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Yep I actually own two, The Golden Mask Pro 4 WD and the Golden Mask 7 love both of them, had to order directly from Golden Mask to get both, and yes they are in Bulgaria The GM 4 WD was the first one I ordered from the time I ordered the 4 WD to the time it was delivered to me was 7 days and that was with a 4 day hold up in Customs in Cincinnati Ohio The Golden Mask 7 from the time it was shipped to the day it was delivered to me was 5 days I could not have asked for a purchase and delivery to go any smoother than those two detectors went The 4 WD i did get a little nervous when it got hung up in customs in Cincinnati Ohio for 4 days (was Having visions of the FBI) showing up at my house LOL being as to how it was the first time I had ever placed an order like that with a company I knew nothing about, but I will tell you Golden Mask goes out of their way to try and make the transaction go as smooth as it can go, I would not hesitate in making another purchase directly from Golden Mask Again very good company to deal with, shipping charges are quite high is my only issue with purchasing directly from Golden Mask though The GM Pro 4 WD is a selectable Single frequency detector that runs 8 and 18 KHz you flip a toggle switch to change frequencies all analog detector The GM 7 is also a Selectable Single Frequency Detector that runs 4,14,24 and 44 KHz according to Golden Mask the GM7 is 80% analog and 20% digital, the GM 7 has Park, Field, Beach and Gold modes I use both the 4 WD and the GM7 and honestly They are both so good that I can not figure out which of the two I like the most

I do wear hearing aids and I also experimented with my hearing aids connected to the Nokta Legends Bluetooth which is aptX LL audio codec, while my hearing aids did connect to the Legends Bluetooth and I was able to hear the tones from the Legend the Lag was pretty severe, could I have detected that way if I had to of course but it would have made locating and digging targets rather tiring LOL the hearing aids I have have two settings one of the settings is to turn them into wireless earbuds for listening to music, you double tap one or the other and they will switch to headphone mode, again they did connect and you could hear the tones from the detector but Lag was an issue

yeah the Facebook people are a little different, honestly I do not think there are no rules on there for some

Whata heck are you talkin about George LOL

well I spoke to Rita at Garrett this morning and told her parts were missing from my order again (and no I did not get nasty with Rita) not her fault LOL, she did ask me what I meant by again so I told her, that I have placed three different orders through Garrett Direct and each time I had to call in to get things sent that it plainly states are included so she looked up my past and current orders, and said she was taking notes and that they would send me the missing accessories for the transmitter, we exchanged pleasantries and hung up the phone, fast forward a few hours latter and I receive an Email from Bob Richardson Director of US consumer Sales with a heart felt apology. Bob stated in the email that he is going to bring up my issues with the shipping department and use it as a training opportunity, for their shipping department, I honestly believe that Bob is going to do as he stated and things may get corrected in the shipping department of Garrett Direct, he also stated they do not receive many calls with complaints about missing items in orders, and stated Garrett will get them corrected so it does not happen again, he also stated that they shipped my missing accessories out and threw in a couple of items to thank me for bringing this issue to their attention. I was pleasantly surprised at receiving that email from Bob Richardson, very good customer service on Garrett's part reaching out like Bob did Thank you to Bob Richardson and Rita as well as Garrett

Thats a possibility LOL, Alcohol and work usually does not mix very well LOL

@strick who actually knows, maybe they were all to busy celebrating the Garrett's 60th anniversary, to make sure things got done and packed correctly LOL, its anyone's guess

there was no packing slip in the box that it was delivered in, which I thought was a little odd also The other thing I found odd when I opened the larger shipping box that they shipped the transmitter in the smaller box that contained the transmitter was literally open, like someone grabbed the box the transmitter comes in and just threw it in the larger shipping box, but if the parts that are missing were there when they threw that little box in the larger shipping box then the missing accessories should have been in the larger shipping container, of course this is all speculation on my part LOL

when you adding one of them Axioms to your stables Simon LOL

We might just get some of them after market coils after all if it keeps up LOL, I want something smaller and with out those dang blunt noses for my Axiom

I am like @Jeff McClendon the thoughts of it are nice, but until it actually becomes available for sale in the U.S i aint loosing no sleep over it LOL, my interest are still there but when it becomes available, then I will become excited again LOL And yes to your other question I am also thinking about other detectors I would like to try LOL but I am always thinking about other detectors I can spend my kids and my wife's kids inheritances on, in other words when I am dead and gone there aint going to be no inheritances left to go to anyone and I have a long ways to go in spending before that happens LOL, so what is the next purchase I am planning you might ask well I am currently looking at the Nexus MP v3 rite now or the Nexus MP v2 just cannot make up my mind which one I want at the moment LOL

Well you would think so, but apparently its not so easy to fix because it just keeps happening, I can not be the only one that this happens to, if I am my Luck is worse than I thought LOL you would think someone at Garrett would see these calls that keep coming in about missing items that it plainly states is supposed to be included and fix the issue

