you said it's "very very heavy", my initial guess would be BIF. AKA - banded iron formation. It has a huge variety of appearances though so it's not always recognizable just from a photo. There is however a ton of it in the Canadian Shield area, from memory. Try to stick a strong magnet to it. Some is more magnetic than others but I'm guessing most has enough iron in it to be at least somewhat magnetic. If not magnetic then try scratching with a knife, it could be something like shale. Petrified wood will not scratch usually since it's silicified, but it doesn't look like petrified to me anyways.
    2 points
  30. Logic would suggest that a lightweight, Geosense powered GPZ that uses flat-wound and/or concentric coils would be the 7000's successor. This alone would provide the extra depth and comfort to sell a high-end detector in the thousands... We all know that the gold is sitting there, out of reach. It just needs the technology to catch up to sense it.
    2 points
  31. Great story, and thankfully a happy ending! I'm guessing she will now be leaving the ring at home, or at least, secure it before doing anything else!👍👍
    2 points
  32. Totally agree....the signal filtering allows for deep inverted signals to be more obvious than previous GPX models. Ive dug some damned deep junk on spots that have been hammered for years....
    2 points
  33. It's a shame as the Deus II was just getting into gear.. lately it's made some quirky finds including a tiny gold earing and an old coin made into a pin.. Underwater I'd just started a bromance with the huge new target ID and ferrous/non-ferrous display.. I know the target ID on the control box has nothing to do with the WS6, but it breaking down has left a sour taste in my mouth and hasn't made the Deus II any more endearing.. I'm gonna have to break off the bromance if this keeps up..
    2 points
  34. NV-OR-ID-CA-Au - GPZ-8000? Why not a GPX-6500 with Updated Software and Iron Disc. Or better yet, why not another manufacture give us users another high end PI? Yes, getting the kids out to enjoy what we did as young ones, is priceless. Thanks for adding content. Phrunt - You said "I think everyone should just be happy with their own choices, and they likely have reasons for them and enjoy whatever detector they're using. Steve was a straight shooter on the 6000 from the start and for that I'm very appreciative, I just didn't like missing out but I'll give my 6000 plenty of use, it's so light it can tag along in my backpack especially with a smaller coil on it. We all like certain detectors for certain reasons, not all of our reasons are the same." Well said my friend and soon we'll get more coil options. JP- You said "In the past few weeks (since I recovered from the dreaded) I’ve done 3 or 4 x GPX 6000 sessions and 2 or 3 x GPZ7000 training sessions, in every case I have found 3 pieces each time in the 6000 sessions and nil with the 7000, because the gold is just not plentiful enough there now without spending considerable time and focusing hard. Going over my well worked training areas with the 6000 makes me look like superman, there is nothing more gratifying than scoring a nugget with a customer listening in, showing something is possible for real is very empowering. The GPX 6000 makes me look very good. 😊" Spot on my friend. The 6000 makes my Staff/I look like Kings at finding gold during the Field Training and that's the exact same area we've been training since late 90's. Beautiful gold btw and thanks for contributing.
    2 points
  35. I've run a Racer, Impact Kruzer and Anfibio and with each of these I was impressed by the in iron processing and overall audio. Now with the Legend you are adding the "lock on" ability that multi frequency gives you. This is a big deal and some of my tests in areas with a lot of iron have been surprising. The machine pulls up good targets while pushing the iron and other low rejects out. Where you have a lot of caps, the ones that have any extension in the tone are those with lot of aluminum--the Heineken Corona etc. This shows how exact the machine is in making the ferrous / non-ferrous determination. It will be interesting to see what an Bias control will do for this accuracy. cjc
    2 points
  36. Aureous - Yes it's KING of small bird shot as well as the Au. In fact it can pick them up deeper than most VLF gold detectors. Sooner or later experienced guys like you/I will be selling our VLF's for just that reason. On a side note and for those who are not seasoned. It's an odds gain for me. When nugget hunting a site and if getting constant bird shot, I start to scuff the top surface and if it moves, I walk. This can save you quite a bit of time in the long run. Will you miss a couple surface specs of Au, possibly. But the odds are surface targets are trash targets in most of the areas I hunt in the US. Always an exception though and if in a new site, you need to check a few of the top surface targets out before you make that decision. I do the same thing when I detect for older coins in yards. I get many coil signals and leave them for my buddy to dig. He gets more coins than I do and I end up with more older coins/silver than he does. IdahoPeg - Glad to know the hip surgery went well and you are back at the swing again. Lady, you are one impressive gal who can certainly hold your own when it comes to nugget hunting. Your pics of Success and to know your biggest Nevada nugget ever was found, was with the GPX-6000. Heck that's a lot of detector purchases from me and I know they all found you gold in NV, but the 6 is just something special. Well done Lady Digger and I look forward to seeing more of your Au success with a 6000 this year. Phrunt - I knew you were capable of a cartoon, but BK🤣 "Burger King"... Well you certainly didn't get it your way. Of all guys, well deserved. You my friend, had some very bad luck from the beginning with the 6 and so I feel your pain. Time will heel your wounds and I promise you'll come around, especially when you put one of those new smaller CoilTek GOLDHAWK coils on the end. Thanks for giving a little laugh on this special day. All good buddy all good.
