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Trust you Marty how bout a call you old dog >grin< ad...

I PLAN ON HAVING THE SIDES WRAPPED WITH THESE PICTURES ( WHERE PLAYING AROUND WITH THE DETAIL ATM ) ALONG WITH A LOST RING RECOVERY SERVICE. ad...

The perfect Gold hunting combination. Minelab GPZ 7000 & 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML270 CDI 5 Cylinders Diesel Turbo Intercooled Luxury MY2002 Sports Automatic >grin< Picked up the 4x4 yesterday Roo bar Led light bar Solar and a sleep arrangement up top and I'm set. ad...

Yeah thanks Steve. I should have made that a bit clearer *Update* Went back as I was curious all night thinking about that hole and ran the 7000 over the same spot pulling out another 5 bits. So absolutely trounced my old record of 2 in the same hole a while back.. I'll take 9 nuggets in one hole anytime Half an ounce so far this trip ( not all from the above ) what will tomorrow bring >grin< Also great to catch up with a couple of good friends. I gave my GPZ 7000 to them for the better part of the day while I went out Roo shooting. Think they had a great time. I know I did smile there's something very primeval about having a high quality boom stick in your hands with a scope that makes you feel one foot away

You Can 'Discriminate' With a 7000? The best discriminator I have found with any machine are my ears being a Beachie. On saying thatI cant prove this but I have a gut feeling the GPZ mark 11 might just have a few surprises leaning that way. ad...

Been working some old Chinese mullock heaps. A first for me yesterday was four small nuggets in the same hole along with 3 tiny bits of wire . My first target was a 0.8 gram nugget which I was fairly happy about except it had the craziest signal. On rechecking the hole I at first thought my GPZ 7000 was playing up cant even describe what I was hearing. So after a restart I quickly realized there was a lot more going on down in that hole. Picture below shows the .8 sorry don't recall which the other 3 where. Also happy to report the Coilcover patch up worked a treat.( picture taken before sanding ) ad...

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If your not wearing out a coil cover once a month your doing something Wrong. So Yes I'm a scraper detectorist that rarely lifts the coil. Well true to form. Not more than a month of owning my GPZ 7000 the Coil cover ( skid plate ) Was in need of urgent repair with heaps of holes worn towards the front edge.I can not buy a replacement for love or $$$$ down here in Australia so I did what I always do and used a two part secret mix we use in my business http://www.suresealshowers.com.au/ to patch it while a replacement is on order. however long that takes who knows. Below is what I have done ( first stage )before sanding. Works well with beach coils so cant see why it wont this time. ad...

Quote Whole different subject but I do love my beach detecting - new thread soon Struth I was hoping ad...

Mate every single word you say I completely agree with. I have been a beachie for 15 odd years and night hunt alone which enables me to really get my head into the Zone if you know what I mean. Being new to Gold ( since September 2014 ) and wanting to learn as much as possible I had to team up with several AU guys. To learn the ropes and jeez is there a steep learning curve. Out of a hand full that I teamed up with everyone seemed to get Gold fever or kind of weird about my luck on picking up Gold detecting and doing well so quick. So I know exactly what you mean about (* people with a good attitude. Positive energy and good attitude*) So I have made the decision to hunt alone like on the beach as much as I can it just works win win for me learning this incredible Gold detecting gig. Might add the one guy who is completely different who flew up from South Australia for a few days especially to GPZ 7000 hunt with me described in the above post is everything good about our hobby and a good mate ( he lives couple of thousand miles away ) Just happens to be one of your select group for Minelab . Mark Williams better known as Marksman a Treasure Talk team member like yourself for those that don't know. ad...

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. >grin< That's us mate unfortunately. We are on the whole good folks there's just that small element that quite a few of us aussie's ( detectorists ) don't tolerate.We do like a good fight though especially the country boys Here's a quote that maybe say's it better. *NEVER AGRGUE WITH A FOOL! HE WILL DRAG YOU DOWN TO HIS LEVEL AND BEAT YOU WITH EXPERIANCE* aussie

Been copping too much flak on our Australian forums so I'd rather if Steve does not mind just post on this forum from now on. *************************************************************************************************************************************************** I've now owned my GPZ 7000 30 days with 50 odd grams in the hand. Works out at 1.6666667 grams per day. A week of that I was just a tad sick ( really sick that is ) with the flu and laryngitis working flogged areas that are not renowned for large nugs.Trying to learn this beast. I'll take that anytime while I'm still very much a newbie ( 6 months on Gold 15 years as a Beachie ) Also just yesterday was a most interesting time for me everything from hospital ( cut my arm badly on a broken branch needed stiches which I declined as the Doc said I'd have to have the arm in a sling ) to a complete computer crash with heaps of challenges in-between. Wont bore anyone with too much detail but will say I have been out in the field for a couple of days with two GPZ 7000 with a good mate who just happens to be a Minelab treasure talk tester learning heaps. Over half an ounce detected using all sorts of settings between us with far to much laughing and drinking in the evening pub mix. >grin<... After farewells to that hunt the cream on the cake was giving a bit of advise ( and a small nugget ) to a old bloke who was having heaps of trouble stepping up from his GPX 5000 to the ZED. He was so rapped he wandered back about 10 minutes later and literally (* Talk about X marks the spot *) gave me all his maps and pictures where he has pulled a 109 gram and a 89 gram nuggets in the past with many ounces since. Swearing there is plenty more there. So I'm really hopeful on that trip away when I get time and heal up. What a nice guy Ps.... That same old bloke rang me not 3 hours later with the news he and his son had christened his brand new GPZ 7000 with a half grammer his sons first ever. That one call has had me happy all day made my day in fact.. aussie

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Thanks mate did not think it was my place to say. Unless I got your ok and boy has it made a difference to where I hunt.. especially the reset when things go pear shaped and the Ground balance procedure ad...