Nice day out.

Chilli · Nov 5, 2025

Had a lot of rain here and lots of areas are bogged out. Thought I'd see how the GM2000 goes in wet clay so went to a surface area with lots of that and ironstone.

It absolutely cruised in it. Im really impressed with Auto 2 mode. It does a brilliant job.
Ran really well with the threshold just slightly burbling away sitting right on the edge just how I have always liked running my detectors.
This is part of the area with ironstone all over the top and into the clay beneath. I got a tiny bit from this spot and the signal was crystal clear.

Here it is still in the red clay.

The clay being wet didn't bother it at all, lowest I saw Auto drop the sensitivity was from 10 to 9. You can see the moisture still in the clay.

This from out of it still in the clay. Mad tiny and was such a good signal.

The sensitivity of this thing in wet clays and ironstone is ridiculous.
The place had a fair bit of rain in the past few days. This was the track right next to where I was detecting.

I got plenty of shotty pellets too that had never been dug. All well into the clays.

I still am of the mind not to trust the target id numbers or audio sound in this type of highly mineralised ground. I ended up with 6 little bits and easy 3 of them gave an initial grunt tailing signal until dug out and on the coil. If you were relying on its numbers and sound you'd have left them there. Heavy mineralisation seems to throw it off just like I have seen with any other detector I have ever used.
Again though this thing is a pleasure to use and so easy to get to know it.

Some happy sheep in a paddock nearby.

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Cheers. 😀👍

robertk · Nov 5, 2025

Those are some tiny bits alright. Crazy sensitivity that it gives clear signals on those.

russau · Nov 5, 2025

You did well my friend !

Chilli · Nov 5, 2025

robertk said:
Those are some tiny bits alright. Crazy sensitivity that it gives clear signals on those.

Would have been perfect day if there weren't swarms of flies. I swallowed two and ate my lunch at home. 😆

Chilli · Nov 5, 2025

russau said:
You did well my friend !

Thanks for that. 👍

releventchair · Nov 5, 2025

Gold!
Someone is getting it down to an art there..
Congrats!

ArfieBoy · Nov 5, 2025

That detector definitely does a great job! Congratulations!

Tesorodeoro · Nov 5, 2025

My rule of thumb is to not rely on numbers or sounds unless the signal is very strong and shallow. Always investigate further. As far as wet clay goes or detecting in damp soil in general, I’ve always had better luck compared to summer dry dirt using any VLF detector.

Chilli · Nov 6, 2025

Tesorodeoro said:
My rule of thumb is to not rely on numbers or sounds unless the signal is very strong and shallow. Always investigate further. As far as wet clay goes or detecting in damp soil in general, I’ve always had better luck compared to summer dry dirt using any VLF detector.

Hi. Moisture level affects things both positive and negative here. Some place its better in the dry, others when its wet. Its very mineralisation dependant here. Especially when there are what we call clay domes in the ground, concentrated pockets of it. When they are wet you'd swear it was a really good target. Upon digging them out however and as they break up the signal dissipates. They're tamer when dry.
For as long as I've detected the thing most wanted, other than depth, is a trustworthy discrimination. Some claim to have them but none do.
A guy I knew about 20 yrs ago was using a PI with discrimination and was digging through rock hard ground, after an hour he was stuffed so hit the discrimination and it blanked it out so he walked away. 2 hrs later and no more signals he thought oh well I'll see if I can get it out it might be a good relic. Half an hr more digging and it was out and he was holding a solid 40 ounce nugget.