goldwright

Yeah its in your best interests to stop posting about it if you are going to continue doing it, as the majority of the Island is National park and off limits to all fossicking.  We as prospectors find it hard enough without people openly breaking the rules.  

21 hours ago, Gold Hound said:

I for one can't wait until I can get my hands on a 6000.

Light and compact and it will definitly be an upgrade in detection ability over the 5000 as minelab has never let me down in this department...

I sold my wife Amber's 5000 in December before the 5000 price dropped she can't wait until its released and the wetseason is over!

Yeah Minelab has delivered on every product that has been released in I dont know how long.  I want one for sure.

I have used a Camelbak military HAWG for the past 3 years and its bullet proof.  3 litre bladder and heaps of room I would say one of the best day packs on the market.  It is a heavy pack for its size but it is made of heavy duty material and huges zips, yet to have one fail.  And they are all clam shell opening so you can get to contents without digging.

1 minute ago, vanursepaul said:

I can't tell any difference except for the font---

What about you over there Norvic????

 

Dont ask him, that scoundrel is out digging the stuff!

This is Molly, we love our little Dashy, she comes coin hunting.  She has not been gold detecting yet, dont know whether she has enough clearance for where we go ha ha.

I used the 10X all last season partly because it was new and the wet season made a lot of grass so partly because of necessity.  But I found I could get it to run quite when I needed to when patch hunting but also could make it as noisy as and produce gold just about every where I poked the thing.  It sure does not like General/Difficult but HY/Difficult no dramas.  But towards the end of the season running that thing in manual ground balance and controlling the coil in normal was getting gold I believe no other machine or coil combo would even come close to touching even the GPZ14.

Well done.

Yeah the 10X does look funny on the end of the Z but wow its good.

Yes 100% swing arm as coil control is where the extra gold is found and helps smash things out the way too 🙂

I know this goes against all info on the Z but have been running the X coils in Manual ground balance using the track button and pumping the coil up and down like the old X and has made using normal a little more achievable.  As using the 10 inch in normal has given some amazing results with lots of smaller but deep gold.

Yeah the 10 inch is quite sensitive to the hot rock but only in Normal, in difficult you get the occasional one but no more than the GPZ14.  

Yeah I have used the 10 xcoil pretty much the entire season.  Amazing coil all be it quite noisy and touch sensitive but able to use it in Normal and Manual ground balance the depth this thing can get sub grammers is almost beyond belief and just its size to be able to get places basically make the SDC redundant.  Cannot imagine the 10 coming off unless on open ground or fires burn out some grass.

Basically I do anything that will allow me to run in normal.  Lower volume, sensitivity what ever it takes.  Difficult when patch hunting but if gridding always normal and nut out the ground noise.  So to answer your question yes less everything if it allows Normal.

Yeah thats fascinating with reversing of the spiral to make it tight.  Makes you wonder how someone came up with the concept, more than likely by accident.

1 hour ago, RickUK said:

Out of interest what does the 'w' stand for ?? or prehaps your surname is say wright'

 

Yeah surname is Wright

I like to find gold and I am always right ?

1 minute ago, araratgold said:

I was just sent the new Minelab Vanquish ad, what a total wank ! 

I don't know who is doing Minelab's ads, but they need to be fired, IMHO !

https://www.minelab.com/vanquish

They should of called it Excalibur instead with that video.

Ha ha not sure how you can lose it when you need it to get up from the ground these days.

What have you done to my Z old man?  

Yeah was very impressed with stability and sensitivity.   The 12 could very well be the best all rounder for the GPZ, sharp response and easy target location, kinda like when you fit one of the Elite or Evo coils on a GPX a big step forward.

I highly doubt the public would be included in the release of a countermine detector for the military.

You are kinda the ultimate Grey Nomad Paul......

What ever they are doing is working, I want a Victory and will more than likely be first on the list at my dealer ha ha.

Yeah JP I understand all of that as do most of us but now over 4 years on Minelab have left us out in the cold.  They have had the time to make the Equinox and 3 coils for it havent they?  On Minelabs part this make smart money sense as they sold crate loads of them, dont get me wrong I love my nox but I will be cutting the plug off my GPZ14 in the next week or so and making patch leads as I need a smaller coil and Minelab wont make one simple.  Giving a long list of technical reasons why they havent done so yet are basically just excuses in my opinion, especially when they introduced the Z, it was marketed with a future smaller coil.

If you can plug an after market coil into a GPX and not void warranty why not the GPZ.  Minelab made the GPX detectors for many years and did not develop coil technology, the aftermarket boys did.  If Minelab dont want to make coils for the GPZ then let the aftermarket boys get the chips and make them simple.  I realise its a difficult area to run a viable business but costumers are always right.

8 hours ago, vanursepaul said:

Roughing it it beautiful Southern California........ahhhhhhhhhhh..... 16 degrees C------lovely!

 

I just got back from a psychiatrist appointment at the VA and the Dr. told me I was suffering not only from separation anxiety, but PTSD from the verbal and mental abuse that was heaped on me whilst in the land of WA......?

 

I don't think there is a term for the syndrome you got from your visit to North Queensland.?