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On 2/8/2021 at 9:54 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

You mean the price of $6000 quoted on the many dealer websites that are now taking pre-orders? Yes, that is the price.

The detector I think is Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price of $7499, and dealers may charge up to that if they wish. The Minimum Advertised Price is $6000, which is the lowest price that can be quoted in advertising. However, price fixing is illegal, and once you engage a dealer in conversation, they may legally sell the detector for whatever they want. That’s pretty much the same with most major manufacturers. They control the advertising, but they can’t directly control the final sales price.

Dealers can and will charge more than $6000 if an extreme shortage develops. Some dealers were selling the GPX 4500 for over $10,000 back when the Africa gold rush first took off. Don’t think it can’t happen again, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with charging full MSRP. Anything over that, however, is price gouging in my opinion.

https://www.consumerreports.org/online-shopping/why-do-i-have-to-put-an-item-in-my-digital-shopping-cart-to-see-the-price/

Geez $7499 US is $9600 Australian! the GPZ 7000 here is $9500 so there going to be very similar in price by the sounds of that!, I was hoping that I could sell both the 4500 and SDC and buy the 6000 but it looks like that’s very wishful thinking sadly!!.

So what’s the go with using a booster then on the 6000? Do anyone know if you can use them on it?.

Hi All

I've been hearing rumours of a new gold machine in the works ? 

Is there any truth in this and if so what are some of the rumours or truths about it.

Cheers 

Hi All 

I’m just wondering if there’s anyway to tell the difference between gold rings/ jewellery and trash eg pull tabs as it all seams to come in around the same numbers!.

I’ve dug many many targets between 10 and 15 and all have been trash I spent a few weeks at the beach and dug hundreds or targets between them numbers in the hope that one of them might have been a gold target but without luck!, I don’t usually dig much between them numbers as a rule but being the beach I didn’t want to miss the chance of it being something good.

Anyway I just thought I’d ask the question if there was anyway of being able to see / telling the difference between a good target and trash between them numbers??, I know there’s Guys / Girls that would do a Lot more Detecting then myself and might’ve found a way or know some tell tale signs between trash and good targets between them numbers.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 Cheers 

Hi All

Just interested in knowing about how everyone is going with the 15 inch coil??.
Just having some trouble with pinpoint on the beach it’s quite hard, but as it is also my first time using it on the beach!, I also think it was made harder as there was obviously a LOT of trash!, and it being more conducive the holes I were digging ended up being very big to find the actual target.
So are the good targets on the beach a clearer/ crisp sound? and also sound off closer to the actual coil compared to eg an aluminium or junk targets?.
So I’m very interested in seeing how everyone is going with it and what adjustments users have had to make??.

Cheers

Minelab Equinox 800 with 15" x 12" DD search coil

Hi Everyone 

Just interested to see if anyone has done a comparison of TID Numbers between the 6 inch coil and the 11 coil?

I’ve personally never used the 6 inch on coins before only gold, but would like to use it at a few spots that are full of junk as there’s to many targets seeing the coil at once,  so hard to distinguish a good target from bad one and then due to this it’s very hard to get a clear TID due to a junk target mixing TID Numbers up.

So if anyone has made a list/ chart of the comparison I’m sure plenty on here would also be interested to see the difference.

 Cheers 

Hi Everyone 

Just wondering how many people on here have reverted back to the original version 1.5 ??.

I’ve seen and heard that a lot of Equinox users have reverted back due to not being happy with the new update that’s just come out!.

So just wondering what everyone’s thoughts are about the update??

Cheers

Thanks Steve 

I Appreciate your time and help 

Hi Everyone 

Just wondering if you could help me out I’ve never uploaded a video before and was wondering how I go about doing so??.

I’ve tried many times but I just won’t let me keeps saying my videos to big! I’ve tried compressing it to below the 63mb but still won’t work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers 

I was out today had the Nox and the SDC and after getting a 2.56 gram nugget with the SDC I decided to run the Nox over it to see what number it was ringing up and to my surprise it wouldn’t pick it up on Gold mode 1 but would on Gold mode 2,  but even more unusual was it would pickup a .04 nugget on mode 1 and not the 2.56 nugget.

