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G'day Mick, for me it's so much better than my 4500, it's lighter weight so easier on my shoulder and very basic settings means not second guessing my settings like before, it definitely sniffs out the smaller bits at good depth but it also means finding more lead shot, but I'm definitely finding more gold with it, so for me it was well worth getting it👍

G'day Mick, HNY mate and great to hear you're getting back into it. I haven't been out as much as I'd like (same old story) but hopefully catch up for a trip soon mate, take care 👍

Hi Brad, yes Blackwood in Vic.

You're welcome mate and I was hardened when I first heard it too 😜

@@prospectorpete7005 Haha loves it

​@@120downunder I'm always hardened

@@davidpengelly7184 oh I know

Hey Lukeozdigger good to hear from you mate, hope all is well. Changed jobs at end of May and haven't been out since but hoping to get back out soon. Yep the huffing and puffing will probably give me away more than being seen lol, think I need to do some more exercise and work on the cardio a bit more.

@@prospectorpete7005 you still need to plan a trip up this way just to finish a spot off, bought a boat lakes full easier access 😀 warm weather round the corner build some holidays up 👍

@@lukeozdigger5730 Will do bud, definitely try to get there this season.

Hi GM, yep I think finding gold in a spot someone else has had a scrape at is more satisfying to me. There's plenty more ground here to cover so the fun will continue for sure.

hi mate Love waching your show just both my gpx 6000 just wondering what is the best setting for this detector

@@maryjanehuya8943 Hi MaryJane, I know of people that run it in Auto with the threshold on and swear by it, some run it in manual and a higher setting of say 6-10 and swear by it also, they all find good gold at depth. I personally run mine in hot mineralized ground in Difficult, manual 1-4 depending on the ground, I have also been successfully running it in Normal manual 3-4 in another area where the ground is more consistent and not as many hot rock and finding small gold at better depth. In this video I was running in Difficult, manual 2. The Wednesday afternoon prior to this video there was more EMI interference and ran it in Difficult, manual 1 and still found 9 small pieces of gold with no problem. I believe that running it too high for the ground just introduces more noise and makes it jittery so making it harder to hear the deep faint targets, and running it at a lower level where the threshold is smother allows those faint targets to be heard, so it's a case of less is more. You just need to adjust it to the ground you are detecting, start off in difficult 3 and if it is running smooth after 10 minutes then try bumping up the manual settings until it gets jittery then back it off until it's at a comfortable level for your ears. Headphones are definitely better than the speaker too, sometimes I'll hear a faint target through the headphones and if I change to the speaker I really struggle to hear the same response . There is no "best" setting so you just need to play with it for the first 10-20 mins and see what you're most comfortable to run at and don't get sucked into thinking if you drop the setting too low you'll miss targets, I personally believe the opposite is true with the 6000. Oh and the 6000 takes a good 10-20 mins to settle in so turn it on before you get the rest of your gear ready then when you start to detect do a noise cancel and you should be good to go. Good luck out there and I hope this helps you a bit 👍

@@prospectorpete7005 many thanks in advice im heading to clearmont for the two weeks on school holiday hope to find a few to show the kids many thanks again hope you have a good holliday happy hunting

@@maryjanehuya8943 hope you have a successful trip but most of all hope you have fun while out there, have confidence in you methods and gear, the hardest thing is finding the first piece, then it get easier as you build confidence. Happy hunting too mate 👍

Hey Cookie, thanks mate and we'll definitely get out soon mate. I miss seeing the Rocket Man in action 😅

@@prospectorpete7005 Haha rocket man pisser

Thanks mate, I forgot to send notification when I published it, I'll make sure I do it on the next one.

@@prospectorpete7005 it should do it automatically.

Hey Mick, good to hear from you mate, yep still getting out when I can and our renos are still only half done lol, I just can't seem to get motivated to finish them but slowly slowly I'll get there. Love the new 6000 and how light weight it is, easy to use and producing the goods 9 out of 10 trips, almost found as much with it in 6 months as I did with the 4500 in 4 years so pretty happy with that.

