MannyScoot

New finds lately ......

Used mine in a nice area New River AZ, but no gold found today ......

The XP ORX is a great machine....I love it but she doesn't like hot ground-hot rocks..... Drives her crazy.....

On 9/28/2019 at 2:03 PM, Elijah said:

Thank you brothers, in my far area the ground is good, but the relics at the maximum depth. I must use only big and large coils... Maximum sensitivity And begin to listen deeper signal. Only any fields have big mineralization with salt ground. Hear work only double-D coils at the little gain.. 

Man that sounds like hot ground to me not good ground..... Using a double D and using it on minimal sensitivity-Gain to avoid noise means it's super hot ground, maybe one of the hot ground Australian friends can help you.

1 hour ago, MannyScoot said:

Where can I purchase this pick ?

BunksArizonaProspecting.com

On 1/29/2020 at 7:47 PM, delnorter said:

Bunks picks below. I have the smaller Burrow pick and really like it.

http://bunknteri.com/Pick.html

Mike

I went ahead and ordered a 24" Hermit ...... from Bunks Arizona Prospecting...... I bought an Apex pic but it's top heavy and no matter how hard I try and even pulling sideways to pull dirt out of a hole it's head (shovel) section is too small ......

19 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Just get yourself a Gold Digger pick, I couldn't be happier than with mine. 

https://www.x-coils.com/gold-digger-picks

I even lift massive boulders using it to lever them out, not an issue for it.

I checked man..... they want the same price of the pick for shipping to Arizona USA ..... and it will take 4-6 weeks delivery time .....

On 5/25/2016 at 7:20 PM, DolanDave said:

I have been using Bunks Hermit Pick, very lightweight, yet strong, has a nice wide spade,  made by a local prospector.

Dave

 

Where can I purchase this pick ?

What ever happened to WALCO picks ?

I have an old one I purchased from Doc's 10 years ago that the head has become so small, it takes me (2 hours) to dig a hole and was looking to purchase a new one .....

Well if a gold miner from Arizona in 1865 is travelling back home to New York loaded with gold nuggets after the civil war and had a hole in his nugget sack, he could have dropped nuggets all the way there.

So finding gold nuggets across the United States can be a possibility.

I saved everything to buy a GPX 4500 ....... I can't believe it took me a long time to be able to get one in the year 2020 ...... So if there is a new release Minelab PI I should have it by the year 2030 ....... which will make me ..... 65 years old ......

Do you think a GPX 4500 can detect a 32 ounce nugget at 14" inches ?

On 1/26/2020 at 3:18 PM, phrunt said:

Just so people are aware of the price this particular GPZ is selling for... it's $4283 USD.  I consider that a great price for a unit with 3 batteries and some other extras.  It's extremely rare that GPZ's come up for sale in NZ also so it's a bit of a steal.  It's a shame it wasn't for sale when I was getting one 🙂

 

I have seen some barely used for under $4,000.00 US..... You just have to be patient and search .....

Wanted to show an area for today...... New River Arizona.... Found some tiny gold...

And a picture of the famous Jumping Cholla Cactus....... Grab one and your life will change.....

20 minutes ago, jrbeatty said:

MT:

Luckily, some of the signals on that "golf course" weren't too faint  :)

 

 

Man with lunkers like these I could buy a good metal detector. This is as big as I get ....

2 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Bad luck mate. Bet you were gutted having to put the lawnmower away.😂 Gosh there was that much grass it made the roo have a dump. There is still a tinge of green showing through, so not all is lost. Best get that fence up quick smart. 🤠

Hi Manny, nice pics you put up of your detecting grounds too by the way.👍 I, like you have many tough beats to get on to the gold. So I am all too aware of the efforts required. Some I can E- mountain bike into for a wee way & then slogging it out on foot. The good part of the E-bike is the coming back down. I fitted a 28 tooth front sprocket to really gear it down for the up hill grinds. Works a treat. Not so fast for over all speed but gravity coming down far over takes the peedling speed.

Here are few pics, more to come as I am out of time right now. Actually I will just bang the pics up with no commentary. You will get the picture, no pun intended,😄 but you will see the ground I have to deal with.

 

Forgot to mention ....Good looking gold brother !!!!!!!!

18 hours ago, madtuna said:

got my first lawn happening in over 2 years after we got 40mm of rain.

Like a proud father I was....

got up the next morning to go sing to it and some damn roo had snuck in during the night and stole it!!!

should have fenced the bugger off!

