Lunk

BTW, I'll be a stowaway inside Gerry's suitcase.😎

Steve, I've been visiting that page religiously every day for awhile now, in rapt anticipation.😀

5 hours ago, Johnny Crunch said:

Thanks for putting this up! The text and the pictures are entertaining and informative. Looks like quite a variety of rock types on the surface. Are they predominantly of volcanic/igneous origin in that area?

Yes, it's all volcanic material.

GotAU, the south side of I-40 is relatively mild ground, but the north side is very difficult ground with lots of hot rocks. The PI & ZVT tech excel in that environment, but I have used the Gold Monster successfully, as detailed here:

https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/3604-a-monster-month/

Thanks Ht, It depends on the type of meteorite I'm going after, as well as the type of ground they're in. The Zed is superb at finding irons and the H and L type chondrites in difficult ground. VLF detectors are the go when trying to locate LL type stones, and are perfectly capable of detecting all of the above in benign ground.

Randy, PM sent.

Hey Gerry, you better be nicer to Chef Rusty, or you’re going to be eating Top Ramen and Cheese Whiz at the next outing...

Not many combos are worse than gold fever and cabin fever; been there, done that!🤣

11 hours ago, Chet said:

Mitchel, Lunk was one of my trainers; I have tried his settings but his Threshold of 35 is just too noisy for me

Chet, I have since lowered my threshold to 27/28; it's not nearly as intense and the target responses are more distinct.

7 hours ago, dogodog said:

Are there any people out there that maybe do some guided trips or hunts?

Dogodog, I will do a guided meteorite hunt in Arizona. PM me for details.

29 minutes ago, kac said:

If I add any rods to my detector I maybe they will act as a faraday cage  and block some the emi we have here 🙂

 

Just use one of these on your detector, kac. 🤣

Then try it by having someone hide the wrench so that you can't see it and don't know where it is.

Mohave Mountains actually, although the range was originally named Chemehuevi. Found the nugget on the HGS club claims years ago as a member. There are multiple radio towers on nearby Crossman Peak, so EMI has always been a nuisance there, in addition to the numerous hot rocks. Cancel mode wasn’t required, but it sure was a good way to cover ground faster, looking for a tip-off nugget to a new patch; then it was time to swap out the DD for a mono and start gridding. The GPZ is much better at handling the EMI than the GPX; in fact, it’s not even an issue. But HY/Normal lights up the hot rocks at depth, so switching to Gen/Diff eliminates them totally.

Just want to make it very clear here that I don't have, nor have I used, a GPX 6000; like others, I've merely put it in my “Gear Used” as coming soon, as we are all excited to own one as soon as it is released.

It's already listed in my “Gear Used”, if that any clue.😎

!Las pepitas de oro son hermosas; felicidades!

1 hour ago, Rob Allison said:

P.S.  Try not to beat us to all the old nugget patches out there! 

Sorry, can’t make any promises! 🤗

Totally worth the effort...WTG!

Agreed GC, I'm just saying that it would be nice to have an optional 8” or 6” elliptical for the really tight spots.

But getting back on topic, IMO Minelab are so far ahead of the other detector manufacturers in technology and production, that I don't see how they can have any real competition with the GPX 6000.

On 1/25/2021 at 7:32 AM, afreakofnature said:

It actually saves you a bunch of money to not have to buy a bunch of coils for a machine you already own 😂.

Especially with the inflated coil prices these days; the same amount of money that buys a 14”x9” NF Evo used to get you a Coiltek 27”x21” Bonzer. I was delighted when the GPZ 7000 was released because the stock coil found gold of all sizes at depth, eliminating the need for a coil arsenal; the only exception being the lack of a small coil for tight spots and heavy scrub, which appears is also going to be the same deficiency on the upcoming GPX 6000, with the 11” round mono coil being the smallest offering.

5 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Well it isn't a monster, but when you go to a site Lunk has detected, you usually get the Big-O.  I'm quite pleased with this little .6 gram gold for my 1st of 2021. 

Needless to say, I'm quite stunned that you were able to find the one nugget I saved for you out there, Gerry, and that you skunked the Lunk to boot!😀 Always a great time detecting with you, amigo.

If nothing else, it will certainly be the light weight patch hunting P.I. many of us have been waiting for from any manufacturer.

I'm out of likes for the day, Flak, so here ya go:

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