1515Art Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 it seems the biggest weakness of the GPZ is the lack of any reliable discrimination other than a best guess as to depth due to the double target response. My Whites SST will power up in seconds and is a great detector with excellent iron discrimination and may even give an accurate iron response in proximity to the GPZ, but its not practical to carry both. my question is there a small lightweight detector that would compliment the GPZ mainly by giving the operator a second look that reads for an iron signal on the target in question, something like a pin pointer with some decent depth made for iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Cheap used Tesoro maybe,,,or maybe do what Ron has done....take a ace150, and make it into a pinpointer. Maybe he will chime in and explain how he made his...or kick my butt for spilling his creation,lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thanks deathray, it would cut down on the number of times you had to dig nails and such in trashy areas with something portable enough to be practical. Nice to have something that worked like the sun-ray probe, except that it was a simple small VLF that could use the GPZ coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Art, There's nuggets under that trash...of your in a trashy patch, all trash has to be removed! Dig them all and let the scoop sort trash from nuggets! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Rick, ahhhh I know so little... I've been digging it all in the desert, except some of the wash areas are so filled with rusted tin and nothing else that I give up and move on. The one time I tried the zed just below downieville on the yuba river I was overwhelmed by square nails, this was my very first outing with the gpz so I moved on to rye patch area for a little easier detecting I thought, but next month I am planning to take on the nails again and I have a much better understanding of the gpz, so I'm planning on finding a much higher grade of hand forged nail... A whole keg of em. I've not yet hunted an area I'd refer to as a patch yet, but that's mostly been a lack of time to go hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Art, True, you have to know your ground! All you need to find is one nugget in a trashy area...just might be and over looked spot. I love Northern Nevada and it's trash free patches...but I can't find any Sushi in Lovelock...lol Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Rick, ahhhh I know so little... I've been digging it all in the desert, except some of the wash areas are so filled with rusted tin and nothing else that I give up and move on. The one time I tried the zed just below downieville on the yuba river I was overwhelmed by square nails, this was my very first outing with the gpz so I moved on to rye patch area for a little easier detecting I thought, but next month I am planning to take on the nails again and I have a much better understanding of the gpz, so I'm planning on finding a much higher grade of hand forged nail... A whole keg of em. I've not yet hunted an area I'd refer to as a patch yet, but that's mostly been a lack of time to go hunt. hey, back off. the Yuba is my nail collecting heaven. let me know when you are up there, I know some nailolicious areas. I could show you.:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Gambler, from the little I've seen theres nails a plenty for all up and around that river. My wonderful sweet understanding kindhearted (are you reading this baby) wife will be out of the country in China for a month beginning around the second week in June and I've pretty much told everyone else if they need anything they are going to have a tough time finding me, I'm going detecting. I probably need to head home here and there to do laundry, but I'm going to spend as much time as i can in the Sierra s and n nevada depending on how things go while indulge guilt free. Im not sure exactly what day I'm heading up but it'll be in that ball park. Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I dont think I would want yo eat any Lovelock sushi Rick. Lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Mmmmmm, sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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