I found this a bit strange anyone have an explanation for this?.

I tried to load a video I took of me running the Nox over both nuggets but it said it was over the size limit allowed so not sure if there’s another way to load it up on here? The video only goes for a minute and twelve seconds.

 Cheers 

On 8/9/2018 at 2:07 AM, MikeM said:

Hi, I am looking to purchase a gold finding metal detector that can handle mineralized soil well, but also locates smaller gold.   I live in southern Nevada and it seems that the more I read, the more confused I am getting.  I guess I'm looking for a detector that does well with tiny and larger gold.  I had the Gold Bug 2 for a while and it was way too sensitive for me and not rain-proof.  The Makro Gold Kruzer,  The Gold Monster and others on that level are all within my price range, so I am having trouble making a decision.  I understand that the right detector for someone may not be the right detector for someone else, but I do believe the right input is valuable.   I haven't seen any head to head videos using the Gold Kruzer yet (still too new) but it looks promising so far.  The reviews of these detectors are great, but nothing beats real world testing under various conditions and soil types.   I am not one for air testing due to it's controlled nature,  so the confusion grows.   I know many of these detectors can locate tiny gold due to their higher kHz, but there is a trade off.   I appreciate any suggestions.  Thank you, Mike  

Hi MikeM

All I can say is read plenty of information and watch plenty of videos, I’d also suggest to join the Facebook groups to the particular detector’s your looking at as then you can see real results and ask questions and talk to people who actually use them! The Facebook groups are fantastic for this reason alone!.

I’d perhaps just hold off a little and see some results from the Whites GM24K as from everything I’m reading and watching it looks like it may be quite a good detector!.

And most of all ask if there are any known problems or issues with each detector I can’t Stress this enough!!. 

There are lots of detector’s out there and they all have there Pro’s and Con’s so please find out what they are before buying one as some may have known Issues with them!!, I’ve owned a few and have personally seen this and are known but most of the users who know detector’s and how they should operate correctly, and this isn’t just my personal experience but many.

If you’d like more information on that point alone feel free to PM me.

Good luck with the search.

Hi Everyone 

I’ve been waiting to see or read a heap of stories about it’s gold capability’s but I’ve seen very little about it so far!.
So just wondering how everyone that’s purchased one and using it to hunt Gold are actually going with it??.
I couldn’t imagine it’d be as good on tiny gold like the Gold Monster is, and I guess the Equinox being an all rounder detector compared to the Monster being a dedicated gold machine you wouldn’t expect it to be quite as good either.
So what’s the go guys and girls how does it perform on the tiny stuff?.

Cheers

15 hours ago, Mxt Sniper said:

I wonder if a little 3x6 concentric would work on a GM1000? Or if any concentric would?  I see the new 24K comes with a dd and a concentric. I am partial to concentric coils on VLF machines.

Yer I’m not sure MXT, but if you haven’t done yet please send Mars an email about making a coil and the issues with the Gold Monster coils as we need everyone getting on board and letting them know that there are plenty of us that want and need a coil that doesn’t have the bump/touch sensitivity issues and it needs to be super sensitive on tiny gold..

If you send me a message I can give you her personal email so she gets it direct.

 Cheers 

I’ve been talking now with Mars for the past 6 weeks about a coil for the Gold Monster! To start with they weren’t overly interested but I’ve reached out to as many people as I can to contact them about making one for it and have explained the problems with the factory coil and how there’s potentially thousands of people interested in buying one if one was produced, they hadn’t even seen the Gold Monster at that stage but now due to other’s contacting them as well I spoke again with her last week and they have gone out and brought a Gold Monster now to see if it’s possible to make one for it so that in itself was promising especially when they’ve gone to that effort as she said they had to buy it from Russia as it wasn’t available in there country!.

So I’d suggest others to also contact Mars to really push the fact that there’s plenty of others out there wanting a coil due to the bump/touch sensitivity issues with the stock one. As I said to her who ever makes one will have the Gold Monster Coil market all to themselves. So everyone need to send them an email!!, as everyone else I contacted gave me a flat out no they weren’t interested in making one for it.

