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Thanks Rick, All cleaned up and ready for their photo shoot. The two on the right were with the ZED. Three on the left with the 2300. Finding Gold is Sooo Hard! This is three full days of heavy hunting. Having hunted and fished most of my life I will say that gold nuggets are the most elusive of all quarry. I'm learning to like the ZED. The smaller one was only 2 inches deep the larger was about 6 inches deep. This was my second time trying it. The first was in the foothills in a high trash area and I gave up quickly and switched to a VLF. Cant wait to get back out there! strick

Thats some really nice gold...big stuff too! Congrats. strick

Kinda like building a rocket ship or new fighter jet...give it to the test pilots and they will push it as far at it can go. strick

Thanks Lunk for the tips cant wait to try them out. strick

Rick, One of those nuggets looks very familiar! It was a pleasure meeting you and Robin and thanks for taking Lisa and I under you wing for a couple days. It's was very enlightening watching experienced prospectors work a patch. Next time I'll bring more beer and chairs! Chuck

Queen Elizabeth's nipple ring?

It's apparent you know what your doing. Just needed the right detector in your hands! strick

Congrats on the SDC. No nugget is safe now. Fold it up and place it in the pouch behind the truck seat..... throw it in a day pack and go for a long hike up into a rugged area.....Detect under water.... Spray the whole thing down with water They are awesome machines. strick

Fred- sorry to hear about your problems with the detector battery. Wishing you a speedy electronic recovery so you can hit the fields ASAP. strick

Looks like he is running in "normal ground". Should have been in "difficult ground" if it is making that much noise? I only have a couple hours on my 7000 but I was getting similar reactions in the area I was in with "normal ground" He might have been able to balance it out better with more tracking in that mode? strick

If you have a ctx you will notice that the clamps that hold the battery to the detector on the 7000 are much firmer then the ones on the ctx. Input from dealers and customers. strick

You went on a hunch and scored! nice work Rick and Happy Birthday! strick

I was in the foothills Sat and could not use normal "ground", it was reacting to hot rocks regularly. Put it in difficult "ground" and it was much quieter. I had smoothing off sensitivity at 9-12. I buried a target (bird shot) about 8 inches and tested the unit in the three different ground types. Big differences in what you hear. It's going to take some getting used to. It's heavy, bulky, hard to fit into tight places especially on the side of a hill filled with manzaaneta. But it is very sensitive and I found some very deep bullets deeper then I have ever found. No Gold. It was hot and I was sweating like a dog. It is not a machine that can be used were there is much trash. At one point I put it back in the truck and grabbed my 2300 just so I could have something easier to swing with a smaller coil as not to hit so much trash. I'm thinking the GPZ 7000 is going to be my "wide open places machine" what ever that means. strick

Welcome to the forum Adam and congrats on the SDC...you wont regret it. Forks of Salmon....now there's one far away place. That road from Cecilville used to be something else 30 years ago. I imagine they have improved it ? strick

There's gotta be a kid building sand castles that you could buy one from? strick

Hey Lunk Thanks for posting. I wanna be a ZEDHEAD too but work is keeping me in the bay area. Just got off the phone with Gerry and he told me of your success...see you in April! or sooner... strick

JP- Just like the others I would like to personally thank you for taking the time to post on these forums. I read and re read your posts with the hope that I will hopefully learn something. I am very new to prospecting but I have had some good luck already with the SDC 2300 and because of that my GPZ arrived today! Your quote about the owl got a chuckle out of me. It reminds me of something my grandfather once told me. It's a little more blunt but it goes like this.... "They can only think your stupid if you keep you mouth shut" I wish more folks would think before they opened their mouths. strick

Every time I Google something about a metal detector it takes me right back to this site! strick

So I have the ones pictured above and the tab is metal. Everything else is plastic. They work great for the SDC but what Klunker is saying is that they wont work for the GPZ. Guess I'll just have to wear my pull on leather work boots then. strick

Especially if you don't know the people making those claims personally. You cant just trust everything you read on the internet otherwise we all would be walking around like zombies chanting.. GPZ 7000...GPZ 7000 Wait I think I have been doing that already... strick

About a half cup of coffee in the morning and my brain balance starts to smooth out.... GPZ comes in today hopefully ! strick

Luck can be earned as well. Per your previous posts you went many years before you found your first nugget with a metal detector...no? strick

I dont think it can be used around PI detectors. I'm still using it with my ctx. I don't use the garrets much anymore. If there is lots of chatter due to the x pointer then you can do a frequency scan on the ctx. strick

Very pretty gold thanks for posting! strick

This guy has always treated me fair. Turn the volume down before you click on it. https://www.youtube.com/user/gerrysdetectors/ strick