I will be calmed down come Monday phrunt, just venting at this point, Mary is a very nice Lady and I always try to talk to her with respect and she has always done the same to me when I do call, same goes for Rusty i am just upset because of the situation that you and I have spoke about in PMs, and that is the reason I purchased the Z Link transmitter, was to see if that would resolve the issue i am having with that detector, so now it will be next week sometime before I can check the Z Link out on that detector, I am not even sure that the Z Link transmitter will even work for what I want it for, I can use wired headphones for a little longer just do not like using over the ear wired headphones. I do know something needs to be corrected at Garrett so people do not have to go through what I am going through rite now

well who would be the higher ups that I can ask to speak to, I have always talked to Rusty or Mary

Yeah I usually get Rusty or Mary both good people,

I agree Jim, it is a sad state of affairs any more

trust me they will get an ear full Monday when I call, it should not be that way, and like I said personally for me it gets real old real quick I also like Garrett and they always take care of the mistakes that are made in their shipping department, but you would think at some point they would get tired of hearing the complaints and would correct the problem, where ever that problem is, is it the actual shipping department or the department that boxes everything up in the individual boxes that items come in, it is quite obvious there is a problem that needs to be corrected some where in the line. Edit - Jump to Issue Resolved!

Why is it every time I order something off of the Garrett site parts are missing from what I have ordered, it is getting just a little bit old for me personally my first order from Garrett direct i ordered the 7x11 FC DD coil for the Axiom it states when you are looking at the coils for the Axiom Coil covers are included 7x11 DD coil missing coil cover I.E Skid plate, I call in and they send me out the coil cover second order I place an order for the 16x14 Mono coil for the Axiom, again in the description it states Coil Cover Included, call in they send me a coil cover for the Axiom 16x14 Mono third thing i order one of the WT-1 Wireless transmitter kits, in the description it states included with this kit, one WT-1 Transmitter,one USB Charging cable, One 1/4 " Headphone Jack cable and one Mounting strap, it even states this on the box that the transmitter comes in, so I receive the WT-1 transmitter kit today in the mail, open up the Box and everything except for the transmitter is missing, the transmitter is absolutely useless with out the 1/4 inch headphone jack cable, the rest of the parts that was supposed to come with I could have gotten by without, as I have all kinds of cables that would work for charging the WT-1 transmitter but the 1/4 inch headphone jack cable I do not have one of those. now I have to waist my time calling Garrett again to get yet more things sent that should have been in the box the transmitter came in, this is just plain crap in my opinion why can't people just do the Job they are paid to do anymore, (how flippin hard is it to make sure everything that is supposed to be included with an item is in the box) if your job is so flippin bad that you do not want to perform medial task to insure everything is in order for when someone places an order then quit and move on to what ever friken job you want that will make you want to do what you are paid for I am sorry and apologize to every one on DP for my rant but this is the third time now that I have placed an order with Garrett Direct and three times now things are missing that are plainly stated (Included with), and now I have to place yet another call and wait for things that should have been there to be delivered to me, yes I know Garrett will take care of it but again this is just plain crap in my opinion

Hey George you probably have enough detectors setting in a spare bedroom in your house that if you were to sell them your bank account would be full LOL

Personally I do not even believe this new detector is going to be called the Storm after talking to someone at Garrett, they were Laughing at me when I brought up the new so called Storm detector and they stated (we have no clue where people got that thought in their heads, they also stated that no one in the know has told anyone what this new Garrett will be Called as of yet) What was also stated by the person I talked to was the reference to the Storm is people in Texas use that term (there is a Storm coming or on the Horizon, to make people aware of a huge event that is about to take place) LOL it does not necessarily mean that is what something is going to be called the STORM, LOL

That is strange I have searched the Garrett Direct website several times and those parts are not coming up for me but when I clicked the Link that @Steve Herschbach posted they came rite up Ordered two extra sets, the shipping is kind of expensive for those little parts that could be put in a letter size envelope and sent LOL

bout time Garrett came into reality just placed an order for two sets and the shipping from Texas to Arizona $12, which is pretty high shipping fees for two little items that could be placed in a letter sized envelope, and mailed to someone one state over. I looked online in Garrett Direct yesterday and could not find those parts no where on the Garrett Direct site Thanks for posting the Link @Steve Herschbach appreciate it

What is $10.99 on the website ??? If you are talking about the coil bolt and two rubber washers for the Axiom, those three parts are not listed on the Garrett Web site

This is looking interesting Doc, the more weight I can take off my back the more I like something and this looks like it would take some more weight off, Looking forward to giving it a try

I was going to quit my job tomorrow LOL wait I do not have a Job that I can quit LOL well not really, I still have to take care of my wife which is a full time job LOL