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I've had the same issue with the headphones cutting out when I'm kneeling with the scoop. Other than that I really like the Axiom. Lots of good advice in the above posts. Been alternating use with the wife's 6000 and both machines have their place. The Axiom grows on you as you learn the nuances of the machine.

I love the Goldhawk 10x5. Worked near another fellow who was using the xceed and was very impressed with what it was doing. Bottom line, both found gold, they seem about equivalent in sensitivity to small gold, the xceed was seeing small targets deeper, easier to pinpoint with the Goldhawk. I probably won't spring for the xc eed coil, but it would definitely be nice to have. As many others have observed, each coil has a use.

I'll stop by and say hi. Already bought the book. Lots of great info inside!

This little guy was about 6" down in an old drywash pile directly under a triple high power line. 14 DD after the audio fix. Very quiet using Bluetooth headphones.

It is all around better, but maybe a bit more improved on speaker than on BT. I'm happy.

I just got mine back and have put several hours on it in the Quartzsite area. Once it got to the shop they turned it around in 2 days. They did the update and replaced the audio board. It is running much smoother so I come down on the side of doing the fixes. I was finding small gold prior, but after running another fellow's smooth running machine decided it was time to send it in. Glad I did.

We know you well enough Gerry to know what you did about that little nugget! My guess on the weight is 1.21 g. As far as if I win, I like donating it locally. Spent 5 weeks in Oz a couple years before I started detecting, a good part of it in Queensland and around Alice. Did not know what I was missing- sure would like to go back. Mike

Which club are you looking at? If the Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club, their claims get hit hard, but a few nuggets keep being found. I've had some success on those claims, but it is pretty slow going. Let us know a bit more as I know a number of forum folks have detected the area. Mike

You earned that one. Nice detecting!

Really nice knapping! Nice gold too!

Have always liked digging holes. Probably why I became an archaeologist. Also probably why both shoulders are shot!

Thankful for the lesson this 2.8 gm taught me near Quartzsite earlier this month. Just because it's really loud and moves in first your boot scrapes, not good to just walk away. Happy Thanksgiving yo all. Mike

Gerry, It was great to chat with you on our last day at Rye Patch. I was curious about what the weather did to you since we bailed the day before it got bad. Great results! It was also great to see Lucky again and meet Brett. That Goldhawk is an awesome coil. It kept the skunk away on at least 3 days for me and it's also popped the three smallest nuggets in our poke. Mike

Sevastras it was great to meet you. Thanks for stopping by our camp. You only left one tiny nugget behind for us to find! Our hunt was slow as well, but at least we found a few over the course of several fairly relaxed days. The weather did improve for us.

Great to see the Twin Falls twins score. In our Rye Patch hunting, the 6000 is outscoring the 7000 by about 10 to 1. Game changer for sure. Nice post Gerry.

Nice work.

Out of the box mine was shutting itself off when it was set down or otherwise jogged a bit. After reseating the battery the problem went away and has not come back over maybe 40 hrs of use.

The last two posts are spot on. Mine Cache is good for displaying general claim locations and counting the claims in each quarter section is the only way I've found of looking for potential unclaimed land. It can shorten your search time in the county records. Mine Cache is updated monthly. GPAA has two? claims in GB. Don't know about other clubs.

Nice little piece! You will work out a system. I sort of sneak up on the target from several sides and move material away a little at a time until its pretty localized. Also, you may need to scrape a larger area than you are used to because of coil size and potential for deeper targets.

In my little experiment the 14 DD was usable directly under a 69 kv line and pretty quiet about 15 ft away. It was irritatingly noisy under a 345 kv line but hit on targets. It quieted down at about 50 ft away.

Nice work. That's a lot of ground pounding there!

Went to some old dry wash workings under powerlines to try out the 14 inch coil. This little guy was hiding just beneath the desert pavement near the old workings within 30 ft of high voltage overhead lines. Over the course of a couple hours dug multiple trash targets including small lead shot. Not the easiest coil to pinpoint with, but small targets in high EMI impressed me. Desert north of Yuma. Mike

You are definitely dialed in to get that at Burn Barrel! Nice work.

Sally and I have been trading time between Zed and 6000 for several days now. Both have their roles in our hunting. So far the 6000 has done the scoring with one nugget each, but the 7000 will stay in the arsenal. May add a smaller coil to it though.

Peg, I have metal in a knee, hip, and shoulder. Both the Zed and 6000 swing fine, but you will notice a bit of noise if you get one of those parts over the coil. Never notice the hip. Knee takes some avoidance, and thankfully it's my left shoulder and I'm right handed. In other words you may notice noise occasionally bu can work around it easily. Mike