"I'd imagine the scd2300 will be a hot unit on small gold, probably on par with the 5000, shame about the fixed mono coil"
Is what i was told by a guy who got to play with one in Western Australia at a Minelab metal detector demo day over the weekend, run by Gold Search Australia.. I've got an F3, it was built for a purpose, as is the sdc2300 patch hunting small gold. I think It'll be a great one for detecting creeks/streams.. can't see it being worth 4k asking price.