Popular Post Jonathan Porter Posted November 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2017 Just returned from my annual trip away (that's another story for another day), I've been out 3 times detecting since getting home and two of those were training sessions. Yesterday morning it was my turn to do my own thing for a few hours before the heat beat me to a pulp. A few minutes later and I had a plucky 1 gram nugget on a continuation of a spot I detected with my son Timothy back in July (got AU$800 worth off there for the session, much to the delight of his pocket book). There is a fair amount of trash and the obligatory shot gun and 22 bullets along with the added hassle of a high voltage power line, so I had to concentrate on the wide broad deeper sounding targets mixed in with the Sferic and 50 Hz noise, 3 hours of this and you find yourself needing a little lay down. This location is also problematic because it is on a slope above a straight flowing gully so the coil is opened up to even more interference dependent on where you are working on the slope. Long story short I plucked some nice gold for the effort which made the little lay down later on justifiable. Interestingly I pinged a solid 5 gram chunk in my old scrape from the 5000 days, a boomer signal for the GPZ and not that deep so can only assume the quieter running GPZ 7000 was clearly an advantage in a high EMI area. Just below it I got a nice deep warble that made my skin goose bump and sure enough 16 inches down a 13 gram slugster came to light pushing the mornings total to 23 grams of 97%-98% Clermont golden goodness. Considering I spent 2 weeks in WA this year without a piece of gold this was pure heaven especially since I have more signals to investigate over the next few days. The GPZ still continues to amaze me, if only it was lighter and more manageable so that other people could tap into its potential more fully. The weight really does detract from good detecting practices with this technology. The Super D coils really do need to be kept above saturation effect for maximum depth on the deeper pieces, the coil sweep also needs to be evenly controlled, all vital methods that are are adversely impacted upon due to too much outright weight for the average user. JP 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Great to see you posting again JP, and better yet to see you getting the gold! If anyone is wondering about this comment from JP "The Super D coils really do need to be kept above saturation effect for maximum depth on the deeper pieces" here are two previous threads that address the question in detail: Minelab GPZ 7000 A Super VLF ( Saturable Soil Tips ) and Minelab White Paper - GPZ 7000 In Difficult Ground 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Nice gold JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A ripper session JP, pretty spiffy! Way to make up for being stonkered in WA. Can’t wait to see what else you uncover there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 A touch off topic but I am 5' 7" and have found that using the Minelab harness including the J-struts and a Hipstick makes detecting easier than using a 5000. It takes a little work to get the balances right but it's worth it. That being said, it IS a heavy detector to use in the way that makes it work best; precise and consistent coil control. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jennifer Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 5 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said: Great to see you posting again JP, and better yet to see you getting the gold! If anyone is wondering about this comment from JP "The Super D coils really do need to be kept above saturation effect for maximum depth on the deeper pieces" here are two previous threads that address the question in detail: Minelab GPZ 7000 A Super VLF ( Saturable Soil Tips ) and Minelab White Paper - GPZ 7000 In Difficult Ground Thank you Steve, you're a mind reader, I was just about to ask what he was talking about.. big thanks my friend. Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jennifer Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 2 hours ago, flakmagnet said: A touch off topic but I am 5' 7" and have found that using the Minelab harness including the J-struts and a Hipstick makes detecting easier than using a 5000. It takes a little work to get the balances right but it's worth it. That being said, it IS a heavy detector to use in the way that makes it work best; precise and consistent coil control. I agree... I've found with care, I'm able to swing the 19" coil without anything other than the hip stick and stock harness. JP helped me in the beginning with some advice about being very careful about bouncing it off things like I was use to with the GPX and I've really learned that careful is quiet with these coils. Good to the point that I don't even have to use a $375.00 aftermarket harness I bought for the weight, it now sits in the classifieds section collecting dust. Great post JP, nice to see you back. Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldwright Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Very nice, upgraded to a side by side ahh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbeatty Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Good work JP. Who said Clermont's done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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