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  1. In the South is where the Muslim terrorists are incl elements of Islamic State. Westerners are discouraged from travelling alone there, esp if you're chasing gold. Luzon might be a better bet for safety. There is gold quite close to Manila, in the hills above Marakina and nobody seems to pay much attention to it, except for a few local kids.
  2. My thoughts exactly......this seems likely. Just dodgy re-copying of text.
  3. My understanding is that 'Ultra Sensing' is their term for the flat-wound coils. Anything that doesnt have that term on the coil is just std bundle wound.
  4. Apologies Reg, yes it could be misconstrued by the unwary 😉 I will edit it 👍
  5. plus also a big whopper that @Reg Wilson found back in the 90's and an american con-artist tried to pass it off as a US one.
  6. Hope whoever buys it, gets an assay to determine its actual country of origin.
  7. Its a massive job. Not only do you have to contend with waterproofing the box, connectors, battery, switches etc plus shortening or building a new stem and cuff setup, but there's also the effect of buoyancy. True underwater detectors are neutrally buoyant with heavy-base epoxy or similar. For the same amount of time and $$ spent, you'd be better off with an Excal II or a Garrett SH II.... or even a Nokta Pulse dive.
  8. A real SMH moment with Dave being the 'host', my understanding was that he was never a prospector anyway, just a quarry owner/earthmover...everything he learned about gold mining was since he joined Gold Rush. The real-deal guy to do this sorta thing would be Freddy Dodge methinks.
  9. No need for anything fancy, just a short length of shock cord tied onto the handle of your scoop and a holster. Ive used this method of scoop retention for over 20 years now... aint lost once since 😉
  10. I think Steve hit the nail right on the head.... aside from the 'Detector tech hitting the wall' question, Minelab, as the world leaders in detector technology, are slowly failing....even if they dont see it. Competition is here with much more to come. The GPZ7000 replacement has been sitting on the bench for a couple years now and without the actual 'hitting the ball outta the park' analogy coming true, then all the small, incremental improvements aint gonna be enough to sway the serious purchaser into ditching their Legacy GPX, 6000 or 7000 machines. As Minelab's own motto goes 'Performance is Everything' and this actual, serious performance increase will be the ONLY thing that keeps ML at the top of the heap. Not only do the serious guys buy a lot of detectors, but their in-field results drive sales. Nothing sells like success....
  11. Plenty of options for future development still.... the square winding style that NF has produced, the options for CC coils on current PI detectors, flat winding etc....PLUS the future options for signal processing in the coil rather than on the PCB (like the Gold Monster does) are possibilities.
  12. Methinks the sales figures for the last quarter must be looking pretty poor for Codan/Minelab. The massive price increase in the face of increased competition strategy apparently doesn't work......whoda thunk it?????
  13. Good to see that the designer is given credit right on the front...eh @Geotech??? 😉
  14. @phrunt Winter is as close as you'll get to an ice age in Queensland, as you probably remember. Nice and dry (usually) and plenty of flies and snakes @Gold Ryder there too....cant have you missing out on all the Aussie fun 😉
  15. You may recognize Palmerville.... its a pay per stay location for prospectors and attracts a lot of detectorists during the Winter. Only Steve Graf is crazy enuff to go in the Summer. But yeah, I get ya....good results like that attract the dickh%#ds who ruin it for everyone else. Was the same in Vic and WA back in the early 80's and mid 90's that resulted in a lotta grief....cut fences, dead livestock, police involvement, punch-ups etc. Gold can certainly bring out the worst in humanity 😞
  16. I thought about it....and decided to wisely spend 139 hours doing something else.... 😉
  17. He somehow knew about 'ex minelab engineers' making something new but didn't have any idea as to when. He was hinting at it for months... actually maybe early last year even. Have to run thru his myriad of videos to find it again lol
  18. One of the boards he showed was related to the ground loop detector field amplifier, but the other one he's more excited about is the variable timing/gain PI unit that he's been working on for years. I think He has finally gotten some engineers to come on board with him to realize the dream. 'Later this year" I think was the inference.... Its the no-brainer concept PI that should have replaced the GPZ7000 if Minelab had hurried up. See who comes out with their 'super detector' first...
  19. Flat wound coils benefit from a vacuum compression after winding....keeps the wire in place (look at the 6000 coils from beneath after removing the coil cover). This is a lot more effort and will require a vacuum forming machine to get it perfect. A minimum gap of 5mm from shield to wire is necessary. As Chet says, 100ohm per sq inch is a great ballpark figure, but can often be higher. Use graphite paint, not nickel spray....although it works, it can get bump sensitive. Litz can be problematic due to the enamel coating...its a bast*rd to remove efficiently to enable soldering. I use a Litz type wire that is not enameled but needs loom compression to lower resistance due to its different insulation thickness. Couple extra minutes of work but reduces the endless swearing & start-overs from a failed enamel removal. If you want the wire specs and where to buy, PM me @Norvic
  20. In major Chinese manufacturer cities (Shenzhen for instance) there are numerous small sub contractors working from tiny facilities, some even as small as a car garage, all vying for a tiny section of any industry. This sort of re-manufacture of a single assembly is right up their alley. Super easy for them and often just a side-business from their usual product. This manufacture concept is extremely common in most Asian economies, as well as India and Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.
  21. I concur Chuck.....the size gold I chase???......ALL. I've had numerous days with over 50 bits found, sometimes just an afternoon only. IT ALL ADDS UP.
  22. My preference is off-road camper. Caravans are top heavy and have more things to go wrong with them. The serious 4x4 caravans are huge $$ whereas the used off-road camper can be bought for $3K or less. Set up is often less than 5 minutes after practice. Quick getaway if rain threatens to isolate you for weeks. Just my preference, others have good experiences with vans....I don't. Tent....forget it, been there, done that...it sucks.
  23. I have deconstructed Coiltek coils from over 20 years ago and their screen is perfectly attached via masking tape. if a quality tape is used, its a terrific and simple way to secure the screen wire....saves $$ and time and does a great job. On the other hand, Ive seen Korean made Commander coils with heat-affected tape already peeling after only a couple years 😞
  24. Wow, OK....this is the info I was missing. I am also a 'coil winder' and have built dozens of SD, GP and GPX coils over the years. So the screen wire is soldered to a dedicated pin on the coil cable plug?...and therefore finally terminated on the PCB? Wonder if the Aliexpress 6000 cable and plug has this wire correctly installed 😒 Im sure you'll let us know lol. Nothing wrong with using tape to secure screen wire onto the coil shield, Ive been using super strong automotive painters masking tape for over a decade. Sometimes when I deconstruct a coil to re-use parts, I see the tape still holding strong. There are graphite pastes available which bond well (prob what the Plexus coil sub-contractors use) but cost a heap more $$ to buy than quality tape.
  25. I dont quite follow you Chet, is the shield wire supposed to be connected the same way as legacy GPX coils and this one was a 'fail' at the factory? Or is the actual method for the screen wire on the 6000 coils totally different?
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