    2 points
  37. As a Minelab dealer I’m always looking for a new and better King, so I am hoping the GPZ 8000 makes the 6000/7000 a dead king soon.😬 The GPX 6000 is more of a Queen, as it can multitask with all its timings and its ergonomics are very pleasant to handle. I think the 6000 is the lightest pulse induction out there with excellent performance. For the most part, the 6000 is the best detector for me due to the performance, weight, and the price. The Prince is still the waterproof version of pulse induction detectors that lack the performance of the latter two detectors, but can be used in water flowing areas. Happy Fathers Day, hope you’re out swinging soon. Take a kid detecting with the GPX6000
    2 points
  38. A bit of a weird one this morning.. a 1949 3-pence made into a pin.. maybe a hat pin or earing.. it's my first find with the Deus II at a place I call the 'silver mine'.. this spot continues to surprise me with not just its old silver coins but also gold jewellery.. I like this little pin, someone did a good job soldering the post to it..
    2 points
  39. Called it the King after first oz with it, still the King after many ozs with it. Tis the production that tells. Below photo is a top "alteration" to it, piece of 0.8mm clear PC cut and glued tor scruff plate. Glue is black.
    2 points
  40. Hi Gerry….yep, I’d have to agree with you. I loved my 7000, but where I hunt it was getting to be slim pickins, and the 7 got heavier as my hip arthritis got worse. I just got back from my 1st trip to northern Nv since getting my hip replaced a couple months ago; and with how light the 6000 is, I was able to cover serious ground on old and new areas. I did not have one skunked day, which is unusual. And guess what? I stumbled over my biggest Nv nugget…almost 9grams! And that was in an area of serious EMI. Also rustled up some smalls from worn out areas. The 6000 is pretty awesome!
    2 points
  41. The 6000 is most definitely the 'King' of lead shot. Anyone considering buying one must accept the horrific amount of lead in the ground will most certainly be heard by his/her 6000. If you thought the SDC was bad.... Oh, it finds gold too 😉
    2 points
  42. Nokta copied Minelabs detector, XP copied Minelabs quality 😛 Just joking, sort of, it seems almost every manufacturers quality has gone down hill lately. No brand seems immune, even those that were touted as the greatest build quality have resulted in many failures with their latest release. I don't know if it's related to their factories and Covid or what it is, hopefully things improve in the future and this isn't a sign of things to come. I was kicking back the other day and thinking about it and the only brand I own a fair few detectors from that I've never had a problem with are Garrett, I have four of their detectors two of which are near entry level and three of their pinpointers and never once had a fault yet other brands have let me down, especially Minelab. That's not saying Garrett's don't break down as I've seen a few Apex bite the dust, but at least for me they haven't. My only XP is a pinpointer and I love it. Sorry to hear of your problems Erik, I certainly know how frustrating problems with a new expensive detector can be and they really put you off using it, and you were just starting to make friends with that XP, you were starting to bond with it and now here we are.
    1 point
  43. The GPZ is like fine wine, it's only improved with age. 🙂 it's disappointing they're competing with themselves. All it does is pushes up the price, inhibits development, slows product releases and restricts products as they don't need to compete. Competition supercharges development. They're losing their crown with VLF's quickly if it's not gone already, now competition needs to come into the gold detector market the same way, I'm probably dreaming but it'd be beneficial for everybody but them. ZVT is at the infancy, there would have to be so much more they can do with it. PI, not so much.
    1 point
  44. Rich at Colonial Metal Detectors .Com has the NOX 6 inch coils in stock $179.00 no sales tax and usually ships free but no international shipping.
    1 point
  45. I wonder if that was the owner birth year, if so it would be sterling silver coin / pin if owner was was born prior to 1946 instead of 50% silver. Great and unusual find. 🤩
    1 point
  46. Guy it’s called a channel flipper (high/low, Low/high target response that flips between the two). In some quieter less mineralised soils Normal will do this on some ground variations, a sure sign you should probably go over the ground in Difficult as well. BTW have you worked in any areas like in the pic below? Highly mineralised weathered Metabasalts, there’s heaps of it in Vic around Tarnagulla and Dunolly areas (pic is of one of my test areas here in Clermont and drove the Spiral wound X coils crazy). I was down in Vic recently and had a blast pinging bits with the 6000, just amazing how much small gold is still left in these well thrashed areas. You had to keep the coil off the ground or else saturation drove you nuts, even placing the coil on the ground to retrieve a target created a signal. A careful operator does well in these areas though.
    1 point
  47. Yes, a 12” DD would have been preferable to the 14”, or an 11” if using the existing housing made it easier. I think I could use a small DD even more than a small mono, as the 11” round mono does suit me pretty well for most of my detecting.
    1 point
  48. With all the new waterproof detectors I went got me some new equipment. I just want to know what all of you think about it! Chuck
    1 point
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