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  1. 1 hour ago, Jonathan Porter said:

     

    I am more than happy to have a discussion on the subject of X coils because it is relative to what we do, so long as people understand there is also risk involved. Think of X coils like a remap of your diesel turbo charged engine, there is an inherent risk in modifying your car away from the manufacturers specs and if the engine blows then the responsibility falls on you the owner. There are millions of vehicles out there that are performing reliably every day with an engine remap, I am one of those people who has done it and appreciate the improvement in my vehicles drivability. X coils are basically a remap of your GPZ, but it requires a bit of risk and you need to find a guy who can do the mod for you so you can safely participate. 

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    That little snippet brought the whole X-Coils thing into perspective for me atleast and now you have me thinking 🤔

  2. GPZ owner and hopefully a 6000 owner as soon as the bank balance allows. I was fortunate enough to have a go with one and it sold me simply on the ergonomics of the machine and the way it pinged the small bits. Clear crisp signals nearly every time. 

    The nitpickers honestly don’t know what they’re missing and I reckon their mind would be changed the moment they pick a 6000 up.

     

    Some great write ups here once again.

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  3. 2 hours ago, GotAU? said:

    For those of you that carry a PLB or EPIRB, I’m not sure which Minelab or PLB and EPIRB models are affected, but there’s an interesting discussion and a Minlelab advisory about accidental activations due to a PLB’s sitting too close or touching an active coil. Just something to look out for if you carry one when you’re out and about.  They recommend keeping it further away than 10 cm from a active coil.

    https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=35628

    Apparently carrying the PLB in a Faraday bag helps alleviate the problem aswell.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Northeast said:

    I tried to find this pic a few weeks back when this thread was alive and kicking.   It just popped up tonight on Facebook.  
    I have no idea whose it is but the pic has been doing the rounds for a few years now.  Bloody nice setup. Especially if, like me, you also like your fishing  😉

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    That’s a serious setup. JP, I can see your ute somehow being on a trailer behind a set up like this...

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Gold Catcher said:

    Here is what this area looks like. Caliche is a couple of feet down in some places but with small gold only, perhaps within reach of the 22X?

     

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    That’s much the same sort of ground I was detecting in yesterday in FNQ, with the occasional piece of quartz around (very few and far between). Managed two nice little bits. 
     

    Still unsure of the X-Coils and not sure I could bring myself to risk the warranty on my machine, but going by their performance so far demonstrated, they’d probably be a good match for where I was.

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  6. 46 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

    You are new here Sheppo, so trust me, what you are seeing is classic Herschbach sarcasm! :laugh: 

    I did figure 😂 just a disappointment about the whole situation is all.

     

    Also, I like JP’s description of them aswell, ‘Detextspurt’. That’s a ripper.

  7. 45 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

    Only genuine Minelab Detexperts know anything about Minelab detectors and how they operate.

    The biggest problem here? ANYONE can sign up as a detexpert. Leaves people hang out to dry that genuinely know how the machine works and had a hand in designing the things.

     

    As a customer of ML (or any other manufacturer for that matter, be it metal detectors or whatever), I don’t want to listen to just anyone talk from a script about the machine. I want to know the inner workings and exactly what each function does from people that know the machine.
     

    Little bit peeved about the way they’ve done this. If it was any other manufacturer they would’ve been crucified by their ‘loyalists’

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  8. 9 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

    My bad Norvic,

       I've never owned a diesel (yet) here in the US, due to the the cost, and upkeep! And I don't do much towing! But that's what I mostly drove at work, before retiring!  I know that most places in the world, they are very commonplace!

        Since 2010; at least here, the additive has been required for new diesel engines! Here's a couple diagrams on it's function! A good thing for the environment, I guess! But I'm not familiar with what it does to the propprted "bulletproof" reliability of those engines!👍👍

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    Most of our larger highway trucks over here require this system on them now, and honestly, it’s a terrible system. Completely unreliable. So many blocked/jammed DEF injectors and blocked catalysts from it! Also rots exhausts out extremely quick as all it is is urea.
     

    It does nothing to the engine as it’s an ‘after treatment’ and could quite easily be fitted to these vehicles (don’t get any ideas Toyota!)

     

    The biggest killer of these engines is the EGR (exhaust gas recirculation). It literally recirculates a portion of exhaust gasses back into the intake manifold to burn again and ‘lower’ the emissions. Massive fuel burner and blocks the intake manifolds up with gunk (google is your friend here if you want to see what it does). Many people usually (and naughtily) do a ‘delete’ of these systems, usually with massive benefit to fuel economy and power.

