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I've been taking a break from detecting for a bit but I just saw this upgrade. I sometimes get confused by the exact procedure, but this was simple. There is a USB that comes out of the control box for the detector. It plugs into the power bank. You plug this USB into the computer, and it automatically goes into Upgrade Mode. Power comes from the computer just like plugging in a phone. I had gone to the Algo site and just downloaded the Updater program. When that box popped up it asked me for the version I wanted to upgrade to. When seeing that in the box it updated exactly like Simon showed. It said done and you turn off the detector and unplug it from the computer! This is nothing like the confusing downloads of programs or GPS for the 3030 or 7000. All of that horsepower on the chip is coming in handy for these tweaks. If we can think of it it can probably be done ... it just needs to be useful. Thanks Algo. Now I have to get back out there.

Decided to reword the topic as there was no one that could answer the first topic question so… Has anyone compared a GPZ-7000 using a 15” CC coil against a stock 14x13” DOD coil on a target to see how much depth is gained. or better yet a stock GPX-5000 with a 15” Evo compared to the 15” CC on the GPZ-7000. Trying to see what the deepest coil options are for the 1 to 5 gram nugget range.

Garrett just informed us happy folks in USA, the proven Axiom is now available in the US in the same LITE package they have been offering in Australia. I know this detector well as many of you seen the posts of Success picks my Field Staff/I have shared the last year. Yes I feel it's the best priced high performance PI detector on the market in the USA at this time. Yes it has features my GPX-6000 and GPZ-7000 do not. If you don't think it can find small gold, sorry you are mistaken. It's incredible at the small stuff, just ask Steve H or Lunk. Now's your chance to get this detector for $1000 less. Don't forget, since I am a VET myself, I offer the full 15% to those Veteran customers, as you earned it. Veterans supporting Veterans. Semper Fi. Picks of Success (below) when we were testing different prototypes. Happy Hunting. Gerry

My detecting mate and I have been working a dry gully for quite a while using our 6000’s with 10x5 Coiltek coils attached. We had been finding a bit of small gold but lately our returns diminished and we had almost decided to move to a new location. In a bid to squeeze out a few more pieces, we decided to detect the ground with our 7000’s and try to uncover a few deeper nuggets. We weren’t expecting much as we had spent a considerable amount of time working this area on the short gully and thought that if we could come home with a piece or two we would have achieved our goal. The Six with the small coil really suited this area as there were many potential gold traps and hiding spots for the tiny pieces that inhabited this location. The Zed’s were fitted with Nuggetfinder 12” Z search coils and after a ground balance and tune were running exceptionally well. The hot rocks and noisy ground that played havoc at times with the 6, were ignored by the 7’s so we knew that we had a bit of potential to find that really subtle signal. We moved slowly and tried to get into difficult areas and hopefully jag something for our effort. After about 20 minutes we added a couple of small pieces to the rattle jar from steep banks on the sides of the gully. It was agreed that the shallow pieces would have been picked up easily with the 6000 but were now happy that we hadn’t been “skunked” for the day. Joe was working a stretch of ground that had produced well for us in the past so I decided to move upstream about 50m to give him some space. I started at a rock bar that had given up some treasure about a month or so ago. We had pulled about 6 very small pieces on and around the outcrop and made a concerted effort to cover all the ground in that area very well. Every subsequent trip resulted in a repeat of that process just in case we missed something. The same region was detected today with the Zed and to my surprise, a very faint signal was heard. It was in an ideal location next to the rock bar on the inside section of a bend. You can see the hole in the photo. We had hoped to find a piece of gold at a depth that the Six couldn’t see and it finally happened. It must have been on edge as the signal was initially very soft and only increased during the dig. What popped out was a pleasant surprise. The 6000 has dominated our detecting for a couple of years now and the Zed barely gets pulled out of the cupboard. It was good to get its coil scraping on the ground again and put through its paces. We had forgotten how quiet it could be when the ground suited. We had also forgotten about digging deep holes until we were quickly reminded of its power. Rusty nails and bits of steel with soft enticing signals generally resulted in ugly growls and swimming pools being dug half way to China. We moved upstream and continued to detect some old ground looking for that deeper target. I was lucky enough to get a really faint signal behind a large rock. After digging a deep hole, a small, shiny nugget surfaced. I could see why the Six would not see a piece of gold at that depth. When the hole was inspected with the coil, another break in the threshold told the story of a surprise awaiting inspection. When a piece of gold ended up in the scoop, I called Joe over and we started moving rocks and detecting a small area thoroughly. A bunch of small pieces resulted. We had a lot of fun working that area together. Joe finally moved 20 metres upstream and found another patch of deep, small pieces of gold. The river worn gold was often visible in the scoop or in the ground like the piece shown in the picture. Joe pulled a couple of pieces on the walk back including one that was in a pool of water. Boots and socks came off and a slow and frustrating recovery followed. It’s great to see a prize for all the effort put in. The final picture shows the result of our day out. Quite a few of the pieces were so small that they wouldn’t move the scales but they all added up. It is pleasing that the Zed can still earn its keep on the tiny gold. Most of the pieces found would still be in the ground if we had used the 6000’s on this trip. Having a combination of machines has proved to be a winner in this area.

