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Jin, you are having an awesome run and you must be doing some incredible research. Kudos to you Feel free to share how you've been narrowing your search area

Don't worry, went back and re-read the sensitivity treasure talk. Answered my own question. In Auto+, the detector still chooses the best equivalent of the 10 available manual settings and Where Manual 10 is the maximum level that can be user selected, the auto level selected mayrange above 10 if the ambient and ground conditions allow, giving a greater sensitivity than manual will ever be able to achieve. Senility may be creeping up on me

From Youtube. One of the better vids kicking around. I wasn't sure where to post this but here seems as good as anywhere. In the vid it mentions that auto sensitivity utilises the sensitivity settings 1 to 6. I hadn't heard that before - maybe I missed it? Is it correct or an assumption? Thanks, Adam.

Kohunas = testicles Not sure if it is a saying over your way but if you are pretty tough they say you have "balls of steel". 123 kg - you beat me by about 5 kg. And yes, I do understand that putting a feed on the table is pretty tough over your way. Just make sure you make it out of the hole each time. I hope it works out for you

Mate, your kohunas must be made of solid steel . There is no way you would get me down there. Hope you find some good stuff but remember, it is only just gold. Good luck and stay safe

No, certainly won't throw it out RR. I don't intend on selling it but always keep everything just in case I ever do and the buyer wants all original items. I didn't intend on selling the SDC either though...

RR - I have actually ditched the GM shaft as it was too long for me and bought 2 broom sticks for $7 each. One has been left long and is the perfect length for me and the other is going to be cut down as a real shorty for backpacking, in mines, creek walks, etc. Very happy ML provided the broom stick adapters with the GM!!

It's a good idea. Well done. 10 would have been my vote too.

Blyth River, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Geiki Gorge, Fitzroy Crossing, W.A. Torquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, W.A. Looking out to the coast near Onslow, W.A. Some great spots in Oz.

Somewhere in South Australia I think.

On the Nullarbor Plain, Australia.

Hehehe, "snow flies". There will be no snow in MT's neck of the woods...ever. But the flies are sometimes like a blizzard

Thanks Steve. Even if it can knock out 30% or 40% that would be a real bonus. Normal makes such a difference to the number of targets coming through. Hopefully now the percentage might be more in favour of good targets. Thanks again

So it smooths out unwanted ground noise - does it have any effect on unwanted hot rock noise? I can already slow down my coil speed/ground balance better to assist somewhat with ground noise but it doesn't help the hot rocks. Am I just hoping for too much?? Hot rocks are the main reason Normal ground mode is not usually a viable option around my neck of the woods - but I hope it can be This is a question I'm hoping I can answer for myself tomorrow but have a feeling I'm not going to get out. So I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this in the 24 hours you've had to use the update Thanks.

Unbelievably awesome MT. I hope Gina's scouts don't know where you are Will be great to see how this pan's out and also to see how you work the area. Congrats

Evening Marty. There was a mention from a bloke on another forum that that they had been speaking to a Minelab person and had detailed a few things that were coming in a 'soon to be released' GPZ update. But that was about 4 months ago. I suppose JP, Steve, Lunk, etc may know more and may have tested things but probably can't say much. Would be great if a Minelab person had a presence here (or another forum or the Minelab web page) and could just give a general outline of what might come and what timeframe. I think that might also be the hope from all major detecting companies. But you can't hurry genius I suppose

Finally had time to get out and have a decent play with the GM. As KiwiJW and Norvic are finding it seems to be a really good match with the Z. Found 3 with the Z and 4 with the GM - 7 pieces is the standard haul with the GM/GPZ combo isn't it JW? Wrote a few notes about how I found the GM here - https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=343170#p343170 Enjoy :-)

For attaching it to a broom stick Seriously though, I think it is there as a back up if you break the original shaft, if you want to make a shaft that suits your height (or even the height of a kid) or if you wanted to make a real shorty shaft that would make it easier to scan creek/mine walls, etc. And if all else fails in the bush you can find a stick of the appropriate size and use that. I've actually found the provided shaft a bit long so might end up using the extra bits myself.

Phoenix, I'm not sure if that parameter can be variable but I agree 100% with you and I think I've seen others make the same comment - sometimes Normal is too much accelerator and difficult is too much brake - something in between would be nice.

Hehe, it's OK Chris - I'm just pulling your chain. Take your time, be happy with your finished product and I'm sure we will be thankful for the effort you are putting in. Looking forward to seeing it

Reno Chris - I believe there are a few detector companies interested in hiring you for their marketing departments. You're doing a brilliant job of giving us a little teaser and then leaving us on the edge of our seat waiting for the next release date Thanks for the first vid - but really looking forward to seeing the next ones with the Monster in action

I think this report just put me over the line. Thanks californiagold. JP, when will you have them in stock again????

Aussieau. Coral trout. Blue bone. They are pretty good. Personally my favorite fish to catch and eat are Spanish Mackerel. Awesome to fish for, fight and great table fish with heaps of tucker off one fish. I miss the NT Barra are reasonably good tasting and are also great fun to catch.

What are you missing?

Maaaaate, real nice