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7 hours ago, oneguy said:

It very well could end up being your particular locations emi that ends up determining whether or not the 6 is the ticket or not for you?  It's a high strung machine but maybe so sensitive in some locations it's just not worth the aggravation, frustration, and constantly fucking with it to actually ENJOY your time out in the brush...????  Time will tell.....

Could be, but man that is a $6000 dollar chance to take.  I guess resale value ATM though would be enough to justify.  
 

I wish I could “see/hear” the problems people are having.  From what I have “seen”, it sounds more like an SDC threshold which for me I have learned to “listen through” for repeatables.  The EMI that I have experienced with the SDC sounds more like a constant wee ooo wee ooo wee ooo or the occasional distant lightning strike.  Are the EMI troubles people are having anything like I have described?

For a detector that sounds so simple to use……..maybe it really is not so simple after all.  

Boy with it going crazy with airplanes I am thinking it might not work near some power lines.  I have a nice patch that is close to some where i could hear a little emi trouble with both the Z and SDC.

10 x 5 is just as sensitive as the 6 but covers more area and has the nose to poke into places.  Nice coil, its the only one currently on my Nox.  
 

Here is something interesting for you depth seekers.  I missed a piece of gold with my Nox at a Hydro Pit because it was detecting a square nail 6” below the gold.  My buddy with his GB2 detected the gold because it did not punch down as deep to hear the nail.  Food for thought.

Right on Lunk!  I think I even see a little quartz in that one gram piece!  I’m looking forward to trying the 6k out on a patch that we have right now. Although we’re in different parts of the country those pictures look very similar to what we’re dealing with. I have had the Z, the Nox, and the SDC over this and my buddy a GB2.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what I might’ve missed with the new tech.  
 

BTW nice new Avatar 😊

Starting from scratch with 8k:

6k - $6000

6k 17x13 coil - $600

Nox 800 - $850

Nox 10 x 5 coil $220

Nox 6” $200

Total: $7870

With that set up all your bases are covered in general situations.  

Cmon Rob lets start hearing about some comparisons!  You were in my boat on that vs the 7!  We all want to know how deep will it go! 😊

What was the weight of the biggest nugget at 12 inches? Excellent day! Flys have gotten bad here to for some reason, not the norm at all.

I also see that you are selling your SDC. Being that you’re a user of one, like I’ve been for a long time, are you finding that the threshold is similar to that or is it something completely different? It seems that on the videos that I have seen that the threshold seems very much like the SDC. Which is really squirrley and you’ll learn to listen through it. Did you ever try to just get rid of the threshold using that option on the 6000?  I’m wondering if it might save some of the headache and constant noise canceling.

Reminds me of “Spaceballs”

Oh that would be called a hillbilly diamond. I learned about those in North Carolina LOL.  We actually had one made up. They pass off really easily and since quartz has a hardness of 7 it scratches glass to “fool” others LOL.  Best part is they are way cheaper so if you scratch it up you can replace many times over before you ever reach the price of a diamond 🤣🤣

Bigger nuggets maybe 6 inches down, but what I found interesting is the low/hi sound on most of them, not the “typical” hi/low.  They never show the gold cleaned up so I’m kind of curious if these are slugs or spongy. Take it for what it’s worth.

33 minutes ago, Norvic said:

Questions about 7K vs 6K comparison. 

I have both and have a simple question for those who ask the above question. Why would we take the time off of enjoying our hobby to do so? Give me a better incentive then weight in the pocket???? 

The only incentive you would get is knowledge and information that you did not have before performing any tests.  All it would do is satisfy a curiosity you may or may not have.

37 minutes ago, Gold Catcher said:

Personally, I am not too keen to watch Youtube videos to get informed. We have plenty of info here on DP 😁 And direct comparisons between machines is not very useful IMO because so much more needs to be considered. But if someone makes these Youtube videos I have fun watching them. Anyhow, I am just a sad 7000 owner who wants to build a case to not abandon what was once a shining star and a loving relationship with joy and reward 😪  

Youtube is just another information source just like DP, except with Youtube you get to watch for yourself to make your own determination, especially when you can see how people are performing the tests vs how you might do it differently.

I am just really surprised that nobody has done a true head to head comparison of the two.  When the Z came out there were so many 5k vs 7k comparisons, but with the 6k nothing.  Its almost as if people don’t want to compare in fear that their new toy is not up to par OR their $10,000 dollar machine is no longer as useful.  We have all read the reviews and opinions, seen the star chart, etc.  I am not the only one, even Rob wants to know!  Africa and Australia have field testers because they have had the 6k for sometime now. I’ve only seen one video on YouTube which I posted earlier that actually performed a quick test that does give some data. Maybe I need to scour the Australian forums and see if there is any on them.  I just find it odd and intriguing. I almost wonder if Minelab is behind it (conspiracy theory), because I have reached out to some of the Youtubers that have both machines and they say great idea and are will to give it a go and yet nothing.  Now that some machines are rollin in here maybe some data will start rolling in.  Otherwise when my buddy gets his (on the list well before me), we plan on atleast doing some basic testing.  Probably will make a few Youtube dollars on that video 😂😂😂.

I went down this road when I was a complete newbie and the Excalibar was my first detector. I thought I could save a bunch of money but in the end the amount of repairs that had to be done multiple times cost me the same as if I would have just bought new.  Sorry to tell you that, but maybe it will save you the time and frustrations so you can just get out to the joys of detecting.  
 

But if you’re looking for a project go for it! Just be aware that you’re probably gonna spend more time fixing your machine and wondering if it’s working properly versus getting out and detecting.

15 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Rumor has it machines are on the move finally……

Don’t tease us 🤣

5 hours ago, nugget said:

That's the problem with these forums is people think.They dont know,they think.Use one and know.

Would love to use one and know!  Until then it’s a forum, people go to discuss at a forum, therefore you are allowed to think.

4 hours ago, jrbeatty said:

As of yesterday, Reg Wilson now has one. 

Looking forward to his assessment 👍

Share that link 😂

Anybody find just a speaker similar to a WM12 or ProSonic?  The Taurus neck band seems to be the closest that I could find that was low latency. I can’t find any just standard speakers that you could just clip on.

If they don’t lock properly or the shaft wobbles I would send it in for warranty repair.  They are then covered again.  Wash, rinse and repeat until they get it right, but I thought that too with those locks like on the equinox.  I replaced with steveg’s locks those might work once we see the machine.

But this depth is more impressive on a 1/4 grammer.

8 grammer found at 11 inches.  Nothing special as most detectors PIs should see something that big at that depth, but at least we get to see a big one finally found on film.

Thanks for the fun contest Gerry and Congratulations Jeff!

Puttin in pic 5!  Gerry style...gold in mouth.  However no multiplier here it was from yesterday’s finds.  Thanks Gerry for putting on this contest, I had a blast doing it from day one, plus it got me some gold!

16 minutes ago, Gold Catcher said:

Nice!! Did you do the Walter Huston dance? Whenever I find something like that I do it (as long as nobody is around...). See YouTube clip below 🤠

 

It was close to that 😂😂😂