Banjo

On 1/25/2016 at 2:31 PM, argyle said:

Romantic Myth my ar*e Vic....

Sounds like you were playing in that fluffy NSW, WA and QLD dirt in those 2 years...

fluffy dirt in the Pilbara ? I haven't seen too much of that  

and............i bet the headphone curly cord is still too short ? Users shouldn't have to collapse the shaft to retrieve a target and no i don't believe people should have to stretch the crap out of the cord to prevent the headphones being pulled off your head, it should be right straight out of the box, an extra foot of cord over a production run of headphones would amount to stuff all given the price of the detector.

A question for JP, i have never detected Qld/Nth Qld, can you give some insight on the ground compared to WA/Vic ?

Early on in the release of the Zed the guy's in Qld seemed to be going about their business without to much fuss or fanfare and doing very well whereas guys in WA/Vic were struggling with taming the Zed, now i know with some it came down to operator error but i know myself i have had the Zed in area's where it wasn't happy at all especially where i was the other day.

I guess i should note i was shown to run the Zed flat out by a mate that has done extremely well this year running it on the ragged edge with threshold around default, i managed to catch up with some mates from the US this year, one of the guy's has been detecting with VLF's for 50 years and he run's his flat out in High Yield/Diff but cranks the threshold back to 11 (Bogene settings) so he just gets the occasional squeak as threshold now and then.

I am still trying to find my happy space hindered by the heat now, i usually run high yield/diff and sensitivity at 16-20 but when it starts warming up drop the threshold back.

That has been my experience with the ferrite ring also. My theory has been this is all about issues more common in locations in Australia than in the U.S.

There are already great reports coming in from WA on some of the forums over here how much better the 7000 is once updated.

http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t22605p30-gpz7000-up-date

Yep, i haven't heard of too many positives with mod's in recent years despite the constant peddling of them, iv'e read of the filters being thrown in the bin because of no noticeable improvement, iv'e seen in the past independent people offering to compare a super dooper modded detector vs a standard one only for the modder to brush them aside and say they won't give an unbiased report.

Cheers Peter, i saw your post on FB and was interested to read about Bogene's settings being used on the 7000, thanks for the great report and write up on your experiences, i will be giving it a try for sure if the time/place comes about.

Darren

Some big nuggets unearthed in WA yesterday afternoon, apparently another good signal was left overnight to dig out today.

http://gpwa.forumotion.com/t221-30oz-and-50-oz-with#1161

Dale, thanks so much for sharing your experiences with the CTX  and to freely share your patterns is a tremendous gesture considering the time that has been invested into them.

One of the reasons i purchased the CTX a few years back was to do exactly what you are doing and to use it on trashy area's in the goldfields, i will get the opportunity this year and i cannot thank you enough for giving me a huge leg up on the learning curve.

cheers

Darren

I guess you are just finding out it is not a love in on gold forums like it is on the metal detecting forum with all those fancy awards they hand out, you need to be in the click on the knitting forum, you should join Finders, decent folk over there 

Very well said JP! I rolled out the bank roll and went for the new kid on the block. Minelab could lightened the loop weight some and offered some additional loops right off the bat would been nice. I am shooting for the new electronics I all I can say that it better work and pull out the yellow better than anything else out there.

I am looking for a vehicle to purchase that is suited for the outback and soon to arrive in WA next month. I will give my ZED the ultimate test in all that fine Red ground.

With all the pros and cons said the ZED I have chosen to follow minelab new generation as I know in the past each new series has always supercedes the the their previous model. So I hope that holds true with the ZED.

best in hunting

AC

Only pocket change for you  

I cant get on this forum to confirm and I am not willing to register, but supposedly this link:

 

http://www.detectingwestaustraliangold.com/t5339-confirmed-12oz-1-1mt-with-a-gpz7000

 

is about a guy in WA who just picked up a 12 ounce nugget at 1.1 meters with a GPZ 7000.

1.1 meters is a little more than 3 and a half feet.

Steve did you ever get registered for that forum?

 

So consistent with this thread, for those who don't want to be digging 3.5 foot deep holes, that is another reason why you may not want a GPZ. It just finds targets too dang deep.

Chris, that pic/story originated from the Minelab GPZ7000 Users Australia FB page, not much else has been said about it, well that was from a few hours back when a mate checked, not sure if any other info is out and about on it as yet, all the forums are basically running with that pic/story, the poster's position shows as Dampier so maybe found in the Karratha area but who know's.

Excellent haul

Is this some of Tinarse's haul DDancer 

Do you know if he is a member here ?

Wow, what a nice collection of gold, thanks for sharing JP