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Deep Beeps

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Deep Beeps last won the day on September 1 2022

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    The Rattlesnake Ranch, CA / AZ / NV
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    Detecting & sniping for gold
    Detecting relics & coins
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  • Gear In Use:
    Minelab GPZ 7000
    NF 12"
    NF 13" x 17"
    Axiom w/ all 6 coils
    SDC 2300 & Joey
    Monster 1000
    GB 2 (Los Banos)
    XP Deus 2 w/ 9" & 11"
    Nox 800

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    Minelab GP Extreme
    Minelab GP 3500

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  1. Welcome!.... Originally from Belle Vernon, PA
  2. If you check around you can find how to improve the Garrett PP. Basically, you shine a bright light behind the tip to see how close the sensor is in the plastic housing. I also have 2 of these (one for my girlfriend) and they were very different. Neither PP had it's probe inserted all the way. I took the one apart and was able to move the probe deeper in the housing making it significantly more sensitive on small gold nuggets. I think it was already fine for larger targets like coins and relics though.
  3. I love running the GPZ wide open in Normal when I can here in California, Nevada & Arizona.... I average more gold at the end of the day in Normal. But I agree with Gold Catcher.... There are times when Difficult is the way to go. Im in that situation as we speak. Hunting multiple spots in different geology right now. In the metamorphic gravels Im able to rip it wide open in Normal. The granite area (which had been claimed up by a professional detectorist for years) has lots of iron decomposed in it and need to run in Difficult to pick pieces out they missed. I remember reading a chippy back-and-forth with Johnathan Porter and some guy working with X-Coils in OZ over this issue. What stuck with me was that JP stated that the GPZ has a nugget size window that it is subpar in Normal compared to Difficult. This is naturally due to the timing differences between the two settings.
  4. Thanks Platinum... I was really let down by the last update. I was getting false positives on every other iron target. Anyhow, headed up north for a few weeks to snipe / detect for gold, so the Deus will have to wait till I get back... And after thumb surgery.
  5. Hello Steve, Leaving to go sniping on July 21st and was wanting to make a Micronox™ to take up the river to snipe & crevice with. What's your thought on submerging this shaft in the river... Im bound to get some silt or sand in something. Probably 50% sniping & 50% dry detecting on the banks/crevices. Also, for this task, do you recommend the ML 6" coil or the Coiltek 5x9 coil. Thanks
  6. Got it.... No SP01 here. In fact, they have been out of stock for a while now over here. Were you using it while making these videos?
  7. Most of my early V.6 custom programs were built off of Beach Sensitive. I used it about 60 % of the time. Beach 30 % and Diving 10%.
  8. Of Course, just was wondering how the new software was running with the new added features. I had mine pretty early and figured it out on my own before.... But I've been looking for gold up till the new shoulder surgery and not up to speed on V1.1.
  9. Have fun over there Rick.... Should be wonderful weather this time of year. And always stay positive about your finds luck... I believe theres something to be said for that. 🍀🍀🍀
  10. As always Phrunt, well done. I have to say though, that feels different than my GPZ and 12NF combo, compared to yours. I have loaned mine out to a friend while rehabbing a new shoulder, so I cant do a similar test here until mid August. But I know I've pulled out several .01gram specks at 5"-6" on my combo. Seemingly, more sensitive than what I would gather from the your video here. Also, amazed how quiet your machine is with those settings. Thats a high sensitivity and threshold combo with no detuning other than the volume is down from what I always run (max). Wondering if that higher threshold might be talking over some of the target response....By chance, is that your typical starting point there in NZ for that GPZ and 12NF combo or X Coil? If you have a chance, try my above settings next time you have the GPZ out with those same lead targets and report your thoughts.
  11. Cool beans! Can we see the other side with the wiped out name.
  12. Im not going to lie... I think you do loose a bit of depth on larger gold with the NF 12, but it's worth it in added sensitivity. Conversely, you should find plenty of smaller bits at depth than any other set-up out there (Phrunt will make a good case for X- Coils here, most likely a 15" concentric). Think about that last sentence for a minute.... That revels a lot of smaller bits in known spots that GPX's have missed over the years. Even 6K's (They just don't have the umpf to get all the small bits at depth in mineralization). I have the 19" and, but it's an absolute battle axe to swing all day... But in the mostly flatness of WA and lack of brush, its an option if you want to look for bigger nuggets. It is also surprisingly sensitive on small bits for its size..... Theres the newer NF as well and I've met 2 guys swinging it out in the fields here in Arizona and California, one praised it, the other had buyers remorse over it. I never used it so cannot comment on it, but I will say Im considering getting it next. Bogene's Settings came from a guy named Bogene on the Finders Forum that used these settings on his 3500 to deal with bad EMI from thunderstorms in the area. Some have been using it ever since on their GP's to get more sensitivity at depth in bad ground. I feel that it is an awesome all around setting for the GPZ.... But thats were I hunt in the Western USA, not OZ🤷‍♂️. Here are the Bogenes settings on the Z. Sensitivity at 20 (max) Threshold at zero or near it... 5 max. Volume at max. Semi Auto Audio smoothing on low or high High Yield Normal Locate patch as a second to last resort in noisy ground You will have some chatter to listen to but the depth and sensitivity at depth is remarkable. If it's too squawky for your ground, then I would first up the audio smoothing to low... then high.... after that start backing off the sensitivity one increment at a time. But when you start getting below 17 your depth and sensitivity really start to fall off... At least where Im hunting. If you need to go below 17 in sensitivity then I turn on the "Locate Patch" and back the smoothing back down to low and try to go back up in sensitivity. I run High Yield & Normal. I never go to General or Difficult as you loose the magic with either on the Z.... In really bad ground, like you'll most likely be in, I would keep backing off the sensitivity... I wouldn't go to General or Difficult first, but only as a last resort. I would slow the swing down and keep using your balance button as you move slower to dull the ground noise... Nuggets will still pop with that sweet mellow Whohoo sound saying "Im gold and I'm down here". I know a lot of people in western OZ run their Z's in General, Difficult, Sensitivity around 12 and no smoothing. These are completely different approaches to the machine's architecture. In Bogene's you have it wound up and then dumb down the chatter with threshold & smoothing. Then sensitivity. Lastly, Locate Patch.... In the normal approach in OZ you start by dumbing down the machine and then try to amp it up, if that makes sense. Give it a go next time out. And as I said, it pairs well with that new NF12 your going to be getting. 😉 Just my 2 cents.
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