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Hoping the Garrett is a goody production wise. Looks great👍👍 Always cringe when I see people put gold in their mouths. Used to do it. Once ended up in hospital on a drip, oxygen and in isolation on cocktail of antibiotics and who knows what else. Turned out was some virus from the ground. Last thing id done the day before being admitted, virtually on life support was putting several bits of gold in my mouth. The day I did that was driving home and felt ultra sick. Dr confirmed it was a virus common in the ground. Id ingested it. Took me 12 months to fully recover. Never again. 😖

Excellent, great going there, congrats! 👍 The bottom pic, oh my aching back.

Some close to the source gold, reefs, can be coated in Black Jack. I found a fair bit near reefs in my time coated or partially coated in it. Some areas not so. Most maybe say near and in some areas of Castlemaine Victoria. Black Oxide coating. Some though I got in a deep lead area where very much of the gold from several grams down to say .2 looked as black as soot. I actually kept a half g bit from back in 1990 ish black as soot from 200 feep deep mine. I knew an old guy then, 1990s he was 95 then. I showed him some bits from the lead, and he as a young guy worked it for a mining company. Said, they never saw the black gold. Id say they missed a fortune in it there. Try and dish out my black bit in the coming days. Ill find it.

Sorry to hear. Famous name that one.

The 3 was a great stable machine, especially being able to tune out interference, I found some good species with one years ago here in Oz. I did though like the GM4b when you could crank up the gain in quiet ground. I know its a bit maligned by some but it had some go in it. @cloudswimmer the bigfoots a patch hunter coil for ground coverage.

Forgot to add. As in my first posts its not mineralised ground doing it, its the mild stuff where its happening. The hotter and wilder the ground the quieter it runs. Im going to put it down to the ground type is one that is not in its algorithms and it spits the dummy in it not knowing where to set what for a stable operation. Cheers all and thanks for the replies and thoughts.👍

Iv done everything bar take it out to a nightclub. Is what it is I guess.

Well done. 👍👍

Ok, was out the backyard. Away from town no interference. I can hit the coil with a stick and get no hint of a false. It is what it is I guess.

Hi mate. No, and yes. I got my 6" from them but they refused to ship me a coil cover for the Garrett.

Hi mate. Must be the ground minerals, don't ask me how, just cannot think of anything else. Maybe there is an issue with the coil that only shows up under certain conditions. Don't know. Difficult to be a coil scrubber here with the DD. I managed to get a skid plate for the 6" but Garrett has not released any covers for the 24k here. It doesn't appear they are going to either! I tried to get one from various places in the US to Italy and even Africa. Nobody will ship to Australia for some reason. One place in the US said it was some Garrett policy, another place had some old whites ones but wouldn't ship here even when I offered to pay double the price. Australia must be out of favour 😆

Hi guys thanks for the replies. Iv always been ocd about ground balance on all my detectors iv had. I run Vlfs in Tracking and only lock them when I go to lift the coil from the ground to put the dirt and target on the coils. Too much variable ground to run in locked here with a VLF. Even the lower mineralised ground is variable. I tried lock a number of times but its a waste of time and just too noisy, false mineral sounds etc as you pass over multiple changes. I often check the ground conditions giving the centre pad a tap now n then to see what the grounds like. I regularly pump the coil to either make sure its tracking ok and to initiate it to do so when a change hasn't been read by it properly. I think all detectors iv had over the years need that done, can't 100% rely on any iv seen to be 100% auto trackers in really variable ground. They all get fooled now n then I reckon. Perhaps this is just how it is in certain grounds and the things I read in the past when researching it about being as quiet as a mouse knock wise were from those who hadn't used it in ground like this. Thanks.

Hi, no I don't believe they are compatible with the older series Goldmasters. Id love to see the 24k run on a round 10" DD or a round 10" Mono. That'd be interesting the mono. They seem to be locked onto eliptical coils for some reason. Even the bigger 14 coil is eliptical. You'd have to gain a couple of inches I reckon if it was round.

Hi, yeah always make sure its done up right. Its odd isn't it that the hotter the ground the less it's an issue to the point there is no knock sensitivity! Its not a connection issue otherwise it would do it all the time. Its not a running the gain too high for the ground because it doesn't matter where it's set. It happens in certain ground types typically in the 50 and below ground phase numbers. Say im in ground and its purring along, that'll be ground in the 60's and above. Odd. Years ago I had a GMT that was similar.

