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Gerry I remember a guy in our class that had bought a GPZ from you and was from VA. Maybe PG-Prospecting might want to look him up to try out that Z! If I remember right he had a YouTube channel digging gold in VA.

Sorry, should have thought of that. My setting are very similar to Lunk's (because he was the one I learned from 🙂) and I have not really strayed to much from them for the last few years. Although this year I am going to make a point to change it up in some old "patches" and see what comes about. Gold Mode: High Yield (mostly); Ground Type: Normal; Sensitivity: 10-15; Ground Balance Mode: Semi; Ground Smoothing: Locate Patch; Volume: 15; Volume Limit: 3; Audio Smoothing: High; Threshold Level: 27; Threshold Pitch: 25. What you described is exactly what happens to me, sluggish or lagging button behavior. I used to think I was not pushing the button fully, then I realized that I push the button and wait......it changes or selects. After being able to fly through buttons like on an iPhone, this is so........slow........😴 My Z is no longer under warranty so I could open it up and take a look at the Mylar power strip, but that sure does make me nervous. I think first I will try Rick's suggestion of turning off the GPS and see if it speeds things up. Have you ever tried that or anyone for that matter? More people who give it a go, the more we might know. I will give this a try too. I always have done it completely backwards than you described. I always liked hearing that Minelab tune intro. Kind of gets you all excited to metal detect😁. But I will do your way, especially since you have had much better results. Thank you for the help JP!

Or at least a stick to attach to it. That's all I use with my Z in the woods. Flat desert areas though the harness comes on.

After reading the thread from 2015 it appears that this is an ongoing problem that has never been resolved. I’m hoping that some people out there might have some answers and I’m really anxious now to try Rick’s fix of just turning the GPS off (although really more of a workaround than actual fix, since now can’t use the GPS, but still appreciative Rick!). Anybody else out there have the same problems that might want to try this? I’m currently in winter lockdown with 0 degree temps to give it a go yet. If enough people have this problem, and might be able to give this work around a try, I can put together a tally and maybe send something to Minelab and ask them if they’re ever going to resolve this problem that’s been going on. Worth a shot anyways. I got alot of time at the moment 😊

Thanks Northeast, I'll give that thread a look too. Sure is nerve racking to have that happen out in the middle of the field. The first time it happened I thought for sure I was going to have to hike all the way back to the truck to get the back up.

So was my wife and yes it still is quite an event 🤣

I asked Steve to start a new thread involving my audio dropout and front panel button lag. Incase some of you were coming back to this thread to seek or give answers/recommendations.

Looks like it’s going to be a few more weeks still. Looks like every week Minelab is going to be holding a contest to win some garb. Don’t forget to sign up if you want to win a T-shirt and a hat. Maybe later on in the weeks they’ll actually give away an X6! 🤞🏻🤞🏻😊😊😊

Yes i do! I’ll have to give that a try I only use the GPS so I can tell what time it is in the field. Other than that I don’t use it at all, but it is on. Come to think about it when I remember the buttons being faster that was when the GPS was broken. Thanks Rick! I’ll give that a try but I’ll have to wait a few months until the snow is gone. LOL

🤷‍♂️ All I can say is it’s going to be really expensive and your health insurance is not going to cover it LOL.

I have had this problem recently except it happened when switching gold or ground modes. I was switching back and forth to check target signals and lost all audio. It has happened twice and both times i have had to power off the Z to get the sound back. 🤷‍♂️ I have also noticed that my buttons don’t react that fast. I could fly through the buttons much easier if it would not take a full second or two to switch modes or select things. Is this normal? I have no one to compare this with. I had my GPS fixed under warranty and asked to have my screen changed out since it was scratched, in the process they replaced the front panel, I could have swore it worked faster before they put a new one in. No warranty now. Maybe a hard restart or factory reset is in order and reinstall the firmware? 🤷‍♂️

If the X6 comes out with smaller coils, my SDC is gone 🤣🤣 BTW the new IMCJ has a full page ad for the X6 😊

Might find out in 2 days 🤞🏻🤞🏻.......or not. 🤣

That is hella fantastic!!!

When I was in Q meeting up with Lunk he put together a lunch date for us with Pieter! It was so much fun to hear his stories and he allowed me to pick his brain some too! It was a great experience and one that I will never forget. I “analyzed his maps in a different aspect” than how he drew them and shared with Lunk what I was seeing. Unfortunately I never had the time to test my theories. Lunk did you ever get a chance to check any out?

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I like your trip idea. If you can pay for one by going overseas to buy one instead of just buying one in the UK it’s like a win-win

I’ll give you 4k when you decide you don’t want it 🤣 I am a bargain hunter barterer at heart. Half the dopamine hit of buying something comes from that for me 🤣🤣🤣

I think the pros will be buying this when it first comes out. They will get it paid off right away. The noobs and weekend warriors will buy too if just getting into the game, they wont make their money back in gold. The weekend warriors like myself who already bought into the Z will wait and if reviews come back solid we will be buying the used gear for half from the noobs that gave up. 🤣. That’s kind of what I saw with the Z. After the first few years with the Z there was so many used ones for sale and some really cheap. Usually came from people who bought it went metal detecting for like three days and decided it wasn’t for them. Bonus for us! 🤣🤣

I try to keep it simple when I’m camping too. Everything is boiling water mixed in a bag LOL. and Nescafe into a cup. The kind of sucks but it’s like roughing it. I figure when I get back to civilization that’s when I get myself a good Kona French pressed. Now if the wife comes with me camping then I’m like in luxury because she likes doing all that in field, even cleanup and everything else that comes with lux camp life. 🤣🤣

Out of curiosity did you alter the FE or FE2 settings?

If you don’t get what you paid for I would send it back. I mean you didn’t even get the pendant part of it. You just bought a nugget not a piece of jewelry. That’s just my two cents and if you say the guy is good and reputable he should do what is right for his customer.

The Garmin inReach mini is a new item I recently got like Gold Catcher said. Gives you excellent peace of mind. I Now don’t have any worries because my wife can find me even if I don’t communicate as long as I have it on, but i always check in and out. And if you have a serious emergency you can always press the $50,000 button LOL.

I like insider info like this!!! Keep it coming!