Northeast

Safari on an iPhone - no issue. 

Safari on an iPad - no issue. 

Firefox on a PC - no issue. 

Stay logged in usually although did have to re-log in to something the other day and never saw any warnings. 

Save your cash I reckon 

Jrbeatty - interested in providing some paid geology sessions??  

I'm sure most of what you said is English but I didn't understand much 

Serious about the education though as I know a few blokes who would be keen. 

Mitchel and others having trouble seeing the screen.  

I thought the screen was a piece of /).& until I took the Minelab protector off - then it is very clear. Sunlight readable display so it is actually clearer with direct sunlight on it. Did chop a mobile phone protector up and put this on there and it is still easy to read. 

Polaroid glasses tends to effect a lot of different displays, tinted windows, etc so this is probably unfortunate but not unexpected.  

http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/files/

It is in in the downloads section at the top of the forum.  Hope someone can help you. 

In a post way back gold hound put up a link or file to some ctx gold programs he developed. I can't help you with getting them to run but I'll try and find the link so others can help ??

The holy grail JR!!  Congrats to you 

Very, very nice jr!  

Deep?  shallow?  Obviously water worn.  

It actually looks like more than 88 grams worth. The size of the scales must be deceiving. 

And yes, we love seeing gold so bring on the pics 

Coming soon...but not soon enough RR?  

'Ello, ello, ello, what's all this then??? 

30 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

On one hand I find it annoying, but it would be even more annoying to buy a detector and then find out the one I REALLY wanted was waiting in the wings

A bit like buying a gold monster and then finding out this was soon to be available 

However, I know extremely little about the identification numbers, different tones and all the other discriminating features the coin/relic mob use, and even if the equinox will work in hot ground or with various hot rocks.  And the GM has been doing what I wanted it to.  But if the Equinox will work in trashy gold ground then there'll be an upgrade   

Don't know what it is...but I'd be happy to find some ?

Good luck, hope you find heaps ??

Gunna be reeeeeaaal interesting...

Especially the gold mode on the 800 and how it manages hot ground.  

Anybody keen on a slightly used Monster?  I'm just not sure when it will be available 

Thanks for the vid link Randy. 

Hi beatup,  I bought a pair of Keens (very similar to yours) about 14 months ago and although the top half is good, the soles are quite soft and scraping dirt shreds them.  They are almost dead now and I only wear them about once every week or two. 

Olivers in Australia apparently do a very good, non metallic boot. 

Now I'm going to have to watch croc Dundee - again!  

Old mates form is very impressive.  

Jen - heading to the Whipstick this weekend for a 2 night camp with a couple of others.  Check Qantas and let me know if I need to pack another swag and a can of soup ???? 

Gunna need some help Col.  

No, no. Got it now ??.  Nice one. 

WTF does that mean ???

We fromma de same country but we not speaka da same language 

Yeah, this is the first detector I've owned that the cable doesn't go up the middle of the shaft so it's new territory for me. 

I did think it was standard procedure to secure the cable on any detector as it is metal and if it moves the coil picks it up?  But I'm only guessing 

Falsing coils is a different kettle of fish I assume and is related to something else. I hope you're keeping up with my brilliance .  Obviously the coil shouldn't false when touched against grass, etc as some people are finding.  

I reckon it would be interesting to put your coil on my machine and vice versa.  I think we are all thinking it is a coil issue. But that would mean you have had 4 dud coils. Maybe it's actually a detector issue?  

I'm waiting for the third post on this topic mungass - echo, echo, echo... 

Having a bit of fun with the GM 1000 so thought I might chronicle my finds in the one spot (if that's allowed??). 

Went out this afternoon with the literal dog, the figurative dog and the 3 hounds (the kids ). 

Took the GM to a spot where I had been before with the SDC and the Zed and had never found anything but rubbish.  Old quartz vein site that had been pretty well smashed by the old boys.  Lots and lots of targets with a little bit of sign of previous detectorists but I am assuming they were put off by the rubbish too.   

Today I strapped on the big coil for a bit of a change.  Have almost exclusively used the little fella as I think it's a bit more stable and sensitive - although I have absolutely nothing to back that up with.  

A few small pieces of lead and a bit of ? tin.  And one nice little specie ??  Also had a bit of a noise in the quartz wall but it was hard to get close enough so will be heading back there with the little coil to get a better swipe at it.  

Only out for about 45 mins so plenty more to this story (hopefully )

Tend to agree with you Norvic.  I gave the larger coil a run this evening and no issues.  Have the cable taped but with enough flex to adjust the coil angle. 

