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1 hour ago, afreakofnature said:

How is that requested "wireless" SP01 for the GPZ coming along?

(ears perking up…)

18 hours ago, Gold Hound said:

but you can limit the loudness peak of a large/loud response so that you do not blow your ears off every time you detect a 10oz sunbaker😃

unfortunately, I have never had that problem…
(good posts)

I just went and checked where I had my Sensitivity.
It was 18. 

That IS really unique. So glad you didn't yank it out. If you can maybe
leave it as it is. You rarely see finds like that. 

As far as I know a sunbaked is a nugget lying on the surface. I have found two like that but I have seen guys in Australia find some incredible ones.

Nice going!

I don't like the wind but it's rarely enough to make me stop detecting.

There was once in the Dale where I honest-to-god got knocked flat by the wind as I

topped a ridge. That is my one exception.

1 hour ago, afreakofnature said:

PDF might work as an ebook.  Just don’t know how you could protect it from being “shared”

You're right. I'm writing a book right now and a pdf is difficult to protect.

Good going - both of you. And I love that you have a partner who really is one. Those finds are exciting to see and inspirational for all of us I'm sure. Nice work.

Perhaps wait a bit for a really good deal on a GPZ soon...

Sorry for the problems.

 The questions may seem minor in the face of the giant steps in detecting that the company has taken, true. Does that not mean those details have no relevance or meaning? If so, then I defer to you and your opinion.

Hi Jin, guessing that's probably impossible to know til it happens right? Each time one is dropped, it is under different circumstances with different potential results. 

Hope all is well 

3 hours ago, RedDirtDigger said:

Working hard in rocky desert conditions it pays to have a really really thickly padded cover for the zed box to protect from the occassional drop.

I agree with what you are saying RedDirtDigger - I will only say that if you have some sort of protective cover (I happen to have one made by Doc, but this isn't an ad for it because like Minelab, there is no real cushioning on the bottom of that cover either), an easy solution is to put your own padding in the bottom of the cover. As I said above, I cut a section of pool noodle in half and stuffed it into the bottom of the cover and it has worked perfectly for years as very effective cushioning.

But, the fact that MineLab either can't or won't figure out that a small detail like cushioning their multi-thousand dollar detectors, is not something they need to concern themselves with, is another in a long-standing history of not attending to small details that are inexpensive but vital to keeping their products in good working condition. After all this time of supposedly saying they are "listening to customers," it seems to be a statement that is not accurate or factual and that is too bad (for us, the customers).

Very interesting, thanks for posting. Nice gold.

Steve isn't that Wilma Beaumont on the far R. of your rain picture?

A legend in her own right…both as a detector operator and as a person.

3 hours ago, afreakofnature said:

I only use the GPS so I can tell what time it is in the field

I put my watch on my belt loop. It doesn't interfere with the 7000,
and I never use the gps, it's just too weird.

Hope you get it solved...

I put a cut-in-half section of pool noodle inside Doc's protective cover under the detector for extra cushioning. 
Also, I never treat that machine like anything other than the 7 to 10  thousand dollar item that it is. It's worth that extra few seconds to treat it well.
Picks on the other hand? I don't worry so much about.

42 minutes ago, Walker said:

we were finding nuggets so fast. It took so much time to unscrew the lid off the nugget container.

I have never had that problem but I really would like it if I did.

So much so that I would even unscrew the cap every time.

Good, smart work Jason. Hope the off-season goes well and look forward to hearing of your new adventures. 

Wow, that's a great looking set-up. Nice job! Can't wait to hear how it works in the field.

Have fun!

Good story thank you for sharing it.

1 minute ago, DigsAlot said:

Steve we need you to use your crystal ball and give us the answers please. No more waiting it painful.

There are no answers right now. Patience helps a lot.

(giant vacuum cleaner sounds coming from Africa)

JP's DVD's are hands down the best instructional/educational work every done for metal detectorists. The amount of time and energy he put into them is beyond what most people can imagine - and he made it look effortless.
I know from first hand experience - 33 years in feature films and shooting documentaries on my own, just how exacting and time consuming producing his videos was. And then of course people bootlegged them which is just another word for robbery. Nothing blunts the incentive to put out high level work like having your work copied (stolen). 

We are lucky to have two of the most respected and knowledgeable people posting on these forums; Steve and JP - along with many others who contribute amazing information that makes us all better at what we do. When the fountain of information keeps flowing so freely it's easy to take it for granted. It's hard to remember but in days gone by, most of the alternatives were places like Finders Forum where pitched ego battles still rage even today.

I like it here and I know I'm not alone.

That is the clearest most understandable explanation of those controls I have ever come across. It took careful thought to set out and probably quite a bit of time. Thank you.

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

always fails on closer examination.

I have literally walked with this guy in Mariposa and saw him "witch" water. They dug a well on the spot he recommended after having trouble locating where to dig and they got water at the needed level. I knew the people that hired him and I saw him do it (at another place too). Some things can't be rationally explained, but that does not mean they aren't real and don't work.

Great article Eric.  I have known two diviners from my earlier days up in the Mother Lode when I was dredging during multiple summers. One fellow and he was at quite an advanced age (in body only), was a water diviner that many of the well diggers in Mariposa County used, and it was really fun to hear him talk about how and what he did as he worked…very much in the manner of the man in the article. The other man, also older, said he divined for gold and apparently according to him, was quite successful, but I never saw him work. It's pretty much a lost art.