GPX 6000 Manual Vs Auto Preference

[Slade]

People are talking auto vs manual without mentioning difficult vs normal

unless I am missing something. 
Also mono vs DD. It’s fine to talk about setting but without that extra information it’s a bit meaningless. I know what setting I run in the different scenarios but it’s not black and white. I find this on YouTube as well when people give out their settings they don’t give the whole picture. 

[Aureous]

11 hours ago, Slade said:

People are talking auto vs manual without mentioning difficult vs normal

unless I am missing something. 
Also mono vs DD. It’s fine to talk about setting but without that extra information it’s a bit meaningless. I know what setting I run in the different scenarios but it’s not black and white. I find this on YouTube as well when people give out their settings they don’t give the whole picture. 

Yeah, 90% of the time, I'm using difficult anyway, along with the majority of Aussie 6000 users in the majority of locations. The change in timings is minimal and depth doesn't appear to be altered but perhaps 5% sensitivity is gained by using normal. Only time normal is used is for extremely low mineralized soils. I only use the DD coil for near powerlines.....ever.

[Jonathan Porter]

On 11/26/2023 at 10:22 PM, Aureous said:

Yeah, 90% of the time, I'm using difficult anyway, along with the majority of Aussie 6000 users in the majority of locations. The change in timings is minimal and depth doesn't appear to be altered but perhaps 5% sensitivity is gained by using normal. Only time normal is used is for extremely low mineralized soils. I only use the DD coil for near powerlines.....ever.

All the small target sensitivity comes from the “Difficult” part of the Normal/Difficult combination of the Normal timings mode. If the target signal sounds louder its because the Normal part of the timing is also seeing the target assuming the ground signal does not drown everything out.  

[Aureous]

38 minutes ago, Jonathan Porter said:

All the small target sensitivity comes from the “Difficult” part of the Normal/Difficult combination of the Normal timings mode. If the target signal sounds louder its because the Normal part of the timing is also seeing the target assuming the ground signal does not drown everything out.  

I'm completely bamboozled by your statements.....all I know is that thin, tiny metallic targets are more easily heard or sharper in normal...when ground conditions allow. You may be referring to one of the three channels being split via code? Great to see you back JP, hope things are well with you in Banana Bender Land ?

[Jonathan Porter]

22 hours ago, Aureous said:

I'm completely bamboozled by your statements.....all I know is that thin, tiny metallic targets are more easily heard or sharper in normal...when ground conditions allow.

Think of it like this, the Difficult timing is a pure “Smooth” type timing whereas the Normal timing is an even blend of both simultaneously. As far as I can tell the vast majority of the target signal associated with tiny nuggets comes from the “Difficult” part of the duality in Normal mode. Non ferrous are the best targets too test on, ferrous will always behave in a differing manner due to having a magnetic component to them.

The point to all this is to encourage people to have faith in Difficult/Smooth, especially in areas where Normal can be used like the US but where hot rocks are prevalent and more especially where the ground is shallow and the gold small, in ground like that there’s usually no need to go to Normal unless there’s a chance of deeper larger pieces.

JP