Gold Catcher

I am a ML fan and own the GPZ, SDC and GM. I am just tying to build a case why I would want to buy the 6000 in addition. I am still hoping more ML-backed coil options will become available for the GPZ. If not, then I would go for alternative options (X-coils, NF) rather than buying another expansive detector just for coil versatility and modern configuration.

I am still curious if there is any technology edge with this new one, or just housing reconfiguration. Also curious to see how they will position it in the fleet, unless the 5000 has then a significant price drop. At this upper price tag something has to be really new. Or it would just be a more convenient and modern 5000?

Several dealer sell them, Rob is one of them https://www.robsdetectors.com/steelphase-audio-enhancer-nenad/

Sorry, the pic somehow pasted on my message. No you don't. Just open the front straps but you can leave the back strap on. Then, flip the stand and it is ready to go in the backpack 🙂

No you don't. Just open the front straps but you can leave the p on. Then, flip the stand and it is ready to go in the backpack 🙂

PS: Get Nenad's SP01 audio filter/booster. This little device works magic with the SDC (and GPZ...) and I would never go without it

My recommendation is to dig all targets, regardless of hi/low or low/high. Sometimes, shallow iron trash gives a very "melodic" high/low response, or a "raspy singing" at times. But I still would not want to use this as a true indicator as gold gives many similar noises depending on depth, shape, consistency, nature of host rock, coated mineralization, coil angle and swing height/speed and many other factors. The SDC, with its MPF timing, is made to capture small gold and steals the show of VLF's in mineralized ground very spectacularly. In addition, it is actually quite good in detecting deeper gold as well, much better than most would believe. However, the threshold sound then changes to barely audible mellow variations or warbles. I have recovered many depper nuggets this way. Hence, it is important to keep the threshold as stable as possible (sensitivity 2 or sometimes 3) to be able to hear those faint variations. Not always an easy task since the SDC tens to be noisy. Some ramp it up to 4, but the threshold will then be very unstable in most cases which will prevent you to hear these small variations, and you WILL loose a lot of gold. As true for many other detectors, less can be more as long as you train your ear/brain to capture these faint variations. Good luck!

The nice thing about prospecting is that everybody has their own technique and whatever works the best should be adopted for individual needs. So, all good. I can just say that for me making sound decisions is not a productive way. So often I have been wrong when guessing what the GPZ is signaling, so I just don't take any chances. In certain cases, when I know the area really well, I disregard surface screamers if I know the gold is deep, and if my boot can just kick it away. However, for me the sound discrimination is just not a good practice, especially for a detector like the GPZ.

Yup. Steve was also pointing that out in his great youtube clip.

In my view, any threshold variation can be indicative of a gold target. Too many factors determine what sounds it would make under what circumstances. Sometimes you can guess, but you should never rely on it. I don't know of any serious operator of a high end gold machine who would reliability discriminate by sounds. Got to dig them all my friends.

I dig everything, also for my mental sanity. At night when I am home I wold think of all those undug targets

This could challenge ZVT and perhaps challenge the 7000 franchise

Take a look, now you can buy the GPZ even at Walmart, for $10k!.....Gerry, I bet people get a better deal with you 🤣🤣

Makes sense, Gerry, the business aspect I had not considered. I guess the rumor mill will spin for a while longer. PS: If there will be X-coils for the GPX (old or new) Simon would be the first to know 🙂

That would assume the 5000 would remain in the fleet. With a new 6000 and the 7000 as the flag ship, it would be tough to see the value proposition for the 5000 to remain. The 6000 could just take over and then be the only gold-PI with an iron meter, next to other improvements that you mentioned. We shall see...

With the X-coils being the Generals..:)

Let's see how big the wheelbarrow loaded up with money soon needs to be to buy a ML detector.

A smart iron probability meter, perhaps a supercharged version of what the GM has, would be a game changer in my view. Here I see the most advancements to be made even beyond the 7000 and would allow for hunting in trashy areas where currently iron discrimination is a must have. It likely would not work well for deep targets, but for surface targets this would be great to have. And worth the money when combined with additional timings and coil options.

This is just the beginning....Take a look at the picture. This will happen again. Nobody seems to care anymore.

I prefer a hot day in the desert anytime over a muggy hot day in a steep Motherlode canyon. Dry heat is much easier to handle. Plus, I love the desert and the majestic nature. Every time, at day's end after a long hunting trip in the middle of nowhere in the desert, you come back as a different man.

At those days there was still alot of gold to be found there. I would have gone out there too. Today, no....;)

Correction in spelling: Goler Gulch

Thanks, Dave. Interesting. I heard several versions of this story but I trust your account is the correct one. I am a member of Taft and also PCSC. This whole area is intriguing from a geology perspective but also heavily worked. Whenever I am out there I hardly ever see another soul, unless there are club outings. This area seems to be given up by most. I have a secret spots though in the Golder Gulch, but it requires substantial hiking. Every now and the I see Pat Keene cruising around there on his atv, but thats about it. 🙂 Love this entire area. But if you hunt there you could think mankind has disappeared .

So presumably another PI, not ZVT

Reminds me of this guy who mounted a military grade mine detector in front of his jeep and drove through the washes in the El Paso mountains (So Cal, Randsburg area). He found one of the largest nuggets ever recovered in CA ("Mojave Nugget) several feet deep. That was in the 70's...The unconfirmed rumor goes it was Jim Straight. Perhaps some unconventional techniques like that are worth wile thinking about? I suspect no hand held detector would have caught it at that depth.