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Lol. In California that was found. Jenn

(note: copying a post from Steve's forum as it's awesome, thanks Steve) You don't often get to see JP cross eyed..hahah New Treasure Talk blog at http://www.minelab.com/anz/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/gpz-19-compared-to-gpz-14-nugget-dig "The nugget was recovered at 22+ inches depth, weighed in at touch over 26-grams and was a beautiful water-worn crystalline “Herring Bone” nugget. A few days after Christmas I returned to the location and scored a fantastic 30-gram piece right out in the open with dig holes all around. I know for a fact that I have had my GPZ 14 coil over this exact ground, and only very recently. The signal was a real eye popper and what I would call an easy “dig me” response; more proof the GPZ 19 coil is providing an ‘edge’ over the GPZ 14 when the gold is present. On New Year’s Day I returned in 40 degree Celsius temperature and ‘nailed’ a solid little 12-gram slug at reasonable depth, taking my total for 12 hours detecting at this location to a tad over 2-ounces!"

This interests me as I've just resigned myself to getting a 7000 with 19" coil and putting the old 5000 into my backup arsenal and for when I have friends out... within a month I should be out there with the 19"er on the fields of Gold Basin and this info will be key to my success, thanks JP. Jen

Clay, I would do exactly the same thing. I love reptiles and especially snakes of any kind...but, protecting the home is paramount. Out in the wild is a different story. Like you say walk around, walk away. fred

In the desert I see rattlers year round. It seems like we get a crop of cranky two and three year olds waking up about the first of April each year. Here on the property we rarely see rattlers because we have a 5 foot bull snake that patrols the property. She hates rattlers and kills all she finds. She mumbles something about trespassers and taaassssty ratlerssss while she is in her feeding coma. I'm guessing she ate too many prairie dogs this past week and was snoozing on the job when the pool rattler showed up. Then again she could have chased that rattler into the pool. Ssssome ssssort of ssssnake humor I guess. She's like that. I generally leave the rattlers alone. If they are on their own territory they are easy enough to walk around. We need them to help keep the rat/prairie dog population down and they make good food for bull snakes, coyotes and hawks. I draw the line when I find them in the house, yard or in the pool. They are always killed. They crossed the line and they don't get a second chance.

Hey Jen, Great video my JP. Just shows the power of the 19-inch GPZ coil if you're running in the correct mode for the ground your working, along with the type of gold that is located there. JP is not only a subject expert, he is a master detectorist! Great video and Thanks for sharing. Keep in mind this video was from Minelab's Treasure Talk Blog and Steve Herschbach's Forum. Please make sure you support and visit both sites as a courtesy of them allowing this video to be posted here on our forums.