Squizz

Hi all 

Well l have 2 days of work to go and then was going to have 3 weeks of dectecting, but along comes Debbieee ! Tropical cyclone Debbieee Cat 4 predicted by the time of land fall , with 400mls of rain ,now have to make it home in time to prep , it's Sunday night here , suppose to cross the coast early Tuesday morning? Nth Queensland weather gotta love it !

Away I will get a couple of weeks in looking for the yellow ?

Hope all the path are safe and prepared.

Regards

Squizz

4 hours ago, kiwijw said:

G'day Squizz, Hadn't "seen" you around on the forum for a wee while. Mate....awesome finds....& in that heat. Very well done. I take my hat off to you. I don know how you & my Aussie cousins across the ditch (Tasman Sea) can detect in those heats. The heat really knocks me about. I hate it. If I ever leave a suspect signal un dug ( which is very rear), it is when it is bloody hot. Hot days are usually my goldless days. That pattern I have noticed. More so if I have had a bit of a hike to get to an area as there is always the walk back out. Give me the cold any day. You can dress for that, as long as it isn't too windy with that wind chill factor added. The only down side of the cold is when the ground freezes & makes for digging in "concrete". Again....well done & good to see you posting. I was missing you.

Good luck out there

JW 

JW , 

I was supposed stay for 2 days , but the first day was hard and hot , but rewarding so I decided to make tracks for home and return in a week or so's time. Here's hoping for cooler weather.

Regards

Squizz?

Finished night shift had a camp then proceeded to me gold fields.Arrived late afternoon , a few clouds around, thought I would have a couple of hours to snag a peace. Fired up the z'd and started , holy the clouds were thicker than I thought , lighting every 10 seconds tied to put up with it , but gave it away.Anyway went to sleep early and woke early moon was awesome and bright was about 3am had the usual coffee and breakfast and off . About HR later got a faint signal . Yep gold , little peace ,wet grass was not helpful ? 10mins another tiny peace . Then another even smaller. Went back for smoko and thought I would have a look a some new ground .  2 hrs later had a target, ?Sounded awesome and as I had taken about 3" off still there. Then out emerged a nice 9.5grammer . That was it I was done still 36degrees and humid as. Will get bac when cooler! ? Was the first hunt for awhile due to the heat ! 

Good luck out there people.

Regards Sqizz 

Thanks all for positive feedback and shared experiences, Idaho will hav that cold one !??

8 minutes ago, G.B. said:

Squizz you've just had a Zed experience so better get used to the deep holes and sharpen your pick.  Also there is heaps of deep rubbish left missed by other detectors.

Have a mate who has had great success with his 5000 and the other day said l'm getting a Zed l just can't compete with your zeds l can't even hear your targets using his 5000 and 14 elite coil. 

 

GB, 

yes have found that out already, a mate in winter I was dectecting with on a patch had 5000 and couldn't believe the depths I was getting! 

Best of luck

Squizz

Giday All,

Has been awhile since I was able to get out and hunt (due to insane hot weather)?.Anyway the temperature was forecast to be 35-6* so I got up early (3:00am) drove to the goldfields. 2 and a half hours later, just on daylight I was there. Got rigged up and headed off, another 2hrs got a different variation in the threshold, not like GN , not like a faint target , any after a couple of swings and a foot scrap I thought I would scratch off a couple of inches, another swing ??target , 10mims digging still in the hole. 15 mins was out , I thought got be half ouncer ! 

But no was a nice 5.5 grammar?

Another hour and then a little peace   Bye now it was getting hot , so walked back to another little spot I have been wanting to check out and sat on a log had a drink and said to myself it's to bloody hot now , 10mins and a little .3 grammar showed it self . With that I was done . Got back to the car and it was 42 * . And only 11:30 . I had planned to camp and do two days but with temp rising called it quits and headed for home.

Regards, 

Squizz

8 hours ago, Jen58 said:

Hi all

son went out the other day down here in Victoria (Aussie) land

In a well detected area.

he was using his gpz7000 with the 19 inch coil, general gold mode and difficult ground mode

he said it was a wirey sort of sound, thought it need to be investigated.

with his pick he scrapped off a layer of dirt, then he said it sounded better.. 

after digging down 24 inches this is what he was rewarded with.

Nice peace congrats ?

Squizz NQ

8 hours ago, Norvic said:

Probably the one quote, we all know but is always relevant.

"Tis where Tis."

and an Irish one that holds a lot of truth but is funny.

"Never leave a shaft til you`ve dug another foot."

That would be 1deg F, bloody cold, have never experienced, is 36deg C or close enough to 100 deg F here in NQ OZ house at 6.30PM

Still 32 at the moment and raining in CQ , unreal ?

Reguards 

Squizz

How do I edit title ? Anyone?

Squizz

14 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

Well done.  You fooled me with the title.  I didn't think I would see any gold let alone a nice slug and pretty specimen.

Please edit the title.  I don't like to be 'faked out' like that.

Mitchel

Apologies Mitchel should have put first day at the end! 

Squizz 

32 minutes ago, flakmagnet said:

Nice hunting and fun commentary.

Thank you for posting…

Thanks, I like to share and inspire !

