Admin nuggethunting Posted December 24, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hello All, Yesterday I met up with a friend to prospect some ground together. We both were using the Minelab GPZ 7000's and ended up scoring 25 Grams of nuggets between us. I hit a real nice 9+ Grammer at depth right at the end of the day. We found a total of 14 gold nuggets (3 not pictured). Great day working an old patch that hasn't seen many Minelab GPZ 7000's. We have plans to hit some other patches together with the GPZ's in hopes of deeper gold. The GPZ 7000 is just a beast when it comes to deep gold, regardless of size for the most part. This ground has been hammered by VLF's and PI technology for the past 20 years. Pictured below are the cleaned nuggets in a gold pan - 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbond Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Beautiful pieces Rob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Dang Rob! You guys killed it Great going and a nice haul. Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Truly a great day! Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowkiller Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Wow Rob, it's clear that you have an affinity for the gold! Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravelwasher Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Gotta love getting the sound of a deep one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbilly Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Real Nice Find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one4gold Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Nice gold Rob ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 2, 2018 Author Admin Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Thanks Guys. I was able to escape yesterday with a few good buds and we scored almost 7 Dwt's in gold. I will post them soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevada brian Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Great gold finds, Congratulations! Question: with hopes of finding deep gold, did you employ gold modes General or Extra Deep? I'm still a newbie with the 7000, but always like to hear from experienced prospectors. Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 5, 2018 Author Admin Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hey Brian, Personally, I have tried many of these settings, but never really seen any real improvements on the ground I'm working. I have found that I have gotten better depth overall when I run a lower "sensitivity" and stay out of Difficult soil condition. I prefer to listen for the faint whispers or disturbances in the threshold than listen to all the extra background noise running some of the extreme settings. I guess it comes down to a persons personal preference. I have always ran the SD, GP and GPX units lower and concentrated on faint signals and had good success. Over the years I found some really nice deep nuggets. I have tried running "Semi Auto" Ground balance and found it very difficult to stay ground balanced where I hunt. I have used this setting with and without the Ferrite ring trying to get a good balance, but have much better results Auto Balancing with the Ferrite. Just my thoughts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevada brian Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Thank you Rob, I appreciate your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 6, 2018 Author Admin Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hey Brian, You're welcome. There are so many settings, some go real conservative, others take the settings to the extreme. There are so many variables when it comes to metal detecting for gold. Some major contributors are ground mineralization and gold type that I base my settings off of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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