Hoggy, if my cable moves it does make a noise - as Norvic said it is wire moving near the coil. What I don't have any of is coil touch sensitivity.  If I really knock it against a rock it will make a noise but generally it will lightly scrape across rocks, grass, tussocks, etc, without a prob. 

Maybe we need to meet up and compare machines, swap coils, etc, before you worry about sending things back again?   

Cheers. 

You didn't catch his name by any chance Fred...Pooh Bear perhaps?  

Popping this in here because it's not really worth a new topic and it's gold monster related.

Going to try and do a KiwiJW type thread

Had a couple of spare hours a week ago and went to an old mine site.  Records say that 1000 ounces came from 1500 tonnes of ore.  It's 5 minutes from home and on the usual route that I take the pup for a run. 

This is one of the places that I wanted to take the GM because it has lots and lots of trash and after several digs there with the GPZ I just gave up.  It was all trash amongst big quartz piles.  But surely some it must have some gold?? 

So in the hour or so there I found these two bits that sounded off as non-ferrous. 

Note on both of them that they have quartz, then a layer of mineralised 'stuff' and then a layer of grey stuff - very technical write-up this

I also found 2 pieces of what I think is graphite.  It also sounded off as non-ferrous but I was really dubious that it had gold in it.  Here is the smaller piece.  It sort of marks like charcoal or (funnily enough) a pencil.

Smashed up the bits and pieces individually so I knew what came from what.

The graphite (if that's what it is) had no gold at all.  No surprises there but geez it made a lot of noise on the GM on the non-ferrous side.

On the quartz pieces it was at the grey end that they were both sounding off so I initially wondered if it was just the grey stuff that was mineralised, maybe it was graphite, maybe it was something else...but no, it was gold 

I have previously mentioned that the Z could find fly shite - well the GM can find fart particles

I have no idea how the GM sounded off on this stuff as it is SMALL!!  And it was in the rock - nothing visible at all prior to breaking bits up.

So my 4 legged dog that I always take detecting with me is called Lace.  I think the 1 legged 'dog' shall be called Lassie.  It is 50/50 so far about which one is more useful

A bit of fun for the afternoon anyway. 

Hi Robbie and welcome to the forum.  

Big coil for deeper/larger targets and small coil for smaller/shallower targets. 

I've been using mine quite a bit lately when I can get out for an hour or two. Mostly trying to hit trash infested spots and utilize the discrimination which is essentially why I bought this machine. 

Are you expecting too much from it?   Well, my answer is that the HM will find small gold and it will also find larger, deeper gold IF IT IS THERE.  And I think that is the key - the gold has to be there first.  I have dug about 30cm for a really large bullet projectile (unsure of caliber) and about 50 centimeters for a large bit of pipe (showing as non-ferrous).  So I don't think you are expecting too much of the GM but maybe too much of the goldfields - the yellow stuff is pretty sparse. 

Is it the bees knees for beginners?  Well, it is easy to use, there aren't many settings but there are still some things you can tweek for the location you are detecting. Also, considering you are in quite mineralized ground (Australia) a VLF may be a bit trickier to use than in the US, NZ, Africa, etc. 

Personally, I think the bees knees for a beginner is the SDC.  It is very, very forgiving in hot ground, extremely sensitive, basic to use, waterproof, has reasonable depth, lightish, good battery life, compact, etc, etc, etc. 

You mentioned the GPX.  The GPZ, SDC and GM I have or do own, a GPX I have not so it is a bit hard to comment and someone can correct me if I am wrong.  The one thing that I am told constantly is that the GPX series has a mirriad of setting combinations and has a really long, steep learning curve. And then add in the tens of coils that you can utilize and the choice just gets mind boggling.  To my mind it is not a beginners machine unless you have the time, understanding and patience to really get the best out of it.  For those that can do this the GPX series is super versatile. 

I hope that helps and doesn't confuse you more 

Edit: and what minesweeper and orphirboy said above 

Hey Jin.  Tuesday looks the worst but you'll be right.  Best of luck to you.  Hopefully we'll get to see another yellow haul like the last lot you put up  

Haven't had an issue with it and have almost only used the 5" coil. Can actually scrape the coil on the ground and amongst stuff without much issue. 

I have taped the cable up the shaft a little bit with electrical tape.  

I do get some noises but only when I'm putting the coil under ledges, bushes, etc and the actual cable gets knocked. 

Just lucky I guess