Another Ghost Nugget & Hoping The Gpx-6000 See's It

[Swegin]

On 5/1/2021 at 6:37 AM, Gerry in Idaho said:

I made a post on my FB (Gerry McMullen) and shared a pic of the find along with the true comments of, the GPZ will not see it.  Between the private messages and or public posts, I was immediately informed by a few of BS and even told how I must not know the GPZ-7000.  One well known GP-3500 hunter even said he guaranteed his 3500 would hear it.  

That FB post and the way you handled it just got you another customer.  ME .  Once I have the funds I will be buying a 6000 from you whether or not it detects that type of gold.  

[Gerry in Idaho]

Great responses from everyone and I appreciate the love as I really do try and care about my customers Success and them knowing their detectors better than what any other dealer will provide.  I love it when I see other dealers offering education, as that is what separates us few from the majority.  So when I see them offer some training, I just make sure my staff and I offer more and also the knowledge of seeing different kinds of gold in its natural state the way it was found and how those varying pieces respond to the multiple gold detectors on the market is very informative and unknown to most, including many dealers.

As stated by some of my customers that have taken my class before, the density of the gold in a specimen is critical to how it responds to the different detector technologies.

Here is something to think about.  A Larger or dense nugget on the Minelab PI's/ZED in the preferred timings we use in most places of the US, the gold makes the low-high-low sound and pattern.  But smaller nuggets and the few specimens with dense enough gold in it that the PI's/7000 see, they make the traditional high low sound.  Now I realize there is always an exception, but 4 of my staff and I have been running Minelab PI's since the SD-2100 days for 20+ yrs.  Our ears have learned the pattern of sounds as well as the width of target response vs ground noise and we've all dug 1000's of nuggets to compare to the sounds of the gold we find.

Brian mentioned it.  How many people have taken a vial of flower gold 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, 1 oz and listened to their PI detectors?  Most will crap their pants with the results.

Let's hope the extra sensitivity of the 6000 can help in recover more of those ghost nuggets so I can quite taking 2 detectors on my trips.

 

[Cascade Steven]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight.

[cobill]

Latest OZ post from Jen Walsh on FB. The GPX 6000 is seeing reef gold, maybe it can find what Gerry is looking for!

Bill

[green]

Hi Gerry, interesting topic. I've been trying to make a PI detector detect #9 lead shot. Wondering how much harder your nuggets are to detect. Have you compared #9 lead shot with some of your nuggets? Maybe a single piece and another with 16 pieces on some masking tape folded over making a square 4x4 pieces? A piece of #9 lead shot has a time constant less than .7us, 16 pieces should have the same time constant with 16 times the signal.

[Glenn in CO]

Gerry,

Very interested in hearing your results on the GPX6000. The the type of wire specimen gold and some leaf gold specimens we find a PI detector will not pickup. Would love to have a PI detector that can detect our type of gold and provide additional depth compared to a VLF.

[GB_Amateur]

11 hours ago, green said:

A piece of #9 lead shot has a time constant less than .7us....

Do you mean 7 microseconds (instead of 0.7 microseconds)?

[Chet]

Hi Green

There are a few lead shot tests here;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEN_BLb2wrHNkGzP3iDOJMw

Have a good day,
Chet

[green]

18 hours ago, Chet said:

Hi Green

There are a few lead shot tests here;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEN_BLb2wrHNkGzP3iDOJMw

Have a good day,
Chet

Hi Chet

Thanks. Know wondering if a length of copper wire might be a better target to compare detectors.

For GB_Amateur, #9 lead shot is about .7us