MannyScoot

That old guy is Woody from The Discovery Channel ....from Legends Of The Superstition Mountains...

5 hours ago, Lanny said:

Thanks for all the pictures.

All the best,

Lanny

Thought someone would like to see all the fun and excitement they missed.....Ha

Spent a couple off hours looking at a bunch of gold and tools for prospecting.

8 hours ago, phrunt said:

Sensitivity or stabilizer?

Stabilizer......today I had the gain on 12 and Stabilizer on 3..... Sensitive Extra normal mode. The smallest nugget is .17 and total weight 1.40 grams on the nose.

10 hours ago, phrunt said:

Thanks, That's a nice cover.  One of the things that bothered me the most with the 4500 was being tethered to it with the cords everywhere.  It's performance is great, especially with a spiral wound coil.

My GPZ came with a 4500 battery cover like that as an optional accessory to put on it's pro swing, I was going to try learn how to sew and stitch it onto my existing GPX cover.   I was always getting the battery cord tangled up on bushes as I walked through them.

Interesting your settlings with the Stabilizer on 1... I'd never tried that.  Last time I used mine I had the gain on 15, stabilizer at 10 from memory in sensitive extra with my threshold off, man was it sensitive to shotgun pellets with the 10" spiral X-coil in that setup.  I was shocked at how well it was performing, shortly after I got the GPZ so I haven't used the GPX since although I'll still use it sometimes, I've got a great selection of coils for it and it has its uses that's for sure.   I would struggle to ever sell it, it's an old Aussie made one too, a bit wild but I've heard countless times people say the old Aussie ones are deeper but noisier.

Try with a sensitivity of 1and 3......and find real small gold.....

Got a New Cover if anyone is interested: The Eureka Worx made by Bob ....

4K Video Here : https://youtu.be/Jpz0NWRIn8o

37 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Good video, thanks 🙂 Nice nuggets too.

Thanks brother !

Found small nuggets with the 4500 ....... This is Part #2 the actual nuggets after cleaning with spit ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXXi5StNtw&t=42s

This is part #1 if interested in the area.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmHkeFG31HI

On 2/8/2020 at 9:27 PM, kiwijw said:

Nice Manny. I am not knocking the 4500. I loved mine & it found me lots of that kind of gold. I in fact I have two of them. A standard one & a modded one. I hung onto then knowing there were places I wouldn't be able to use the Zed & its 14" coil. I have a large range of coils for the 4500's. The modded one I only used once before getting the Zed & it found me a piece of gold in probably one of the most thrashed West Coast public fossicking areas in the country. Directly down the track from the carpark to the creek & its bedrock that every man & his dog would have swung a detector over the years.

Came across someones homemade wooden sluicebox stashed in the bushes beside the track

Down to the creek

Into the crevice

Modded 4500 & nugget finder advantage 14 x 9 coil. I was gobsmacked.

It was jammed tight deep down in a crevice. So had been there for a long time. Not just the last flood. Of which the West Coast rivers have frequently.  The Zed just opened up my old haunts all over again & now with the 10" X coil, yet again. Despite me thinking I would still use the 4500 with the smaller coils, once I got swinging the Zed & it 14" coil I didn't go back to the 4500. It got small gold at depths the 4500 didn't stand a chance of getting. I know because I had thrashed those same spots with the 4500 & all combinations of coils over the years.

I will repeat here that I am re detecting all my old haunts & finding gold missed by my earlier detectors & coils. I haven't detected "new" ground for years. I still have a lot of my old haunts to go over.

JW 🤠  

It even discriminates well with iron targets using a DD .... I use mine with the 14x9 NF and on hot ground on RX 10 and stabilizer 1  on special Extra ....... it gets a #7-8 bird-shot at 6-10 inches .... and using the SteelPhase 01 man do they scream using an external speaker .......

On 2/11/2019 at 8:48 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

I don’t think the Orx is gong to have much impact in the gold prospecting world but it looks like it’s going to be a popular option for general purpose detecting. I basically like what I see. It’s funny how it’s tempting to jump on a new model when I don’t actually need one.

