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  1. I would never worry about powering up a control box without a coil attached. On the other extreme, I would never under any circumstances want to connect or disconnect a coil on a GPZ 7000 if it was powered up, but due to the way you have to half disassemble the detector to do this it is unlikely anyone would. On the other Minelabs Carl is probably right but it is also something I would never do. We are creatures of habit, and developing a habit of being sure a detector of any sort is not powered up when connecting or disconnecting a coil will never cause you grief. You can't say the same the other way around so do please just look at it as good practice. And again...

    From the GPX 5000 and earlier manuals:

    “Always ensure that the control box is turned off before connecting or disconnecting the coil to avoid damage to the detector's electronics”

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  2. Sadly I think it will be later than sooner. Not only are there FCC issues to take care of, but decisions regarding U.S. pricing, possible dealers, and most importantly, service. Faced with more demand then they can handle right now there is no reason for them to rush any of that. I don't want to be a bummer but I'm afraid people here just need to take a chill pill for now. :sad:

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  3. 32 minutes ago, dig4gold said:

    this detector is no miracle machine despite its cool features.

     

    Nobody ever said it was a miracle machine so this is a classic straw man presentation. This whole idea of this needing to outperform the GPX 6000 and GPZ 7000 at one third the price or less was brought up before, and I flat out said no, just go use the GPX 6000 and be happy. Same still applies here. If that is what anyone is looking for then look elsewhere.

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  5. Probably nothing, but on a high power PI you could also blow the front end circuit. Less a worry with the AA 12V units but you can bet an issue with SD/GP/GPX and GPZ high power detectors. Even them you’ll probably get away with it, but why run the risk?

    From the GPX 5000 manual:

    “Always ensure that the control box is turned off before connecting or disconnecting the coil to avoid damage to the detector's electronics”

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  6. 5 hours ago, dig4gold said:

    I couldn't agree more Steve but that is the difference between doing this for money or doing it as a hobby. I would have at a guess that most hobbies don't make money but are done because the people doing it see it as an escape from their usual daily grind. Food for the soul. Be it fishing, hunting, hiking, skiing etc. A lot of those activities come at quite a high cost. Fishing involves having a boat with all the expenses that go with owning & running a boat. Would be cheaper just to buy the fish from a shop, but it isn't always about just catching a fish. It is the whole journey with some mates & the places you go to. Same with gold detecting. Depends how you look at it why you are really doing it. Gold detecting involves hiking, gets you out doors, you experience the 4 seasons in all its glory & what nature offers in those 4 seasons. The Autumn colours , the spring time blooming of wild flowers, the critters you see etc. Ok, the gold has a value but so to do the other things out there.  Like I said, food for the soul. Not everything is about money for everybody

    But I get your point.

    D4G

     

    I can do all that just hiking and camping. Better probably since I would not be so focused on my detector and the ground. If it was just for the fun and experience you can go detect for copper nuggets. Why don’t people do that? Because no matter what there is a hope, a dream of finding the big one. The other things are icing on the cake - but they are not the cake. I’m betting that if I could give people 100% assurance they had zero chance of finding anything of value, quite a few people here would find other ways to go see a sunset. :smile:

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  7. 47 minutes ago, GeoBill said:

    How do you think the miner John/Razerback folded mono coils would perform? He made some very small ones. I don't remember if it was resolved, but was the "Hi-Q" coil that Whites was selling with the SL after Miner John's place burned, White's attempt at a folded mono?

    No way to know without trying them. I’ve never really been a fan of the dual fields or folded mono coil, preferring a straight up mono myself. These coils are attempting to solve issues with edge sensitivity, which is exactly what I like about mono coils. The Hi-Q was just an attempt to sell dual field under a new name as far as I know.

     

     

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  8. 4 hours ago, dig4gold said:

    No, but it will with its newer technology find gold missed by other detectors on old patches. Look at the success of the 6000. Most new release gold detectors/coils have that ability to bring old patches back to coughing up a few more bits. Maybe not as big but often lots of smaller stuff. It all adds up. 

    D4G

    It’s also true that diminishing returns is a real thing. Spending ever more money for ever less gold is not sustainable forever. I did this for profit and made good money at it up until the release of the 7000 and for several years after. Yes, the 6000 kept the number count up, but the weight dropped off dramatically. I finally shut the doors a couple years ago on my small gold mining company business license after turning steady profits since 1979. I simply could not reliably cover expenses anymore, let alone turn a decent profit. The fact is the glory days are over but few want to admit it. I officially entered the ranks of hobbyist detectorist and still enjoy getting out and having a bit of fun looking for gold, but I’m far less motivated now than I was when I was getting 1/4 oz a day minimum. It’s been a couple years since I got more than an ounce in a day, something I used to do regularly.

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  9. Another tidbit on coils. Minelab coils are generally compatible with the White's TDI and the reverse is also true. This means that most TDI coils will likely work on the E1500 though there is no guarantee of this. My sense is that the TDI was very forgiving on coils and so could use Minelab coils, but that there is an actual difference. Luckily the E1500 can adjust for quite a bit of range between coils. Just like not getting a DD coil just to try I'm not sure I'd get a TDI coil specifically for the E1500, but there were some very different coils made for the TDI that I would like to try myself. Specifically a little 4x6 mono, the smallest mono I have ever heard of that is not a pinpointer.

    The TDI dual fields are a type of mono coil with an inner and outer coil running at the same time and should function properly with the E1500. The inner coil design was specifically intended to boost the inner small gold sensitivity on larger mono coils, which are typically edge sensitive and weaker in the middle on the tiny bits.

    The old Coiltek PI pinpointers for the Minelabs should also work on the E1500.

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    Various Jimmy Sierra coils for the White's TDI

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