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  1. jasong...I agree with you...I feel that there is SO MUCH trash that the 6000 would NOT be a good choice my area(SoCal/El Paso mountains). What inspires/motivates me is being contacted by 6 owners with pictures of lots of gold (all pretty small though) found with their 6's in "milder" Nevada and AZ ground. As they put it.."it makes detecting fun again" finding gold after gold after gold. I saw this in person at Rye Patch where the 6's and 7's found multiple targets that my EQ could not even "hear". So to justify a 6 purchase I feel significant time needs to be devoted to these areas with a 6. That means extended time away from home.
  2. I saw the weather report was going to cool off from 100+ degrees to less than 90 with a nice breeze today so I got up at 4AM and went to the El Paso mountains (Randsburg side). Metal detected with the EQ800 where I found 2 nuggets before (34+ grams this year) to try my luck again. I found the largest nugget dead center in a "wash" so I went back over the wash using 'all metal' and discrimination again. Then I went up and down the sides that drain into the wash quite awhile. I found lots of targets and will post a picture. I dug way more than necessary...once you've got a reading on some targets you really don't have to dig more of the same! However, to 'fill-in' the picture I dug more and also I find a 22 bullets read about the same as gold so I dug them too. Notice all the teeny tiny bits of wire...I am told these really set a 6000 off..I know my EQ has a robust sound! Could have skipped some of those! PS: Got a reply from someone that only 2 nuggets doesn't justify the expense of a 6000 and he is correct. The biggest concern is all the trash in that area and I thought that the sides draining into the bottom of the wash would be good to detect with a 6000 as there is way less trash. I found this to be correct however there are still a LOT of bullet/lead pieces. I know the 6000 goes WAY deeper than the EQ so at some point I will take some "volunteers" back there to go over the sides with their 6000's.
  3. Thx for the constructive input! I agree you should have both a PI and a VLF and yes I will take them up on their offer to try the 6000. I saw the 1st 6000's last year at Rye Patch and was REALLY impressed with their performance...they heard targets all our EQ800's could not at an impressive depth. Still thinking over Nevada and AZ. Funny, I guess I have a totally different philosophy than most other prospectors. That is, I am willing to take people with me to productive ground while the majority of detectorists treat it like a big secret. Just me I guess!
  4. Been 106 degrees or so where I live but I think I'll try and get out early to see what I can find before my upcoming knee surgery next Tuesday. I know if I don't, then I'm going to beat myself up thinking "now I have to wait and wait before I can go back out". This is an area I have found 2 nuggets, the largest 34+grams. I have 2 people with 6000's who want to go out when temps are cooler who will split the 'finds' with me and also let me try their 6000. In reality My EQ800 is more suited for the area as there is a LOT of small wire, tacks, hot rocks etc. BUT the 6000 detects WAY deeper, so what to do? I think I would maybe regret buying a 6000 as where I detect is so full of hot rocks and trash. In the past I had a 5000 and as I have said on DP, I really really regretted ever buying that machine! I sold it and the guy I sold it to sold it and bought a 6000. The only way to justify the expense in my mind is to travel to areas like Nevada and Arizona.....still thinking this strategy over. Will post pics of all the trash I find as well as hopefully some gold. Here is a pick of my latest find this year with EQ800.
  5. Ok! Did some more research from OTHER sources and I believe some things were buried as The North closed in. Also said a lot of it was dug up by both sides as the location(s) were not a well kept secret. Further research says the railroad 'right-of-ways' reverted to the adjacent landowners per 1922 law passed by Congress. So even looking for war relics would take an owners permission.
  6. ok! He claims he was paid a "commission" 4-5 times by someone who found 4-5 sets of pots....have no reason to doubt him but that's exactly why I asked the question! THX.
  7. Anyone from the McLeansville, Burlington North Carolina area know what the conditions are in that area? The reason I ask is my friend Pat Keene has one of those mats you can drag behind a vehicle and it will detect to 5 feet or more. My idea was to use this for the treasure mentioned in the book.(Going to make all you guys "work" for this story..just use the title and you can find the info)! Then started looking online for info and OMG!....people are NOT welcome in that area ...going so far as to put up 4X8 wood signs saying to the effect that ,"to date over 200 people have been charged with trespass..etc etc..are you next"? I'm sure a LOT of people on DP have knowledge on this area and subject...if you have a minute please respond.
