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

My question is why did it take so long to balance it out?

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?

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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

 

"The wise old Owl sat in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke, the less he spoke the more he heard, why can't we be like that wise old bird". No one ever learns anything with their mouth open, me included!!!

 

JP

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

Nice purty gold there russ, congrats!

 

 

Steve, some skepticism is healthy. Lots of folks have the perception that its hard to trust anyone suckling from the tit of minelab directly or indirectly. Now dont throw a can of beans at me pard, just saying the campfire talk.  

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

On 3/10/2015 at 10:34 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Then there is metal detecting in tailing piles. I made a trip to Ganes Creek, Alaska with three other people and we spent three days. The tailing piles have been mined several times and mixed up multiple ways. Gold, gravel, and trash is randomly mixed and scattered.

We would all walk up to a huge pile of tailings material. We would randomly choose sections to detect. I would walk right into my section and bang a one ounce nugget. We would then all furiously hunt some more but little or no gold would be found. We would move to another pile. Same scenario would repeat.

By the middle of the second day I was actually apologizing. It was just too weird. I wanted my friends to find gold also, but I seemed to have a near corner on that activity for the weekend. But at the end of three days I had over a pound of gold, the other three had a couple ounces among them.

Now, I like to think I know what I am doing, that I have skill and knowledge, and that I work hard at what I do. But there is no doubt in my mind that weekend I was just plain lucky.

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

Welcome to the forum I've enjoyed your video.

strick

Nice!

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Strick. I think the trigger may be a handle to a old candle lamp, but I am just guessing I have seen them before but old age keeps me from remembering. Also antique lantern wick trimmers have something that looks like that.   Stick.

I think you are right. Looks to be part of an old wick trimmer or pair of scissors. THANKS!

strick