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Maaaaate, real nice

Will they deliver to Australia when I win??

Shame that I can't speak the language but showed many of the things that I wanted to see. Thanks for putting it up Strick.

Quality video JW. Excellent representation of the quality machines GER manufacture. Mobile, adaptable and highly accurate devices. Wish I'd seen this before buying the Z... Does anyone know if the company provide finance???

1) Automatic sensitivity option like the GM 1000. 2) 3 different user configurations. E.g. Option 1 is High Yield/Normal with low sensitivity, smoothing off, etc, etc.. Option 2 is General/Difficult, high sensitivity, etc, etc. You could program each option to the different combinations you frequently use and swapping between them would be a press of a button and not a selection of 6 different buttons. Probably make the thumb pad last longer too as the up/down buttons would be pressed much less when changing sensitivity, etc. 3) Dave's comment about the password is a good one.

Mr Herschbach, psychic extraordinaire A good write up from JP. And I know where you are coming from with the vid thing. I sometimes think about it and then naaah, just want to dig the hole and find the nail, can, button

Lunk, JP, Steve - during testing did any of you take any video of the GM in action on undug targets, speccies, etc? One thing I've noticed since May 8 is that there have been no new vids posted to YouTube or ML website from testers or from ML. Obviously not going to see any from average Joe of course. Have seen the introductory vid from ML and the 2 vids on this forum with the African lads/lasses swiping a few small pieces. Has anyone seen some that I have missed?

MT - better than beef? Is it similar to anything? Lamb? Buffalo? Pork? Eaten lots of different stuff but never camel or horse.

One might even hope that the rumoured not too far away GPZ software update may include this feature. Might be handy

If you've got enough to buy a beer please don't waste it on a VB Fred Carlton draft, from a pub, served in a handle (insert a video here of Homer Simpson drooling and making that sound ).

Great write-up Lunk. After my experience today I know now I 'need' one of these. Very rich old mine with masses of football sized quartz chunks lying everywhere and great shallow gravels all around and targets, targets, targets, targets...and after the first 7 being junk I said ?$&( this and went somewhere else. I'm positive there is gold there but I don't have 10 years to get through the crap

Nice work Norvic. I'm heading to Bendigo for 3 days this weekend - if I come home with some decent yellow I'll have some more leverage with the old girl I did see on the other forum I frequent that a person who placed a GM order has received an email to advise that the GM isn't actually available yet and might not be until the end of May/start of June - anyone else been advised of this?

Hey Fred, I went back to look at the pics of the lizard again and I also noticed something in your gold picture - an Australian 1 dollar coin. I had to have a quick check and confirm to myself that you are actually based in the USA What is a comparable size USA coin? Dime, nickle, dollar?

Your forum only review is even better than your Minelab review!! Definitely waiting for a few months to hear reviews from Oz but you are making it harder to say no. I suppose if anyone really wanted wireless they can add the pro-sonic to the package. Thanks again Steve

Very nice review Steve. Norvic, can you let me know if the "Steve said I should buy it" line works with the treasurer? I want one, I'm not sure if I need one and I'm almost positive I will be in all sorts of trouble if I buy one

Thanks for the links Steve. I did wonder if I was barking up the wrong tree. The old 'go low and slow' that I use for gold detecting is certainly different to their style on the vid - but considering their finds I'm happy that they know what they are up to They really have found some amazing stuff!!

Hadn't seen that one either Steve. Maybe things are different when relic/coin detecting but would I be right to suggest the detecting technique of one of those blokes would be ineffective. Fast, wide sweeps with minimal overlap. Now that might be being nit picky since it's a vid for a wireless audio unit but it is also a minelab vid that is (hopefully) being seen by thousands of people world wide. Not all those people will have detecting experience and they then leave this vid thinking you detect like you are trying to cut the grass with a scythe And for me watching it, who has some detecting experience, I automatically start guessing if these guys actually have any idea what they are doing and should I be listening to them. Is that over the top of me?

Not sure about the transferable warranty but recently had an issue with my SDC. Sent it back and they replaced the "Main PCB Assy. Pressure Tested and Field Tested OK". So they do fix things rather than just send out a new one. This is in Oz though so USA may be different?? Good luck.

Lol MT, flattery will get you nowhere Are those famous Kalgoorlie establishments still operating? Maybe a 'weekender' is on the cards? Too long out bush?

JW, they are the hands of a nurse and part time prospector. Washed in alcohol with moisturizer all week unfortunately. It was interesting that HY couldn't pick up the nails - both quite deep at over 1.5 feet each. Just reiterates what JP says about the different modes picking up different types of targets and how they manage the ground and how you should go over gold bearing ground with different settings to really cover it properly. When I get the B&Z I am going to do the exact same little area (maybe 3 metres X 6 metres) and see if I can get something else to pop up. If anyone is into palm reading can you see a 'golden' future for me??

Out for 4 hours this morning. Tried some different settings on the Z around where I got the nice bits last week. Got 2 targets with General/Difficult that I hadn't identified last week with HY in either Normal or Diff. Tested those 2 targets with HY in Norm and Diff today but couldn't hear either. Both ended up being nails but was interesting that HY knocked them off the radar. Ended up with 1 bit of yellow for the day - not as impressive as last week though . .59 grams. B&Z hopefully arriving tomorrow

Very nice Phoenix - look forward to seeing it post acid.

Well it's a bit embarrassing...but Minelab GPZ 7000 and SDC 2300 bought on the same day. Might seem like overkill to have started with the best but glad I did. April 2016.

Blimey, every cloud has a golden lining apparently