  8. Steve H...I agree! I personally posted what club claim I found several nuggets on in the El Paso mountains. I had gone over and over the claims and did share the info. I even took a several friends in the club there. If they can be successful then I'm happy for them and would like to bring a big smile to their faces. One person had a GPX6000 and I knew he could get deeper than I could with my EQ800...so unless and until I pull the trigger on a 6000..best of luck to him. I have to say though that most times in life..not always, that I find how you treat people is reciprocated. The 6000 owner offered to split everything he found. he was not successful but he offered to go out together and let me get some hands-on-time with his 6000 and I am going to take him up on it.
  9. Thx Steve...do you bother with a scoop at all or just dive to the bottom? Seems like in shallow (1 to 2 foot) depth a scoop would be easier than constantly bending over and in deeper water diving would be the way to go?
  10. Yea I could see a "local" thinking "hey this is my ATM"! Thx! PS: Another aside that has nothing to do with detecting..just SCUBA diving. For all you divers out there, if you visit Kona on the big island you should do the Manta Rey dive at night as it's awesome! You do a twilight dive 1st then when dark they have floodlights in a circle on the bottom (shallow ) and that attracts the Mantas to come scoop up Krill. They do loop after loop right over your head where you are all kneeling around the circle. Got some good underwater pictures.
  11. Thought I'd use DP's huge membership knowledge rather than the internet to find beaches and islands to detect underwater. Went to Kauai last summer during Covid and had a hard time with my EQ800 fighting surges/waves and trying to scoop at the same time. No one told me..read, "I didn't do my homework" and thought I needed to scoop targets. It seems that the EQ will withstand a 6 foot dive to the bottom to recover a target..if I interpret posts correctly. I think if I go back I will take the EQ as well as a "shortened" White's PI Surf detector if I want to do a day of SCUBA with a detector. I was told by a "regular" Cancun detectorist that due to Covid there were ZERO beachgoers and to wait a year to go to Cancun. Any tips on beaches in Hawaiian Islands? Been to Kauai and did not like the "layout" if you intend to drive anywhere! Ok for staying in one place/resort, but hated driving. Did do a helicopter tour and enjoyed it a lot! Funny aside, Steve H turned me on to search for info on beach detecting and I saw a video of a guy with a "handful" of jewelry at Cannes France...I was there overnight in 2007 but wasn't detecting at that time.
  12. Good info...was worried about diving down thinking my EQ800 might flood...hopefully somebody will reply that they have taken the EQ to 10 or 15 feet without problems. Was in Kauai last summer and at the beach where I was staying they rented and also gave SCUBA lessons. The guy renting tanks said he had taken several ladies out and one had lost her diamond ring and you could see it on the bottom! First I didn't think the EQ800 would withstand a 15,20 or 25 foot dive without flooding(I can easily free dive any of those depths). Second..so soon after a "loss" I would feel it incumbent upon me to locate the owner. If it were my wife we would appreciate the return of the ring. Had the ring been there for quite awhile, then that's a different deal. Since I knew of the loss I would have returned it. Anyone taken the EQ deeper than advertised?
  13. Steve just directed me to search for articles on "underwater" & "Hawaii"...WOW..what a wealth of info! It occurs to me I may have been making the job WAY harder than necessary with the EQ800. I would walk (up to my neck), find a target then lift one foot and push the scoop with the other while trying to keep my balance (even behind breakwaters). Many times getting pushed off balance and having to start over. I had visions of flooding the detector if I were to dive to the sea bottom so I kept the control unit only submerged a little near the top of the water. Steve and others...how deep can I safely take the EQ800 with waterproof headphones? Anyone have any depth limits/experience? I will spend some hours going over the articles!
  14. Picked up this detector several years ago & have yet to use it. In one of my treasure clubs the members detect lakes by wading in the water. My idea after reading a little about this detector is to modify it for u/water use with SCUBA, has anyone done this? I see I can remove the "middle" rod section and then put the bottom piece into the top piece, drill a hole for the bottom piece to "lock" into the top and you have a pretty short unit. A question I have is that I seem to recall(many years ago) reading the "large" yellow coil is very buoyant and this would cause me problems...is this correct or am I wrong? If it is excessively buoyant can the coil be modified to be "negative" in the water? See the Whites is supposed to be able to go to a 100 feet or so depth...correct..any feedback from anyone? I am triple SCUBA certified and I would like to take this to some warm water destinations. I took my EQ800 to Kauai last year and waded up to my neck on beaches recovering change and 1 diamond ring. I think I'd do a lot better using the Whites with WAY LESS effort! Trying to stand on one leg and scoop a target while battling waves (even behind breakwaters) is most challenging... SCUBA seems like the way to go! Thoughts and advice please?
