Northeast's GPX 5000 Finds

[Northeast]

4 hours ago, phrunt said:

the depth if any it was found at!

True, and interesting.  Not deep at all. Maybe 2cm.  And it was a loud and clear signal.  So why didn’t the SDC, 6000, 7000, Gold Monster or Equinox hear it?

I know that nobody gets it all but we are talking a flat bit of ground about the size of a double bed that has been detected so many times because I test any new detector or coil there.

I'd be amazed if a modded 5 and the MK2 weren’t a dynamite combo in New Zealand.  Especially if you had Mick’s level 4 mods as they are even hotter on small stuff apparently.  I’ve only got level 3.   

[dig4gold]

I would have thought the GPX 6000 with coiltek 10x5 Goldhawk would have got that all day long. Not to mention some of the higher frequency VLF gold detectors out there. Depends on depth & ground condition.

D4G

[Drellim]

If the mods on the 5000 are close to the mods on the 2200 I would be very happy still do not understand  how they do it but it is hard to beet the ismal modded 2200 on depth   still tO this day I found way more gold with my 5000 than any other that I had  May be experience and knowledge  but when I got my old 5000 back  from the one I sold it to  and changed the coil it was smoother  and you could hear the faint repeated  sound   well  I ain’t no expert Chevy ford maybe   but when the 5000 is so smooth with new coil I do not believe I missed much   That said I have a gold master that seems to hear the  dinks  but I hear them on 5000 just simpler to find   I found a small bit at depth in the Inyo’s  pops gulch I had witnesses and it was at 16 inches  sure May be up top and slid in but I was better than that a less than grammar was quite clear  so that if iam prospecting  keeps my mind at ease that I am not missing much  but then what do I know  just trying to learn 

 

[dig4gold]

On 9/28/2024 at 1:23 AM, Northeast said:

Well, it arrived yesterday, so I tested it this afternoon.  A little spot that has found lots of tiny pieces and where I have smashed a very small area with everything I’ve ever owned.

On the modded 5000 the front end gain can be wound about another 1/4 turn past where I can use it with the Evo’s.  Maybe it is the winding, maybe it is the size.  Either way, it found a tiny bit that just shouldn’t have been there.

And it was the first target so I’ve named the new coil Rambo due to ‘First Blood’.  😊

Not sure how often I’ll use this coil but good to have in the arsenal 👍

Hey Northeast. You inspired me to go out to an old flogged spot of mine that had regularly coughed up gold to me with each new detector release, Minelabs, & or coils over the years. But as they do they get to a stage where the gold seems to have dried up. I hadnt been to this spot for quite a while due to the fact it had stopped producing. I have had the 6000 with ML 11" coil here which did snag me a few rats & mice but then it stopped producing.

I hadn't had the 10x5 goldhawk coil here though so thought I would give it a shot. The area was the size of about two California King Double beds. Schist bedrock but had hidden cracks & crevices not visible due to dirt, moss & lichen covering them. Set in normal, manual 10 sensitivity & sweeping very slowly with volume about 3/4 with headphones. I am a dig it all person so I got a few pellets & a bit of metal crap. I got a very faint signal up against a slab of overhanging schist so I scraped out under the little overhang.

Ended up with 6 little fellers for not even 1/4 of a gram

The "secret" was to go really slowly, as gold had been found here before, coil on the ground, listen intently & dig everything.

 Thanks for motivating me.

D4G  

[Drellim]

If you are finding that I am pretty sure you are not missing anything at all wow good for you  it ain’t easy and always a lot of work  so  do not know depth but a gold bug or gold master may have worked  you did good anyways  and good for you