Steve Herschbach

Just posted mine for sale lightly used. I was literally working on the ad when you posted.

I bought this new 1/18/2024 and used it about three days before deciding going back to the GPZ was not a great idea. I sold the GPZ last year and am finally getting around to selling the coils. The coil is in excellent condition as evidenced by the photos. Comes with fitted scuff cover and genuine Minelab lower rod. For Minelab GPZ 7000 only. These sell for $1199 new and I am selling for $1000 shipped via Priority Mail to Lower 48 only, PayPal only. From the ad copy: Designed specifically for the Minelab GPZ 7000. You will not find another Gold Detector coil that matches a Nugget Finder for Quality and Design… Featuring; Black in color for better UV protection. Super Sensitive DOD Configuration Litz Wire Insulated Divinycell Core ABS Plastic Polycarbonate Shaft Mounts Water Resistant to 1m Approximately the same weight as standard coil (1250g without shaft) Supplied with Genuine Lower Shaft 3 Year Warranty Good depth on larger pieces and surprising sensitivity on smalls Uses genuine Minelab encrypted parts Direct fit – NO patch lead needed. Your pick will need to be placed away from the coils range HAND MADE IN AUSTRALIA FOR OVER 20 YEARS This is the 17″ x 13″ elliptical Z Search coil as an alternative for the GPZ7000. This coil and shaft assembly is approximately the same weight as the standard Minelab coil. Note: Generally, large coils have a broader magnetic field and are suited to looking for larger targets at depth. The pick will need to be located where it cannot be “sensed” by the coil as the magnetic field is larger than a standard coil. Water Protection: Waterproof to a depth of 1000 mm. Weight: Approximately 1250 grams without lower shaft attached. Construction: Litz wire in a Double double D (DOD) configuration. Compatible Metal Detectors: Minelab GPZ 7000 metal detector only

I bought this new 1/31/2024 and used it about three days before deciding going back to the GPZ was not a great idea. I sold the GPZ last year and am finally getting around to selling the coils. The coil is in excellent condition as evidenced by the photos. Comes with fitted scuff cover and genuine Minelab lower rod. For Minelab GPZ 7000 only. These sell for $1100 new and I am selling for $950 shipped via Priority Mail to Lower 48 only, PayPal only. From the ad copy: Nugget Finder’s goal when developing the 12” Z-Search coil was to produce a lighter option for the MINELAB GPZ 7000 without compromising Stability or Performance when compared with the Factory 14”x13”. The weight is approximately 950-grams without the lower shaft, making it 2 pounds lighter than the stock coil! No Adaptors or modifications to the detector or cable are required, and every coil is supplied with a Genuine Minelab lower shaft. Standard Features Include: ** New Version uses ABS Black Plastic, old version was White Super Sensitive DOD Configuration No Adaptors or Modifications are required Utilizes Litz Wire Insulated Divinycell Core ABS Black Plastic Polycarbonate Shaft Mounts Water Resistant to 1 Meter Only 950-grams (without lower shaft) Supplied with Genuine Minelab GPZ Lower Shaft 3-Year Warranty from Date of Purchase

The covers are soft and I was scrubbing a lot while testing the Algoforce on small gold. But yeah, gold prospectors in general hunt hard rocky ground and can go through multiple covers in a year if they are very active.

This is a very rare Coiltek Platypus 12x8 DD coil for the Minelab PI series and White's TDI. I bought the coil on eBay last year. The coils were sold new from about 2010 - 2015 so this coil is at least 10 years old, but is in excellent condition considering the age, cable is clean and flexible, showing no adverse signs of aging. I have included a new coil bolt, not shown in photo. They sold new for $295 (se old 2011 ad below). I am selling for $190 shipped via Priority Mail to Lower 48 only, PayPal only. What makes these coils unique and rare is they are one of the very few epoxy filled and 100% waterproof coils for the Minelab PI series. Being epoxy filled means they are neutral weight underwater but heavier above water. This coil weighs 1 lb 9 oz or 704 grams with scuff cover, not bad really due to the open spoke design. This coil will also work on the Minelab SD-2000, SD-2100, SD-2200, GP-Extreme, GP-3000, GP-3500, GPX-4000, GPX-4500, GPX-4800, and GPX-5000. It WILL NOT work on the GPX 6000. This coil is also compatible with all White's TDI models except the TDI Beach Hunter, which has a hardwired coil. The new Algoforce E1500 was designed to run mono coils only. DD coils will work, but only one half of the coil will be active. I did run this on my Algoforce and it worked fine but what you end up with is really a 12x5 coil operationally.

