Jim

Hi, Jim;

I think you could safely purchase a used 5000 from some on this forum or the other major forums; Bill Southern's, Rob Allison's or Chris Gohlson's.

You can get references and verify the purchase-if it was made from one one these stores...

Also Chris Porter has some experience with those Blanket detectors (don't know the name)...Chris is the inventor of the HipStick...

The blanket detectors go deep and I think might serve your purpose.

 

good luck

fred

Fred, thank you for the advice.

How would I reach Chris Porter to find out about his experience with deep detectors?

Fred, do you have links to some of the folks you mention who sell or can reference a used GPX5000?

Kindest Regards,

Jim Mitchell

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I want to thank all of you for your responses and your candor.  Yesssssss, I'm just another idiot who's trying to find an easier way to locate the pay streak.

I had no idea about the ability to purchase a used GPX5000 from reputable dealers.

Fred, I'd like to know more about the Hip Stick and other means of deeper detecting.

Anyone hear of a used 5000  -  please give me a shout.

Again, thanks for the good advice.

Kindest Regards,

Jim Mitchell

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Dear LipCa:

Thanks for the observation and your opinion.

Sincerely, Jim

I primarily do placer gold prospecting by working river gravel bars on Northern California's Klamath river and across alluvial fans here in Nevada. I have an old White's XLT Spectrum that's great for coins but is terrible for gold detecting.
 
Does anyone know anything about the Lorenz Deepmax Z1 from Germany? I cannot find any reviews.  This detector was recommended by a popular detector re-saler over a GPX 5000 for my sort of prospecting.  The gravel bars can often run deep and are covered with cobbles and creek run boulders.  Is it realistic to think that one might locate the pay streaks with a deep detector or is that wishful thinking?  Yes, I am shooting for larger specimens.
 
There are a huge variety of hot rocks where I prospect and a variety of mineralization in the desert washes.  Any thoughts or recommendations would be deeply appreciated.
 
An aside, there are so many cheap Chinese copies that one really dare not buy a used GPX 5000.  One cannot tell the fake from the real article over the internet.  Chances are, many people who own a knock-off might not even know with certainty whether it is real Swiss cheese or Chinese.