ddmk6

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  1. Thanks Flak. Don't get me wrong....I'm very happy for the gold for 2 days. I think I would have had the same results with the 12 x 18 though. I have some more experimenting to do before I can know for sure. The 22 surprised me by picking up the .6 gram piece for sure. I'm sure it will just take some playing around to figure it out. Take care, Kenny
  2. Put in another 10 hours with the 22" yesterday. The gold you see below is the total for 2 days. So far nothing has been deeper than 8" Tried using different timings and working the same areas multiple times. The timing I end up defaulting to is the fine gold timing. It seems to be the most stable and reach the deepest. I can not ground balance with the normal timing, even with the gain below 8. Ground is just too much for it. As I'm sure you guys know, this coil is really sensitive to lifting the edge when swinging. It really likes to be parallel with the ground. Takes a good deal of concentration and coil control to make it happy. It's not very easy to work with and I'm not sure there are any benefits for the location I chose it for. There is quite a bit of brush and tree limbs in the area. Maybe for an area like Rye Patch or in Arizona it would be a little easier to use. Kenny
  3. Thanks Rob, I actually spent about 10 hours with this coil today. I dug some more slots in my test area and set the 1 oz piece in a slot where I could just barely get a threshold break with the 12 x 18. Then I switched to the 22", I tried many combinations of timings. The normal timing seemed to hot for the ground I was in. I finally settled on fine gold timing. I could get a definite signal using fine gold with the gain at 11, audio deep, stabilizer 8, basically the same settings I run the 12 x 18 at. There was a definite improvement in the signal when switching from the 12 x 18 to the 22". Not as big a difference as I had imagined, but it is a difference. I was able to pull out a couple small pieces from a well beaten patch as well. One is .6 grams pretty much on the surface, more quartz than gold I think. That impressed me that I was able to hear that one. The other one is 2.8 grams from about 6 to 8", very faint signal as well. Your right on the money about move real slow. Anything else and it would give to many false signals. And of course, listening for the faintest changes in the threshold. As I said this is a well worked patch, so there really aren't any good clear signals. I'm sure after I get to use this coil more, I will find some settings to get a little more performance from it. Heck I just bought my first minelab in April, so I'm still learning the ropes. Any advice on settings are always welcome. Thanks, Kenny
  4. Well...I went out and played with the CT 22" round mono. I guess I need to spend some more time with it. I took it to a test area I have set up in moderately hot ground. I started off in fine gold. Had to turn the gain down to 8 so the EMI would settle out. Then tried normal timings. Deep etc., etc. I just played around with the settings until I got the best response I could from a 1 oz. nugget. My initial response would be disappointed. I can't seem to get any more depth from the 22" round than I can with the 12 x 18 goldstalker. I'm sure it will take me a bit to figure this out, but so far I'm not sure it was money well spent. Kenny
  5. Thanks again Rob. I was really surprised to find the larger nugget at 2+ feet. In fact I almost dismissed it as ground noise, glad I did a little digging. But the ground at that location is really quiet. You can't even find black sand when you pan. The other patch I want to have a go at with the larger round is a lot more mineralized, probably wouldn't have been so lucky there. I'm pretty sure it has not been worked with a newer machine and a large coil though. I know it's been hit with a GP and a UFO. I think the 5000 will have an edge though. Worth a shot. I just don't want to go so big with the coil that I'm fighting ground noise. That may be all I have to tell me something is there :-) Kenny
  6. Thanks for the reply Rob. I'm very interested in your results. I want to buy either the 18" or the 22" within the next week and 1/2 so it will be there when I get home. I figure if the 12 x 18 will find the chunk in the pic at 2+ feet, the bigger round should be really impressive! I just don't want to end up with an unruly coil that I'm fighting all the time to quiet down. The 12 x 18 is outstanding in fine gold timing. Especially at the AK location. Ground is not hot at all. Please let me know how it goes. Thanks, Kenny
  7. Hello All, Getting ready to pick up a large round Mono for my GPX5000. I have an 12 x 18 goldstalker mono that I'm very pleased with. Just found a .8 oz chunk in AK with it last week. That piece was an easy 2' deep, maybe 2 1/2'. Barely a whisper until I moved about 4" of dirt. Anyways...I was wondering if any of you have used the 22" mono goldstalker on your GPX5000. I'm in a toss up between the 18" and 22". I have an old patch that's produced some really nice chunks. It's been hammered to death, but I bet there are still some hiding way down deep. Is the 22" very stable or can it be finicky. The 12 x 18 is pretty sensitive to bumping and falsing. When I really have it cranked up I have to be really careful not too bump it on a rock. Would love to hear your experiences. Thanks,