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Best detector stand Ive ever used is the Nokta Impact one. I think its still available as an accessory. Ive used it on every detector Ive owned for the past 5 years. Folds up and keep the detector 'high and dry'. Not wide enough to clip me on the hip either when its deployed. Its going on the GM2000 when I get it too....it needs it!

'Public land' here in Vic is indeed a treasure....nowhere else on the planet is so much gold bearing land 'open' to prospecting. But our Govt here is openly trying to restrict this, reclassify it and deny access, on-going for decades now. Its a constant fight and thankfully, we have the PMAV to do the fighting for us.... but the ownership of freehold land with gold diggings on them is a totally different matter. To use machinery and processing equipment, you must have a mining lease granted and this is a long and costly experience. Even when you own the land, you must have a lease, otherwise you'll be prosecuted for 'illegal mining'. The rehabilitation bond and application & lease fees add up to a large roll of $$. Buy land that is all pasture and no trees, have a big bank balance and lots of patience. The old saying is "want to make a small fortune out of gold mining???....start with a big fortune"

Yes, in a couple Paleo-channels, the wash dirt was astounding with some claims yielding tonnes of gold for a very small area worked. Bulk grades in many areas surpass 5 gram per tonne with 100's of millions of tonnes of alluvial gravels completely unprocessed. The Berry system near Creswick has huge amounts of 'low grade' gold even after its been mined. A robotic system needs to be engineered to extract the gravels I think, but the development costs of such a system would be a major investment.

Ive gotta thank @Steve Herschbach for suggesting this wonderful device via another discussion thread! Small, cheap, fast and surprising! Ive liked and used Avantree's Audikast system for years now and although it works great, its 3x the size of this little wonder! The only downside is that the input cable is very short and just dangles there so I tacked on some velcro and attached it to the underside of the e1500 at an angle. The buttons are all accessible and doesnt get in the way of the coil cable. Not pretty but functional. The transmission speed is indeed 'Low latency' which is precisely what everyone should expect. It runs perfectly with the Soundblaster V2's and the Nokta BT headsets. If you need something small, cheap and fast, look no further.

There are many millions of ounces of gold in buried, never mined Paleo-channels in central Victoria. But no current mining method exists to extract it economically and safely. Once some smart boffin works that problem out, the mining companies that leased that ground will become major players...

That all sounds quite logical and no problem to make A/M coils for it. If anything, it sounds like/looks like Garrett made things slightly more complicated than it needs to be. Or, it could be that the 'hot spot' winding design makes the micro board screen-shield distribution necessary. Me and the guys are keen to look into it later this year.

This should go to auction. It will fetch at least 20% higher than spot price. Wonderful size and shape!

Like I thought, a frequency lock chip I suspect. Or maybe a parameter acceptance board. The guys will just have to rip one open and check the components on it.

The guys at Prospectre Coils have shown an interest in doing so, towards the end of the year I suspect. They've got a lot on their plate currently. Did someone scan an Axiom coil @Chet perhaps? There was some mention of a frequency lock chip embedded? Ive not held an Axiom, does it have the same clunky ATX style connection plug on the coils?

@Steve Herschbach, you are 100% correct, all 3 of the Aussie dealers have been told to take down their Facebook posts promoting the GM2000. They certainly jumped the gun. My local dealer has been swamped with requests to pay deposits (including me) and is down-playing its availability in September. I am wondering if they received the promo pics and cards with a view to posting 'soon' but did it immediately instead, by mistake. Because all 3 I saw were identical. They had that 'Official' look to them....

No argument here Steve, if you look at my original post, I refer to it as a 'Promise' (in caption) to suggest it was inferred via a couple dealers at the conference. I was of course hoping it was true and that ML would directly confirm it. So, no argument at all. Usually when info comes from a direct (supposedly) source, you can rely on it. Like I said....probably the info was lost in translation. But it is definitely a lost opportunity to portray the GM2000 as a value detector. I will be buying one regardless. $100-200 for a LL Bluetooth headphone setup is no big $$ to add anyway. I will look for the promo posts on Facebook this afternoon and see if they are still up.

Jump to 6.10 if you wanna get to the headphones bit. Even this guy saw the info re the wireless headphones from the dealer conference posts. I'll try to find the FB posts a bit later.

Music to my ears. Gone is the 'beep, burp, fart' digital audio of the GM1000. I loves me a VCO hum.....

Gold Rat prospecting supplies has supposedly got the nod to start promoting things here in Oz and he and a few other dealers are now pushing the GM2000 on Facebook quite aggressively. Seems very co-ordinated as they are all repeating the same promo text.

Mohamed AlBayati quoted this in his posts whilst at the dealers conference and it was written several times in promotional texts. Maybe it was a failure in interpretation and then repeated by others? I thought it was great, a real bonus and a value creator for Minelab. But no....