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Welcome!.... Originally from Belle Vernon, PA

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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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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%.

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.

Nice scores!

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. 🍀🍀🍀

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.

Cool beans! Can we see the other side with the wiped out name.

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.

Thank you!.... Thats just what Im in need of after being off the D2 for a year now. Got it. I thought I had read you were using it on the beach.🤷‍♂️

Gday Radalaide Ethan, I love mine. Found more & smaller gold with it since I pulled the trigger. Maybe cause I can hunt longer as it balances way better. I also got a pair of CTX3030 batteries that are half the weight (but last half as long) to also cut weight. Lastly, started running Bogene's almost all the time. that combo is pretty awesome. Conversely, I was just messaging Phrunt on here and he's not impressed by the sensitivity of the NF12 compared to his arsenal of X-Coils.... But to get a pigtail made and buy an X-coil here in the States is pretty darn expensive (Shipping my 19" to and back to Melbourne, tech fees for making the pigtail + the X Coil and shipping from Kazakstan make it look cheap).

Thanks Dan. Your post is what made me ask the original question in this thread as I have 0 hours on V1.1. I had actually used some of the beach programs to tune out EMI while hunting under power lines in coastal Virginia last year in one of the older versions. likely V.6. The beaches here in SoCal have a fair bit of black sands. But due to fresh sutures I'll be staying high and dry. What is the modified General settings? Also I see at the end you started using Gary's Sonar program?

Well, I don't think anyone hunts this little beach much so I should be able to pick out plenty of quarters quit easily.... Im sure the rolled up balls of foil will get me here and there.... At least thats how previous versions were. But those small rings and earrings might be.another story by the sound of things.

Thanks Chase... I was going through that thread and it was helpful. From watch a few videos on Youtube it seems that General is now the "standard". I used Sensitive FT a lot before on the fields and Beach & Beach Sensitive in the older versions. Will give the General a try in the next few days around the fire pits at the beach. Lots of nails from pallets that get burned. Also lots of pull tabs.

Thanks....I was just reading the thread below about this. The SoCal beaches are definitely littered with those pesky guys.

I had a pair of Deus 2's that I was using down on the Florida beaches and Virginia fields. Got fairly proficient with the original V.6 but had to step away with some health issues. If any can throw this broken down detectorist a few quick program tips that are really working well in the new V1.1, I'd be appreciative. Maybe just link to a thread will do. Going to be hunting SoCal beaches here after the holiday and then some parks. Abandon mining/houses this August. Thanks in advance to any suggestions. Btw... People don't swim as much here due to the colder water, nor wear as much jewelry here like in Florida. Most likely will hit around the fire pits first picking up clad quarters and an occasional earring or ring (dry sand and lots of nails)

Not the case here in the desert SW.... We have some very aggressive bees. Estimates say that 70 % of all bees in Arizona are Africanized. It's no joke.... Every once in a while someone even dies that wasn't allergic.

Sorry to hear. Ive been hit on occasions over 10 times in the head alone... Im not allergic but couldn't sleep either time those nights from the venom to the thinker. Murphy's Law... You're always in some tough place when it happens. Never next to your truck door.

Glad to hear you got through it. Hope you keep an Epipen around then. I always carry Benydryl with me in case I do get hit by bees or a rattler.