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13 Bits For 4.3 Grams

kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:13:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Hi guys, Went out for a few hours after work tonight with the GPX 4500 & the 11" commander mono coil. This coil mates to the 4500 very well. Gets good depth & still maintains very good sensitivity to smaller gold. Smallest piece was .06 of a gram & the biggest 1.3 grams. Good luck out there JW :)

digahole!!		Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 10:13:18 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 22/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 89 Location: chch Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 47 time(s) in 28 post(s)		Good going, what sort of depth are you getting the .6s at with the 11 inch?

gingerbreadman		Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 1:04:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		The nugget sniper strikes again theres gota be a big one waiting around the corner ..?

kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 6:19:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Originally Posted by: digahole!! Good going, what sort of depth are you getting the .6s at with the 11 inch? Hi there digahole, Just to confirm....it was .06 not .6. Ten times smaller than a .6 gram piece. To be honest it was probably almost a sunbaker. One scrape with the pick & it had moved, but the other sub gram pieces gobsmack me as to how deep some of those are. The signal can be quite loud & makes you think it is going to be a bigger piece than it often turns out to be. Guess I am still getting my head around the audio as compared to my old GP 3000. I know that one of the sub gram bits was down a good 6" & it was a nice distinct signal from the surface & just got crisper & louder as I got down to it. It was a real bastard to get in my hand as it was right down it the tightly packed schist & took some smashing of the rock to finaly get it out. I was sure it was going to be well over 1 gram....but it wasnt. I checked the dig to make sure there wasnt another piece lurking....as there often can be...but this time there wasnt. The 1.3 gram piece was a real scream of a signal & I wouldnt have been suprised if it was a .22 shell or bullet head, but once I was breaking in to the schist & the signal was still in there my confidence of it being gold raised to 99% sure. This time there did turn out to be a smaller piece when I re scaned the hole after pocketing the 1.3 grammer. The 1.3 gram piece was down about 6 inches too. These are old sluiced workings that I am detecting in & the old timers have washed down to the bed rock so the ground isnt deep at all. Just the odd crevice that goes down a bit & that is where the gold is trapped. I have also been over this ground with my old GP 3000 so the bigger gold has pretty much all gone. I am suprised though at what I am getting with the GPX 4500....not that I am complaining as it makes me feel that I was justerfied in spending the money on an upgrade to the later technology, which seems to be paying off. Thanks Good luck out there JW :)

kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 6:26:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Originally Posted by: gingerbreadman The nugget sniper strikes again theres gota be a big one waiting around the corner ..? G'day Phill, Thanks mate. Yer I hope tho old numbers game pays off for me. I sure do put in the time & effort. That is for sure. It is only going to happen when I tear myself away from these old workings & get in to some new ground. There is still a bit of snow up in the higher ground of where I want to go for a look & see. But I will get there. Hoping to break out the dredge soon for a bit of sampling & a possible claim........MMMMmmmm....depends on the sampling results..... we shall see. Hope you get out there yourself & fill your pockets. Cheers Good luck out there JW :)