Lunk

Back in action at the foot of the Majuba mountains, my newly updated Zed is shredding it by kicking off the winter prospecting season with a quarter ounce of heavy metal. It's going to be a great season!

A very illuminating article; thanks for the link, Steve.

Lunk,

Always a pleasure running into you way out in them hills! I know you had to have a chilly night at camp, your always more than welcome to our campers and hot meal. See ya on the next adventure!

Rick

Thanks for he invite Rick, I'll be sure to wander into your camp next time, and we can talk gold while munching on some of that tasty Gold Diggers pizza!

Hello all,

Peter in Australia, I have just joined the forum, so my first post.

A bit of an old post, I just came across Lunk's Zed audio settings posted, 01 April 2015. And WOW the 0.065 gram test piece I have was instantly noticeable the way it jumped out at me. http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/830-lunks-zed-settings/

I would never have thought of trying this way. Thank you Lunk. Any more up dates on these settings? Any thoughts from others using these settings?

Can't wait to get out into the field and try them out.

Cheers Peter.

Glad those settings work for you, Peter. I continue to use the same audio settings as described in my post that you referenced; the only functions that I adjust are the Gold Mode, Ground Type and Sensitivity, as and when the ground conditions dictate. Welcome aboard the forum, and I hope those Zed settings serve you in the gold fields as well as they have served me.

WTG Lucky, a splendid poke indeed!

Good job guys!

WTG Dean, the 2300 is a great machine.

Lunk, I dont think you need to log in unless your using the mapping feature. I didn't. Just plug the USB in and go from there.

Thanks Wes, I successfully completed the update. Minelabs' instructions of logging into XChange 2 as the first step on their update brochure should instead read: "1. Open XChange 2 and connect the GPZ 7000 to a computer via USB".

Thanks Wes, I'll try that.

When I input my username and password to log in to Xchange2, it says "authenticating..." and then "must be connected to the internet to log in"...the only thing is I AM connected...what's up with that?

Did you pan that material?

Thanks guys.

Mitchel: PM sent.

Hey everybody,

With summer officially over here in Idaho, it will be time for me to start heading south towards the desert southwest, hitting my favorite gold fields along the way. Between 70-hour work weeks and area closures due to forest fires during the past few months, I was able to hit the local nugget patches with the GPZ 7000 only a handful of times...far less than I usually do...but the new ZVT technology of the Zed more than made up for it. I have literally scoured these old patches for years with VLF gold machines as well as most every model of Minelab PI units, from the old SD 2100 on through to the GPX 5000; it was a rare event to find a buried crack or crevice in the bedrock that contained a few small nuggets, however with the Zed it has been a common occurence with half a dozen to 2 dozen nugget pockets being unearthed. I was lucky to find three nuggets in a day with the GPX 5000, but have been averaging a dozen with the 7000 - in all, 98 pieces of gold with a total weight of over 25 grams - not a bonanza by any means, but it's a real eye opener as to how much gold the new zero voltage transmission technology can pick up in an area that has been virtually cleaned out with previous technologies. Looking forward to more fun in the sun this winter...hope to see you in the gold fields and good luck out there!

Good post Condor, and nice nugget. Althogh the Difficult Ground Type does attenuate signal, it still out performs the Fine Gold timing of the GPX 5000. Don't be afraid to try the Severe Ground Type if the ground is really bad; I've been able to find nuggets in ground that was previously unhuntable even with the GPX 5000.

You totally earned that one, Condor!

Excellent swinging, Condor!

Wtg everyone!

Good post Condor, very Zeducational!

Beauties, Scott!

Nice finds guys.

Most nuggets with the Zed and SDC 2300, and a few with the GPX 5000, ATX and Xterra 705.

Wowza...good on ya Strick!

Steve, it's an informative thread and so far it seems that all of the methods of dealing with hot ground that have been mentioned are fairly similar.

Great post Steve, that really makes the Gold Modes undersandable and explains the different types of ground that each mode should be used in. However, some may be confused wondering what, then, do the Ground Types of the GPZ 7000 accomplish? I've found that the Gold Modes act as a sort of "fine tune " for each Ground Type; for example, when I'm hunting in the Normal Ground Type and High Yield Gold Mode and the ground is too hot for this combination, instead of simply going into the Difficult Ground Type I will first try General Gold Mode and if the ground is still too hot, Extra Deep. Extensive testing on undisturbed targets in a variety of ground types has revealed that more sensitivity is retained by this fine tuning method than by just choosing the Difficult Ground Type right off the bat.

Awesome finds Chris, congrats!