Thanks mate, great machine at cleaning up what others missed.

Hey Cookie, HNY mate. Hope you are well and looking forward to a catch up soon mate 👍

@@prospectorpete7005 Yeah sweet as mate weathers cooling off this coming week I will stay in touch 👍

Thanks Pete, you have a great New Years and fingers crossed we can get out more in 2022 👌

Happy New Year Balx, great to hear from you mate, bring on 2022.

Thanks Famo, you have a HNY and lets hope we can get out more in 2022 🤞

Hi R&O, I also had the 4500 when I had my GM1000 (recently upgrade to the GPX6000) and the GM1000 was great in the more mild areas like quartz reef and pipeclay, it would clean up the little bits that were too small for the 4500, great fun machine that you don't need all the heavy gear for.

@@prospectorpete7005 Hi Pete, Thanks for the reply mate. How do you like the 6000? I'm tossing up between it and the 7000. You have a safe xmas and holidays mate. Cheers.

@@RockAndOre I sold my 4500 and GM1000 to fund the 6000 and I'm glad I did as it finds bits down to as small as the 1000 at better depth and hits the bigger .8's .9's deeper than the 4500 can detect, I've gone back over old ground where I couldn't pull a target with the 4500 but have found a few bits the 6000 heard. Haven't got anything bigger yet but very confident that it will have no issue finding the bigger stuff at depth. The main reason I upgraded to the 6000 was the weight and sensitivity, I would have loved the 7000 but I was struggling with the 4500 at times with my bung shoulder issues. If you can handle the weight of the 7000 then go for it but if it gets tiring after 2-3 hours the the 6000 is the go, so much lighter than the 4500 but really easy to use. I'm heading out on Boxing Day for a 5 day trip detecting, should hopefully put together another video of the trip and show what the 6000 can do. Take care and have a great Chrissy mate.

@@prospectorpete7005 Thank you for the info mate, I have not chatted with anyone that has actually used one until now. Sorry to hear about your shoulder tho mate and I truly hope you have a great 5 day trip on the gold and find some big nuggets. Make sure you get to where you're going in one piece and have the best time. Cheers Pete.

G'day Cookie, definitely have to catch up for a swing mate, take care.

Thanks Pete, yep very relaxing place with no phone or radio service, planning to head back there at some stage for a serious prospecting trip when the time is right, thanks for watching mate.

@@prospectorpete7005 Sounds like a good plan, a lot different to central Vic, we don't have much running water around here.

Hey Cookie, yeah it was a trip we did a while back and can't wait to get back up there again. Definitely have to organise another catch up trip mate, it's been too long between weekends buddy.

Hi Rob, thanks for that mate, the shed is coming along slowly and looking forward to the footy starting again and spending cold nights with the fire going and watching a few good games.

G'day GM, I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of colour in the species, I'm back out chasing some more after work tomorrow and Tuesday with the Monster.

Glad ya liked it mate, I was a bit excited when the Dolly arrived the other day so yesterday was a great chance to do a bit of crushing. Sped the footage up especially for cookie as I know he likes to see a bit of "crank" action lol. Look forward to getting out again soon mate.

Hey hey cookie, awesome that you and I got to see the proto one in action mate, great trip away and we gotta do it again real soon. Cheers mate.

Hi Graham, it sure it mate. It'll be perminantly in my kit bag for sure.

Cheers Cookie, would be great to do a catch up one day mate, hopefully things get back to normal soon so we can get back out and do that sort of thing, take care and stay safe.

Prospector Pete Yeah for sure champ, I see we were first to get orders in for new picks from MG , they should be awesome I think. Take care big fella, chat soon champ 👍

Hey CASPER yep I miss Balxie's old G & G forum. Good to hear from you and hope you are keeping well.

Thanks Nenad, happy that the research payed off and look forward to spending more time at these spots in the future.