Chris Ben

Wow! Solid haul!!!

Congratulations 

Yeah Dave it was a great half day. Well worth the drive. You should post a closeup of that big nugget. It has lots of character!!! 

Chris 

13 hours ago, Lunk said:

Rub that baby on a file and let's see what's inside!

Hopefully this is a better picture.

A plastic scoop, and pick.

Detected (gpz) this with my buddy Dave and couple of weeks back. It's tiny I know but looks possible. I tried to get some good macro shots. 

Chris 

My favorite "pick" is a modified potato rake used with a traditional pick. It works really good for the initial scrape after a signal. Easy to pull the rocks out of the way. Then when I get to hard pack I use the pick then rake out. I'm sure most people are comfortable using just a pick, but it works for me.

Nice nugget! I would detect for copper nuggets if I new where to go. I know south of me into Arizona some guys find then quite regularly. 

Chris

8 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Hi Chris, You seen that movie then? That goes back a few years. Pretty sick bloke aye. I think it was based on a true story.

You better watch out for Madtuna then....especially if he hasn't got his pants on  (just kidding Madtuna Steve) He is a good bloke. 

 I am off out there & up into the hills for the weekend.(by myself)  Cheers.

Good luck out there guys

JW 

JW, I have a buddy in Rockhampton Queensland. I want to visit and he 'forced' me to watch Wolf Creek lol. I'm not a fan of scary movies. Good luck in the hills. 

Anyone named 'Madtuna' can't be a bad guy lol

2 hours ago, DolanDave said:

Very nice find Chris.... your camera takes great pics... congrats.

Dave.

Thanks Dave. I thinks it's the same camera as yours. The one on my phone Galaxy S6 lol

Chris

For the Aussie guys, I would definitely bring a friend, especially if detecting near "Wolf Creek" lol just not safe

Chris

Thank you everyone for your replies. I feel like my detecting IQ went up substantially. Can't wait to get out tomorrow and try a few things. 

Chris

Hi Steve, as a warning, when I clicked on link my phone kept flashing what I think is a "fake" virus warning. Fake Google page. It tried to get me to click on another link to fix. I just rebooted my phone instead. 

Not sure if it was something that only happened to me.

Chris

Hello everyone, I am a relative new owner of a GPZ, also my first minelab product. So I don't have much experience with all the different settings. I have been doing really well in the last 6 weeks, but I get the feeling I may not be fully utilizing the capability of the GPZ. I have read the posts on the "insanely hot settings" and a couple on the "low sensitivity" settings. 

I have a few questions.

Do you have settings you like, and stick with?

Are you constantly changing setting during a hunt?

Are there specific situations where you adjust settings?

Any surprises when experimenting with settings?

I am in southern Nevada, the ground is relatively mild. Most of the gold is sub gram to 3 or 4g, with the occasional 10 grammer. I usually run relatively hot up to max sensitivity, I do get lots of warble. I understand the GPZ is relatively noisy (much noisier than my ATX) Is it beneficial to find the smoothest threshold possible? 

Thank you 

Chris

Excited to learn what I can.

Nice! I've been thinking about doing something similar . A member mentioned he checks all his GPZ holes with I  think a gold bug, and picks up some extra scraps.

Chris 

Why would one need to use a harness? Those coils aren't that heavy?

lol jk

Chris

Lol being in the desert I always find rough chunky gold. Would love to find some of that water worn stuff. Attractive looking Gold.

Chris

Great topic, lol I was going to post one about "the one that almost got away" same idea. 

It was Aug in southern Nevada HOT! and I was out exploring new washes. Went out farther than I should have, and just ran out of water. Told myself I would hit this last wash then beeline back to the truck. I was breaking every rule, walking to fast, not overlapping coil paths, coil to high off of the ground, and not working full width of wash. Really I was just in a hurry to get back. Well, I heard a little whisper with my ATX, and my first instinct was ground noise, and I kept walking. I got 3 or four steps away when I decided to go back. When I put the coil down, it was a solid signal. It  actually was my first signal for the day, so I figured bullet. Dug down 10 inches and saw a little glimmer of gold in a crack in the bedrock. Tried to pick it up and wouldn't budge. After prying, out pops a 10.8 gram slug. Many lessons learned

14 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Nice going Chris. Good on you. What was your previous detector? Yep...the Zed certainly brings old patches back to life.. You may have to get a longer handle on your pick for those deeper holes.  Awesome gold. Thanks for sharing.

Good luck out there

JW 

 

Hi JW, I previously ran an ATX and still use a GMT. Really amazed at the GPZ.

Chris

It's worth a shot, and most of the desert washes I find nuggets in will have fines, and will probably be worth drywashing. With that being said I have found washes with nuggets and almost no fines. So you never know

Chris 

Great looking gold!

I have had the problem of the falsing. It gets irritating. Not sure about the new coils. Did find gold with my ATX though.

Chris 

7 hours ago, Randy Lunn said:

Chris, you got me drooling on my key board. I can not wait to get out.

Randy, I can't wait to get back out myself.!