Andyy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Reg - admittedly there is a little more ground balancing to start with on the ZED when compared with the GPX. But I only find any of that necessary when in a very new area. (and many times not even then) Most times I will just turn it on and go with just the usual GPX pump (and no button push). With the improvement I have had in moving from the GPX to the GPZ, putting a ferrite down once in a great while is well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Davsgold - thanks, I will try that. I'd only ever tried it from the main screens and because it didn't work I never set up my user page but maybe that is the secret. Andyy - I have a very good memory for very random things - but not for the things that are probably important ? JP - also thank you. I did assume semi auto would make that taping thing completely redundant. At the risk of getting off topic - but sort of still relevant. There was a bit off a discussion here a few months back about ferrite balancing and I don't think we got your thoughts as you were burning the candle at both ends. It was around why do we want the Z ferrite balanced to the supplied ferrite and not to the ferrite in the ground that we are detecting? It seems to make sense that we would want it tuned to the local ferrite but this is obviously not the case - do you know why? Some of the previous postulations (especially from Steve H) can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 40 minutes ago, Jonathan Porter said: (I highly recommend users operate in Semi Auto mode at all times) Thank you for that tip JP. I have had no idea whether we should be using semi auto or not. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Yeah, I very bother rarely with the manuals GB procedure or ferrite, just go with the Z as is same as any other auto gb detector, but I concur with JP and have found the semi-auto gb seems to be the go, I say seems to be, as nothing is written in concrete in this game. Right or wrong pffff.......... it just gets the weight for me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockett Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thanks JP, I balance my Z the same way but after i do that i leave it relax on the ground with ferrite under the plate for 5 min and i only do this on start up. When i pick the Z up i give it one last swing over the ferrite before i put the ferrite away. It runs very quiet and I'm running 70% of the time in normal high yeild in hot ground in Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockett Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Reg when can we go out for a swing together with your experiance and my detector and stamina lol we could make a great team lol. Have 4wd will travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail Dawg Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Maybe I missed it but what is meant by the “semi-auto” mode for Ground Balancing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Minelab GPZ 7000 Firmware Update 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail Dawg Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Thanks Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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