New Minelab Gold Monster 1000

[Minero]

Some venderse are taking pre-orders at $799!

[californiagold]

Ok Steve when you get your hands on one. it would be great to see a shootout between new minelab monster, Gb 2, Gold Racer, and new Fisher gold detector when they are all available.  What is a the 1000 in the name of the minelab for? 1000 bucks, 1000 cc, 1000 sweeps an hour?

[Steve Herschbach]

I don't like using metal detectors that weigh less than 7 lbs! 

[Reno Chris]

7 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I don't like using metal detectors that weigh less than 7 lbs!

I have a 5 pound diving weight and some duct tape, so we could fix that.

[boulder dash]

I'm going to just keep on using my 20 year old gold bug 2. I'm scared of monsters. 

[Steve Herschbach]

From Minelabs Facebook page:

"Thanks for your comments! For those people that have questions about the product name; Minelab’s new ENTRY-LEVEL specialist gold detector, the GOLD MONSTER 1000, has been designed to meet the needs of both consumer recreational enthusiasts and small-scale artisanal gold miners around the world. In order for this exciting new product to be distinctly recognisable to these diverse markets, Minelab has created a universal logo that reads left-to-right in English language script and right-to-left in stylised Arabic script. The Arabic pronunciation of GOLD MONSTER is “Wahesh Al Dahab”.

Further to the dual logo, Minelab will be providing 5 languages on the product carton and 8 languages in the Getting Started Guide to make the GOLD MONSTER 1000 our most universal detector to date. From America to Australia to Africa, and everywhere in-between, the GOLD MONSTER 1000 offers the newcomer to gold detecting their best chance of success!

[Note: The GOLD MONSTER 1000 supersedes Minelab’s Eureka Gold VLF detector.]"

[Steve Herschbach]

The note above - supersedes the Eureka Gold. That is news and an indication of the faith Minelab has in this detector.

and this:

From Codan 2016 Annual Report, page 9: "In response to customer demand, two new products are planned for release in FY17. A larger coil for the GPZ 7000® will give a significant depth increase over the standard coil. In addition to this, an entry-level gold detector will be released to the African market at the end of 2016. This product has been specifically designed for the African market to fill a gap in our product range, and is expected to quickly take market share from competitors."

[whitebutler]

So when do we get ours?! Will this be like waiting for other ML things? Are they really making them available to the US and if so, how soon?

[matt]

Looking forward to some true reports on this detector. Minelab must be feeling the heat from the newly released QED.

[Steve Herschbach]

What constitutes a true report?