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Another 26 grams of the good stuff added to the poke by the mighty Zed. The smallest bit pictured weighs in at a mere six tenths of a grain. The deepest was a 4 grammer (lower right of dime) at a measured 16 inches.

WTG!

Nice!

Any time, Lucky. Glad you were able meet your goal. It was great hunting with you; I thoroughly enjoyed your humorous wit and tenacity...Zedding til dusk!

Thanks guys! Spencer, I'm actually at 30%; at this rate it will pay for itself by mid-July.

That's the same combo that I use; the X-Terra 705 is excellent for zeroing in on gold nuggets in heavy trash environments like mine tailings, besides being a fantastic coin and relic hunter. Watch an example of its versatility here: https://youtu.be/pm5IgBS0GS8

The weather in northern Nevada has been perfect and the Zed has been popping nuggets every day on the old patches. The highlight of the past few days was a solid quarter-ouncer at a foot deep in a spot I thoroughly gridded in the past with the GPX 5000; the signal was strong and clear from the start. Pictured is 18 grams of golden goodies and a 3 grammer found at a measured 12 inches...enjoy. Gold Mode: High Yield Ground Type: Normal Sensitivity: 8-10

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Nice haul Jason! Sorry to hear about your back, hope you get back on the gold fields soon. A very reputable gold buyer, Dave Varabioff at Goldbay pays top dollar for chevron and crystalline nuggets...tell him Lunk sent you! http://www.goldbay.com/

WTG - nice nuggets!

Nice nuggets Russ, WTG!

I took my WM-12 out of its clip harness and affixed it to the cross-piece of the pro-swing harness; that way the speaker is pointed directly at my face and is centered so the sound hits both ears equally. And the industrial strengh velcro used prevents it from accidentally coming off.

No worries: "The GPZ remembers its GB position when you go from one gold mode to another, however from a fresh power on state you need to perform the GB procedure as described in the White Paper to be sure the GB is accurate, this procedure is recommended for every Gold mode you intend to use in that session." JP So just perform the initial GB procedure in each Gold Mode and Ground Type at power on and you're good to go for the rest of the session. A little time consuming, but it saves time and trouble by not having to re-ground balance every time you change modes.

Good post Jason. I've been experimenting along the same lines, and that's one of the things I like about the many timing options on the GPX series; by switching between certain timings it is possible to differentiate real metal targets from hot rocks and ground noises. The several Gold Mode and Ground Type combinations of the Zed can potentially be used to do the same thing. I tried every possible combination on a solid 28 gram nugget and all but one gave a low/high respoonse...the Severe Ground Type gave a high/low response. Since Severe should eliminate most if not all ground noise, when getting a strong low/high in Normal or Difficult Ground Type modes and then switching to Severe still gives a strong low/high or a high low, better get digging!

I totally agree with JP on his Audio Smoothing tip, and I've been experimenting lately on additional ways of avoiding the necessity of switching from Normal to Difficult Ground Type; when in Normal and the ground becomes too noisy for High Yield Gold Mode even at low sensitivity, changing to General often solves the problem and the sensitivity can be increased a couple points to compensate for the slight loss in sensitivity to small gold. If the ground is still too bad, switching the Gold Mode yet again to Extra Deep and increasing the sensitivity appears to still have a noticeable amount of performance over the Difficult Ground Type, and has been able to eliminate extremely variable ground noise.

Jason, if you keep digging fat nuggets like that you will pass me up in no time!

Good score Jason and nice vid, keep up the good work!

I heartily agree with Jasong, the same has been my experience as well.

Another 10 grams of chunky golden Zedness today, again in a spot that was cleaned out by the GPX 5000...I am REALLY liking this ZVT!

Yes, the same audio settings work great with all combinations of gold modes and ground types.

Nice Strick, looks like you're well on your way to becoming a Zedhead!

WTG Russ, looks like you've got the hang of your Zed!

WTG Steve. One nugget is better than none, but it's all about having fun.

I decided to take the mighty Zed into an old patch where I haven't been able to scare up even a crumb for the last few years. Some large deep nuggets were originally found there, so I thought I'd try it in the General gold mode and Normal ground type settings. With the sensitivity at 10 there were a few ground noises, but nothing too bad. The first pass through the patch yielded the same results as before...nothing. So then I went over the same ground again, but this time I shifted the Zed into hyperdrive by switching to the High Yield gold mode, and suddenly that elusive gold that I knew was there lit up like the Fourth of July! It was literally like a new patch with several nuggets within a ten foot stretch in one area, or two nuggets in one hole in another. Nothing real big was found, but everything was at depth. The one that really blew me away was a thin four-tenths of a gram nugget at a measured twelve inches that sounded great on top. Though the sensitivity had to be cut back to 8 because of ground noise, the amount of performance was staggering; a fat half ounce between 13 nuggets in just a couple hours, all on a patch that had no gold left...I'll definitely have to go back and grid the entire patch now!

Thanks Bill, and yes I will be training at the 3-day detector training at Rye Patch...see you there!