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Looks like the new GMk will be a great lightweight patch hunter.

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Thank God its a VLF...now I don't have to buy it. For a minute there I thought they revamped the SDC into a lighter and better ergonomically designed system.

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Let's go back to the start of this thread and boil it down to basics:

"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."

"The GOLD MONSTER 1000 turns beginners into experts with fully automatic operation in an easy-to-use, high performance detector."

And I will reduce that further to "Entry level, fully automatic operation, high performance".

This is a machine intended to sell for a low price as compared to other Minelab detectors and be a machine you can hand to any first time detector user and achieve good results. This is reflected in the control panel, which has a minimal control set.

Performance remains to be seen and what the experts will think about that. Given the design goal here, this may be the machine to consider for new prospectors in particular.

I think about what I had to go through with my father when it came to metal detectors. After several models he finally took to the Tesoro Lobo. Why? Turn it on, full time automatic tracking. In a nutshell, ease of use. If I was doing it all over today now I am thinking this would be the machine for him.

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With 45kHz operating freq., some sort of auto ground compensation and a "probability of gold" indication, it's quite similar to the GMT in concept, except for external manual comtrol possibilities and - of course - the extra weight that "old timers" like Steve want!!  Lol

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When browsing the specs link from page 2 of this thread, I noticed something new that I've not seen in a detector before:

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2 automatic sensitivity settings, Auto and Auto+. Any theories on how these work? Perhaps they work in tandem with the auto ground balance and maybe Auto+ is some sort of sensitivity boost?

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1 minute ago, Lunk said:

When browsing the specs link from page 2 of this thread, I noticed something new that I've not seen in a detector before:

IMG_0437.PNG.68d6ee0cf485447a4d64633e8c1def21.PNG

2 automatic sensitivity settings, Auto and Auto+. Any theories on how these work? Perhaps they work in tandem with the auto ground balance and maybe Auto+ is some sort of sensitivity boost?

Just a guess but if it's like the CTX 3030 the Auto + will run 1,2 or 3 numbers higher than the recommended Auto sensitivity.

Bryan

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