Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Product Brochure

[Steve Herschbach]

Minelab GM1000 Color Product Brochure - PDF download

GOLD MONSTER 1000 Getting Started Guide - PDF download

[Steve Herschbach]

From brochure - "Up until now, there has always been a compromise between frequency and sensitivity when optimising detector performance, because lower frequencies are more sensitive to larger gold nuggets and higher frequencies are more sensitive to smaller gold nuggets… When comparing detectors, the three curves in the diagram represent each detector’s ability to find small gold nuggets of a certain size, at a maximum possible depth. Most detectors will find a very large nugget just beneath the surface, however a detector’s sensitivity to gold determines how many smaller nuggets will ultimately be recovered in difficult (noisy) ground at greater depths. An 18 kHz detector will normally have a depth advantage on nuggets ≥ 1.0g over a basic mid-frequency detector, and a 71 kHz detector will have a depth advantage on nuggets ≤ 0.1g. The advanced GOLD MONSTER 1000 uses an intermediate 45 kHz frequency AND a high speed 24-bit signal processor. This primary combination greatly boosts sensitivity to gold beyond that of other single frequency VLF detectors over a wide range of nugget sizes, without introducing excess noise and false signals. The GOLD MONSTER 1000 also has improved ferrous/non-ferrous discrimination and copes better with conductive (salty) soils than higher frequency detectors, making it the perfect choice to maximise your gold recovery."

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[Cabin Fever]

I'm trying to figure out if the All Metal mode is a silent search or threshold based.  If Thrshold based it must be all automatic.

Bryan

[Lunk]

In the video, there seems to be no threshold when the two search modes are being demonstrated. Also, there is no threshold feature listed in the specifications. We'll know for sure when the Monster is released. 

[californiagold]

Without threshold it would seem the all metal mode on this detector is like a discrimination mode without any target id discrimination. with all visual target id detectors that ive used before, I have found 1/4 of my gold with them without a visual id of the current target. they were found just from hearing that slight alteration in the threshold. Also im not sure if there is any new tech involved with this detector as far as depth on targets flat out or in hard mineralization.  But if it was built in Australia and tested there maybe it will have some advantages on tough ground. If not it could turn out to be just another vlf as far as performance with some new design features. only time will tell.

[Lunk]

Since the new Gold Monster 1000 is aimed at increasing the chance of finding gold for entry-level detectorists, it's not surprising that it might incorporate silent search modes; one of the biggest hurdles for newbie gold detectorists is putting in the time it takes learning to recognize the slight alterations in an audible threshold that can signal a small or deeply buried nugget. 

As far as incorporating new technology to give a depth advantage in mineralized ground over current single frequency VLF gold machines, Minelab had this to say in the new introduction video: "the Gold Monster 1000 has already proven itself to out-perform all other high frequency competitors in mineralized ground conditions." They are calling it ultra-wide dynamic range VLF technology, which the above diagram from the brochure clearly illustrates, and they list it as the key technology in the product specifications, so it's definitely not going to be just another VLF.

I personally can't wait to take the Monster crumbing in some old nugget patches, and it should be killer on meteorites, too.

 

[Steve Herschbach]

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Minelab Gold Monster 1000 Accessory List - click for larger version

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Here is the GM1000 compared to the machine it replaces, the Eureka Gold. Click for larger image...

 

[Rivers rat]

Looks like good value for money with all those accessories....

 

 

RR