Thanks Phrunt, yes this is pretty much as bad as we have it here in some places. Volcanos are just not good news for metal detectors, doesn't matter where in the world. Re balancing over hot rocks, I have had only mixed success in general with this technique. The 6000 I can't balance at all over hot rocks, it just won't get quiet, and doesn't even try to get quiet. The DD for the 6000 is no help at all for this problem IMO (just is better for EMI or salty ground). With the 7000 when ground balanced with Ferrite lock you would think it would suffice to deal with hot rocks for the most part. But not at all, and in my experience also the 7000 does not ground balance well over hot rocks, at least not with my Zsearch. I should try the stock coil with it. However, I am not sure if our mineralized soil adds to more difficulties on top of it. I should try to take a hot rock to mild soil and see if I can balance it out. I don't have the older GPX models to compare, but I trust you have better chances, perhaps also because they are less sensitive? And the coil selection is of help too, as you say. Key will be though to remain sensitive to small fast gold in close vicinity. This should not diminish as you get the hot rocks quiet. I do believe that the MPF timings are ideally suited for that, in particular with the small 8 inch round coil, and I hope that the next SDC will not just be a foldable version of the 6000. I would also be keen to know how the Axiom would handle this. No doubt you can get the hot rocks quieter, but does the sensitivity for small gold suffer as well? Cheers GC

Simon, that actually answered my questions as I have several comparison charts on the Evo coils and the 7000’s stock coils, but none on the 15” CC. Thank You! I guess going from a same sized DOD coil to a CC coil is going to be the winner for most all situations.

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Hello All, I'm listing this for a friend that does not have access to the internet. He purchased a new GPZ 7000 about 2 years ago, but never was able to get it into the field. He put the unit together, but never was able to get it out of the house. If you have any interest, please contact Brian at 520-904-9025 (Southern Arizona area) to chat with him about it and pricing. I'm sure he's willing to make someone a deal, but remember he purchased it at $8000+. Thanks! Rob

