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  1. Thanks, GC. The reason I chose the GPZ-19 coil over the NF-17 is simply that a good used GPZ-19 costs less than half the price of the NF, albeit being twice as heavy. I was using Extra Deep instead of General Gold Mode because it handles the alkali soil better, in addition to another reason, but that is another story for another time…
  2. It's an old patch of mine, Bill. There are indeed open areas for the big coil, some deep ground and a history of big solid nuggets; always trying new angles here to try and snag another prize. Simon, it may be a closely guarded secret amongst savvy Zed owners, since discussions about the Extra Deep mode are virtually nonexistent. 🤷‍♂️ At any rate, cats let out of bags tend to run off very quickly; I doubt many still have or would even care to swing the 19-inch “beast”, so no worries there, mate. 🙂
  3. During a recent detecting trip to the Rye Patch region of northern Nevada, I was intent on searching for the ever elusive large nugget at depth, wielding the Minelab GPZ 7000 equipped with the GPZ-19 coil, set to Extra Deep Gold Mode in Normal Ground Type. This combination of Gold Mode and Ground Type handles the local alkali ground very well, allowing the faintest signal responses to be heard; and good thing, too, as I would have certainly missed a couple of nice bits had the threshold been variable due to ground noise or EMI masking. They were buried at a depth of 18 inches and recovered from cracks within the weathered shale bedrock. A friend who was detecting with me swung over the undisturbed target zone with the Minelab GPX 6000 and 17-inch mono coil and there was no discernible response, so that added to the anticipation of deep, chunky gold…not exactly the large gold I was looking for, but at 3.3 grams and 2.2 grams, I'll happily put them in the poke any day!
  4. That is caused by the air gap between the bottom of the coil and the coil cover. I used some gaffers tape to stick the inside of the coil cover to the bottom of the coil and voila! Way better now.
  5. Looks like this version was the first to be released: I have the white coil with red labels, and I purchased it new around nine months ago. 🤷‍♂️
  6. Don’t worry Gerry, I’ll never take that ring into the ocean, as I'm a landlubber. That “hog” of a ring was originally a northern Nevada gold nugget weighing nearly an ounce, the finding of which was chronicled in an issue of the Mining Journal, in an article entitled “The Pothole Patch”. I always admired the unique color of NNV gold, and so decided to have the nugget melted down and forged into a solid band, the color of which is such a bright yellow that, if an 18 karat gold ring is placed alongside of it, that ring looks like copper in comparison; it definitely is a beauty.
  7. Nice detector training round-up, Gerry. It's always a pleasure to see students learning their machines, building confidence and scoring their first nugget.
  8. SS, I'll work up a topic about this in the future, so stay tuned. PP, here is an article by Jonathan Porter that includes why you would run the Zed 19” in the other two Gold Modes as well as in Extra Deep. It is a very versatile coil that has different applications in each mode, but the key is having the room to swing it. But as you suggested, most operators would use it to search for large, deep nuggets, myself included. Another good GPZ-19 coil write-up with video. Sorry Drellim, as I don’t mean to hijack your thread here; the video that you referenced shows a remarkable signal response from the modded GPX 5000…quite impressive!
  9. It is strange how the Extra Deep Gold Mode of the GPZ 7000 isn’t given so much as a mention in this thread, given that it is the lowest frequency option and coupled with the 19-inch coil would be the Zed's weapon for large, deep nuggets. 🤷‍♂️
  10. I’ll have to try that on mine; thanks, Steve.
  11. The iPad Mini 4 that I am using now has no problem, but my older iPad 3 has the issue, which I noticed a year or two ago, and I just figured that since the older iPad 3 can’t be updated to the latest IOS software anymore, then that’s why it has the issue…just a guess on my part.
  12. Don’t forget your plane ticket and passport, Flak. 🤣 What an incredible find; I wonder what it ID'd on the EQX.
  13. Neat rock. The mineral may be pyrrhotite, a magnetic iron sulfide.
  14. The Minelab Pro-Swing 45 harness and bungee that is included with the GPZ 7000.
  15. Correct, Bill, except the Torus has it's own amplifier and adjustable volume, so It's just like using a booster/speaker combo; the advantage is that the detector volume can be set conservatively, which keeps threshold instability that increases by cranking up the detector volume when using the WM-12 to a minimum, which also negates the need to use the audio smoothing filter to combat the added instability, thus allowing you to hear the faintest targets that would otherwise be filtered out, or lost in the instability when audio smoothing is set to off. Also, I can get a full three days of detecting with the Torus before it needs to be charged.
  16. I also recommend the Avantree Torus; I use it with every detector I own. The Torus uses aptX LL Bluetooth, so you’ll need to get a transmitter in order to use it with your GPZ 7000. There are a few to choose from on Amazon and are very inexpensive - Here's the one I have. You will also need an adapter to go from the 1/4” headphone socket on the GPZ 7000 to the 3/8” mini connecting cable of the transmitter; a right-angle adapter works best. I just attached the transmitter to the detector body cover with velcro:
  17. That’s great, Reese! Looks like you got some tasty Minelab swag, too.
  18. You know what they say, Doc: you can please all the people some of the time and you can please some people all of the time, but you can’t please all the people all the time. 🙂
  19. Doc, all the time and expense that you invest shows through in your line of top quality accessory products that are second to none, and that extra effort is much appreciated; keep up the good work, and welcome to the 21st century!
  20. No worries, amigo. The GPZ 19 is not a problem for me to swing, as I’m short of stature and the ML harness and bungee fits me perfectly and is very comfortable.
  21. No preference really, just different tools for different ground conditions, terrains, gold size, etc., as needed.
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