Northeast

2 hours ago, harvey haig said:

Until now I have been unable to post due to lack of knowledge.

With regard to posting a comment, attaching an image and finding gold - I reckon you’re doing pretty damn good Harvey!  😉

Hope your health improves to allow a lot more prospecting  👍🏻

6 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Yes, the Nox 900 is better than the Nox 800, but is it worth something "upgrading" to it that already has a Nox 800? I'm not so sure.

Not for me.  Patiently waiting and hoping for a CTX upgrade.  
Even the Manticore is not doing it for me but will be interested in how end users find it.   

2 hours ago, NAGANT said:

ML has a flair for complicating the obvious 🙂

Agree 100%   The ridiculous variety of audio options is tying the end user up in knots and I don’t think it is working to keep us buying Minelab products.   We are looking at other detector manufacturers or aftermarket products.  
 

I found the WM08 to be a great option that allowed the end user to use their own, favourite headphones, earbuds or sports headphones.  Why it has not been continued with the GPX6, Eq 700 & 900 and the Manticore I can’t work out.  They already had the transmitter and receiver.  It wasn’t redundant like BT LL already is.   Why not use it  🤷🏼‍♂️

21 minutes ago, Smigo said:

its screaming out for an enclosed round, but that's just my opinion others I dont think care

Others certainly care and have certainly mentioned it but have given up hoping for one  😕

The 6X10 or whatever it is on the Gold Monster would be perfect on the Nox.  And they already have the design, the mould, etc.   Surely it would be an easy adapt???  Maybe not  🤷‍♂️  Frustrating.  

On 12/1/2022 at 3:07 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

in gold nugget land…

Out of interest Steve, how many of these were you involved with re: testing/development?   

45 minutes ago, dig4gold said:

Probably still trying to rub the egg off his face from the 6000 debarcle.

That’s harsh.  JP doesn’t build them or work on the quality control line.  Like Steve H, he can only suggest and advise, it is up to Minelab what the final outcome is.  

On 11/24/2022 at 1:34 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Ultimately though it is really just that I want the people on this forum to have all the best information they can get about metal detecting.

And I think this is exactly why the majority of us stick around.  Thanks for all you have done and hopefully continue to do  🙏

The extra competition can only mean good things for detectorists and the Axiom feels like genuine competition.  I am really hoping someone near me buys one and I get to have a play and make some comparisons in my ground.  

Look forward to seeing more Axiom nugget pictures on here very soon  👍

14 hours ago, GR Guy said:

why do you think the Axiom has a better coil selection than the GPX 6000 which when NF released will have 9 coil sizes.

I see Gerry has already responded.  1 thing to add is that Garrett have 3 DD options straight off the bat.  I actually really like the DD on the GPX6 but hate the size/shape.  A little 10X6 option would've been a great addition.   Hopefully that comes from the aftermarket teams but Garrett have sure made a statement by having 3 mono/3 DD options at release.  

18 minutes ago, Smigo said:

Dr confirmed it was a virus common in the ground. Id ingested it.

Brother in law advised he saw a vid of a bloke warning the same thing.  Got a bacterial infection that ate away a lot of his mouth/cheek.  Good practice to avoid.  

7 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:

So it maybe 30% off for any place in the world but only free shipping in the USA, you may want to send them an email to confirm if the 30% applies worldwide.

Hi GS, thanks for checking it out more.   I did get on their U.S. website and went through to checkout but it then said that it could not be shipped to my location.  All good, we have 2 distributors here in Oz and one currently has $300 off as a bit of a deal.  Unfortunately I don’t want to purchase right at the moment due to REALLY high river levels.  With only a 1 yr warranty I don’t want to buy until I can commence using it  🤷🏼‍♂️

2 hours ago, matt said:

They are having a Black Friday sale of 30% off.

That is U.S. I am guessing Matt?  

On 11/12/2022 at 1:33 PM, TTT2866 said:

Hi mate I've been using one for a few weeks now

Hi TTT, 

Glad to hear it is going well.  Just wondering who you purchased through - Detect-Ed or underwater.com.au ?   

Are you using in salt or fresh mainly?  

Cheers, N.E.  

6 hours ago, phrunt said:

hey Northeast 🙂 

Done 😉 

45 minutes ago, phrunt said:

this "fix" method is lowering the sensitivity of the 6000 to make it more stable

Just Minelab haters trying to start more BS. 
In the past few weeks I’ve taken the GPX6 back to a spot I’ve got quite a few specimens before and with a bit of raking got some more.  They are tiny. 
You can see on the one I’ve zoomed in on that there is only a smattering of gold in it but the GPX6 picked it up fine.  The audio has made no difference at all to sensitivity, IMO.  
 

Can't see that this has been posted elsewhere.  