Doc, was kind enough to send me his new DALAS (Detector Air Lift System) and it arrived Friday right at Mother’s Day Weekend. Now, I’m sure my Wife Robin is like many other Wives on the Forum and tends to think the entire Weekend is about being Pampered. I didn’t open Doc’s Parcel till mid day Saturday…after feeling the sting of Mother’s Day Weekend kickoff in “The Biggest Little City In The World.” Yes, the Granite Countertop had a burn mark under the box! I ran out to my 1/3 rd of the garage digging thru all my Backpacks and Military gear trying to find a stand alone Harness System. Not finding what I wanted I settled back to my Minelab Harness that I have my Hip Stick attached to for ever. All this time, Robin was thinking I was cleaning up my part of the 3 Car Garage. End result, it did look better! 😂 Now following Doc’s Video and written Supplemental Instructions, it was time to hit up Robin to mark the Struts and Rod to drill the screws in for the Back Paddle. I ran out to the garage to fit with my Minelab Harness and attach my GPZ 7000 to it. I called Robin out from behind her Mother’s Day Weekend Book reading for the final upper Strut marking to set the screws. She did comment about my straightening up my workbench. Adjusted to my liking, I set the screws. As you can see, my Minelab Harness is well equipped with my GPZ 7000 Ferrite Ring, Wireless holder, TP Holder w/Matches and one extra Water Bottle and noise maker to let the many BigFoots and Aliens know I’m happy to be out in the middle of no-where! With both my Hip Stick and the new DALAS set up side by side, it was easy to switch back and forth to test the end result. It’s was nearly like Night and Day with my test swinging in the backyard with the DALAS winning hands down. But, this wasn’t Real World testing! I loaded up my truck and Monday headed out to Rye Patch. The week prior, I was out swinging with my Old Buddy Rudy patch hunting. I was swinging my 6000 and it was struggling with the damp ground and windy conditions and Rudy, decided to use his 7000 because of the conditions the 6000 was struggling with. He dug up a nice one! Arrived, unloaded and met up with another Buddy Art from Pennsylvania. Art, has become quite the prospector over the years with several nuggets to show me as we caught up. He too, is Ex-Military and armed with a GPX 6000. We loaded up in my little Red Buggy and set off into the Desert. As you can see, I’ve been well trained during my Military Career to bring everything you need to win the battle. There is one item, that will not be on my Harness anymore and that is the Hip Stick! Yes, I did swing the 7000 for a few hours. The 7000, is a much heavier detector than the 6000, as you may know. with the DALAS and the use of Doc’s Swing Arm i didn’t have to have my arm in the 7000’s Arm Cuff, just on the handle and later I could just put a couple fingers on the back end of the Arm Cuff to rise and lower the 7000 to match the terrain and use the swing arm to swing the 7000. Wow! The 7000 Beast was under control. The DALAS does pull the back of your pants out (not down) and I had to have my Minelab Harness above the Back Paddle of the DALAS for full benefit. The added feature on a hot windy day of detecting in the High Plains is just add weight to top rod for cooling effect 😂. Now, which detector is my main detector, the GPX 6000. The GPZ 7000, is my backup detector and is mainly used for deep nugget patches or last swinging of new patches, nowadays. With the current conditions on some of the ground in Northern Nevada having it coupled to the DALAS was a welcome to a smooth threshold. Until the next Hunt, LuckyLundy

Double D Leather, probably the most popular GPX/GPZ cover brand in Australia has now come out with the Algoforce set, I must get one soon, but it may not be ideal for me. I use their covers on my 5000, 6000 and 7000 and really like the quality but the design here might not be quite right. These are photos from someone that has one already. Control box, Arm Cuff and Battery covers. The battery cover is particularly beneficial as it folds up at the front protecting the exposed USB ports, combine that with the little rubber covers and it seems pretty good. Less likely to hard bump the USB cord going in too for those with a USB cable poking straight out. It has a hole for the USB cord to come out, with me using a right-angled USB cable I wouldn't even need this hole and would prefer it without it, I'll cover it over with something as my cable runs straight up to the shaft, not out the front. The speaker is quiet enough already so having this cover on it without a sound venting area will probably make it not viable to use speaker, and the cover might be too tight to fit the transmitter many stick to the back of the control pod. Maybe I'm wrong. Quality looks good, just not yet sure on the overall design.