Regards,

Squizz

Thought I would share my first hunt for the alluvious , with a break in the weather, I headed out early Sunday to an old patch , confidence high for the new year. Was looking for to trying out some different settings ( JP's advice ?) . Well I had found some bits there before but after about a ten hour session had been SKUNKED ?. JP's settings had worked though I managed to find a pocket full of old shot gun pellets. Set up camp , as I pondered on the day's events under a awesome bright three quarter moon, couldn't help thinking need a change of plan . The next morning up early coffee and of to another patch, well I was confident as still had settings close to those advised by Master JP ?Ten minutes and then I got my first mellow signal a nugget I thought, was excited ? Scraped about 2" off and checked target moved , after sorting out found a JW special .12 of gram ? First gold of  17 yeah . Had a break, back to it , about 20mins later had a faint repeatable signal , was fairly broad, might be GN , I took a scrape and signal improved , then started to dig , down 1foot still in the hole ?Sweet I was on to something ? 10mins later and a large hole approx between 1.5 to 2feet deep signal was out,so was I of breath and hot as ! Was a nice 14.8gramer?. I then got my breath back and backfilled the huge hole ? Continued to proceed toward some more open ground about 300 meters away where a mate had found a couple of peaces . Blow me down was there for 3 minutes and was on a target, different signal mellow but broken , like wire . Turned out to be a little specie .By this time I was out of water in me camel back and it was starting to hot and clouds building , making detectin a bit difficult due to noise. Called it a day and made tracks for home , happy for the first outing of the year ?. I would just like thanks to all that have been posting settings and GB control as has been interesting to read and apply. To those who doubt it makes much difference, the only thing I regret was not having a camera to take a picture of the depth of the hole in hot ground where I got the 14.8 grammar ,with just about JP's settings ?Thanks mate! 

Best luck to all for coming year,

Squizz 

Nice collection luckylundy?

Squizz

Thanks JP , very good info ?

Regards

Squizz

Thanks mate ?

Steve, 

Is that US dolars, I have been waiting for this one to eventuate ? When will it be available in OZ ? 

Reguards Squizz

Nice work JP , makes me want to get out , unable due to work? , will be raining by Tuesday so I will hav to wait another week ? You should make the most of the rest of this week, until Saturday anyway ?

Happy hunting ,

Squizz

Merry Christmas to all , may the day be full of joy and happiness with family and friends, I wish all the best of luck in your future endeavours.May gold come free and steady to all .?

Regards

Squizz down under ?

19 hours ago, klunker said:

 Now that the feline is out of the sack I'll give you all 2 cents worth of review and opinion of the 19"GPZ coil.

Evidence indicates that when VA Paul left Australia last year he snuck out all of the Australian nuclear secrets, their plans to hack the 2020 American elections, the formula for Fosters beer and a 19'' GPZ coil. He made me use the coil first to see if Minelab assassins where following us to recover their coil.

In the short time I used the coil, this is what I learned.

All indications are that it will detect deeper. Your pick must be further away and it is more prone to pick up incidental metal such as zipper tabs. 30% deeper is only 10% less silly than claiming 40% even if Ml. does add an *.

It does run smoother. You can use somewhat "hotter" settings than the 14" but it will still give a good sounding signal on bits of hot ground.

There may be a bit more sensitivity to EMI.

You need to slow your swing down significantly and keep it parallel to the ground. This also makes it easier to stop your swing and reverse direction.

It will false when bumped on something solid but not enough to be a concern.

Pin pointing is a pain in the a-- (arm). I have become immune ti this pain from my having spent a year with the 7000. Did you notice the little tray on VA Pauls coil. DON'T LAUGH! It actually works for tiny finds.

 In Pauls' posted photos, only one of the nuggets might not have been found with the 14" coil. However the area has been covered many times with a stock GPZ. but I have not spent enough time with the new coil to make a definitive statement like "more gold" or "deeper Gold" But I believe those statements will come.

It is just plain HEAVY. Unless you are built funny, have no common sense or your just plain not to bright (yup, that's me) get your self some kind of suspension system. no gold is worth screwing up an arm or a shoulder.

In conclusion I will say that the 19" coil is not magic. if you are not finding gold with a stock 7000 the bigger coil probably won"t help. They are, to me, unreasonably expensive and the history of Minelab dropping the price of the 7000 so soon after it's introduction still doesn't set well with a lot of early buyers so I probably won't tie up winter time beer money on a coil I can' use until next spring.

 

 

Klunker,

Nice to see us ozzies have still got secrets , now do I get a 19 or do I slow down with more conservative settings with my 14 , Hot ground all nuggets over 10 grams were at 14 to 16" ! Undecided ?

2 hours ago, vanursepaul said:

Well, I would love to say that it was me who was the first to score gold with my new coil.... But alas.....

Klunker bloodied it with with 3 nuggets totaling about 5dwt.

They were roughly 14" deep...or 355.56mm for you Aussie friends

He had no problem using the coil without a bungee or hipstick.....but I haven't figured out how he does that!

Good job Klunker!

Nice job wish it was cool here ?It's been a while since I've been able to get out hunting nuggets way to hot around 40 Celsius ☀️☹️

Reguards Squizz

By the sounds of reports I will have to Aquire the 19" beast and hipstick , may be target some more of the deep sleeping nuggets hidding in me patches! ?

Squizz 

Should be named April ?

Thanks all for the support, the gold was all deep and not on bedrock , might need to invest in a 19" , but need to master the settings on the 14" , still refining them. ? 

PS Might need excavator as well 

10 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:

Congratulations Squizz, not only on the new ZED but being well on your way of having it paid for!! 

Yes all but ?

21 hours ago, beatup said:

Congrats on some some real nice finds.

Thanks