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  1. That 8" would be the Russian made X coil which needs the adapter to run on the 7000. D4G
  2. That's not what my girlfriend says.😂 All jokes aside. I am with you there Gold Catcher. D4G
  3. That was my point. The 7000 is king for depth. The 6000 is deadly on the small shallowish stuff but loses its punch for depth quickly. Going from a banger of a signal to dropping off very quickly. You have to have a very keen ear & be on your game to catch those very faint whispers that are deeper down with the 6000, but they are there. Same old scenario though, one detector doesn't do it all so the 6000 & 7000 complement each other. You are on to it. On another note gold has broken through the NZ$3,700 mark. Actually NZ$3,738 an ounce. Happy days. No wonder Pioneer Pauly has been coming over here making a pig of himself on our gold. He loves the place. D4G
  4. In all fairness the pick is a large target for the GPZ 7000 & as we know the 7000 is king when it comes to larger targets at depth. He also had moved that rock that he got the signal from with the 7000. Had he moved the rock & then waved the 6000 over it I am sure he would have got that signal with it. So did he really get a scrap the 6000 missed? He didn't give it a chance & should have waved the 6000 over it after moving the rock so I am not a believer. He also should have waved the 6000 over the ground he had cleared for the 7000, maybe he did but he didn't say, but most likely waved the 7000 over it & only got that signal he showed after moving that rock. I would definitely believe he could have got a bigger bit of gold at depth with the 7000 that the 6000 wouldn't have got. How many of you have got gold from moving a rock/rocks no matter what detector you are using? All of you I bet. D4G
  5. Nice Steve, but Eric is correct in what he says. D4G
  6. I had a feeling that 2nd piece was way more than a couple of grams. Nice find. I was quite surprised how close your pick was lying on the ground next to some of your digs & the detector wasn't nutting off. Wouldn't get away with that with the 6000. Not in our quiet ground & higher end settings here in New Zealand. Thanks for sharing. D4G
  7. For me the use of a drone is for searching for old timer workings in steep rugged country for gold detecting purposes. That saves me the effort of walking into such terrain only to find I wasted my time & energy if nothing is there. I often just do a Google Earth fly over but a drone you have control over for closer, clearer footage pin pointing spots & also access into those spots. You just need to be careful you don't drop the drone out of sight down a gully because if you cant have line of sight of the drone then the drone cant see you & you can/will lose signal & could be bye bye drone. Crash & burn. Return to base may kick in & save you, or not. D4G
  8. Technology seems to be heading for smaller gold but deeper down. Is there enough small gold to make it pay for those chasing the money from gold found? Maybe. Bit of a catch 22. You got to be in the game to find out. There are some GPX 6000 users that think so. Involves a lot more effort & digging though. D4G
  9. Minelab is more concerned with how they can mine the miners to suck more money out of them. D4G
  10. Because at the end of the day when chasing gold the only way to know for sure what the signal really is, is to dig it regardless of what numbers are telling you. That means digging all signals, like it has been for decades. D4G
  11. Maybe. But is it up there in the same league with the GPX 6000 in finding gold? If finding gold is the game. D4G
  12. The gold is mostly gone now. But as we know, no one gets all the gold so there will still be rats & mice getting caught which will keep the punters keep on playing the game. Albeit in declining numbers if making money from gold found is the goal. D4G
  13. The GPX 6000 should not have been called a GPX as it is nothing like a GPX. Doesn't even take the same coils. The 6000 has the 17" coil. That is a fairly large coil. Feels even larger on the 6000 making it out of balance & nose heavy. I don't think technology has hit a wall but more likely that worthwhile detectable gold has hit a wall. D4G
  14. Here are a couple of you tube footages that may give you an idea. D4G
  15. Interesting. Maybe Steve Graf is there cleaning it out. Here is his latest upload. D4G
  16. Another side of the equation is how long the gold remains to be there & that is the unknown. A mine doesn't close down because it has made too much money but because the gold runs out or it costs too much to get it out. Drill testing can give very good indications of values & longertivity of the deposit. Gold here in New Zealand has broken through the NZ$ 3,500 an ounce. First time in history. Our "new" government is pro mining so the West Coast Miners are rubbing there hands together. Good times. D4G
  17. Hi guys. I came across this & thought it may be of interest & be good info if you are considering a detecting trip down under. D4G
  18. I too look forward to it. I know it will be as gem, well gold actually. 😊 Thanks too Lanny for your email. I will be in touch. D4G (Greg)
  19. Just a shame it is broken & only half the coin. @phrunt. Didn't you find a ring in some old workings with ivory in it that you thought may have been Chinese? D4G
  20. I'm absolutely with you there Steve. Hardly ever use a pick holder. If swinging the Zed I have used the minelab harness & just tuck the pick off my hip through the harness waist belt. It holds the pick up fairly high & it isn't dangling around my legs which at times has caused me to trip on it getting in-between my legs. D4G
  21. It is pretty easy to take photos or footage & not give locations away. Some might recognise a general area, province or state due to the lay of the land or types of bush/growth but not an exact spot. Those that do are, well, asking for trouble. So point taken Norvic with your concerns. They are real & have been happening for years. It was great to follow the Gold Hounds but they stopped showing there stuff due to people stalking them in trying to find/follow to their locations. Not to mention the amount of lost time from actually doing what they needed to do in finding gold by doing their videoing & editing etc. After all, it was their living & the time is precoius when out there. D4G
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