Lunk

24 minutes ago, Andyy said:

If I recall correctly, you had a very low setting on the volume limit which I thought was strange.

It does seem strange at first glance until you think about it; since increasing the Volume Limit has no effect on faint targets, it just makes sense to turn in down just low enough to where a strong target response is actually comfortable to listen to. It makes detecting in trashy areas almost pleasant. ?

Andy, Steve is right; the Volume Limit merely sets the maximum volume that a target can make, and so has no effect on boosting a faint target response. To do that, you need to increase the Volume setting, which controls the internal amplifier. Until you find the right combination of audio settings that work best for you, feel free to give mine a try here:

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/

Magnet heaven?

I'm with Bluthermal; looks like an April Fool's stunt. 

Indeed, Red Dirt Digger; northern Nevada is known for crystallized gold nuggets, referred to locally as  chevron gold. 

Another Zedhead joins the ranks - WTG Squizz!

Thanks for the advice JP, and well done on those fantastic gold finds...that's quite a massive dig hole that you're sitting on in your second post.  Looking forward to more tidbits about the GPZ 19 coil from you. 

Gerry's Detectors also offers detector training in Arizona during December through March.

WTG Fred...big or small, the Zed will find them all!

12 hours ago, rusty said:

Happy birthday great job  I will have to bake you a pie for your birthday next time I see you

you I am trying to get you fat so it will slow you down in the gold fields 

 So that I can get some gold 

I won't even try to dissuade you from your horrific plan Rusty, because I like pie.?Just make sure it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup this time, lol!

Twenty years of experience does make a difference, but judging from your posts you're doing just fine Fred - best of luck to you.

I really appreciate the kind words guys, thanks.  

WTG! Good thing you didn't have any cavities to have to fill with the gold.?

Fred, I have found nuggets under the rock piles, but typically they can show up anywhere within (and outside) of the raked areas.

Beside me? Most say they want to walk in front of me...swinging their detector! ?

Well Dave, I'm too young to care and old enough not to give a sh!#...lol!?

No worries Condor, those are some nice "corn flake" nuggets...good shooting!

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! 

1 hour ago, tvanwho said:

Happy Bday Lunk, you give the rest of us some hope...ps, what is the weather like in Quartzite in Feb/March/April? Do you camp out in the desert or get a motel room or ?

 

-Tom

It's no-frills desert camping for me...I'm no stranger to austerity. Weather is sunny; climate data here:  http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/quartzsite/arizona/united-states/usaz0180

38 minutes ago, hawkeye said:

It is very interesting seeing that picture of the worked-patch on flat ground.  I am a Quartzsite rookie and have wondered if walking that flat ground that is everywhere would produce results.  I am now only 298 nuggets short of my 300th this year, and they both came out of a small wash.  

Well, there's an old prospectors' saying - a nugget in the wash is worth ten on the hill...

2 minutes ago, hawkeye said:

Best wishes, and wow 300!

In the last picture, are you the ambitious soul who did all the raking?  

 

 

No, just illustrating what an old, worked-out patch looks like.

Steve H. had a couple of tips here:

Free bonus tip, do not forget about the hidden reset button on the WM 12 as shown below. Also, keep the module in clear line of sight with the pod on the GPZ. The signal has a hard time going through the human body so keep the module on your side closest to the hand gripping the GPZ.

That's some bad-ass Baja prospecting; congrats on more hard-won gold!

One of those desert tortoises followed me around while I was detecting a few years back, also near Q; who knows, maybe it's the same one?