kingswood Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Northeast said: Dig everything. Even more so in areas you already have gotten gold out of 🙂 This is where I think the 6000 shines....So I pinged a small small bit....it makes you slow down. Slowed down, dug each signal, ended up with a few more...slowed down again, found 3g sunbaker :).... Then back to chain area....28 bits and counting, still havent finished chaining with the 6000....every time I move further up, I get more bits....And then i have to put the 19" GPZ coil over the ground that looks deeper!! I always like to break the monotony of chaining by just having a wander around before I go home....bam!...large speccie 230 metres away.... If I had not found the first tiny bit, I would not have gone back to the area again and again 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Northeast said: Haven’t weighed it but would be about half a gram! 0.66 of a gram. As of today it is pretty much $50 worth of gold I never knew I had. Bonus! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 4:05 AM, kingswood said: Well the 6000 in auto bangs hard on ironstone speccies 🙂 This one today about 300-350mm down. Loud!! I tried Sg test which I suck at so I discovered 😉 Will dolly and pan tomorrow....gold on all sides so may be decent...I hope! That's a really nice speci Kingswood and one to be proud of early on for the GPX-6000. Hoping more come your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Bush Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hey All, New here. Gone from SDC and GPZ to getting a 6000 couple of days ago. Is it normal for the detector to make a noise, almost like a target noise, if you happen to bump the ground while swinging? Dead quiet if you bump a bush but slide it on the ground and it goes off its head. This alone seems to disprove a dodgy coil. Settings seem to make no difference. What am I doing wrong or is it normal for the 11” coil to do that? Never had a GPX before so not sure what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppo Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, Gone Bush said: Hey All, New here. Gone from SDC and GPZ to getting a 6000 couple of days ago. Is it normal for the detector to make a noise, almost like a target noise, if you happen to bump the ground while swinging? Dead quiet if you bump a bush but slide it on the ground and it goes off its head. This alone seems to disprove a dodgy coil. Settings seem to make no difference. What am I doing wrong or is it normal for the 11” coil to do that? Never had a GPX before so not sure what to expect. Yes. It occurs especially in highly saturable ground. My GPZ does it (less so with the NF ZSearch coil) and my GPX5000 did aswell. Coil control is your friend, try very hard not to scrape and bump to achieve the best results and keep the coil off the ground (approximately an inch). Slow steady swings help aswell. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Bush Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hi Sheppo, Should have mentioned, I’m in Kalgoorlie/Leonora/Cue region so the ground is pretty hectic. My Z barely makes a peep even if I scrub the coil over the entire swing. DD seems better but my injury precludes my extended use of that coil. Thanks for your reply, at least I now know it’s probably normal. What I wouldn’t give for a 11 x 9 DD that weighs the same as the standard 11” coil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Sheppo take a look at the "Fat Bastard Prospecting" on you tube he's over your way and check out his settings here is part one on the 6000 , heavy language warning Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppo Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, Marty said: Sheppo take a look at the "Fat Bastard Prospecting" on you tube he's over your way and check out his settings here is part one on the 6000 , heavy language warning Marty WA mate, other side of the country. Though he doesn’t intentionally scrape the coil either. Will be checking his channel out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, Sheppo said: WA mate, other side of the country. Though he doesn’t intentionally scrape the coil either. Will be checking his channel out. Doh meant Gone Bush LOL👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Marty said: Sheppo take a look at the "Fat Bastard Prospecting" on you tube he's over your way and check out his settings here is part one on the 6000 , heavy language warning Marty 19x F... word in the first 4 min. That's one F word every 12.6 sec. Oh well. Perhaps a noise cancel would have helped? 😉 Re settings, I noticed the threshold was very unstable. Perhaps a (detector) noise cancel would have made things better? Also, does the 6000 ever give a low/high response? In all videos I have seen thus far it was always low/high/low, if I am not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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