Popular Post phoenix Posted December 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2018 In my mind there is no doubt the 7000 is the best detector for depth I have used but the last couple of years of working low and slow, my results have been anything but stellar. The depth of some of the gold I have found amazes me, but the 7000 just wont find gold that`s not there. This year I am going to concentrate more on ground coverage than depth. I used to find reasonable gold with my 4000, but when I bought the 5000 the amount of gold I found went up and the weight of the pieces went down. I no longer own the 5000 but I still have the 4000 and I think the 4000 is a very capable detector on gold a gram and up. So the new plan is more ground coverage away from the recognized gold areas and I`m thinking my 3 main coils will be the 24x12 UFO, the 18x12 Goldstalker and the 14x9 Blitz. I remember years ago, before the 5000, I was hooking in with the 4000 and UFO in open ground, I got this terrific 7 grammer at about 8 or 9 inches. If I want to do deep work, I`ll go to the 7. All the best for 2019 everyone, may we all get more gold in `19 than we got in `18. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Phoenix , i here what your saying i swung my 4000 from the time it was new untill the year the 7000 came out and deep down i still know how good the 4k is 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravelwasher Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I think the key to success with a GPX series is hitting ground the GPZ has not seen. The Gpz is a great detector to bring out once you have found gold. It is not my preferred detector for hunting unproven ground. Even a 22cal on a Gpz is almost an overload signal, plus the weight of the Z is tuff to handle for hunting multiple days in a row. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowdy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Hi Dave, In late October I decided that I also needed a change in the way I was searching and went to open areas and used a bigger coil for ground coverage and immediately had a change in luck. In two outings I had found many times the weight that I had found in the 10 months previously. I still had a bad year as far as gold goes but I think next year will be better. Below is the first bit I found about 9 inches down and it screamed well before I had the coil over it. Rowdy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My plan is to use the modded SDC more this season on the old shallow patches, getting a wee long in the tooth for the "hunt the virgin patches" with the GPZ, time to slow down and swing a lighter machine more. Not retiring just refiring but of course the Z will be handy always, for it is no doubt the premium machine for my part of the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Peter that`s a terrific piece of gold mate, what`s it weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, kiwijw said: MODDED SDC Norvic.....please tell us more about the mods. Cheers. @ phoenix. I am always in awe at the large 5 cent pieces you manage to find. Love the clarity & detail of your pics on the smaller bits mate. ? Good luck out there guys for 2019 JW Righto, I`ve lost the plot, be buggered if I can simply just put a link here for you JW. Anyway go to ..........................Minelab SDC 2300 Strip Down & Rebuild...……….. on DP (Worlds best gold detecting 4M ) a last wet Dec 18/2017 project. Since this I have added a couple of diodes to ensure the battery voltage from the Lithium battery isn`t likely to cause damage. Light as and works like a dream plus "easy as" to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkyphl Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Good luck, Dave. I hope the plan turns out to be prosperous. Hopefully you'll need to upgrade the rear suspension on the Troopie, Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowdy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 10 hours ago, phoenix said: Peter that`s a terrific piece of gold mate, what`s it weigh? 6.65grams Rowdy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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