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Hi Northeast, Both Ground Balance methods work fairly well, though I settled on the Ferrite GB method as it was easier and much faster than the walk and swing style GB. Just my personal preference for the ground type and seemed to be a better option for me in the very damp ground. Dry ground...

Hi xcvator, I would say Condor22 has laid it out best as far as buying new goes. There is also another new thread with similar info, though with some further advice as to picking up a second hand machine as an afterthought: https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19161...

Nice bits davent! I thought it was the gold fever making my vision blurry for a moment there. :P Cheers, Shauno.

Thanks kindly chaps! Hoping you're with us on the next one Heatho! I should also have mentioned that it was only due to the great advice and help from members here that I managed to get the Zed sorted and running to suit conditions. Certainly a great community forum to be apart of. Saved me...

Hi all, Here's the totals for a couple weeks of what can only be described as muddy detecting on and off around the old Stuart Town common, A.K.A. the swamp. On the left we have my old man's totals on the SDC2300. He bagged the cracker of a Gold/Quartz speccie top left -which I was blown...

G'day Flash_ One good tip I can offer up is to bring good mosquito repellent! All the diggings are completely full of water currently and the mozzies are out in full force! As far as detecting advice goes I can't offer you much as I mainly swing a Zed or SDC, but can advise to bring a rake as...

Hi Isolation, I'm currently swinging in the CW NSW goldfields for the next week and I'd be more than happy to show you the ropes if needed. I'll PM you. Cheers, Shauno

I've noticed over the last week that the worst thing you can say with a nice sweet signal on the Zed -particularly after being on the SDC for so long- is that it doesn't sound so deep. Cut to twenty minutes later when you're standing in a two foot deep hole and she's still throwing an overload...

Awesome pics Reeko! Love that speccie! Great spending time with you again, despite the ordinary weather. The Mosquitos just came out to play also. Never noticed the small blisters on the CW gold before RDD? I'll check out my little bits too and see if I can see any. Interesting feature...

Good on you Matt! 100% agree with all the kind words said above. Now if only the weather would co-operate we could celebrate with a good nugget find or two ;) Here's to many more great and informative posts! Cheers, Shauno.

Haha! Yeah, comes with the territory. Pretty standard for out here. Worst day in the same area was 90 bits of bird shot using the SDC and raking. I'm just pulling the deeper ones left -still the best indicator for gold left about ;) Cheers, Shauno.

Same here LC. Moved up into drier ground today and she ran sweet. Pulled several lead shot (28 in total, some at ridiculous depth) and bagged a little 0.1gm nug after lunch at 7" deep. Also slowed my swing way down today and let the tracking do it's job. I kept it to a five second duration for...

Mobile is always switched off and left in the vehicle. I learned that one long ago! Very high EMI area out here though. Main settings used in the drier area (that picked up small gold just under a gram between 2 and 10" deep) were HY, Difficult, Sens: 12, Volume 9 (headphones), Smoothing: Off...

Hi all, Just a quick one to say I'm having the exact same issues at the moment. Just swinging around the old Stuart Town diggings and still having great difficulties getting it to run smoothly. I've tried all settings, using both ferrite and without, several auto tunes also. I'm just wondering...

Hi all, Great read re; the ground balance. I'll go over it more thoroughly. First day on the Zed today (out swinging with Reeks). Started off in a rough old state as the ground around the commons is super saturated. Tried a few things with both GB methods, but tough to stop that ground from...

Thanks kindly GW. I'll note it down and give it a run. EMI gets nasty where we swing (central NSW) as most of those areas are right under the main flightpaths. I'll try a few things in different areas. I'll be running headphones, but will ramp it up a little if I can. I wonder if we'll see an...

Cheers gents! I'm open to taking any and all tips at this stage. I'll have more than enough time to try a few different things out should the need arise. Kindest regards, Shauno.

No worries at all. Hope you have some good luck with it! Let that coil lightly skim the ground to get max. depth and you'll do well if you're already picking up the small lead shot (a ridiculous amount of that out there!). All the best, Shauno.

Certainly. I ran on 3 for a while when they were released, just using the speaker and the supplied Koss UR30 headphones. Had some good success, though for the last three trips I've run on 2 with good quality Sennheiser headphones with far better results, particularly on the deeper, quieter...