Gold Catcher

It sure sounds like that coil design and coil technology is intimately linked to the detector's performance. Hard to imagine that after market options for coils still will play any role or are intended. The 5000 might be last of it's kind with respect to coil options, and perhaps therefore still remaining in the ML fleet for those who care.

Same for me. That being said, the SDC is like a body part of mine by now and I would never give it up!!

I think we heard enough to say that this will be another outstanding ML machine. The apparent easy of use, weight reduction and coil control options per push button (!!) makes this a value proposition. We shall see if the GEO-PI would challenge ZVT performance in situations where the GPZ really shines, but I don't think this is the intended point at all. Rather, a modern high performance detector with an interesting new Geo-PI technology that fits nicely in between SDC and GPZ. I can't wait to have one.

Yeah, all what it would take is someone stopping by and make a video clip of it! Would win the find of the month!

Debbie said she is there until 3 pm today, just in case anybody wants to stop by.

JP knows for sure, but he won't tell 😇

I don't know, that's all I heard. But who knows if he got it right. So much speculation still. And why would they make two versions?

He better be. Don't want to pay for two new detectors now 😬

Well said Steve, coming from one of the worlds experts. Your words weigh heavy and I agree 100%. But one thing they are for sure to blame: they made a lot of gold disapear from the grounds 😉

But that the 14 DD can be controlled via button push to do different things is stunning. It also tells me that this will likely not be compatible with any other aftermarket coil.

Apparently, the Middle East and Africa machine is also slightly different than the regular one. I find this hard to believe. We shall see.

A buddy of mine was there. Said it’s an absolutely amazing machine. Comes with 11 in Mono and 14 in DD. But Middle East package has 17 in, not 14. The 14 DD can be controlled with a button from the control box for different functions!! EMI cancelling, ground cancelling etc.

No, just the 6000. There is no 7500. Just asked her.

Lol I don't think there is gold in Chicago, unless you go to the Cartier store. Debbie is the BD director for ML in North America. She travels all the time.

Just texted her. Yes it is Debbie from minelab.

Was is Debbie?

Damn, just been there 2 weeks ago

Or perhaps Rhyolite....

Beautiful granite boulders. Gold if present can be small/fine due to the crushing forces of the granite. At least that has been my experience in granite rich areas.

I clicked on it earlier but it was just general info and "coming soon". No order list.

That's cheating (just kidding 😉). I like the idea and others have done that too. I find it cumbersome though to drag the GM around with all the other stuff I already have.

Thanks. Perhaps a good topic for a separate thread, I think there were already several on this issue. Coming back to this topic, I am curious to know how the 6000 will behave in this regard 😁

Changing to manual GB is the best way but also time consuming when you then switch back to semi-auto GB (or auto if you prefer), but sometimes just avoiding to swing the coil too often over the faint target and pumping the coil a few times away from the target (but don't press the quick track button while pumping) can often help too. Once the target response is stronger, this problem should not arise anymore. These are just my experiences on it

You could have tracked it out. One way to mitigate that is to switch to manual ground balancing before beginning the recovery

For this exact reason I am already standing in the 6000 waiting line 😁 I am eager to find out myself and learn from others where the new niche will be that is beyond reach of previous machines, including GPZ. But even without such advantage, just the fact that it is so light weight with modern technology is reason enough for greatness.