Purchased new from Rob on 1/29/2024 with two year warranty (registered). This coil sells for $269 and the newer version just released sells for $319. This coil was used for two days of testing on the Algoforce, and while the scuff cover is scratched up is otherwise in excellent condition. I have included a new coil bolt, not shown in photo. I am selling for $190 shipped via Priority Mail to Lower 48 only, PayPal only. The new Algoforce E1500 was designed with this coil in mind and has a preset in the coil selection settings for it. This coil will also work on the Minelab SD-2000, SD-2100, SD-2200, GP-Extreme, GP-3000, GP-3500, GPX-4000, GPX-4500, GPX-4800, and GPX-5000. It WILL NOT work on the GPX 6000. This coil is also compatible with all White's TDI models except the TDI Beach Hunter, which has a hardwired coil.

Cleaned up ad deleting the sold items.

Why? No idea with yours in particular. White’s coils are foam filled and with lots of use/banging around the foam can deteriorate and windings shift. Repairable? Not realistically as labor and shipping to undertake the task would exceed the cost of the coil. The normal fix was toss and replace. Can you use it? Sure, just can’t set sensitivity so high as to cause it’s to overload. Me, I’d replace it.

I stand corrected, looks like a bit of bad info I picked up somewhere and now passing along. Slap on hand! Thanks for the update, I’ve corrected my post.

Sounds like the coil has gone bad. I sold a huge number of GMTs plus owned a few and I'd see that every once in a while.

I’m glad the Big C did not get you. When we were kids it was a death sentence, these days treatable in most cases. One of the benefits of getting old now is they keep figuring ways to keep us running. 100 years ago I’d be deaf and blind with no teeth sitting in a rocking chair on the porch. Still going strong though thanks to modern miracles like artificial hips. So nope, no complaints here!

Hi Andy, Long time no talk to, seems you disappeared from the scene for a while. I'm happy to hear you have not gone to the big detecting field in the sky like half of us old farts! Welcome to the forum.

This website has always been more fact oriented, personal stories by members of actual finds, how to use a detector, how to find gold, detector reviews, etc. Reality is most of the lost treasure magazines of the past were almost entirely complete fabrications. Often just one guy making up multiple tales using different pen names. Long story short never been an interest of mine nor a focus of this website. The only exception was the long running Ghostminer tale but I never felt it was really a fit for this website. Lost treasure tales and the LRL crowd seem to go hand in hand and it might open the door to stuff I'd prefer be left elsewhere. So for that and other reasons it's not something I care to see proliferate here. It's a rabbit hole into a whole different world as far as I am concerned. If that is really something a person wants there is a hotbed of it over on TreasureNet.... https://www.treasurenet.com/forums/treasure-legends.67/

This tale is so convoluted I will keep it to bare necessities here. We had a past forum member who died, who was replaced by his grandson, who then also died. I was contacted by the father saying millions of dollars had been left to create memorial hunts in honor of the son. This put up red flags in my world and I distanced myself and the forum from any such effort. Then the wife of the deceased recently joined to carry on where the other deceased members had left off. There have been other red flags regarding identity raised. Hours have been spent by myself, Simon, and Hugh trying to verify what is real and what is not in all this. Questions asked either get no answers, or have been given answers that can't be verified or are clearly not true. Numerous forum members have had contact with these people and I have been told strange stories as a result. None ever resolve the questions I have but only add more uncertainty. It's all now too much for me, way too much drama. I have deleted the last couple threads related to these people, and sadly many kind responses from our good hearted and trusting forum members were also deleted as a result. The related accounts have been banned and blocked. I will have no further contact with or involvement in any of this. I want to be very clear I am not accusing anyone of anything. My answer if asked about any of this is a solid "I don't know". There is simply something very odd going on and I want nothing to do with it going forward. I would make no mention at all and just move on, but I do feel a responsibility to let forum members know that if they are contacted about any of this, to use due caution and diligence before getting involved in anything. I do not want to make a big deal out of this with a bunch of public speculation. My goal is just the opposite, to put this to bed and get as far away from it as possible. I am therefore locking this thread from commentary and ask that nobody start other threads related to any of this. If anyone has any comments or questions feel free to PM me about it. Thank you.

Well Joanna, thank you for the solid reply to my not so welcoming post. Big thumbs up for being up front! You will have to forgive me as I get inundated by marketers and outright spammers so much it has made me pretty touchy on the whole subject. Kind of shoot first and ask questions later. You definitely get my vote on that - I am a reader not a viewer myself. I will leave this all for the competent members here to consider, and simply say to you, welcome to the forum. I do admire the work you have done on multiple levels and wish you success.

Yeah, the articles and such look solid. That's really not what is bugging me about it. I did not post links to phaze-9.com on purpose so you have to Google it to see where this all fits together as a business. I guess you can look at it as various magazines owned by some corporation where the main goal is to make a buck, but where the magazines themselves are good and interesting to people.

