AUddicted
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Minelab GPZ 7000 Depth Tests And Charts - Looking Back
AUddicted replied to goldenoldie's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
My only hate is the weight, 1 kilo lighter would be so much better! JP But, would you be willing to add even more weight (ie: a larger coil) for increased performance? I know I would... I'm willing to suffer for the thrill of more, smaller and/ or deeper gold. -
A Tip From A Miner Of Yesteryear
AUddicted replied to AUddicted's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Ahh yes, sorry. I should have mentioned the outcropping was merely 10' up from the bottom of the wash. -
A Tip From A Miner Of Yesteryear
AUddicted replied to AUddicted's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
The term Placer can be somewhat general as there are at least 7 basic types of placer. Often people refer to Alluvial Placer (worn by the force of water) as "Placer" and yes, these pieces are Alluvial. It's quite possible, before they became Alluvial, they were Eluvial (hillside placer) as there are steep slopes down to this particular ravine. -
A Tip From A Miner Of Yesteryear
AUddicted replied to AUddicted's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Thanks guys. It's always enjoyable seeing your gold posts as well. -
Literally I was detecting up a wash yesterday not knowing if it was gold bearing when I heard this screaming broken pick tip in an outcropping crack. Wasn't the 3 ouncer I was hoping for but it was encouraging that there "may be gold here", and there was. Can't wait to get back there.
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I Give Up, What The Heck Is Zed?
AUddicted replied to OregonGregg's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
When it was first being made public,I heard some Aussies calling it, what sounded like Zvet as in ZVT. Then some "yanks" interpreted it (because of the accent) Zed not Zvet. -
Paul Kirkeminde - Detector Prospector Man Of The Year!
AUddicted replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Meet & Greet
I know exactly who should be picked a year from now. And everyone else (except you) knows who it should be as well! But the problem is "this person" is probably not eligible. -
Video - Inside Minelab Engineering
AUddicted replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
I have to agree. I don't even mind the weight of the coil because it performs so well. As far as I'm concerned ML can even make it heavier if it finds more/ deeper gold. The less people that want to own one... all the better for those of us who do. -
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GPZ7000 And The Garrett Carrot Pinpointer
AUddicted replied to Sourdough Scott's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
It's the newest one. I like some things, like the different sensitivity settings. But I usually can't use the highest one because it just goes off, even holding it in the air. I also don't like that it has a larger diameter than all the other pinpointers. I'd really like to see a comparison to the Carrot. -
GPZ7000 And The Garrett Carrot Pinpointer
AUddicted replied to Sourdough Scott's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
I have the Nokta pinpointer and its the same problem if I wear it on my side but not if it's in my backpack. Try yours in a backpack. -
Minelab GPZ 7000, The Controversy Ends?
AUddicted replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
The coil is waterproof. But ironically you can hardly use it under water because it wants to float like a life vest. As a result the coil keeps pivoting and giving false signals. For me that's a real Bummer because you basically lose the advantage of having a waterproof coil. -
I fabricated this pick a 3 months ago. It's an idea I had for a few years and finally followed through on. It was pricey to build but it does a great job grabbing up iron and it's easy to wipe off the metal and black sands. The underside magnets are 1/8 thick the large outside mag. is 1/4 thick.
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Overlooked Spots For Finding Gold - An Article By Steve
AUddicted replied to Reno Chris's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Hmmm... I currently have no subscription, but was unable to read the article. Am I missing something? -
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I thought it might be cool to start a new thread where you tell a fun or unique story accompanied with a pic, even if it was a long time ago. I have a handful of such ideas but chose this one: I had always hoped to find a real white quartz/ gold specimen. About a year ago I was hunting a small creek with my "SDC Birdshot Pro" where I had found many bedrock nuggets over a 6 to 8 week period. This day I was only getting bullets, birdshot and rusty square nails. I was starting to get burnt out with that and ready to move to a different area as I was hearing another "bullet sounding" target in alluvial creek gravel. I turned to leave but stopped and looked back at where the target was, and again listened to the target. I knew it was another bullet and I usually dig all my targets. But again I turned to go, again stopped and looked back and just stood there staring down. Finally, I sighed then bent down and had the target in the first scoop. My eyes went wide as I chastised myself for nearly making a rookie bone head mistake. It's not very big but for me it's a treasured little piece.
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I was thinking it would be interesting to hear your (other members) thoughts on cleaning your gold. One guy I used to hunt with felt very strongly that you should just rinse it with water, no further cleaning, and absolutely no chemicals. What I do, is scrub using a tooth brush (the same one I use daily ) and citrus cleaner. I then soak the gold in Whink for a day then scrub again with citrus cleaner. If it has a calcite/ caleche coating like much of the Rye Patch Chevron gold, I soak it in CLR. I like the gold to be free of any visible iron oxide, manganese, calcite, etc. But I don't like the gold to start getting polished edges and high spots, like what happens from handling it often. I like that natural dull finish it acquires from the Earths fine grit, sand, rocks, natural movement etc... I noticed this crystalline gold for sale on Ebay. It appears to me that the host rock was dissolved with a chemical that also began to soften the gold itself and polish it? Maybe Aqua regia (nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), but when the host rock was gone the specimen was then neutralized? It does look beautiful, but to me, unnatural. But who am I to decide what should be considered natural or not? Therefore, it is just my personal preference. But what are the majority of collectors looking for? To me, one of the most enjoyable nugget discovering experiences is when all you have left in your scoop is a hard dirt clod that ends up hosting a nice gold nugget. The next time that happens, I plan on gently removing the edges of dirt until there is proof of gold and then just save it in that condition (until some day I just get bored and decide to break it open ). Thanks all...
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Really? You think your going to say that and get away from telling us?
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So if you turn off the machine at lunch time then want to resume afterwards, you're starting another Geo trail and have now used up 2 of the 10?
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Steve, I am one who is interested. I have never used GPS and haven't used it on my GPZ yet either. Part of the reason is, my computer is rather old and has issues. But I plan to soon get that resolved. I look forward to your ideas and tips.
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Here's 2 GPZ tips: This morning I had a blaring target in a dry creek bed with a couple feet of overburden. It was so strong I couldn't tell where to start digging. This has happened before and I decided then, to come back with a different machine. This time I set the Ground Type to Severe and it quieted way down to where I could tell where the target was. It was a very rusted bar of some kind. Yesterday I found 3 small chunky nuggets in close proximity on some upper stream bedrock. Searching for more, I discovered there were occasional hot rocks that sounded like good targets. Once I dug close to the target I would then change from Normal Ground to Difficult. The hot rocks would then go quiet.
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I experienced the same thing. Works fine on the hard rubber floormat.