Cheers

That speci in the scoop look Awesome!.

But I’m guessing myself as well as others want to know if this detector can find that tiny gold that a lot of the higher frequency detectors can find?,

And what makes this new detector from Whites stand out , different or a lot better improvements wise compared to the GMT or other White’s detector’s as let’s face it it’s been a fair while since they’ve released a VLF Gold orientated Detector.

I guess with the talk that there might have been a dual frequency type detector that they might have been releasing some of us have had high hopes of a detector that might be a game changer like the Minelab Equinox has been hailed as.

Please keep us all updated with your finds and thoughts.

So what’s it like on small gold around.05 and smaller?.

That’s the true test of its abilities and what depth are you getting them at?.

Cheers

Hi Everyone just wondering about Gold Nugget Settings?.

I haven’t seen or heard  much about Settings for hunting small nuggets and also hunting them in highly mineralised soils?.

Very interested to see how it’s going to compare against the Gold Monster, as it’s very sensitive on very Tiny bits.

So if anyone’s been having some great success with it I’d love it if you could please share some settings and tips.

Thanks Everyone for your time and help it’s greatly appreciated!!.

 Cheers All

Hi Trent

The Monster will certainly pick up tiny tiny bits in rock!, if your on Facebook check out the Minelab Gold Monster groups there’s to guys in particular that post a lot and are absolutely smashing it and one of the guys mostly hunts quarts.

His YouTube channel is  LDC Gold   Check it out and you’ll see what I’m talking about plenty of videos just on the Monster.

 Cheers 

I’ve currently got the  Back Beat Fit  but I’m having trouble getting them to connect. 

I’ll keep trying I guess, the detector itself doesn’t have to be on only the Bluetooth module and headphones/ Bluetooth earbuds correct?

Cheers

44 minutes ago, Dukester said:

Yes, you can use other Bluetooth headphone or earbuds, but standard Bluetooth headphones have a time lag, so you will want to look for ones with APTX LL or ATPX. For the best performance with the Equinox you want Bluetooth with APT-X LL (Low Latency). The next best performance is Bluetooth with APT-X. There are several headphones with APTX LL, but earbuds with APTX LL are harder to find and more costly. For my 600, I got a pair of TROND TD-BH01 they are APTX LL and seem to work well. I'm have a pair of APTX earbuds coming today that I got to use in wet conditions as they are waterproof to 1 meter. 

Hi Dukester

So do I just go through the exact same process to pair them as the Minelab one’s? As I have a good quality set to use but I wasn’t sure if the pairing process was the same.

Cheers

Tsunamiscott

What a fantastic idea mate and a very generous gesture!.

Wish The were in the Australian Clad but not to worry.

Best of luck swinging and hope you find something great!!

Hi All

I was just wondering if there’s a way to use other Wireless Bluetooth headphones/ Earbuds instead of the one’s that came with the detector?.

Just asking as my ears can get quite sweaty with the over ear headphones on during summer months and it’d be great if I could use another option. 

As I’m sure many others I’m guessing would be in the same vote as myself.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

On 27/03/2018 at 6:00 PM, kiwijw said:

Dead bloody right....Not a truer word spoken. Amen.....

From my experience with VLF gold dedicated detectors that I own & use, being the Whites GMT & 48 khZ with the 10 x 5 coil, Gold Bug 2 at 71 khZ with the little 6 x 3.5 sniper coil  & the Minelab Gold Monster at 45 khZ with a 5" & 10 x 6 coil.

All being high frequency detectors, is that they will all find very tiny gold. Way smaller than a small picker. What do you call a small picker & what do you call deep? The reality is that the high frequency machines are limited in depth but deadly on small/tiny gold on or close to the surface. Size of coil & frequency have there trade offs. Small coils & high frequency deadly on small/tiny shallow gold but losing depth & punch quickly, unless the gold is a LOT bigger. VLF detectors getting better depth in the 19 khZ or thereabouts range on gold bigger than the higher frequency machines will miss but they will miss the small tiny gold that the high frequency machines do get.  Thats the frequency trade off. I find it hard to split the GB2 & the Gold Monster for the tiny shallow gold. I would give the GM the nod on slightly bigger deeper bits due to the 10 x 6 coil & its deeper punch into the ground due solely to it larger size than the GB2's 6 x 3.5 coil. Both the GM's coils find equally tiny gold but the 5" just allows you to get into tighter spots than the 10 x 6 & the 10 x 6 gives you a bigger sweep cover in more open ground.

