Lunk

They don't call it the elusive yellow metal for nothing...wtg Rick!

Good eye, Lucky!

Congrats Paul, and wtg Steve for the feel good post of the year!

But it wasn't as sharp as some I have heard, it was more of a broad signal, until I scratched it a bit...then it started acting more like a nugget... I changed the settings and tried it with normal ground and it was just crazy ...acting like everything was a target..

I jacked up the sensitivity too...bad idea I list it in the noise..

So it was a good learning day for me....

I will tell you I had a hard time putting audio smoothing on high..... Lolol

A good lesson indeed, and the best way to learn...by trying different settings on an undisturbed target...as you did. Even a mellow signal is far more distinct and easy to hear when the ground response is compensated for, than a sharp signal that is lost in the cacophony of ground noise produced by running hotter settings.

Sweet nugget, Paul. I'm glad those settings worked for you in the damp salt environment. Was it a fairly obvious target response when you first hit it?

Always #2, and external speaker unless the environment is extremely noisy...next to a traffic laden freeway, for example...in which case I will resort to headphones.

On December 4, 2015 at 0:27 PM, Jonathan Porter said:

Most people don't realise they need to adjust the detector to run smoothly over the chosen terrain not adjust the detector to produce the loudest response on a target in the chosen terrain. There is no point having a great target response on a known signal if you miss that target whilst walking around blind. The level of ground signal in your chosen Gold Mode/Ground Type mode will determine your success, I modified the detectors settings to compensate for the ground signal to allow me to take advantage of Steve's insane settings and it worked really well.

All in all I learnt a lot about the interplay of Volume, Audio Smoothing, Sensitivity and Threshold. I also learnt that Steve is genuinely insane.

JP

Great post, JP!

I also discovered the benefits of exploiting the interplay of the Zed's audio functions early on to produce the most distinct (not loudest) target response relative to ground response; coincidentally, JP's modified audio settings are nearly identical to my go-to settings, as detailed here: http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/830-lunks-zed-settings/

WTG guys, there's lots of GPZ nuggets left in these old patches for the skilled operator.

Will do, Steve. Now that's an impressive photo!

Thanks for the video link, Steve. Gerry, Spencer, myself and a couple of others from Team Nugget Busters were all getting a feel for our brand new, just out of the box GPZ 7000's on an old hammered nugget patch that day...talk about kids in a candy store...lots of fun! I have seen lots of distorted octahedron gold crystals, but the one Spencer found is totally unique and different.

"There seem to be days that you hear stuff that you normally do not hear."

I know exactly what you mean, Ray. I call it being in the zone...well rested, no distracting thoughts, totally focused and ears poised to capture the faintest disturbance of the threshold. And it very well could be that the machine, for whatever reasons, is operating at optimum performance; perhaps it's a combination of both operator and machine being in their respective zones at the same time. Whatever it is, when it does happen, I can't help but marvel at the apparent magic of the gold nuggets that seem to effortlessly appear out of ground that was devoid of any more targets the last time through. Oh, and congrats on your Zed nuggets!

Here is a scientific paper detailing how it happens:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.tnmsc.cn/down/20130203/37-p0276.pdf&ved=0CCoQFjADahUKEwiJvPbp9-fIAhVX6GMKHdCHA_M&usg=AFQjCNGIWQ-4lxncsPAgSe7z46wwhkQ2Iw&sig2=n6PYcf9xnZz8kZnZB15Vsg

Very nice! The real gold is the fun you have chasing it.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Over a half ounce total now...the Zed is smoking it!

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?