Last weekend I went nugget hunting in Redding CA and my friend with his GPX 5000 found one but I didn't.. I did find lots of interesting stuff..
But what got me was that sometimes bumping my coil on a rock or twig created a target sound.. I also noticed that I had to ground balance a lot out there. I was pretty far from my partner.
Overall though, I enjoyed the hunt and my ATX did awesome. I found quite a few bullets and old square nails. By the way, the iron test worked great on most nails but a few didn't make a grunt.
As a side note, I could not get the ATX to make a target sound when I bumped it with my hand up in the air... I'm thinking that since the ground is a little hot, the quick stop makes the noise?
But what got me was that sometimes bumping my coil on a rock or twig created a target sound.. I also noticed that I had to ground balance a lot out there. I was pretty far from my partner.
Overall though, I enjoyed the hunt and my ATX did awesome. I found quite a few bullets and old square nails. By the way, the iron test worked great on most nails but a few didn't make a grunt.
As a side note, I could not get the ATX to make a target sound when I bumped it with my hand up in the air... I'm thinking that since the ground is a little hot, the quick stop makes the noise?