Zed In Sunny Hot Yuma

[Condor]

I made it home to godforsaken Yuma AZ. Temps are downright awful. Low of 84, high 107. Fortunately, there are a couple hammered gold areas 30 min from my front door. I've been out for a couple hrs at sun up for the past few days. The ground is relatively mild so I run the Z hot, HY, ,Normal, Sens 12, minimum threshold. Clay domes and red bedrock send the machine into yowling and growling fits, but I'm getting impressive depth on tiny bits. The smallest is 2 grains, the largest 2.9 grams. The 2300 missed that bigger nugget last year. I saw my own dig spots not a foot from the bigger nug, but it was down a solid 12 inches. Can't wait for cooler weather and a chance to do some serious detecting.

[1515Art]

pretty gold!!!

[Featherdfishead]

WTG! If you recall were you running your SDC on 5 your last time in the area?

 

AjR

[Condor]

I ran the 2300 almost exclusively at 4. I also attached a booster and ran in ear studio style earphones. The AZ heat makes headphones a chore for me. The wireless function of the Zed is a pleasure.

[Calmark]

Nice nuggets, and not even very far from home!  

 

Very interesting the SDC missed that 2.9g piece at 12".  It seems the GPZ really is for the bigger, deeper stuff.  I really do like how portable the SDC is though...

[Rick K - First Member]

Nice solid info on what the Zed can do.

If you need that tool, it apparently delivers.

Pretty much what Steve H. has been saying all along.

[Lunk]

Good post Condor, very Zeducational!

[spencer@wy]

Half hour from the house, how fricken sweet is that! Good job, it sure does look nice. Interesting bit w regards to sdc, thanks for sharing. Best o luck.

[Tortuga]

Nice work, I love Arizona gold.

It's an hour away from where I live.

[boulder dash]

Some mighty fine beeping.