Hi guys. I have a 24k Garrett. I do like it. But I have before I got it and still now, read about how it has virtually no knock sensitivity. This is how mine is here in Australia Victoria. I have of course the supplied 10 eliptical and also got from the US the 6" concentric. This is how mine goes. In quiet ground, phase numbers under say 50, it is knock sensitive. Anything the coil touches makes a noise. No way can I run it on the ground. But, above, especially 60 upwards, it has near no knock sensitivity. I can use it amongst bush, shrubs, rocks and get very very minimal knock sensitivity. Also in that type of area I can hit the stem and hear near nothing. But in the lower ground phase areas, below 50, I can hit the stem and hear it ping like a signal. Thats with the 10" DD. But with the Concentric, anywhere is the same! Low numbers, high numbers, no diff. I can run it on the ground, knock stuff and its the same. Has anyone else using this detector found this same thing? It works better with the DD in hot ground and runs better. Red clay in Vic it cruises, even ground that older VLFs couldn't handle this does with the DD. Its like reverse from the older ones. But some places the 6 struggles and I really want to use the DD it pings off on everything even grass! Thoughts, experiences, ideas?

So do you guys reckon it was all real, legit, the treasure and final find? I can only go by stuff I read and hear of here. What's the general consensus, real or fake?

I can get a deal here if I want to in OZ. But not interested. Still a great deal regardless 👍

Bummer, can't watch them unless I download an app.

Always have. The tech, technology, from then I'll never lie. Always cutting edge stuff and here we thought "whooo....hoooo!" But. In between we were stooges. Whoooo...hooo! Is great, yes. But the in between, is an insult to the intelligence. Id prefer as a person wait till ok and good. Because if I whey it all up. The times I was suckered, and the time it was good, as a consumer, id have cut out even. But them.... they blitzzed us. Unconciouble. I know, iv been here through it all. I hope...Garrett or anyone smashes their bu....s into the ground. Why? Because I didn't find gold with their machines!? No....i did and was super happy... Super detector...but they are dogs. Full stop here in OZ.

I'll add. Here after all we went through from 2000 up till now. Sorry dealers but is the truth. Minelab releases stuff guinea pig, that's their MO. Wait 12 months till they get their stooge feedback from early buyers. See the Nox issues, 6000 issues. That has gone on for decades here in Oz. Broken coil issues...2100 new flat disc 18" broke all the time. First 2100s were pigs, 2200s drifted out of balance non stop, on and on, 4000 drifted within seconds. First 12 months were for all junk with issues. Damn! The GP Extreme! Seriously!? First run went shallower than the 2200! It was a disgrace! Minelab sent techs to Central Vic like nuts in damage control for months. Anyone who knows, knows im not making this up. Still seeing it right? Guinea Pig stuff. Let me add one more thing. Many many here were their spruikers. Why never ever after all these years after all that which is 100% true did they stay mute and back, back, back then like it was all hunky dory!? Testers, test guys over all OZ states, all shut up like 😗 nothing to see here! Kaching!

Not sure where to ask this as I see Fisher here. Fisher released a water PI recently the AQ Pulse yes!? Very crazy light and were going to do so with an inland Goldfields one. Does anyone know how far it's off?

Lets have a look at the History here in OZ, no not Wizard of Oz. 2000 came out, was around 2g. Ok was awesome. But by the time it was several months old Minelab bumps it to over 4g. Then near 5g. Mmmmm.....ok. People not happy. Minelab calls a meeting in Dunolly the Aus heart of Nugget hunting in Dunolly Town hall! For all prospectors. They say, Ian from Minelab.... This...."All future upgrades will be via new Circuit Boards in your detectors for those who purchased 2000s" 1 to 2 months later (now, how was that possible, in that time frame!?) Minelab releases the 2100. Lets see. The first 2100 had insane emi issues, and a tiny screw driver idiot thing to adjust it. It was utterly unusable. I was stupid enough to get one! It came with an 8 inch mono. Sound good!? No. That mono had a lead about 6" out then cut and connected to another lead, wrapped in shrink tape" It was a joke! Fast forward after the 2100 fiasco with it balancing on some coils and not others. The 22000.... some balance some didn't, lucky dip in our bad ground. What did they do? They brought our 2100e and 2200e. Why? Because we were here in OZ treated like idiot Guinea Pigs spending our thousands on their mistakes. Yes, they found awesome amounts of gold and were better than anything. But make no mistake, they had the monopoly and knew it. I hope the Garrett Axiom kicks them. They deserve it.

Good one. Iv thought, "how many will pass over it as junk" I don't care as long as it one day makes someone's day. It will for sure as relics in our Goldfields are getting rarer and rarer. Cheers mate 👍

Wow, the treasure was better than I thought it was. Lucky finder indeed. Sad though the outcome that befell some of the seekers I read about a while ago. I buried a cache of relics about 12 months ago, stuff that its pointless in keeping to oneself. Coins, buckles, musket balls, broaches all sorts of stuff iv found since starting detecting. I have not told anyone where it might be but one day someone will find it all and go "huh, what!?" Did the same with about 30 old bottles and jars, didnt bury those of course just hid them in the bush. Can't take it with you so pass it on I reckon and make someone's day one day. 👍

Yes, all good site wise now. I saw some good things, found some ok things and met some great people. Best has been the journey.