I never had major issues with the original one. I bought several of them when they were still available here in the US because I knew they would run out at some point. Looking forward to trying Doc's new version. The hipstick has made all the difference for me and I can swing the 7000 all day long without major pain at night. So, I can recommend this to anyone. GC

So, the great news is Nokta are working on a Pulse Induction Gold prospecting detector, it was delayed a bit due to other projects, I can only assume the Legend but it's back in development now and to be honest I'm quite excited about it. The market has long needed a good quality low cost relatively high performance PI option. While I don't expect them to match the performance of the GPX 6000 or GPZ 7000 that's not overly necessary, they're likely going to put their detector in a very competitive price bracket to enable a larger number of people to take up prospecting with a PI detector. I would not be surprised if the performance exceeds my expectations though, Nokta never ceases to amaze people with the products they come out with for the price they sell them. I figured it's time to start a thread on it so Nokta can get a bit of feedback from various detector prospectors as to what they'd want in a new PI detector. I'll kick it off with something that I would like, for me I would love the detector to support existing GPX coils, not GPX 6000 coils obviously, the earlier GPX coils. People have a bunch of these things, manufacturers have started long running businesses solely around making coils for the GPX series of Detectors, there are literally hundreds of coils available for the GPX detectors, this would give the Nokta machine a big head start and a also attract a lot of buyers to it knowing they can use their existing coils. There are a range of coils available for the GPX to suit just about any environment with DD, Mono, Concentric, Anti Interferance and so on, a coil for every occasion in every size you can imagine. It would just really make sense for Nokta to take advantage of that if at all possible. Other detectors are running GPX coils fine so technically and legally it's not a problem, it is more so if there detector is designed to suit them. They could even do what Fisher were intending to do and do a Land (gold) and Sea (beach) version of the detector to get more out of their R&D. I could go on for ages on the features I would want it to have and I'll do that in time if others don't chime in with the same requests. So, what would you want in the new Nokta Makro PI Gold machine?

I need another swing arm for my 7000 as I've used the original one on my sd2200d. I'm in Australia and need one within a week so I either buy an original one or try the Goldseekr one. Has anyone tried the Goldseekr-RADiAL Action Telescopic Carbon Fibre Swing Arm?

Having the 6000 so automated may turn out to be a smart decision for them, it sold like hot cakes being the new kid on the block with high small gold sensitivity and now they can release a GPX 7000 in the future with all the configuration options back again and market it like it's for professional prospectors. The 6000 is very big box no dealer friendly though, that's a very good point Jason, I find these days detectors like the CTX, Equinox and Manticore are just as difficult to learn as the earlier GPX series, have plenty of options and configuration changes to enhance or reduce performance should you get it wrong. The GPZ is certainly no harder to understand all its settings than an Equinox, probably easier. They're dumbing down the gold detectors while making the general-purpose VLF's harder to use and understand, maybe they think the gold detector demographic would benefit from easier to use detectors 🙂 The reality is they were designed around the African gold rush, these people don't care about settings, they want to get out there and get the gold quick, it's not a hobby, it's an income that puts food on the table, and a table there in the first place. That's why the 6000 and GM1000 were easy to use, not a big box store plan.

Yes, well Minelab did say they would make a 10" for the 7000. They then ended up saying it couldn't be done. They lied. The Russian made X coils sorted that out. They even made an 8" for the 7000. So yes, Minelab lied to make people buy more detectors. That is their business model. D4G

That’s a good question. I felt the same way about the 7000 not having small coils, all about making you have to buy multiple detectors I would think.

Ok, I just played around with my sP01 and the AlgoForce 1500. Actually it doesn't require the Algo but any detector without a wireless system or Bluetooth. I'm using an external transmitter but I only have one of them. It just happens to be a 1Mii. Since I only have one of them my question was how do I make the sP01 work? When I use it with my 7000 I connect the WM12 to the 7000 wirelessly. The WM12 is then wired to the sP01. The sP01 then has an output for speaker or headphones and then you hear it. All the wires are with the harness/detectorist and you can set the detector down and dig. Not having a WM12 (receiver) for the Algo and the Algo not having an internal Bluetooth makes for a different hookup. I can 'make it work' if I wire the Algo to the sP01 with the small jack and an adapter on the sP01. That is on the 'in' side. I can then take another adapter and plug in the Bluetooth transmitter. When I turn this on I get volume from both the detector and the sP01. The sP01 sounds much better to me in Mode 2 and switch selector 2. Now all the wires are with the detector and I can use wireless headphones and put the wires in a little side pouch. I hope Doc's cover has room. This may also act as a bit of counterbalance on the Algo as well.