Here are some examples of shallow gold found with the Gold monster & the 5" coil.

Shallow ground

Tiny gold

 

 

 

Then there is the 10 x 6 coil on the Gold monster.

 

Tiny Tiny gold

 

 

 

The Whites GMT

The Gold Bug 2

 

The little 6 x 3.5 coil just ideal for getting into these tight spaces.

 

Tiny gold

Then Minelab have thrown a cat among the pigeons with the Equinox 800. In gold mode it runs 20 khZ or 40 khZ or both at the same time simultaneously in Multi IQ. This too is proving quite deadly on small/ tiny gold. Especially in the Multi IQ setting. What is more staggering about this machine on gold is that the 11" DD coil is not that ideal for gold prospecting due to its size & that it is an open web design which lends itself to get caught up on rocks, twigs etc when trying to hug the ground. Its size & shape not being ideal for getting into tighter places or for rough, rocky uneven terrain where you can't get the sweet spot of the DD coil windings on the ground closest to the gold. But in open ground it is deadly.

 

 

 

 

 

The GB2, Gold Monster with 10 x 6 coil & the EQ 800 all hit on this tiny bit of gold caught up in very shallow bedrock.

If you left click on the above photo & let it focus, then left click again it will go full screen & you will see the gold in the scoop.

None of the above gold was any deeper than 3" with a lot of it being a lot less. It is small/tiny gold & not many I would call pickers.

Hope this is of some help.

Good luck out there

JW 

Hi JW

Some nice small gold there mate I’m guessing by how small it is the GM and GB2 got the majority of that!  So did the Equinox get any at all or was the Equinox just there for good looks lol.

With the 6 inch coil on the Equinox it should find some smaller gold I’m guessing and will be very interesting to see the difference between the GM and the Equinox.

Anyway nice hunting look forward to your future posts and finds.

Cheers

Hi All

I’m in an area that’s got some pretty sandy ground and some of the coins especially the copper coins are pretty much unrecognisable and even the slivers are very badly stained with a blackish look to them.

So I’m just wondering what seems to work the best to bring them back to life so they resemble what they should look like?, I don’t expect them to look fantastic due to how bad there condition is in now but it’d be great to at least be able to recognise what they are.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

16 hours ago, nolan_dusty said:

Is falsing still a problem on the Gold Monster? Reason I ask I'm currently in the market for a detector Im looking at a GB2 mainly but I think I might get a Monster later down the road to add to the assortment of gold detectors. I have read many posts on various pages and forums saying that the coil falses a lot when brushed against something which could be a problem for me. I currently hunt in really thick sage brush an I really dont want the detector going off all the time in the brush that is one reason I plan on picking up the GB2 first because I heard its stays really stable and you can put the coil to the dirt. Has the Monster been updated  since its release? do they plan on updating anything on the Monster like headphone jacks or keeping the sensitivity under control to reduce falsing?

Hi Dusty

It depends if your talking about User Error or an actual issue with the detector itself?  which I’m guessing your talking about.

Nothing in life is perfect and sometimes things are not as they sound be, and Minelab haven’t had a recall on the machine for this issue, so it obviously not an issue that the majority or a lot of user’s have had.

I unfortunately did have one that had this problem and it was sent back they throughly checked it out and tested it and confirmed there was a problem so they sent me another one, and I have recommended them to others as they are a great detector on tiny gold and obviously bigger stuff.

As mentioned above if you run it’s sensitivity to high as any high frequency VLF machine it’ll false, but if ran correctly for the conditions it’ll be fine and you’ll do well with it. Hope this helps in some way.

Cheers