Steve Herschbach

Bump

All recent news is posted on the Nokta PI Forum. The latest post was from last month, when the model was spotted at a show. However, prototypes have been around for a couple years, and there is no way of knowing how much internal work is needed before the product is ready for release. My best guess is sometime in the coming year but this thing has been many years coming, and Nokta has stopped even hinting when anything might happen. It's got hopes up too many times in the past, only for nothing to happen.

Probably because they are afraid that jackbooted dictator thug of a forum owner will come down on them with both feet if it strays beyond the bounds, which commentary about such things likes to do. So there it is, you all have been informed, comment if you can, ignore at your peril.

Don't rely on general guidelines. I learned this the hard way. While airlines must adhere to minimum safety standards set by governing bodies like the FAA or EASA (e.g., no spare lithium batteries in checked bags), they can and do set more restrictive, individual rules regarding battery capacity, quantity, and specific item types. Passengers should always check their airline's specific policy.

I also recommend getting to the airport extra early if you have a battery in your carry on. In my case a large USB power brick caused me to be pulled out of line and have to wait quite a while for a separate inspection. The assumption being that large battery might be used as an explosive device. I was eventually cleared, but if I had been cutting it close I might have missed my flight.

Well no matter what it will be lighter, have three coils at intro (or close enough); detector, coil, and wireless module fully waterproof, externally wound coil cable for fast and easy coil swapping, audiophile quality headphones, USB-C battery charging instead of proprietary AC design, two batteries included for continuous operation (one charges while other in use), and most important of all…. built in flashlight for detecting during cooler night conditions! All for less than 3 ounces cashed in for those of us with a pot of gold. 

I admit that Minelabs quality issues with the most expensive consumer level metal detectors ever sold are a concern. When paying Rolls Royce prices one does not expect to get Yugos, and I can understand people holding back based on past history. That said, can we not rehash the issues with the 6000 for the umpteenth time any further here? Thanks.

1 hour ago, bklein said:

Ok, post what is known about it so far!

(I see you just joined 4 hours ago.)

 

Well, first off, it was given a name years ago: Impulse Gold. That came from Alexandre though, so I suppose it’s not impossible that Fisher changes it. The only real question I have is if this is the old model based on the AQ, or a jump to the new digital bi-polar model Alexandre mentioned years ago.

37 minutes ago, Fishing8046 said:

Dumb question, I'm sure what is the weight of the new 8000GPZ? 

Is it a sling thing......? 

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This thread was up to over 30 pages and subject matter getting scattered. I went ahead and separated out the discussion of the coils and the audio to separate threads for clarity. Yet another dedicated to the new harness included with the 8000 and also available separately. Please post on those specific subjects on those threads. General speculation will continue here. Thanks.

On 2/27/2026 at 7:59 AM, Dirt Dynasty said:

Looks like Minelab has officially released the new GPZ 8000. I’m not sure if someone has already shared this, but I figured I’d get the conversation started just in case.

Yeah, long thread already in progress……

Thread split, conversation continues on new thread now that machine has officially been revealed. Please go there for further posts and discussion. Thanks.

5 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Weird he also included GPX in that though, isn't it?   If anything, being so vague opens it up to speculation and discussion which is likely what they wanted, helps the share price too.  

Like I said, probably just Codan CEO less than familiar with tech involved tripping over terminology. Been a decade since GPZ, it’s time, I don’t need to know much more than that.

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

I wouldn't take that extra high as solid information pointing to a GPZ

What about the part saying first GPZ/GPX update in a decade? Yeah, I think the double high was just a hesitation in his speaking. It's "high end". But the GPZ/GPX part is pretty clear, and if first time in a decade points pretty hard at a GPZ update. I think again we had a less than knowledgeable about the tech CEO stumbling over terminology

Whatever, time will tell.

1 hour ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

As a loonnngggg time dealer, I must have missed something? Is there really a big gun gold detector coming out sometime in 2026?

It all depends on what “high-end” and "couple weeks" means. The CEO transcript below refers to first GPZ/GPX range update in a decade and says "next couple weeks".

https://codan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CDA-H1-FY26-Statutory-Accounts.pdf

Patient lot.  Codan just told investors on February 19 a new machine is coming. It’s been five whole days including a weekend. You tell the investors first to pump the stock price, it gets to us, you let us churn and build to a slow boil, THEN you do all the other stuff listed above. It only been a decade with regular false “coming this year” speculation for at least the last four or five years. Now you know it’s real and coming in “weeks”. Take a chill pill, sit back, relax, wait for solid info and don’t bother biting every hook dropped in the water on social media chumming for views. It says a lot about human nature that given a vacuum of real info we will make up and accept anything, anything, rather than being comfortable with not knowing.

5 minutes ago, James Gilmore said:

What is the difference between the Garrett Axiom  and the lite ?

And price

I hope it is the end and means the long promised/years overdue replacement is finally ready for prime time.