Gold Ryder
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10 hours ago, Tony said:
I can't add much to your query but sending it to Mick was a smart move.......his mods and quality of work are exceptional.
Good to hear. I figured why not. Ive got two 6000s, monster, and a Manticore. Ive found hundreds of nuggets with the 6000 while the 5000 collected dust. But on our mines at least I think we are hitting the limits of what the 6000 can currently do on the surface ground.(will continue to use it for dig and detect) and if the mod and some updates like a gold snitch booster and a 15" coil for the 5000 open up new a avenues. Im all for it. It doesnt take much gold to make it pay off if it benefits even a little bit.
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2 hours ago, Swegin said:
If you are on Facebook. Check this page out. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2403090723071163
Yes, found that yesterday. Good stuff.
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Just sent my 5000 to Mick at Detectronics. Any good advice on settings when it comes home. Sounds like 3oclock is the sweet spot on the gain. We have pretty easy ground here in Montana in most places but do have some hot spots here and there. Also with the new level 4 mod sounds like the evo 15" is the go to all around coil. Thoughts?
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On 2/12/2024 at 5:09 AM, Shelton said:
I will buy used GPX 4500 or 5000. Please send me PM.
Saw this one on FB. I wouldnt offer much more than $2500 if it were me
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Come on 8000 show yourself. One of the beauty things about PI detectors is they keep the masses out of the price range. I see the Algo as good for the dealer's but not so good for the crowds in places that are already being crowded. Give me 8000 let it punch to the earths core. Ill dig it.
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It can be real sporty here in Montana. Especially near our claims. Where in a 50 mile radius there are over 40 known grizzly bears. Really gets the blood pumping.
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8 hours ago, Dutchman4 said:
So based on this information, am I correct to think that using the 6000 (with a mono coil) in wet or damp soil, from lets say a recent rain event in the deserts of the western US, would hinder the performance of the detector and it would be best to wait some days for the soil to dry out again?
You wait to go find gold your not gonna find much gold. Not too often the soil drys out here in Montana and we find a whole lot of gold in muddy soupy ground.
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Gold Seeker Adventures, Tassi Boys, Outback Gold Fever, Miners Den Australia
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49 minutes ago, Dutchman4 said:
For my gold fields and ground the NF 12x7 mono is plenty sensitive and is stable/quiet. I read that PI machines benefit with handling hot rocks and mineralized ground better when a DD coil is used but the 6K appears to not exhibit these chacteristics so that means I have no need for a DD coil.
The only question that remains (and has not been answered) is if I can get "significantly" better depth on larger gold with a larger mono coil on the 6K. If the answer is yes then I was hoping it could be the NF 16x10 since the 12x7 is such a great all around coil.
Agree 100%
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9 hours ago, Norvic said:
Love the Torus on speaker, have used them extensively and exclusively on the 6K since its production, for me a low latency reliable neckband speaker is the go, ear buds or over ear muffs are out.
Man I just dont get the performance of them on speaker versus the buds. I get more EMI and waaay less signal quality on the speaker. Im on my second pair, I overworked my first pair and use them around the house working on stuff now.
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The Torus are spot on for Latency. Ive been pulling tiny tiny pieces with them. Not sure how 60ms will be versus 40ms. But I agree Phrunt it cant be low enough. Ill take a dose of really good sound quality though. Can somebody explain if these new ones mentioned are completely wireless on the 6000s?
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As someone who owns half a dozen claims. We have some claims here in Montana that have very good big gold on them and no water. So on these claims we dig holes in layers to bedrock and detect. There is still good close surface gold to be found on the claims as well but its a fraction of what is at depth. This to me is the type of ground that is logical to claim if you can find it. But if I was strictly a surface or close to it detectorist. I dont think it makes alot of sense to own your own. You would work out a 20 acre claim fairly quickly and the cost and government red tape is just not worth it. That being said with gold climbing good unclaimed gold ground is gonna get trickier and trickier to find and hunt. A classic example happened to us this year. All the previous unclaimed ground around us 4500 acres roughly just got swooped up this year by a large scale mining company. So now we are hog tied from exploring very much new ground around our existing claims.
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Only true reliable way these days is not the BLM, not My Land Matters, nothing except the local county courthouse.
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Bates! The best Ive used. I like the Keenes but I get almost zero foot fatigue with Bates.