It finds if you are on the correct grounds.......This is my second round starting in 2020...... Last year's finds help me buy a GPX 4500 from Rob's inventory ...... But still use the XP ORX a lot.......

The Orx does a good job..... But acts funny in real hot grounds.....These rocks drove me nuts today and forced me to grab the GPX 4500..... The one on the Danish looks like a BBQ rib or also like my mom's brownies.....

18 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Who are you kidding.....You won't even touch your 4500 again now that you have a Zed & X coils. 

JW 🤠

The GPX 4500 got me (6) little nuggies..... Not much, but 2.56 grams total it's enough for me.....

18 hours ago, phrunt said:

I might be able to Macgyver the GPX battery holder that came with my GPZ's Pro Swing 45 onto the side of my existing control box cover.  All that would be required is a needle, thread and someone that can sew.  Then I'd just have to shorten the power cable.

I shove my old large cable on top of the machine using a regular cover....it fits....

3 hours ago, Chris Ben said:

I use a tactical backpack from Cabelas with the GPZ sliding harness attached room for 2 camel backs plus pick and a bunch of carabiners to attach anything else I want. Can send a picture later if you want to see.

Chris

Yeah man....Post a picture ...It will possibly will give me some new ideas and a new way to visualize a possible new project ......Thanks ....

40 minutes ago, Gold Catcher said:

Perhaps you could attach the bungee on the D ring that is on the front of the should strap. But it would not be ideal for a heavy detector. I wear a harness that also serves as suspenders and a bagpack on top of it. Not ideal. And falling down pants is a super anoying problem for me, having heavy digging tools attached on my belt including pick. Harness/bagpack/suspenders all in one would be best.

I don't use a vest or anything, I just need a nice backpack so after (6) hours of detecting to break down the 4500 and to fit the lower arm and coil in it with the entire detector, battery and pick on and in the backpack ..... and walk two hours down the mountain back to the truck......

Just now, Gold Catcher said:

A combined bagpack/harness would be great. Haven't found one yet.

They got close, where the shovel is placed will take a large 24-30" inch pick and enough pockets for crevicing tools and GPS and phone and water.... It's not bad if it was just a bit larger it would hold a GPX perfect.....

23 minutes ago, PhaseTech said:

Be nice for a hike up a creek/river, with a mini sluice, small pan and Gold Kruzer with 7" elliptical inside. 

I'm still using the old SD series camo backpack for this. Looking pretty ratty but zipper still works like new!

yeah man..... Why buy something new if what you have works great, this ain't no fashion show out by the creek ......

17 minutes ago, madtuna said:

Did you watch it???

It said so in the first line and then shows a bloke stuffing a detector into it.

Yeah, but I thought a Minelab GPX 4500 would fit too .... But I got it anyway to stuff the ORX in it, that I also carry with me during detecting ..... two detectors are better than one .......

7 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Welp, the post from the US to NZ would be quite a bit of change for Phrunt.  Minelab versions should be readily available from Oz, though.  For a time, ML only made them available in Oz.  The mini battery is a great weight saver for short duration excursions or as an easily packable emergency backup.

https://www.minelab.com/accessories/small-battery-and-control-box-pouch-combo

Just got my Eureka Worx control box cover ..... http://eurekaworx.com/custom-control-box-covers.html

Went out today for a small gold hunt.....

The XP has good discrimination for when it's needed.....

On 1/11/2020 at 3:26 PM, Airtemisa said:

Hi, this is from Bilbao, north Spain. 

I've been reading all you since 1year, but I dont sign up till now. 

Hope to learn and share a lot with you 😉

Thanks! 

Welcome aboard and viva Espana !

I just got mine and testing it on my buried backyard targets it makes a difference compared to my Doc's screamer which I used for months.....it's a different monster with more capabilities and very helpful in achieving a very smooth threshold ........ And she is sexy !

The steelPHASE O1 will help......

I just tried it and yes you can change the tone-pitch of the threshold and the XPG 4500 output signal is very noticeable louder and real clear-smooth threshold using headphones and external speakers.......and I can say it works because I am going deaf myself......