In Minelab's defence, they're far more refined detectors upon release, the Manticore's had an update, I suspect that will be it, I can't see it needing another, although I'd like a bit more target ID stability but that's the nature of the "beast" by the sounds of it. They got it very close to right upon release. I would imagine an update will come for the 900, for it start it creates a flurry of interest in the detector which is good for marketing reasons. I'm in a way happy my Manticore won't receive endless modifications and updates, and updates to updates, I'd rather learn it and feel confident knowing it without having to deal with that. Never hurts to email service@minelab.com.au with the problems you think need fixed and see what they think about the likelihood of an update, they flat out told me no they're not going to fix a bug the GPZ 7000 has when I asked, where switching from difficult to normal sometimes drops audio until you turn it off and on again although they're very aware of the issue.

Easy, by making a good product, word of mouth is the most powerful advertising. Seeing what other people are using helps make buying decisions, sponsoring TV shows like Aussie Gold Hunters works extremely well for exposure and brand awareness. Having product in high traffic retail stores is another method of exposure that works well and they're already working their way into doing that. Someone who wants high end machines like the 6000 and 7000 already would have a pretty good idea they want it before marching into a shop to buy it I would think and the lower priced detectors are well suited to a retail off the shelf purchase, along with online. The thing is, it has to be there for people to buy it, so they need to get their product into more stores, not less.

I was always interested to see the differences with a new model 19kHz Fisher detector, they seem to slip in updates to firmware over time as they work things out, and do other changes to enhance performance and the 19kHz Fishers are really good detectors. With my Gold Bug Pro's being quite old now, I wanted to compare them to a newer model and see if they had fixed the problems I knew about with mine, and thankfully they have. My Bugs were bought when I first started detecting, I bought them at a Fisher stockist in Australia as NZ's dealer had no stock and went out of business shortly after, I did manage to get my GBP 10x5" Coil from him before he went down. The trio What I noticed immediately was the Gold Bug Pro's ran at 100% gain more stable than the F19, at first I was disappointed by this, especially when the larger Detech Ultimate 13" coil went on the F19 it was noticeable how much more unstable the detector was, 90% gain on the F19 was as stable as 100% gain on the GBP. This is the coil I noticed it most on, the smaller Nel snake both ran at 100% gain fine. With a bit of further testing I've established the F19 has a higher overall gain than the GBP's, this gives increased target sensitivity and depth, so, as a prospecting machine the F19 (new model) is better than my Gold Bug Pro's (many years old models) When the GBP is running at 100% gain with the Nel Snake, the F19 with the same coil at 100% gain slightly betters its performance on tiny gold. These were my test nuggets for comparison. I also put it up against a much higher performance detector on small gold, the Gold Bug 2, while the audio on the GB2 is much louder on the targets, the F19 was able to give near equal performance as the nuggets were bigger, and the smaller ones the GB2 did better, but the difference wasn't as dramatic as I was expecting. I retired my GBP's from prospecting detectors a long time ago, but it was a pleasant surprise to see they still do pretty well, especially with the Snake, it gave a significant boost over the Nel Sharpshooter (Cors Fortune) coil, and of course the 10x5" stock coil on small gold. The other problem I had with my Gold Bug Pro's was the 99% silver large coin wrap around to iron issue that the Gold Bug Pro had, I am not sure if they have fixed this in newer models but it was a problem on both of my Gold Bug Pros. Here is a video of the problem I took when I first discovered it. I was able to fix the problem with my Gold Bug Pro's by opening them up and adjusting a POT, I was careful when doing so, it was ever the slightest turn to get the silver wrap around to go away, I also tested using a ferrite and small lead targets to ensure they were falling into the right place before and after doing the adjustment. Here is the same Bug once I'd adjusted the POT on a few different large silver coins. Working well now. I found this comment on a Youtube video about the F19 and silver coins by someone, they indicated Fisher had fixed up the silver coin problem on the F19, so I tested it out, and indeed it is fixed. My UK 99% silver crown test coin now comes up in a good spot, this was with the same Snake coil. I'm going to now re-tweak my GBP's so they come up the same numbers as the F19 by adjusting the POT again, as I'm sure Fisher worked out a better spot to put it than I have, mine was guess work, they would have the proper knowledge to adjust it correctly for best results. Now the odd thing is when Fisher compare the two on their website they say this They completely neglect that the F19 has better notching, a backlight, volume control and this new higher sensitivity than the Bug, at least the Bugs I have as the big differences between it and the Bug. The other odd thing is in their specifications for it on their website they say it takes two AA batteries, buzzzz wrong! It takes a 9v. Fisher really needs to get their act together, you can't even download the GBP or F19 manual from their website, dead links, and to give incorrect information about models is just wrong, how could they think it takes 2 AA batteries? Some bad cut and paste work going on no doubt. So, as it stands, unless the GBP has improved since I bought mine someone would be crazy to pay for a GBP, especially if it still costs more like it historically has just for the name, as the F19 is significantly better, I think I may even start using it. By the way, you can check your Bug firmware version by having it in disc mode, holding down the pinpoint/GG button when you fire it up, mine both come up version 4, and to check it on the F19 you hold down the pinpoint button while in disc mode when you turn it on, not the menu button, and my F19 is version 3. I wish we could see a changelog of the firmware updates for both detectors.

