Fun With The GPX 6000

[Northeast]

In between lockdowns, work, kids footy and endless cancellations of a trip to W.A because of bl@@dy COVID have managed to get out for a few hours here and there with the GPX6.  Just short trips to go over old ground where I have found gold before.  Unfortunately, 'real prospecting' hasn't had any air time recently.  

Difficult mode is my go-to around here due to mineralised rocks that light up in Normal (do the same on the GPZ in Normal too) and also the fact that we are saturated at the moment and the red, clay soil has 'come alive'. 

The GPX6 is just loving the specimen type gold and is reaching depths that the Gold Monster, Equinox and SDC cannot match.   Also tested about half a dozen of these signals against a mates GPZ and it couldn't hear them whilst still in the ground (and didn't check once out).  

As they came out...

 

After a little smashing...

 

 

Another few hours result...the big piece in this photo ended up having no gold, I think it may be galena??

 

 

And a different small spot with heaps of trash where my mate had found a 2.5 gram piece and he felt he had cleaned out an area maybe 6 metres X 6 metres.   Found about another 8 targets (the rest trash) including the bigger piece which was about 1 foot or maybe a little more.  Sounded like a very soft target at the top, much like a small piece of lead shot.  About 5.5 grams but has gone into some acid so might be just under 5 once cleaned.   Old mate had done the spot in High Yield/Normal with his GPZ but (I hope he doesn't read this) he is not the most thorough detector operator.  I went over the spot again with his GPZ in General/Difficult hoping to get a decent piece that may be hiding a little deeper but got no further targets.  The other little pieces were from nearby old diggings. 

 

Still loving the GPX6!  😀

[Gold Catcher]

Here some 6000 finds from a couple of weeks ago before the wildfires got bad...The 6000 continues to amaze me. To my shame I have to admit that I haven't even mounted the 14DD yet.

 

[Valens Legacy]

Nothing but great finds from both of you, congrats on the finds and the tale on them.

Good luck on your next outing.

[Ridge Runner]

Northeast  

 It’s great to hear from you that you show to be a happy camper with your 6000 . Where some others have been on the downside of the 6000 .

 I don’t care what detector your using it takes time in the field to know and hear what it’s trying to tell you. I found out long ago how important one little boot scrape can make on a signal your not so sure of .

 Thanks so much for you and Gold Catcher show & tell.

 Northeast as soon they finish that bridge I plan on driving down and digging for you.

 Take care!

 Chuck 

[MSC]

Good finds you guy's, just got the 6 myself, haven't had a chance to get out yet, can't wait.  

[beatup]

well done

[Skookum]

Found a nice couple of bits under about 8-9 inches of damp sand and dirt in normal auto 2 with the 11 inch coil making an obvious mellow “yes” tone. Twenty grains and 11 grains. 

[Northeast]

19 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

It’s great to hear from you that you show to be a happy camper with your 6000

Thanks Chuck, I'm really enjoying it.  Looking forward to being able to head a bit further afield and try out some different ground but so far, so good.  

 

19 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

Northeast as soon they finish that bridge I plan on driving down and digging for you.

Happy to dig a few holes for you too Chuck  😉

[Gerry in Idaho]

Fantastic finds NorthEast and glad you are taking a liking to the GPX-6000. 

Specimen gold is always hard to see for PI detectors and yes this machine is certainly doing a fine job.

Thanks for sharing your experiences

[Jonathan Porter]

With the 6000 it takes a while to train your brain to listen to the quieter rock solid threshold and not all the little pitch changes, it is what I call a busy detector and can take some getting used to coming from a 7k or a muffled 5K. Do not be afraid to lower the sensitivity to half to smooth things out then slowly increase from there once you have your ear in. 

The 5k out of the box has its Stabilizer control set to half way (10, equivalent to High Audio Smoothing on the 7K), this artificially smooths out detector behaviour and is akin to running the 6K on about 2 or 3 (sort of, the sensitivity control on the 6K is more complex than that oversimplification).

Good going on the gold Northeast 😊 

JP