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Klunker No sunburned knees yet, but I did lose a considerable amount of blood. I forgot how unfriendly the vegetation is in the desert.

Paul I turn my batteries off every time and also put it into bypass every time and that was the way it was stored for my trip South. Just something unexplainable had happened. Norm

Hi JP was out for a few hours today. The booster worked perfectly. I use it pluged in to the WM12. Maybe the battery on the WM12 was low. That was the only real difference, a fresh charge on it last night. Thanks again for your help Norm McQ

Thanks for the replies. I am going to have to chalk this up to one of lifes mysteries. I went out this morning and put every thing together and turned everything on and it worked, adjusted the volume. so far everything good, turned to bypass and back to boost and it stopped working again. Shut down and restarted detector and booster and now working again. I went from boost to bypass several times and adjusted the volume several times, everything is working just fine? Maybe a bad connection with the cables? I just don't know, but will not fret over it. Fred I am hiding at my favorite spot on T.W. road Norm

Is there a trouble shooting guide on line for the B and Z booster? When I left home, it was working now I can't make it work. New batteries didn't help. only time sound comes out is in bypass. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Norm

Thanks for the reply Hope to hear an update on this potential new product. Norm

I have hunted some areas in Arizona with the Zed that were almost under high voltage lines. The same area with my GPX 4K, I had to stay several hundred feet awayand sometimes run in cancel. I never found gold there with the 4K, but found several pieces with the 7K. I always ran the 7K in HY normal there. NormMcQ

Nice Finds JP Could you show us a close up of your coil skid plate mod? Thanks Norm

Thanks Strick We are in search of warmer weather, probably wont be back until April. Thank you for your generous offer, a hunt with you would be great! Norm mcQ

Great finds Strick! Got a 3030 for Christmas, now I need some expert lessons. Merry Christmas to all Norm McQ

Here is my favorite nugget

If you are curious about the new coil, try this for a few hours

Nice finds Mitchel It is amazing what you can find what you can find when you have confidence in your equipment and know there is gold in the area.

Scott There are a lot of choke cherries out there also, they say they make good wine!

Steve You are right about Lucky, If he gives you the pointy finger, you had better go slow and low, there's gold to be found there!

Didn't have the problem myself, but my friend did. Machine ran quiet and stable for a few minutes and then everything was bad, We traded machines, I thought maybe it was his settings or maybe?????? I had the same problem with his 7K as he did. Then we changed coils, both machines started out quiet and stable. After about five minutes my machine became almost unusable and his remained normal. He contacted Minelab and they replaced the coil under warranty. Now his machine is functioning normal. You are not the only one! NormMcQ

I haven't seen an actual pot farm, but I have found at least three different irrigation systems while out detecting on the West side of Plumas National Forrest. I immediately left the area and reported my finds to the County Sheriff. Needless to say, I was very nervous until I reached the safety of my vehicle. Pay particular attention when you are in an area that has running water for black plastic pipe. They always try to hide it, but usually don't do a good job of it. If you see some, just leave the area. Be safe out there Norm

Klunker I wouldn't give up any secrets yet. The earlier version of the depth enhancer seemed to work better, but it just might have been the ground you tried it in. Looking forward to the next test. Norm McQ

Klunker is getting prett.y old and forgetful, I think he likes it because it is easier to find with has detector

Rob With loot like that, will we ever see you in the gold fields again?

You should get an award of some kind for cleaning up the beaches and parks.

I totally agree with the normal versus difficult settings. I was in Northern Nevada over a year ago trying to learn what worked best. I was in an area that I knew was productive and was experimenting with different settings. There had been quite a bit of precipitation in Northern Nevada and the alkaline soils were hard to deal with. I switched my Zed to normal and had to lower the sensitivity some to have some stability in the threshold. It wasn't too long before I got an iffy signal, I switched back to difficult and it was gone. Now I was very curious, I started scraping the soil off and switching back and forth between settings and scraping. I was down at least three inches before I could hear the signal in difficult, it ended up being a 2.52 dwt piece down about 15 inches. I'll stay in normal and make other adjustments to be there

WTG Rob! Looks like you were very busy digging, must have been fun.

If there is any detectable gold where Fred goes, he will find some!

Fred We are headed to Tucson, will be going to the rock and gem show and then on to Greaterville for the W.S.P.A. outing. Norm