Hey, these video are pretty darn good if I don't say so myself. Some nice gold. ALL LEGITIMATE finds. I do not plant gold to make videos! (My videos are pretty much unedited except for the beginning where I am usually cussing because the tripod won't stay level. LOL) I try to make them instructional. These videos were back in 2016 and 2017 the GPZ was relatively new and I was finding gold like crazy. Some interesting things the newbies might learn from these videos. Just tips, and tricks. Like how to pinpoint with a GPZ 7000. Bet some people still insist you can't pinpoint with a GPZ7000. YES YOU CAN. I can't believe that I never uploaded them to YouTube. I was too busy having a blast with the GPZ7000 I guess. Here's a video I just uploaded. This video tells you how to pinpoint a nugget with a GPZ7000 when you have it out of the hole. Doc

Yesterday it was time to go for a gold hunt. I took the AlgoForce 1500 with the Commander/11/DD and the Nugget Finder/8x6 Sadie. I also took my GPZ 7000 and new to me 10" Xcoil. Thursday I only used the Algo. The first half of the day was with the DD because it was on from beach hunting and the second half I put on the Sadie as I had done in New Zealand with Simon. The location was in Southern California at a spot that has been well hunted and 2/3rds of the time I get skunked! I can't depend on the area to give me gold. Only one area out of many has produced for me. I didn't start in that area with the Algo. I tried a couple of new 'hills' with a friend. We both got trash but no gold. We started about 8 and at mid day we moved to a third location and I put on the Sadie. I continued to find trash. I would go for long stretches of no trash working locations where I was told others found nuggets. No trash sometimes means that it has been thoroughly worked. This is an example of the trash the Algo will see. My hearing is bad so I use headphones, but my hunting partner used the Algo a bit and could also hear these targets while I was on the headphones, and he could of course hear with them on and on the speaker. After the third stop he had found 5 pieces with his 6000 in a different location than where I was hunting. At the end of the day we took his smallest piece and buried it to test the Algo. I tested it much like the video that is posted using the 4 different gold settings. It let me learn more of the Algo's capabilities. I did not make a video of that 15-minute session as it was impromptu and would be incomplete. I'm still a bit jet lagged from my New Zealand trip so we called it a day and I went to go sleep in my 4Runner. I was out from sundown to 4 AM and didn't get out detecting until 6:30 or so. It was a little cool and no wind, but it was warm compared to New Zealand. I had slept near that area where I had found gold in the past. It was time to give the Big Dog a walk about. The 10" round Xcoil was ready to work. My partner of the day before said 'that is a good combination' and you'll find gold with that. This was my first use and I agree. I've found many pieces of gold with its cousin a 15" CC coil but it can't fit around many of these little plants and bushes. The 10" is very well suited for it. I wish I had one for the Algo. We discovered that the 11" Commander DD (only operating on half according to Simon) has touch sensitivity at the point the wire enters the coil. It was not a problem on the beach but it was a problem when hitting the low little bushes in the desert. I'm in search of a bigger coil than the Sadie to make it see a bit deeper and because my coils