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  1. If you look at Fig 2 of the patent (see my earlier post) it does refer to some sort of memory function provided by GPS when you come back to a spot that you have hunted previously. Well, anyhow, we all shall see. Don't we all love the rumor mill and mystery around ML, almost like what the presents will be for Christmas. ML always has surprised us with big technology leaps. That's why I think they just dominate the detector space with no real competitor. I guess I have to start scraping money together for the 6000 release...
  2. As long as those would not be your own footprints, you have nothing to worry about! Quality always trumps quantity. Awesome finds, as always šŸ™‚
  3. The question is, if you already have a GPZ, would this new GB method be a convincing argument alone to buy the 6000 as well? Assuming coil options would be comparable for both machines.
  4. That's exactly what I think. Most GPZ operators use semi-auto GB. Here, the machine already does a lot of automatic adjustments anyhow all the time with just the X being locked. So, why not having a supercharged version of it? Kind of cool if the GB algorithms factor in locations and remember the ground conditions where you have been. For instance, If you revisit spots where you have already been then the machine remembers the old algorithms and has a better way for further fine tuning, with less dependence on how the operator handles the machine. It might overall give you an edge in the field, since it all comes down to how to make a target stand out better. As long as you still have manual GB, as you say, I am all for it. I like to use manual at times to not track out faint targets when I zoom in on them..
  5. It appears to be a new ground balancing method by implementing locations determined via GPS
  6. Very nice! My early GPZ days were much less successful. I think my first one I found was a sub 0.1g piece and it made me all excited šŸ™‚
  7. I still think it will all come down to performance. Is the ZSearch really so much better than the 14 in stock? (aside the 300 g weight loss)
  8. Let's see if it is really so much better than the 14 in stock that would warrant that expense. The size difference clearly is not differentiating much.
  9. Good point. Ideally, a machine that has high performance for all applications would be best.
  10. Agreed, $1300 (Au $ I suppose) is a steep price. I guess our Au friends will have plenty of time to test it in depth and post reviews before it even would become available here in the US. Then we shall see.
  11. I think to drive innovation and to come up with a differentiated product you need to focus on the primary intend of the machine. Gold machines and relic machines are just not the same and are not on the same path when it comes to new product cycles. Sure, you can use the GPX or GPZ for relic hunting or for whatever else you want, but when it comes down to performance enhancements over existing products in a highly competitive market you need to look at the primary customer base and what they are using the machine for. And for the 6000 that appears to be the gold freaks šŸ™‚
  12. I think it all depends on what you are using the detector for. The GPX series, as well as the SDC and GPZ, are traditionally intended to be pure gold detecting machines. Relic hunting is not the primary focus . Hence, for gold-only hunters like me, everything else than gold is your enemy (unless sliver or platinum..). I suppose the GPX600 will also be a pure gold hunting machine, and this is what this thread is about. But Mitchel makes a good point, the findings you show are amazing and absolutely worth a separate thread šŸ™‚
  13. All good points. Everybody has their own way of detecting styles and that is the beauty of it. Amazing actually, the GPZ seems to make philosophers out of their owners, me included...I don't think any other detector comes even close of doing that šŸ™‚
  14. Oh that sucks! I hope this did not happen in the middle of nowhere. Good luck with the GPZ. Btw, try out the swing arm. It makes all the difference for coil control and detector handling in general. I use it all the time without exception. I keep the clamp low on the shaft close to the coil.
  15. I stick to JP's mantra: full range of motion swing (but slow) and strict coil control. The full range of motion coil swing has actually helped me greatly and I always try to remind myself of doing that. I have missed targets by not allowing the coil to sample enough ground to make the target stand out. Shallow targets give often a high/low response with double dip, whereas deep targets often give a low/high response with some lead time, meaning that the coil could already have passed the target) a the response is being generated. It's a SuperD, so the highest sensitivity are the two vertical lines on the coil (where the two receive D-loops are)
  16. And once they figure out how to discriminate lead from gold they can set the price for the machine to whatever dollar value they want and not worry about sales....
  17. I wonder how the 3D visualization, that they have for the military applications, would work on those tiny 0.05 g nuggets that you can barely even hear? Unless of course you hunt in Au and shoot for those monster nuggets that we always see here on the pics. šŸ™‚ Perhaps the word "Geo" refers more to better ground sensing as Simon points out. But we shall see. I still think some sort of discrimination, like a supercharged version of the GM iron meter, would go a very long way and that you can use at your discretion. This would differentiate to the SDC and GPZ. Perhaps for this purpose the Geosense technology could be supportive. This would open up the use of a high end gold machine in super trashy ground, something right now only the GM can do with limited reach. In areas where tens of thousands of miners worked for decades a useful iron probability meter on a high end gold machine would surely come in handy.
  18. Interesting. I wonder how long it will take to come out with a gold detector version. I suppose the 2300 will then be discontinued.
  19. Guys, just thought to share these excellent brief rock tutorials. The Rock cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BKjELzhfU Igneous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjyF-te4lQI&t=170s Metamorphic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUydPhIaQQU&t=435s Sedimentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3eR19ZfBqE&t=471s
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