  15. Nebulanoodle and others who have contacted me about the El Paso mountains. Some of you made comments about how you couldn't believe the size of the nuggets being found here. Well here is a pic of a FRACTION of what is also found while finding those nuggets. The pic doesn't show a lot of lead, bullet brass, screening and pieces of wire. Oh and hot rocks aren't pictured. I am interested in an informal field test of a 24K 6000,7000, Goldmonster and of course my EQ800 in this area. I will put my EQ down and just observe for awhile. Maybe the 6 & 7 will do well out of the wash and up the sides of the hills surrounding the wash and I wonder how the other 2 (24K & GM) will do IN the wash...we'll see.I am going to have to break this outing(s) plural up into 2 trips...I have too many volunteers..LOL!! I don't mind inviting these people to be my guest for the weekend as I have been over and over this wash and if they can find what I missed and I can see these other detectors in action and in the case of the 6 & 7 actually use them and split the findings...well great. It's always good to gain knowledge and compare.
  16. I agree in fact I am going back out and dig down several feet where I found the 34.4 gram nugget a few inches at a time to see if I can detect some more gold .
  17. Paradiceau.. I did some further research for your question, " will the GPX5000 see 'this' gold". Here is a pic from Gerry (detectors) of one it WON'T see and he has others!
  18. I can't believe how lazy I have become..went back and read Phrunt's ground balance post and it had answers to most of my questions!
  19. Phrunt..Got PM'd by a guy with a 24K and he is saying he really like it for areas with hot rocks but is not sure how it would do in trashy areas like where I found the nugget. I read in another area of DProsp. the discussion that included an engineer who actually worked on developing the 24K..most informative. Could you speak a little on a comparison of the 24K and the EQ800 used for gold? Apologize if this should be in another area of DProsp...you can move it Steve. Don't you also use the 24K and did I see a post/pics of many small pieces you found in Alaska with it and your method of scraping a few inches away at a time on a slope to uncover more and more small pieces? was this to give the detector more depth..exposure to gold by removing several inches at a time? Guess I should not be lazy and just look back for it?
  20. Para..no your not missing something..but I have since been told by dealers and instructors that they think the 5000 would have heard it. Don't mind me..I'm just mad at myself for not 'moving on' and selling the 5000 sooner than I did. The EQ and 6000 are a way better choice..in my mind than the 5000. Heck the guy I sold the 5000 to sold it and bought a 6000.
  21. last pic..should have been the 1st..with all the info: 34.4 gram nugget, found Feb15 in El Paso Mountains/Goler Gulch st a depth of 8 to 9 inches(approx..could have been more) with EQ800 using Gold #1 with & with out discrimination,21 read out and out of ground cleaned 17 & 16
  22. Phrunt..read with interest all this info on the 24 K because another prospector was touting it for use where there are hot rocks. I posted a few days ago with the 34.4 gram nugget found with myEQ800 and I have experienced all the "quirks" of the EQ you have described..knock sensitivity hot rocks etc. At some point this other prospector will meet up in the El Pasos with his detector and others are coming with 7000's and 6000's and we can do a real 'field test'! There is so much trash, lead, wire rusty metal hot rocks that I wonder if the 24 might handle it best followed by my EQ800..we'll see.
  23. Lunk & Gerry..you guys were my instructors and I have a few questions please about the 6000 and EQ800. The 6000 had JUST arrived for the June 2021 class and I saw how much deeper it picked up targets than the EQ. Ist question is about the 6000..it does NOT have discrimination of any kind right? If that is so then where I was detecting in a wash/gully with all sorts of pieces of wire rusted cans trash AND hot rocks..then my EQ would actually perform better than a 6000? I've gone up and down countless 'washes' and they are always loaded with lead and trash...what do you guys running the 6000 do in those cases? 2nd question is have you Gerry and others 'hammered' Rye Patch with 6000's and is there still gold to be found? What other Nevada areas do people have success detecting? I KNOW I KNOW...people are SO closed mouth about areas but not me ..I tell people what areas I have success..I just don't pinpoint them.
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