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One of my GP3000 had a replacement board under warranty when 2000 miles from home in West Australia. Lost a week detecting with it, but good service. All of my ML coils have had no faults or for that matter nearly no use.

How much gold was recovered.

It is not gold but if you only want to prove it is gold, put it in some strong spirit of salt (HCl acid) for a while it will remove/ dissolve the none gold coating and maybe the lot of your find.

Just being out there getting any targets is all that matters, with the exception of flip tops and I see none in your photos, so that must of been more than rewarding for you. 😄

klunker You bring up a good point, here in Australia and some other countries the rules are so tight to get one legally it is a real effort that most of us find it is better to forget it and do without a gun. Outside the USA the public owning or wanting a military multi/auto shot gun is a laughing matter. If you need a gun, a single shot should be more than required and would ensure that the owner learns how to uses it with one shot to get his target (not multiple innocent public.) Klunker post is in my opinion very appropriate at the moment.👏

It does show NZ 💯. Parker Schnabel, his early episodes are great with his Grand Father helping him find gold. It must be hard to do the shows which helps build the interest in prospection, when he is the drawcard and still try to be true to real prospecting and not media demands.

My main complaint about MineLab coils is that I have to buy one. I can't buy a ML detector without the extra cost of their expensive coils, that I have only used for testing the detector against coils that are made elsewhere that fit my special requirements. So many ML coils sitting in the shed, that cost a large fortune because I had to buy them to get a ML detector. This money could of been used to buy another ML detector without a coil or other detecting equipment. Who is in the same boat wasting resources paying for coils that are not used. 😢

Why is everyone surprised when ML is involved.

Has anyone seen this "combined-pinpointer and digger or something similar. https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t27544-combined-pinpointer-and-digging-tool

Over 2½ Tonne of quartz to crush up by hand from low level gold ore. If they are lucky they might get a gram of gold. 🤢

Sorry MATE, but how much concrete re-enforcement mesh did you use. I hope it worked, or poor old PAUL will have to spend all of his time in the pub without his stolen detector equipment that he left with you. 🤣

Glad you are back. I needed this daily dose of this medicine. 👻 I am sure other were suffering withdrawal pains too.

Perth is a great city well laid out and the Perth Mint is worth seeing. Meekatharra had more iron bars and house anti-break in equipment than we had when I lived in Bougainville (Croc Gold Island) Papua New Guinea. I had a quick look around Meeka got a one bit of gold but moved on the next day.

I have advised Australian Border Force that a gold smuggler is trying to get into Australia wearing thongs (flipflops), shorts, singlet and the real giver away he has a Yank Accent. I think that will slow you down Paul. 😊

There is more gold in that statement that has been said for a long time. Doing this will also let you know what works and does not work as well. Other people setting are only a starting point. I would add that you go back a yard\meter or so and detect at your normal speed and over lap and see how the signal responds as you go past it.

Have you tried the responds with a similar size piece of gold foil that has no thickness and a piece of thicker aluminium. Both Aluminium and Gold have a low conductivity resistance but the eddy currents need a cross sectional area to conduct the current.

All the information posted here in for your post would take many lifetimes to acquire by yourself. A good LINK to read on coil size and depth. ..........Link........ Some examples below.

Depth, sensitivity, weight are not the major factor to consider, it is gold yield. Depth and sensitivity depends on size of gold being found. Note the old rule of thumb is that to double the depth you need 64 times more amplification ( therefor battery uses is massively increased) To a small degree depth can be increased by having a larger coil ( depth cuts out at the meter/yard mark...Doubling the coil size will not double the depth maybe 20% increase). So yield is your goal ..... Find the size and depth for the area you will detect and set your self up with a detector that will allow you to do the 8 hours ( or the time you detect for) that is comfortable, allows full concentration the whole time. From the feed back you have got and the selection you have asked for GPX-6000 or GPZ-7000 the best, is in favour of the 6000. If you make the wrong choice with the 6000 I am sure the ounce or two to swap would be found soon, providing your location is worth doing for returns (not fun) in no time.

NickW I got my first bit of gold (in a pan as a kid with Dad) over 60+ years ago, and have been detecting gold for 40+ years. I have included some gold photos of gold that I have found with old technology VLF and ML_3000 detectors with coils less than 11" wide. These nuggets are the most common size found even on remote virgin patches that I have found. Some of my bigger finds were specimens, I can remember more than 60 ounces of gold from less than ten of them them. As there is a good range of smaller gold in the following photos I would say you would be best to go for the GPX_6000 however if you get hooked on doing flogged deep ground or large deep nuggets I would then buy a second/backup detector with your finds and that would be the GPZ_7000 update when it comes out. The main thing is how you use the detector and the size of the gold you are chasseing.👍 It my birthday tomorrow and since that makes me nearly double your age my views are for an old timer so GPZ_7000 weight might be more acceptable for a young buck such as yourself.😁

Note that those ball bearing are made from non magnetic steel and would remove the ferrous effect on the coil. Austenitic steels, which contain 16 to 26 percent chromium and up to 35 percent nickel, usually have the highest corrosion resistance. They are not hardenable by heat treatment and are nonmagnetic. The most common type is the 18/8, or 304, grade, which contains 18 percent… In steel: Stainless steels.

Up date. The driver was found under the influence. His mother has reprimanded him from raiding the lolly jar. 😢

If you have to guess the date try 1877, who can argue with you if the date can't be read. 😀 Pricing the 1877 Indian Head Penny No matter what the grade of your 1877 Indian Head, you can rest-assured knowing you will get quite the sum of money for it. Even in terrible condition these coins are worth a lot, but in Uncirculated condition, these coins are worth significantly more. The chart below will give you a good idea of what you can expect to pay for an Indian Head Penny from 1877, given its grade. DATE GOOD FINE EXTREMELY FINE UNCIRCULATED 1877 $900 $1550 $2500 $3100

GotAU they seem to be tough plastics to stand up to the treatment dished out to them. Grasshopper I hope you don't get upset, your suggestion might be suitable for NZ as it is cold there but they would not stand-up to AUS. and USA. temperatures. Besides I think coil makers have already used them with no Woolworth label attached. 🤣

Something like this. 😀

Aureous Well done. _________ You are now at 75% of Australian Minimum hourly wage ($16.10 compared to $20.33) a couple more days at that rate you will be turning Pro. and those slaves to the bosses, have to pay TAX.😁