Man nice terrain...... 

1 hour ago, jrbeatty said:

You blokes think you have tough detecting terrain?

Some of the killer ground Reg and I have courageously struggled through over the years - - -

 

Nice beat ....It looks like in Scottsdale Arizona .......

2 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Bad luck mate. Bet you were gutted having to put the lawnmower away.😂 Gosh there was that much grass it made the roo have a dump. There is still a tinge of green showing through, so not all is lost. Best get that fence up quick smart. 🤠

Hi Manny, nice pics you put up of your detecting grounds too by the way.👍 I, like you have many tough beats to get on to the gold. So I am all too aware of the efforts required. Some I can E- mountain bike into for a wee way & then slogging it out on foot. The good part of the E-bike is the coming back down. I fitted a 28 tooth front sprocket to really gear it down for the up hill grinds. Works a treat. Not so fast for over all speed but gravity coming down far over takes the peedling speed.

Here are few pics, more to come as I am out of time right now. Actually I will just bang the pics up with no commentary. You will get the picture, no pun intended,😄 but you will see the ground I have to deal with.

 

That's wonderful terrain to prospect...... Here in Arizona it's nice, but dangerous vegetation...... I rolled down a canyon and onto a large Jumping Cholla bush and got this cholla balls stuck all over arms, legs and back that can't be removed except with a pair of pliers, and due to the excruciating pain and the way the fish hooks attach to any skin ...... I was air lifted into a Phoenix emergency room where I was put out to have them removed under anesthesia......More painful than getting blown up in Iraq .....

Thanks for such a beatiful posting..... Made me feel like I was there !!!!!........... That last picture is all the vegetation that hurts you ! Ha ha ....

21 minutes ago, kiwijw said:

I can just see madtuna's pictures with not one spec of green....and definitely NO water, let alone running water. Ok....might not have the hills you have but he lives & works in a very dry, hot & barren land. Out in the sticks of WA. Thats Western Australia. Land of diesel & dust. Oh.....& gold....Aye mad fish....

JW 🤠

Oh this is a tough beat brother ...... believe me .... you have to climb up there to detect......

4 minutes ago, madtuna said:

Dude….that's a leisurely frolic we do most mornings in our thongs before brekkie!

 

Nice pics!

Arizona is a tough country lad ......Ha ha .... and in the summer even more fun with 115 degree Fahrenheit temps .....

1 minute ago, madtuna said:

can you explain that for a dumb aussie? what is a 20" python...as here it's a small harmless snake, and why not detect back to the car rather than shoulder it?

The 20" Python is also known as a Bicep muscle .....  which equals a big arm........ When you detect out 2 to 5 miles to the top of a 2,000 foot hill and detecting the top and bottom through washes and boulders and dangerous vegetation and cactus and then hiking back to the car down hill like a mountain goat...... It's easy to climb and detect up a mountain, but it's harder coming down......

I get injured and roughed up and skuffed and bruised up and tripping and falling from sliding gravel and quartz..... It's a rough way down carrying a backpack, picks and two metal detectors....... You just want to make it back to the truck....... Specially after an 8 hour day digging up lead.

These are pictures I take while detecting .....

On 1/25/2020 at 7:32 AM, Gold weasel said:

 

If they got rid of their bread and butter GPX 4500 then another piece of bread and butter needs to be found....... The GPZ is for most consumers like buying a new truck..... So for a normal consumer it's out of reach unless you sell one of your children or get a second mortgage. I would release a new GPX 7000 or GPX 6000 at an affordable $1,599 price but you can see they are lowering the quality of the machines by releasing plastic GPZ and plastic Gold Monsters and charging crazy prices ...... It's all about bottom line and not about the consumer !

21 hours ago, kiwijw said:

How do you find the weight with the battery hooked in there. Do you use your left  arm to swing the detector?

Good luck out there

JW 🤠 

I used it yesterday for (6) hours and it's easy to handle.... The battery is lightweight aluminum so it's not heavy and I have 20" inch pythons to carry it around for 5 to 10 miles away from the truck and carry it back on my shoulder...... It's an easy machine to carry around....... but man get ready to dig deep ..... 

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

I like the cover that allows you to put the battery beside the control box. I wish I had that.

I found this post to be vital in my learning the GPX

 

The covers are easily available on Rob's detectors web site ...... I think he has them on sale..... https://www.robsdetectors.com/azo-control-box-cover/