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Steve Herschbach

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  1. In general advertising detectors is something I offer as a service to good members in long standing. I'll let this stay as maybe it would be a good deal for somebody, but as abenson notes, maybe not. It does provide the service though of my asking in the future for members to defer from posting anything other than their own detectors for sale. Anything else is circumventing the intent here, which is to offer members a way to sell their own detectors without extra fees to a select group. Thanks
  2. Notch is my word. Technically it’s a widening of the ground balance “window” to reject a wider range of ground responses, but with the downside of possibly deadening overall response. Don’t use it if you don’t have to, and when you do go lightly. Bottom line is the Axiom is a dual channel device - there is no way to only balance one of the channels and not the other.
  3. Pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about the Gold Kruzer….
  4. That’s some really nice gold, thanks for sharing! More people in the U.S. are cleaning up small gold missed by the 7000 with the 6000 than the other way around, so your video makes for an interesting counter perspective. In general if you hunt ground that was well hunted with with a GPZ 7000 by following up with a 6000 you will find smaller bits the 7000 missed. Conversely, in deeper ground, following a 6000 with a 7000 is likely to find larger deeper gold the 6000 missed. It can work both ways.
  5. I did not say I was disappointed in the Apex and perhaps you are just referring to those who were. People self hype, and many self hyped that this mid range detector was somehow intended to be direct competition to high end models. It was obvious to me that it was placed in the Ace lineup for good reason. I actually really like the Apex, especially the physical design and controls/screen. But like many I do wish for a version with a little more horsepower under the hood. We see it all the time. There is a now $2000 PI detector out, and people immediately began saying it was a waste of time because it did not replace their $6000 or $8000 detector. By and large with the rarest of exceptions manufacturers tell you exactly what the story is by how they position a product within their own lineup.
  6. Because 90% or more of the detector market in unit volume is for detectors selling for under $700, a fact that always goes missed by the well heeled members of this forum.
  7. They have not said anything to get excited about, just "new model." So what? New high end competition for Legend, Deus 2, and Manticore? That would get people excited. Another mid range detector? Not so much. Given the lack of information and the way people got hyped up over models like the Apex, only to be disappointed, I can fully understand a lack of excitement at this point. Especially with the hard core detector junkies that hang out on this website.
  8. The Axiom is a dual channel (dual ground balance points) PI and the numbers have nothing to do with the extended ground balance system hot rock notch method. It is showing you the two ground balance settings. See this thread below for an explanation of what is going on. I was only suggesting you try the "no ground balance" thing to isolate the issue you are having, not suggesting it is a general hunt mode.
  9. From Minelab website: HEADPHONE ADAPTOR CABLE 3.5MM (1/8") TO 6.35MM (1/4") Compatible with MANTICORE, EQUINOX Series & X-TERRA PRO Detectors, WM 09 & WM 08 wireless modules.
  10. Chicken or egg problem. Garrett allowed the price for the Axiom to be way too high overseas leading to lower sales than hoped for, leading to lack of interest from aftermarket coil manufacturers. It’s been way out of whack, with Axiom priced well under the competition here, but about the same as the competition or even higher overseas. Hopefully moves to fix that problem will get more sales which in turn will get the aftermarket interested. For Detech at least they already have suitable molds so it’s just a matter of getting the windings right, no big development costs, no chip issues. Another problem ironically is that Garrett already has six coils for the Axiom, and so aftermarket demand may not be as high as what the bubble world of this forum thinks with the average users out there. Not holding my breath personally as what I have already is working fine.
  11. I need to double check but any 00 reading may indicate a channel is NOT ground balanced but in an overload state, which would mean all bets are off as far as detecting. It might give the appearance of being ground balanced when it is just the opposite. That is why I suggested trying the same ground after a reset and not doing a ground balance. The machine will act more like a pure PI and will function just fine in most cases with slow and even coil control since the autotune will smooth the ground signal. It can even have better depth in milder ground though the worse the ground, the more unmanageable it will be. See this ATX video for reference to the method…
  12. Thank Andy - all I did was repost it and the photo from that other thread. The video appeared late in the thread so I thought it might get missed unless it had its own thread.
  13. On topic videos are fine as long as they are embedded (copy and use the YouTube "Share" link) so the videos appear here. My assumption is if people embed videos here they are doing it for the forum instead of just promoting a YouTube channel.
  14. The Axiom does not use anything more than the bolt, which screws into the threaded ear. So you either match that thread, or risk messing the threads up doing anything else. Coincidentally I do have some of those toilet lid bolts though and some worked, some did not. The key is getting that thread right. I may order some of the ones I referenced to check the size just to be sure. Cheap enough if it helps some other folks out.
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