Popular Post phrunt Posted September 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2021 I just had to show this one, a guy in Victoria Australia found a 165 gram / 5.8 ounce nugget with his 22" Concentric coil, he'd only had the coil for a couple of weeks! He caught it all on video too. Here is the live dig video. If only it were my find ? I release the same sort of excitement for a 1.65 gram nugget ? 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbeatty Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Nice specimen, lovely gravels. "Johnno" loves his expletives! :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, jrbeatty said: Nice specimen, lovely gravels. "Johnno" loves his expletives! ? He told the X-coils guys before buying it if this coil goes deep he'll find big gold with it, he must have had a spot where he'd found big gold before and thought there must be more, and there was ? If you listen to the video he references Mr X saying I told you we'd find one Mr X ? I guess that's the X-coils guy he was talking to. I don't swear but I'm sure I'd slip a few words out after finding a nugget like that if I could maintain consciousness. ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbeatty Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, phrunt said: I don't swear but I'm sure I'd slip a few words out after finding a nugget like that if I could maintain consciousness. You'll find something decent sooner or later Simon. Gotta be more than flys#it in Kiwi land somewhere? :) The 22"CC certainly has the depth advantage over standard coils. I only wish I was allowed to go and use it - 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Patience Grasshopper? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I’ve had mine out a couple times for 4 or five hours the first time on an old club claim I’ve never found gold on with my 7000 and 14” coil, switching to the 22” X coil didn’t change my luck but as mentioned it runs very stable and quiet air testing against the NF12” on the 7000 with a sub gram nugget the depth difference was impressive at a rough guess I’d say 1/3 to 1/2 again more running as hot as the GPZ allows with both coils the soil not overly hot or salty. it found plenty of small and large trash, but for me this is a big gold clean-up coil on proven ground as opposed to patch hunting at 68 my back can only take so much of it before the pain in my upper back begins to wear me down it’s a heavy beast out on the far end of the 7000. I’ve not put mine over a nugget yet although no fault of the coil, I’m signed up for Gerry’s training on the 6000 In November I’m bringing the 7000 with the 12”NF and 22” X coil they are there if anyone here is around and wants to play with them or do any comparisons. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 A little birdie told me you've got a 26" concentric coil on the way now James, I'm jealous you need a coil this big. ? I look forward to seeing your results with it on your pending trip to big gold country. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbeatty Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Already planning it Simon. Just have to remember all those deep spots over the last 40 odd years where I wished I had had a bigger coil! ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I thought I'd drop these photos here as I thought they were cool and some people might like to see them, it wasn't the 22" concentric on the GPZ the guy was using but the 17" concentric that he was using when he found this stuff, the guy only bought the coil a couple of months ago, his first X-coil and went for a 1 month Western Australia trip with it and came back with some brilliant gold, it makes me really want to go to WA one of these days. 360 nuggets for 30 days, 645grams. The biggest nugget was 320 grams. He must have a very good spot to go to as back in 2016 he also did very well there, there are his photos from 2016 with the GPZ and stock coil. Really gives you some envy for the people lucky enough to be detecting in Western Australia. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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