GPX 6000! More Than Just A Detector

[Detectorist Dan]

7 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

My one bit of advice - don’t be shy of the Auto+ setting. It can be the most powerful setting on the 6K under the right conditions (mild ground), and it and regular Auto are go to settings for patch hunting. Sometimes computers are actually better at stuff, and Minelabs auto settings just keep getting better. I would never use automatic ground balance “back in the day”. Now I don’t have any option not to, but that’s turned out to be just fine.

Oh for sure computers can better adjust settings quicker and more accurately. As long as the engineering behind the algorithms is solid, which with ML I tend to think they know what they are doing more than me! But if I can already run in 9  or 10 sensitivity and maybe get a little chatter, wouldn't that be better than having it auto adjust to say 7. Maybe I am not fully understanding what it is doing in Auto and Auto+

[Detectorist Dan]

57 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Nice writeup, Dan, and welcome to the forum!  Unfortunately, between you and Brian (and Gerry from his trip to bring you guys your GPX6000's), the word about detectable gold in SD is now out.  Well, Brian had told us before but it's a lot easier to write off one person blowing smoke. 

Definitely take Gerry's class.

There is one thing from your post that confused me -- was it a typo?

The only thing I can figure is that one of you had a cellphone battery die.

???  

I believe he mentioned he was rather busy at the moment with fulfilling orders. 

I definitely will take his class, just currently busy with building a house and two young kiddos taking up alot of my time and vacation. 

Also as "Brian" mentioned above, We travel over into WY to get our nuggets

[Detectorist Dan]

19 minutes ago, afreakofnature said:

 Now the next bet should be first one to find a 1+ ouncer gets a case!  Game on!

I'm thinking nice bottle of whiskey! ?

[afreakofnature]

16 minutes ago, GoldPanDan said:

I'm thinking nice bottle of whiskey! ?

I like that better too.  Bottle of whiskey it is then!  Game on!

[Steve Herschbach]

31 minutes ago, GoldPanDan said:

Oh for sure computers can better adjust settings quicker and more accurately. As long as the engineering behind the algorithms is solid, which with ML I tend to think they know what they are doing more than me! But if I can already run in 9  or 10 sensitivity and maybe get a little chatter, wouldn't that be better than having it auto adjust to say 7. Maybe I am not fully understanding what it is doing in Auto and Auto+

Manual sensitivity only goes up to 10. Auto+ can go above Manual 10 if conditions allow it to do so, typically in mild ground. That's where the "plus" comes from. Here is a tidbit in reference to that from JP:

"If the ground conditions are mild Auto+ has the ability to increase the detectors outright sensitivity much further than flat out manual mode, so in variable EMI areas the EMI will sound worse in Auto+ compared to full manual mode."

[afreakofnature]

1 minute ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Manual sensitivity only goes up to 10. Auto+ can go above Manual 10 if conditions allow it to do so, typically in mild ground. That's where the "plus" comes from.

Its like in “Spinal Tap”. These go to 11!

 

[GB_Amateur]

1 hour ago, afreakofnature said:

There is no gold in SD, we do all our hunting in WY.

 

41 minutes ago, GoldPanDan said:

Also as "Brian" mentioned above, We travel over into WY to get our nuggets

So you two are saying that Jasong is the one misleading us....  ?

[Detectorist Dan]

47 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Manual sensitivity only goes up to 10. Auto+ can go above Manual 10 if conditions allow it to do so, typically in mild ground. That's where the "plus" comes from. Here is a tidbit in reference to that from JP:

"If the ground conditions are mild Auto+ has the ability to increase the detectors outright sensitivity much further than flat out manual mode, so in variable EMI areas the EMI will sound worse in Auto+ compared to full manual mode."

Ahhh i see.  I will have to re read what JP wrote 

[Lunk]

Great post, GoldPan”Dan”, and congrats on the fantastic nugget finds in “Wyoming”?

Looking forward to seeing you at one of Gerry’s training classes soon.