dig4gold

I would have to wonder with using an older model ML PI or GPZ 7000 that the bigger deeper gold you are looking for has not already been found with them back in there day. Hence the GPX 6000 mopping up the crumbs these days. A very high chance that any ground you go over has already seen many a coil over it. The gold doesn't tend to grow back. D4G

Just weighed my ML 14x13 & it is 1239 grams. That is just the coil with skid plate & curly cable. D4G

Yes, absolutely. Hence going in with the drone. You can't zoom in as much as you could do on Google Earth without it losing a sharp focus. D4G

That's a tease showing a recreated photo of gold found years ago. D4G

When weren't they worth collecting? No catch & release on my watch. Gold in NZ NZ$3,822.00 D4G

Quite the opposite here in New Zealand. I have found that moisture in the ground enhances depth & sensitivity in our mild ground. D4G

I use Google Earth for locating old timer workings & then may go close to a location & then put up a drone. D4G

Can you please explain what we are looking at in the images & what is of interest to you & why? Thank you. D4G

So why/how do scammers get away with what they do? Surely then they are are traceable. D4G

It shouldn't be so hard for them to say if it is spiral or not. Language barriers these days is not an excuse. D4G

April fools no doubt. D4G

That will never happen as it would most likely effect 6000 sales drastically & SDC 2300 to a certain extent. Although the 6000 would rob many 2300 sales these days I would think. But like you say, Our ground being very mild it isn't a level playing field compared to overseas areas of hot ground & that is where the 2300 appears to do well. Minelab play their cards to mine the miners these days & not give them an easy, "cheaper" alternative. Like aftermarket coils. Unlike the earlier GP GPX days. D4G

Only 40 meters??!! I reckon you were lucky to have any water for miles. Sounds like you need to set up a highbanker or dry washer & work that ground. If you were impressed by what you got in a pan imagine what an hour or two through a highbanker or dry blower will produce. D4G

You think they would have corrected the copy & paste if it is not correct. They must know about it by now. Makes it false advertising & misleading people into getting something they are not, as in this case here. Not good enough. Or is it on purpose??? D4G

It is crazy too how when the signal is in the scoop, with what appears to be a small amount of earth material, the signal can go from faint to a screamer as you remove material & whittle it down as you wave the scoop over the coil. D4G

Only yesterday I came across some you tube footage of the Christchuch Earthquake of 14 years ago here in New Zealand. While I was living at the time no where near I had friends who were among it while ruble was falling. Crazy insane time as there were many many after shocks with one a few months later, while not the strongest on the Richter scale was the most devastating & greater loss of life. What people went through destroyed many emotionally & financially. The lived on the edge of fear every day with the relentless after shocks not knowing when one would be the killer blow. That came but who knew?. No power, water, sewerage etc. Liquid faction bubbling up from the water table flooding many areas. Many people left the district & understandably so. Of course insurance companies screwed over many destroyed & desperate people just to add more woes to their shattered lives. It was disgraceful. To see you post this, again took me back to Chch but then to see snow in your post that was one thing Chch didnt have. Thank goodness. D4G

That 8" would be the Russian made X coil which needs the adapter to run on the 7000. D4G

That's not what my girlfriend says.😂 All jokes aside. I am with you there Gold Catcher. D4G

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

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

Nice Steve, but Eric is correct in what he says. D4G

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

Hope you took photos so that you can show us. D4G

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

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