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  9. 4 hours ago, Norvic said:

    Swegin, in OZ basically the Toyota Land Cruisers Series 70 are that popular in our mining, farming and fishing primary industries they haven`t changed their rugged format since 84 despite the rest of the markets switch to "creature" comforts, diesel, reliability and ruggedness comes first by far plus we do not have a comparable vehicle manufacturer industry in OZ  to "protect". But Health & Safety mandatory requirements are pushing thus our 70 series LCs are probably heading for extinction.

    Much the reason I ended up buying one. Need parts in the bush? Rob that wrecked one down the road to get you home. 
     

    I wouldn’t say they’re headed for extinction, just a very long over due update. The newer single cab utes are actually 5 star ANCAP rated, hence mining companies buying them in truckloads again.

     

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  10. On 2/6/2021 at 6:45 AM, Norvic said:

    I think mine is the 2021 model thus the navi standard. 

     

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    Yes, 2021 has sat nav standard across the range, I picked up a Workmate wagon yesterday and was pleasantly surprised when I jumped in it and saw the radio.
     

    Funny that, Sat nav is factory standard, but you can’t have central locking or electric windows, not that you really want them in the bush anyway.

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  11. So, did just watch a video from the Miner’s Den. It went through the full set up of the GPX6000, how to set sensitivities and modes and how to ground balance etc...

     

    Highly annoying that one venue can post all this information to the public but still hold gags on their testers (and other dealers!) that will be able to give you the low down on it aswell (and probably in better detail). Come on Minelab!

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  12. 2 hours ago, geof_junk said:

    It does not need to be a member to read this forum or most others. A small minority of "Greens" do check gold, shooting and hunting forums so they can stir up trouble with any other group that may enjoy OUR national parks and state forests.   ☹️

    As you’d know, we’re in the fight of our lives right now to keep what we’ve got. I can’t say to much but fingers crossed it’s on the improve.

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  13. 4 hours ago, ChuckScrivener said:

    Thank you Dan and nugget. Wasn’t quite as exciting as I hoped. I’ll check back in when they take the gag off the  knowledgeable testers like JP. 

    Yeah that’s more information and photos than what they’re probably allowed to show in that video. I’ll be waiting to see more aswell.

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  14. 11 minutes ago, Norvic said:

    Yeah Jasong, I have an 11ft off-road caravan also but I cannot tow it into anywhere near where I prospect thus the rigged Troopy. If you have a roam around FNQ OZ via Google Earth Satellite, north of the 18th Parallel, you`ll see a lot of rough remote country. Fortunately for me it is so rugged and remote there is still many undiscovered patches.

    Most of the patches I`ve found in the last 20 plus years can only be got at by walking, no wheeled vehicle can access, in country that has little interest to fossickers as it has no records of gold finds, and you know the first bit of advice a fossicker gives is usually research and go where gold finds have a history. I simply advise remove the blinkers, clear history and geology (yeah geology too) out of your mind and go out there as a novice but a novice that knows how to use a gold detector, for gold arguably is the most widely spread element on earth, and we have the most advanced gold loaming machine man has ever had, MLs metal detectors.

    I grew up in FNQ, I know the sort of country you’re talking about, Shipton’s Flat and Cedar Bay up near Cooktown come to mind.

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  15. 1 hour ago, jasong said:

    Are RV's not very popular in Australia? I notice a lot of the postings I see are truck mounted mobile setups.

    Here almost everyone uses an RV and then does day excursions via truck or side by side. Then a tent for multi-day excursions away from base camp but I don't really see many except the younger guys doing that here. I lived in an RV in the field full time for over 5 years, so they are quite comfortable to work out of and live in.

    I'm curious why Australia seems to have a different approach, is it lack of dirt roads to get an RV close enough to areas of interest?

    Alot of people are using trailered campers, either soft or hard tops or use something similar to Norvic’s set up. Biggest thing we want is access to areas, and to do it this way is easiest.

    I know there are people that have the RV set ups aswell (one of my friends has a full off-grid set up in a 40ft bus with a 4WD he tows on a trailer, the thing is a mansion on wheels).

    It all depends on the individual I suppose. Pictured is what my outfit looks like folded up. I’ll have everything I need on it from water to solar power, a fold out kitchen on the tailgate and most importantly, a comfortable, queen sized bed. It is basically a fold out tent mounted to a heavy duty trailer with storage rack (it tilts so I can unfold the tent). I plan on trying to camp where I’m exploring and then expand further from there.

    It’s not so much a lack of dirt roads, it’s the condition of them and then the tracks you travel down to get to where you want to go. These can be very rough and unforgiving.

     

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