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The other secret is perseverance!

Nice shooting Lunk! The 7k definitely  puts the hurt on old patches,

These are working good for me...

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 I try to shield the dirt from flying with my foot or hand sometimes, to keep the targets from going into orbit.

 Also when hammering into bedrock, Ive lost quite a few targets due to them flying out of the hole and landing up to 10 feet away.

Fun book to read on this subject called: Baja's Hidden Gold

I got it in my eye last month and the irritation fogged and blurred up my vision in one eye.  Its slowly getting better but that stuff is no joke. Fortunately I dont usually get it, but this time  I was taking some sinus medication that possibly interacted with the immune system. The oak is funny stuff.

Hi Fred, Here is a small article I found on the subject, in the mineralogical record.

the claimant have until DEC. 31 to file their proof  of labor so if a wavier was filed  the blm cant close the claim intil after dec 31

But if the claimant didnt pay the maintenance fee or file the waiver by Sept 1, the claim is invalid.

Or is it still valid until December 30th, if he filed a small miners the year before?

That's weird, I'm using free apps too like back country navigator and cached Google maps, in some pretty hostile canyon country. I wonder if they used a different GPS in yours?

Is it an older samsung? My old galaxy 2 was horrible. But the version 6 edge im using now has an excellent gps.

Onx hunt also gives me grief when trying to cach maps on the mobile for offline use.  Usually after the download, it reports that not all the data was able to load and it acts goofy when I'm trying to use those maps in offline mode.

I use a samsung galaxy6 in the California hills, and it seems to get as good or better satellite reception than my garmin handheld.

Back country navigator for topo maps and Onx hunt for parcel property ownership info, works good for me. And of course google maps.

You're a gold magnet, Norm! Great pic.

You just gotta come down into the CA foothills a little lower. Its year around detecting. Snakes are sleeping, grass is down, bugs are gone! Less drinking water needed for the long hikes. Easier digging in soft soils...

Scott, Mine runs noisy also over wood debris. Madrone roots seem to always give me a nice signal. Its just the nature of the beast we swing and the trade off for the extra sensitivity.

No doubt it would be nice if Minelab created a ground balance dedicated to our American soils.

Hahaha Scott!  Just wait till you hit 3 and your all triangulated!

Its Nevada, come on, everything is legal,  haha

Sweet!!! You guys are dialed in!

I also dont notice any difference ground balancing with, or without the ferrite ring.

Maybe it is catered to certain ground types?

I tried mine out in the CA motherload, and couldn't tell any noticable difference either.

I agree Lunk, It threw me off a little also. Glad it worked for ya!

Lunk, I dont think you need to log in unless your using the mapping feature. I didn't. Just plug the USB in and go from there.

  Hardest part for me was trying to find where I put the usb cable. Otherwise it was drama free, as Fred said. And Im no tech wiz either.

Good work Minelab!

The Andesite bombs have always been a problem with past pi detectors, but the issue I have is  with certain Motherload "hot" slates/shists with surrounding red soils and clays. These areas were a tough ground balance for me with the GPX series, but even more so now, with the increased sensitivity of the 7000. Im using difficult but it still groans. Otherwise It's a killer detecor on old patches, but there's room for tweaks and improvments imo.