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Wow, beaches here in remote FNQ downunder are populated by detectorsaurises eating lizards.

Crikey MN that`s a top 2 months, clubs finds or just yours?

There is only one way of sorting out what advice is true and stopping the confusion, that is getting out there swinging the detector in the field whether wet, dry, hot, cold, windy etc., the golds always there. 😉

Yeah Wiggins the Torus here downunder is probably the most used by serious detector operators BT neckband, personally I dont see any need for latency any lower than atpX, to add to Phrunts post the Torus aint broke.... please dont phase it out unless the product replacing it can do as well for us and is compatible with our detectors. PS We find a good pair of non-metal long lasting comfortable boots and when they wear out they are no longer available to purchase, I beg you please don`t let the Torus go that way😉

My preference also is speaker as per Gr Guy, earbuds are not used, thus https://avantree.com/nb18-bluetooth-neckband-earbuds-with-eq-enhancements are out for me. The Torus after 100s of hours use in the field without failure and top performance (nuggetoes😉) is the best compromise for me, maybe waterproofed if possible.

Aye KL those boots look like they have been over an odd nugget or two.😉

No insult KL but I`m glad your not downunder in my back yard, you`d leave me nowhere to prospect. The more years I spend prospecting the less idea I know where it is, those Irishmen in our past knew the go when they said "tis where tis" and "never give up on an area til you`ve found another bit".🤪

You old dogs are holding us young fellas back, get with it....... 😉

Love the Torus on speaker, have used them extensively and exclusively on the 6K since its production, for me a low latency reliable neckband speaker is the go, ear buds or over ear muffs are out.

All horses for courses with their jockeys. I agree to both these assumptions but with a caveat, my findings are based on my age (jockey) and my ground (course). Can there be a defining answer or just opinions? My experience tells me no. eg. The ML19 (horse) on the GPZ7000 is referred as a dog coil by many, I found it a producer at depth over the ML14 which was the only other coil at that time.

Was Geof but the photo would`nt send..... overweight!!!!!

Shot taken at precise strike.... Note the faint rainbow... gold... gold

The Goldhawk 10x5 makes the 6K the GB2 of the 2020s.......

Rigged rigged😉

Aye Axiom or the GPX6000, the Axiom is more versatile as Dsmith has posted and has a range of OEM coils, the 6K hits just a wee little harder has an expanding range of aftermarket coils.

Ohhhh Lunk..... buy, borrow, even steal a Xcoil large CC.

I have to agree to disagree with you d4AU, what you suggest was the go no doubt but today after 50+ years of detector operators doing such your chances are much better thinking outside that box, even bugger all thinking and lots of footwork/swinging out in the fringes. A stubborn faith with good strong legs and an ear for that first slight signal that leads to a patch, plus being a wee touched by the sun helps.🤪

From runnng VLFs for many years exclusively gold chasing to PIs/ZVT, I am going to stick my neck out and give the PIs/ZVT the tick here, whether in low/high mineralization I believe they have the depth but the VLFs have better discrimination. Could be that I`m biased, plus a wee bit old to be using large coils continuously. That`s something for the individual to work out in their circumstances/area.

I agree a PI is mostly the go, I say mostly as sometimes those nuggets are near the surface in these areas thus big signals and because a lot of the mineralization is eroded off the heights/ridges a VLF is very capable in such low mineralization with discrimination a bonus if there is ferrous junk. More than the detectors ability is the worth of a positive persistent attitude to carry you over the initial many days of frustrating searching. The QED is ample to get you going and gain the confidence/faith to prove up such areas, with your dredging gained knowledge of rock bars, and other features of streams that can create drop off zones for heavies like gold.

Hilly/Mountainous Terrans are/have been the go for me downunder here in FNQ OZ, no specific advice except to think outside the box as GS5000 advises. It isn`t easy, in fact is probably the most difficult country to detect, but for that reason you will not have much competition thus the ground is likely virgin ground ie. hasn`t had a coil scan it. Gold can be up high 100s even 1000s of feet above streambeds where even the quartz from the reefs/veins has weathered/eroded out down into the streams but an odd heavy nugget or maybe even a run of nuggets has lodged behind a rock bar perhaps on their way down. Even that original rock bar has weathered down, thus that indicators gone. How do you find it? the chief indicator quartz is mostly gone. Only way you find it is through persistence and stop listening to those stream beds calling you, likely you`ve done them anyway. Nah I doubt there is any easy way except do the footwork.

Aye have a top Veterans Day to USA Veterans, may all your days be Golden from your Downunder Allies. Today the 11th of November is our Remembrance Day, Poppy Day for our Canadian Allies, to the fallen who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice for the Freedom we enjoy Lest We Forget.

MLs on the money with both the SDC and the newer 6K re. the Zs for the deep large stuff, those scraps are the bread and butter always have been right back to the 80s when the higher frequency VLFs were introduced. Glamorous and heart thumping it is to dig up a bigun but the scraps pay the way in my backyard and I suspect in most of our backyards.

For me the GoldHawk 10x5 gets my vote, have found on the 6K the larger coils do not equate to much more depth as is generally the case for most detectors over the years, the ML 17 vs GH 10x5 will illustrate this with the GH 10x5 having a considerable edge in small size at depth by far. Only other detector I`ve used that gives very little depth advantage with larger coils is the SDC, of course in both detectors the larger coils give a wider search area with each swing. I`d love to see what around a 11 inch CC from X coils on the 6K does, have a suspicion it would be the bees knees for depth on "scraps" and larger.

Those Tassels are calling see ya soon Gerry........... he`ll be back Joe D