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I've been gold prospecting for many years and over time, I've been testing my coils over many Goldfields ground that's been detected by many over time.
Every time I get a new coil, I do some testing on a particular Goldfield that gives me an understanding of the coils ability and performance.
This time I was interested in the 12x6 X coil for the GPX detectors, having hybrid windings got me curious, so decided to get one for myself, so last week I got out to an area where the ground is highly mineralised and most coils struggle here.
In my last coil test, I had to go way below factory settings, I use a GPX5000, so this applies to the GPX5000 and the GPX4500.
I wasn't sure what to expect so on start-up with this 12x6 hybrid X coil, set in factory settings in fine gold, I started getting the dreadful ground noises that this patch of ground is famous for and at least I knew it was working. Hmmm, lets see how it went shall we ??
As I started on my way where I was with the last coil I used, I had to drop the stabilizer and RX gain a couple of notches to stop the coil getting swamped from these dreaded ground noises.
I used the fine gold timing for an hour before switching over to the enhance timing, which gave me the chance to increase the stabilizer and RX gain up a little.
I won't go into details of the other settings, as everyone has their own way of tweaking their machines.
This area also gets affected by EMI
and over the course of the day, this coil wasn't too bad for that.
At the end of the day, I got 3 pieces of gold for the day. All were between 6-8 inches deep.
Remember, this ground is highly mineralised ground with plenty of dig holes all around, by having this coil set a couple of notches higher in the RX gain and stabilizer, most likely gave me the edge to get these 3 pieces of gold.
I'm sure this coil can be run a lot hotter and cranked right up, but I used it to be run smoothly.
Is it worth more than the standard flat wound coils, well my first impression of this 12x6 hybrid X coil for GPX detectors, by what I've seen on my first test in highly mineralised ground, tells me by having an increase in gain and stabilizer tells me it does.
So far, I'm pleased with using this hybrid 12x6 X coil and until next time, stay tuned.............. We'll see how we go then.
More to come!
Every time I get a new coil, I do some testing on a particular Goldfield that gives me an understanding of the coils ability and performance.
This time I was interested in the 12x6 X coil for the GPX detectors, having hybrid windings got me curious, so decided to get one for myself, so last week I got out to an area where the ground is highly mineralised and most coils struggle here.
In my last coil test, I had to go way below factory settings, I use a GPX5000, so this applies to the GPX5000 and the GPX4500.
I wasn't sure what to expect so on start-up with this 12x6 hybrid X coil, set in factory settings in fine gold, I started getting the dreadful ground noises that this patch of ground is famous for and at least I knew it was working. Hmmm, lets see how it went shall we ??
As I started on my way where I was with the last coil I used, I had to drop the stabilizer and RX gain a couple of notches to stop the coil getting swamped from these dreaded ground noises.
I used the fine gold timing for an hour before switching over to the enhance timing, which gave me the chance to increase the stabilizer and RX gain up a little.
I won't go into details of the other settings, as everyone has their own way of tweaking their machines.
This area also gets affected by EMI
and over the course of the day, this coil wasn't too bad for that.
At the end of the day, I got 3 pieces of gold for the day. All were between 6-8 inches deep.
Remember, this ground is highly mineralised ground with plenty of dig holes all around, by having this coil set a couple of notches higher in the RX gain and stabilizer, most likely gave me the edge to get these 3 pieces of gold.
I'm sure this coil can be run a lot hotter and cranked right up, but I used it to be run smoothly.
Is it worth more than the standard flat wound coils, well my first impression of this 12x6 hybrid X coil for GPX detectors, by what I've seen on my first test in highly mineralised ground, tells me by having an increase in gain and stabilizer tells me it does.
So far, I'm pleased with using this hybrid 12x6 X coil and until next time, stay tuned.............. We'll see how we go then.
More to come!
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