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Hi All,
Well, it took a while to get over my slump but I managed to find 3 gold nuggets with my pseudo Goldquest my latest trip to AZ.
The bragging rights are aligned with the smallest nugget that weighed in just a little over 1 grain. I really didn't expect my detector to be able to find a nugget that small since my experimenting with chunky nuggets in that weight range didn't seem to provide much of a response. However, this nugget is extremely thin and flat, making it appear larger, surface wise. The second nugget (actually, the first found) wasn't much larger weighing in about 3.5 grains and the third nugget is a gold/quartz combination weighing in at about 1/3 oz.
What was neat was a friend of mine, Bob Trower was there and took pictures of my detection of the smaller nugget. I had found the 3.5 grainer first and tracked down the others I was hunting with to let them know. Anyways, Bob followed me back with his camera while I scoured the ground for other nuggets. He managed to take pics (something I wasn't aware of at the time) when I got my signal from the smaller of the two nuggets found at this location. The little one was about 1" deep. Those pics won't be posted since they show just how fat I really am and I would probably not fit on a 17" monitor anyways. However, I hope to either post a pic of the nuggets or at least send one to Mr. Bill for posting.
While in AZ, I did get to take a few minutes to try a real GQ and compare it to my pseudo GQ, thanks to Seeker. I compared detectors and found them to be quite close sensitivity wise when my add-on sensitivity control was at minimum. The GQ would detect both of my smaller nuggets quite well.
I also got a chance to experiment with the autotune feature on the GQ and we found the best position seemed to be about mid position. Surprisingly, the signal from my small nugget seemed to be more distinct at that setting, while the ground signal seemed to diminish.
With the GQ autotune at mid position, the ground produced little response at the location we were, indicating the detector would work very well at this site. Since I had a more accurate feel for a real GQ, I can say there were places where I hunted previously, including where I found the nuggets, where the GQ would have worked very well.
There was one location I visited where the ground produced a much stronger signal even on my detector equipped with a DD coil. However, what seemed strange was, once the ground was extremely wet from the ever present rains for two days of my trip, the ground response seemed to dimish. Now, I never really did any specific testing between dry ground and wet ground, but it just seemed that the ground response changed a noticeable amount by the additional moisture. This may have been more psychological, but I don't think so. Maybe people will bring more information forward on this issue, now that I have mentioned it.
One final note that I brought up in an earlier answer to Frank Hamill, and that is, the GQ or my pseudo GQ doesn't seem to be affected by power lines. I was able to operate the detector with almost no noise as the result of the overhead lines while detecting directly below them. Now, these power lines are not the huge power lines that part of a main grid, but are the more typical lines found out in the remote areas. Even these type of lines seem to give some other PI's fits.
Reg
Well, it took a while to get over my slump but I managed to find 3 gold nuggets with my pseudo Goldquest my latest trip to AZ.
The bragging rights are aligned with the smallest nugget that weighed in just a little over 1 grain. I really didn't expect my detector to be able to find a nugget that small since my experimenting with chunky nuggets in that weight range didn't seem to provide much of a response. However, this nugget is extremely thin and flat, making it appear larger, surface wise. The second nugget (actually, the first found) wasn't much larger weighing in about 3.5 grains and the third nugget is a gold/quartz combination weighing in at about 1/3 oz.
What was neat was a friend of mine, Bob Trower was there and took pictures of my detection of the smaller nugget. I had found the 3.5 grainer first and tracked down the others I was hunting with to let them know. Anyways, Bob followed me back with his camera while I scoured the ground for other nuggets. He managed to take pics (something I wasn't aware of at the time) when I got my signal from the smaller of the two nuggets found at this location. The little one was about 1" deep. Those pics won't be posted since they show just how fat I really am and I would probably not fit on a 17" monitor anyways. However, I hope to either post a pic of the nuggets or at least send one to Mr. Bill for posting.
While in AZ, I did get to take a few minutes to try a real GQ and compare it to my pseudo GQ, thanks to Seeker. I compared detectors and found them to be quite close sensitivity wise when my add-on sensitivity control was at minimum. The GQ would detect both of my smaller nuggets quite well.
I also got a chance to experiment with the autotune feature on the GQ and we found the best position seemed to be about mid position. Surprisingly, the signal from my small nugget seemed to be more distinct at that setting, while the ground signal seemed to diminish.
With the GQ autotune at mid position, the ground produced little response at the location we were, indicating the detector would work very well at this site. Since I had a more accurate feel for a real GQ, I can say there were places where I hunted previously, including where I found the nuggets, where the GQ would have worked very well.
There was one location I visited where the ground produced a much stronger signal even on my detector equipped with a DD coil. However, what seemed strange was, once the ground was extremely wet from the ever present rains for two days of my trip, the ground response seemed to dimish. Now, I never really did any specific testing between dry ground and wet ground, but it just seemed that the ground response changed a noticeable amount by the additional moisture. This may have been more psychological, but I don't think so. Maybe people will bring more information forward on this issue, now that I have mentioned it.
One final note that I brought up in an earlier answer to Frank Hamill, and that is, the GQ or my pseudo GQ doesn't seem to be affected by power lines. I was able to operate the detector with almost no noise as the result of the overhead lines while detecting directly below them. Now, these power lines are not the huge power lines that part of a main grid, but are the more typical lines found out in the remote areas. Even these type of lines seem to give some other PI's fits.
Reg