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I loved this video. Firstly these gentlemen are quite experienced, no missing that.

But their approach was relaxed and interested with great good humor.

How could anyone not appreciate them going to the trouble to share their learning curve?

I agree Steve and JP and Gold Hound, it seems best not to rush the education the 7000 has to give,

but let its subtleties reveal themselves by taking time with it and paying attention

and especially not having any preconceived notions.

Fun to watch.

Norm, I wear hearing aids as well, but take them off when I detect with headphones.

With individual ear adjustments you still have trouble hearing the threshold and target sounds?

That must be a fairly significant hearing loss.

Interested to know how it turns out.

Rumblefish, that is a very interesting idea you are messing with.

Good luck with it.

Very interesting series of posts guys.

I cannot wait to begin to actively learn some of what you talking about.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify some of the details under discussion,

you are rapidly earning the trust of a lot of your readers.

Confidence, knowledge, research, an adult attention span, persistence, an understanding of your machine, using your eyes, concentration, positive attitude, sense of humor, intuition

and yes, luck.

So many factors to utilize. 

An interesting thread folks…lots to think about.

Gold Hound, that experience is in a class by itself.

Hi Russ,

You are another experienced person many of us read with interest.

Your comments are always appreciated.

I want to join Lucky in wishing you a speedy recovery and ever-increasing physical health,

there's lots of gold out there waiting for you.

best wishes…

Hi Lucky, great idea.

Hook your GPZ up to your computer,

open the ML diagnostics page, hit the button and voila,

you're good to go.

In a year or so after we all have our 7000's,

have watched JP's DVD (right JP?),

and read all the experienced prospectors comments 

this whole thread will be moot,

we'll be too busy out in the field with our picks and shovels

to deal with theories.

half-joking opinion of course…

Half kidding here, but the best operators are most likely out there using the 7000

instead of writing about it.

JP, Steve and Chris have had a fair amount of experience with the 7000

and, most importantly, are involved with the detecting community to a degree that is rare.

That being said, there is some good info. beginning to trickle out in the various forums.

One line of questioning that often comes up in the forums I follow

is when people ask for a list of the settings being used by detectorists in a particular area.

But the real question is WHY are those settings being used.

What are the specific conditions that necessitated the setting adjustments 

and how do those adjustments interact with each other and effect the overall tuning of the machine.

This is one of the reasons why people like JP and you are such valuable teachers for all of us.

You are able to talk about how the different settings affect the overall tuning of the detector

(technical knowledge), and why those choices are being made in the first place (prospecting knowledge).

Unless an operator begins to understand that approach,

they will be not learn to make their own decisions about how to use the settings to best advantage.

That seems to be where the prospecting knowledge and the techical understanding of the detector

come together to become the 80% so many of us reference.

With regard to buying a 7000 or staying with my 5000,

I will always try to jump into the newest technology because part of the thrill of detecting for me

is the process of delving into and coming to an understanding of, the newer engineering.

That being said, I still am coming to grips with my 5000.

Partly because I have had to move away for three years from the west coast where I detect

and of course that has given me much less time over the coil. 

Don't you folks think the 7000 sounds like a really interesting learning curve?

I do, and look forward to learning from the many fine posters here 

while I squirrel away my infrequent spare dollars and impatiently await the day 

I am able to return to the west and my many prospecting mentors and friends.

Good thread Steve.

Firstly, I think ML has made an excellent choice for their "stock" coil.

It has decent ground coverage and obviously, it has pretty serious depth.

As a second coil, an 8" would by my choice as well.

I also like the idea of it being an elliptical for the same reasons you set out. 

Listen, I will be happy just to be able to say I can use the stock coil to it's capability

but a second coil for those small spaces and "clean up" sounds like a good choice.

(now where did I put that spare 9 thousand bucks…)

This video points up an overlooked aspect that many people leave out in their shooting,

They talked about the small adjustments they were making as they went along.

It is so important to learn and experiment with the subtler settings.

JP talks about what he adjusts as a matter of course but many people don't.

Hi Rob, 

It certainly seems as though a Hipstick-like device will be needed.

Seven pounds is a pretty hefty load for hours of detecting.

The 5000 was a couple of pounds lighter hanging off a Hipstick, but then again

the battery had to be carried somewhere too.

As you said, it probably gets lighter with each nugget found.

Lucky, the qualification process for Rhythmic Gymnastics to get into the Olympics is complex.

The girls passed the first qualification last September in the World Championships. There you had to place

in the top 24 teams in the world rankings to qualify for the first step. They came in 14th.

Next World Championships only the top 24 teams can compete and of them the top 12 teams move on

to be Olympic Qualified. It is a scary process. I think the girls have an outside chance if they keep their injuries to a minimum and stay in good health. The level of training is hard to fathom. They train six days a week, year around, with double practices during the summer or any other holidays where they are not traveling. This is Natalie's eleventh year in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Cross your fingers and thanks for your interest.

Look forward to seeing you guys one of these days…

That definitely was not a JP video. 

As Lucky said, It's looking like we're all gonna be in better shape once we get a 7000..

A very sobering prospect.

(Now where did I put the shovel?)

Thanks guys, for the harness info

About my daughter.

I am sitting in her gym as I write this while she and her other five USA Sr. Group team members

are finishing up a five hour training session with their Russian choreographer who has just

flown over to check on them.

They leave for their first World Cup Competitions of the year on March 16th for a month overseas in 

France, Portugal and Italy, doing their homework by email. It's been a crazy few years…

Natalie is in the middle on the lower row.

Thank you for asking…

Has anyone had any experience with the bungie, J-bar set-up on the 7000?
I have used a Hipstick for many years and am curious to know if the new ML setup is similar.

Thanks!

There, in 8 minutes, is the most powerful *exposition of the 7000 to date

produced by a master prospector and videographer.

There is a reason JP is admired by so many of us.

Please note: I had originally put "promotion" instead of "exposition" in the sentence above.

That was my imprecise and sloppy wording.

This is not a promotional video,

it is JP giving us a gift:

an inside look into what he has been learning about the GPZ 7000.

It is an important distinction.