are damaged in some ways. The Algos DNA is in looking for small nuggets and to put on a small nugget coil makes it a double whammy when patch hunting I'd say. Well, the Xcoil doesn't have that problem and it senses things way off the coil. When the coil is over a target it is very definitive and much easier to pinpoint than the 15CC. Here is the trash I was finding with it. Note some of the same trash but also note the tiny bbs. The ground feedback is better. Both detectors were not bothered by hot rocks. I had more hot rocks in New Zealand. (Don't tell Simon.) This posting is not meant to be a comparison posting. I'm giving the details so that it gives context to the next part of the day. I wanted to find some gold and I could feel that it was going to warm up and I wasn't going to last and I wanted to use my new coil so I did. About an hour into the morning hunt I had collected a bit of trash (some is lost) when I came upon a target that sounded like more trash, but it wasn't. I looked in the scoop and it was a nice nugget. It was only down a couple of inches in dry sand in a place where nuggets are supposed to be. It was at the bottom of a little swail/previous water drainage. This area had been thoroughly detected. How was this missed? One of my first thoughts was I wished I was using the Algo. I just wanted to find a nugget with it. Maybe it would be the first in the states? I don't know. There are probable a few others here. My next thought was ... I could 'act' like the Algo found it. Nah, that is not what happened. So, I did the next best thing. I hiked back half a mile to the 4Runner, got the Algo and reburied the nugget. Could the algo see it now? You betcha. I took a picture of the setting first. After I took this picture I used my phone to create a "What if I had been using the Algo video!" After I redetected this nugget I used the Algo to search the area. I found one piece of trash that is in a video. I didn't make a YouTube of that yet. If someone wants to see it let me know. Other than the piece of trash, everything was gone. I went back over the Algo area with the Xcoil and did not find anything 'missed' by the Algo. Shortly after I decided to leave even tho it was only 10 AM. I didn't want to deal with Friday traffic. It's not possible to get all of the experience in but this is an idea. It is a nice, rough nugget! I see Goofy in it.

Quick, not sure if you’ve swung a GPZ 7000 with the Hip Stick on extended hours and combined days on a hunt! The Hip Stick does pull on your Shoulder. Doc’s DALAS transfers that stress to the Waist Line Clip. As a beat up old guy, I’m looking forward for that Slow Boat! Rick

So for 9 yrs you've been holding out and making us old guys wear our bodies down, run out of steam and then quit the hunt early. You've probably been using it the whole time, until your friends called you out "extortion ". You had no choice then, so the cat is out of the bag. One of my biggest issues with the GPZ-7000, weight....and that attempt at their exoskeleton harness. Doc, Minelab just needs to put you on their payroll so we get the right fit, feel, tools and accessories from the get-go. Now, I'm excited about swinging that Beasty 7 again... when I have Dalas. I'm sure it's not going to cost $1000 like those coils so many folks purchased, just so they could swinging the 7 again. Looking forward to it. BTW, when Michelle and I come visit Vegas, we'll be in the pool, your pool.

Packing an .06, shells, a 7000 and my recovered nuggets all day long? I think I'd rather get et by a bear.