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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    thanks for the info. mate will take on board
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    i did consider all the settings,minelab have replaced the 7000,the new machine works a treat,thank you again minelab,they have allways looked after me and my friends.nenad is the best,this machine is very different,groundbreacking,technogily at its best.....bh
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    .03 grm,you must be a school teacher,my mistake,we are not all perfect,thank you....bh.have also found a lot of gold over the last fifty years of detecting with all the brands over the years,is this ok with you.....bh.
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    the ground was very quite,that is why the 7000 ran a treat,will push the issue at rushworth in the next couple of weeks,also to test the5000 against the 7000,at this point we cannot seperate ,the 7000 runs a lot smoother, aircraft overhead that effect the 5000,only a few warbles from the 7000...
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    yes we checked with five cent coin, .3 grm gold 6 inches,also buried 5 cent coin ,18inches good signal,tried general and deep gold, got a good signal,also air test ,02 grm-deep signal was a good signal,my question now is, why not run in deep,anyhow this machine works well, next week off to...
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    minelab replaced the gpz7000 being a faulty unit,thank you minelab,us old blokes do know something,after fourty years we do get the drift,anyhow thanks for the info. will consider any information that will help,thank you and regards bob hillier.ps off today to check replacment gpz7000, three of...
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    After the 2300, what next?

    contacted minelab today re. my 7000, i returned this machine two weeks ago ,would lose targets,then go to sleep, finding no targets,minelab informed me that there was a problem,and have sent a new 7000,have had a lot of minelab detectors over the years, minelab have never let me down, a happy...
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    Minelab GPZ7000 information and questions

    sent my 7000 back to minelab,spent four days in golden triangle,kept loseing targets,contacted minelab who gave me a test to do,five cent piece in air test should be picked up at 15 to 18 inches,could only pick up at 8 inches,next test,.03 of a grm.gold should pick up at 6 inches, would only...
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    after talking to minelab techinal staff, who gave me some tests to try, ,the 7000 failed ,minelab said to return detector to them which i did wednesday,they said it seems like a faulty coil,HERES hoping
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    minelab sent me a test,to try on different settings,they said they have had one the same, faulty coil,will post tomorrow,minelab will not let us down...regards bob hillier.
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    GPZ7000: Info, Tips, Finds

    minelab 7000,having owned twelve detectors,since 1976,consider myself to be experinced operator,have purchased a 7000, spent the last four days detecting the golden triangle victoria,25 + hours,NOTHING,found three good signals ,lead shot, lost all three signals trying to locate target,went over...
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    After the 2300, what next?

    re hand of faith,found by kevin hillier at kingower victoria.there were a group of prospectors camped in the bush near inglewood,word got around that a large nugget had been found,jeff yench, his wife marie,leo english,all from albury,remembered that kevin came back a few days before with a...
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    After the 2300, what next?

    kevin hillier was alone when he found the hand of faith 32 years ago at kingower,he passed away last year,they could not get the smile off his face, a real aussie battler was my cousin kevin.....regards bob hillier.
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    After the 2300, what next?

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    After the 2300, what next?

    i have been detecting since 1976,the 2300 is a very good machine,for small gold,it will not punch through leaf matter. it will go a lot deeper on solid ground,mulloch heaps.my friend has a 5000 with a 15x12 commander coil, it will pick up, small gold .02 of a grm at 3 inches,it will also go deep...
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