Looks good   👍

https://garrett.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-07/1535800.A.Axiom_manual.pdf

A recent and interesting vid.  Even features a DP forum member towards the end...    @Gerry in Idaho

6 minutes ago, jasong said:

I can't help but suspect elevation is playing some part in this.

That is certainly intriguing.  Phrunt has some fairly decent hills in his area.  I do too actually but I never go up there with a detector. 

Perhaps it is just closer to our intergalactic visitors 😂

7 hours ago, WesD said:

Has anyone actually had or heard of the ear breaking off on these 6000s?

No WesD, haven't actually and it is a good point.  It is one of the reasons that I am so far keeping my 'good coil' even though it has the fine cracks.  They are certainly not affecting performance in any way  👍

1 hour ago, jasong said:

silent threshold BTW.

Blimey, that level of noise on silent threshold is crazy!  Never had anything like that here out in the field except right under power lines.  

And the noise at 2.30 mins on your vid is like if I turned mine on inside my house  😳

I'm glad your speaker issue is fixed but yes, either your detector has some other sort of EMI issue or the EMI in your areas and the USA in general is just next level! 

42 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I don't mind using the DD coil, it's sensitivity is still fantastic, I'd just prefer a different size DD than that big round sucker.

Absolutely, a better size coil will make a big difference in the DD functions usability.   I like the function on the GPX 6000 but hate the coil size.   Garrett obviously worked this out pretty quick to be providing a couple of different DD size options on the Axiom right out of the gate!  

Used mine for a decent amount of time last evening with speaker and headphones.  To be honest, I don’t think there is any difference between speaker and headphones now.

The ‘fix’ certainly hasn’t been an EMI fix as EMI was still an issue at times with a couple of noise cancels required.  But, the real nuttiness when using the speaker and tilting the detector on its side seems resolved. 
 

Certainly hasn’t affected performance as multiple tiny pieces of lead shot and other crap found.  1 decent, disfigured lead slug (22-250 projectile or something) was found deep in some wet, red gravels.  Thought I was onto a nice bit  🙄

4 hours ago, TE Gold said:

he gets out in a pair of jocks, boots and dusty old hat

Sort of Wal Footrot style?   😂

16 minutes ago, Aureous said:

Should I send my 6000 back to ML????

I think yes.  Or just take it into Nathan in Bendigo.  I have found my 6000 a pleasure to use as well as generally I use a low latency blue tooth receiver and some sports ear buds. But, when I have used the speaker it has become unstable and annoying.  When genuinely prospecting walking through the hills and just turning the detector on sporadically I would actually prefer to use the speaker.  Now, I will be much more inclined to do just that.   

And yes, we are in the wrong thread.  Where is the forum warden to clean things up? 😂

Thanks geof, I knew there must have been a few hanging around on here with some VLF experience in WA  😉

Hi Ethan. 

I'm sorry that there hasn't been much response to your question here but it also might be a bit telling in that maybe many people aren't using the Gold Monster in Western Australia. 

As with many spots across Australia the ground in WA can be quite variable, very mineralised and have various amounts of hot rocks.  However, prior to the introduction of PI machines a VLF was all that they used in WA. and they found gold so it is possible.  

I know with my trip to WA in June this year that on one of the little patches we found the Gold Monster would have located about half of the gold weight that we found as it was quite shallow and of decent size (multi gram).   But, there were also many pieces that a VLF would not have got anywhere near. 

Not having used a VLF in WA myself I am loathe to give too much advice without much to back it up, but a PI would be a better option for handling WA conditions in my opinion.  Travelling from SA to WA goldfields is a long way to go only to be disappointed and frustrated by ground noise and digging ghost signals.   Something like an SDC would be a great beginners detector, if it is in your price range, as it is generally exceptional at handling ground noise and knocking out hot rocks.  

Hope that helps.  

Cheers, NE.  

Arvo all.

Took my GPX 6000 into Miner's Den in Bendigo on Saturday. Nathan advised that he could get the 'audio update' done on Monday and post the control module back. It arrived today.

Took it out to give it a run where I have been many times. It was easy to access and perfect testing conditions with spitting rain and 50 km/h winds 

Anyway, 10 minutes of swinging around on wet red clay, running in both 10 manual and Auto plus tells me that things are improved running with the speaker. Even turning the coil on its edge did not bring the usual wavery threshold. Did not have the headphones with me so can't comment what it was like with them.

Most importantly, I found a tiny bit of gold about 1.5 inches deep in a flogged little area of ground. This is not important for the gold value, it is important as it shows the update hasn't provided any loss of sensitivity.

I has been a long time coming and has been a much worse issue for others but thankfully Minelab have provided what appears to be a good fix.

And thanks to Nathan at Miner's Den in Bendigo - friendly bloke, great service. Can't ask for more than that.