Well, I was casting a skeptical eye the moment Chuck posted this old school large coil PI dressed up as something new. You are with Focus Speed? Or are you with phaze-9.com? Because it looks to me you are less a detectorist and more a savvy digital marketing type. Focus Speed looks like a "content creation" front for phaze-9 to promote various detecting related product, one of quite a few other fronts set up for the same purpose on other subjects. "Phaze-9 is unique because, unlike other marketing firms, Phaze-9 holds a portfolio of online publications in various niches." "Product Placement - Product placement, also known as embedded marketing, is where we can promote your products by putting them on display in our articles and social media posts Paid Social Media Posts - We have the social media influence and site traffic to help take your marketing to the next level." All very slick and well done, kudos for that, but I'm not partial to this website participating in this type of shell game promotion. I get hit up almost daily by people trying to sign me up for the "guest post" garbage. Normally I'd just delete the thread and block you as a spammer, but people have taken time to post on this thread so I thought I'd open it up for the group to see before doing anything. Hey, I was in marketing, nothing personal, I even admire the slickness and competency on display. But are you really Joanna or just one of the minions? Is Joanna really a detectorist or more of a content creator? Joanna Jana Laznicka Founder of nonprofitinformation.com, vc-list.com, and many more online publications. A Czech / Canadian who lives in Orange County, California https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlaznicka?

Audio lag has zero effect on target depth or tiny target sensitivity. It’s merely the difference in time between the target being detected and you hearing it, nothing more.

Those who torch the testers for flaws in product releases display their ignorance of the process for all to see. When I see comments like “what were the testers doing” my first thought is “you have no idea what you are talking about”.

As explained in this very thread (see first post in thread) I have no interest in paid advertising or “collaboration”. Especially the dreaded “guest posts”. Well, maybe guests posts for $10,000 a placement? Dealers are welcome here only as participating members that add value to the forum by helping members with their questions, posting their own detecting stories or finds, etc. The payback is free advertising rights in the Classifieds. But it’s a fine line I guess since if you get perceived as only being here to sell, then you get the boot as being a spammer. Anyway, if you are a real detectorist or prospector with knowledge and stories to share, and just happen to also be a dealer, you are welcome. If you just want to advertise, not so much. This guy is a good example of a dealer who answers member questions and posts great stories and finds… https://www.detectorprospector.com/profile/182-gerry-in-idaho/ So if you are for real tell us in a new thread who you really are, your name, your experience, finds you’ve made. In other words, introduce yourself as being the real deal. If on the other hand you are just Joe from marketing, then I will wish you good day and leave it there. P.S. CKG makes a very nice pouch, I bought one recently.

In my experience the follow the black sands feature is one of the most quoted/talked about yet one of the least used and least useful features ever put on a metal detector. Trying to do the same with the Axiom numbers would be an even less fruitful endeavor. A potentially better solution: Dip Needles on eBay

https://www.goldballarat.com.au/detectors/display/746-minelab-gpx-4500-gold-detector-includes-free-training From https://www.facebook.com/ReedsProspectingAustralia/photos/yes-its-true-but-they-will-only-be-available-for-a-limited-time-basically-when-t/1163545865774415/?_rdr “Reeds Prospecting 4 days ago · YES, it's true, but they will only be available for a LIMITED TIME. Basically, when this last stock of GPX-4500 is gone, Minelab does not have plans to re-start production, so this is One-Off return for the GPX-4500, $3,499”

Exactly what happened to me, Gold Bug to GM2. The Goldmaster II was what really blew the doors off nugget hunting in Alaska since we generally have mild mineralization and small gold. That 50 kHz was the magic solution. The first year I had a standing order for all the GM2 units White's could ship me and sold them as fast as I could get them.

I have seen zero information yet saying this is anything more than clearing out some old units found someplace. All this talk of a reintroduction of the 4500 is cart way ahead of the horse. Maybe it is, but specific people who seem they might know say otherwise. I guess we’ll see.

Here is the states just like Australia it depends where you are as far as ground and gold as there is no magic setting that works best everywhere. What worked for me in Alaska is 100% different than what works in California Mother Lode. My go to mode in mild Alaska soils was Sharp. Even Alaska though is a huge and varied place, with some places having hot rocks as bad as I’ve seen anywhere. I'm also a skeptic of engineers who bench test and declare what works or “is better” without extensive field use, as the list of declarations I have from engineers about what worked in the lab and failed in the real world is a long list indeed. Had another one happen in just last year, amazing engineer lab results, giddy excitement - fail in the field. Sometimes the engineers remind me of the YouTube air test brigade. Take ground out of the equation and you have removed the single most important factor detectors deal with. What works brilliantly in the lab often fails the worst in really bad ground.