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Here is my Picketts pick. Its a pretty sweet design. But I still like my Apexs (Sorry Reese🤣) for the heavy mining work in the bedrock at our claims. But the Pickett has a big long tooth and wide hoe that works great for surface detecting. I just need to put a 34" handle on it. Too lazy kneel down or bend over all the time. 🤣
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I really like my Apex picks for dig and detect mining good heavy big rock moving tools. But for cross country hunting there are better options. I have a custom from Picketts gold in Australia its made from truck spring steel for that.
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Its good in all conditions. I have not seen the problem you speak of. This was in the brush today. And we hunt in the rock alot with them including horizontal dig and detect mining through rock layers on top of bedrock so most of the nuggets are forward and to the side of the coil not under it . My hot coil spot is about 11 o'clock. Reese had the 10x5 and ditched it, it just doesnt move well across the ground especially in grassy areas like 12x7. Pulled a couple hundred nuggets from .023 to 4 grams since I got tge 12x7 in March. The 12x7 is ALOT more stable than the stock coil too. And it punches plenty deep. The .2 today was right at 7".
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Ive found close to 500 nuggets on Auto 1. But my smallest nugget was on manual 10 at .023. Personally I think A1 is the deepest most stabile setting. 12x7 nugget finder.
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Second Reese's book for thinking outside the box and getting out of the streambed.
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1 hour ago, Gerry in Idaho said:
The majority of my bigger gold finds have come from tailing piles. I've detected dredge and hand placer digging piles in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Nevada with success. If I were to hunt California, Arizona and Wyoming tailing piles, I'd do what I've learned in the 30 years of chasing bigger gold and do what I usually do, I'd run Discriminating VLF's and find even more. Yes I have used PI's and even ZED with Success at such locations, but I run out of energy much sooner, as shovel heads at 3 1/2 feet are Ball Breakers, grease buckets over 4' are heart attaches. Here's the funny thing about the bigger machines. I've yet to actually find a bigger chunk of gold beyond the depths of my VLF's capabilities. I'm sure it has been done by someone, but my Success speaks for itself.
I run into folks in the field on occasion and they swear up and down, those said sites can be PI'd. OK, then why is my VLF Success 10X of theirs???? Sometimes a little Success with a PI in tailing does not mean that's the best way to do it. Problem is, some folks are happy with a little bit of Success and too hard headed to learn and or teach themselves a new style. OK with me, as I'll keep doing what works for me and they can keep doing what works for them.
Not all tailing piles are the same and many are not even in good size gold nugget/specimen country. Many folks forget this fact. In many of the tailing I detect, the highly mineralized soils have already been removed, so the VLF's capabilities are optimal which = a closer performance comparison of said VLF vs PI. Again, different parts of the country in the US, the piles vary. It's just that in the regions and states, I've detected tailing piles, I've been able to get best results with the Discriminating VLFs.
- A lighter and faster VLF detector can be used for longer periods of time
- The Iron ID VLF's save time in identifying ferrous and non ferrous targets.
- Today's newer discriminating VLF's with target Identification can be taken a step above and helps me separate the nonferrous targets and saves me more time not having to dig certain non ferrous targets.
- In mold tailing piles, the mineralized dirt has been removed and performance of VLF vs PI is not as big a difference.
I love detecting tailing & hand work placer piles. I highly recommend to those who have not done so to try it and be open minded when doing so. There is no right or wrong way, but do what seems to work for you.
Here's some pics of finds with a variety of detectors that I have been successful with.
exactly why I got the Maticore. Here in the Helena MT area the 100 plus year old tailings are endless and 90% are untouched. Ive even got a few on my new property.
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Move them out of the way and work under them. Its usually virgin ground. Ive done it for two seasons on one of our claims. Pulling ounces.
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10 minutes ago, dig4gold said:
I wonder if the 17" on the 6000 is a bit like the 19" 'dog' coil was on the 7000. Hasn't lived up to expectation. I can imagine what a nightmare the 17" would be like on the 6000 with the shaft twisting. I think I would be scared of breaking the shaft.
D4G
Its not bad at all. My only complaint is its a little "soft" on target signal sound. Its pretty stable. Im looking forward to the bigger exceed coil because if it has target sound like the 12x7 and punches deep its gonna be a game changer.
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Outside Helena Montana today. Massive prairie rattler.
Going GPX 5000 Modded - Any Tips?
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Yeah from the research Ive been doing, especially among the full time gold hunting Aussies Mick puts out a better product. He messaged me today and said to run in Sharp but Fine gold works very well too. and take it to flogged ground we have already hit and it will tell the tale. Looking forward to giving it a shot.