Aureous

$225 for a 10Ah battery is in no way cheap. At best 4x what its worth. Not in any universe nor planet would I spend more than $50 for that size....'bomb proof' or not. It doesnt do anything that a basic Chinese 10Ah powerbank wouldn't do for our needs. All the extra 'bells n whistles' look like pure wank. But then, Im just a grumpy, pragmatic, lonely old bast%#d lol.

Yeah the video contained all of the BS and wank of a Minelab Ad...which is what made me imagine they were a subsidiary company lol Plus the price of course 😉

If it was half that price, I might be tempted. Not a subsidiary of Minelab are they? 😉

There is a large variation in coil resistance between bundle and flat-wound coils. I'm guessing that this is what is being adjusted for via calibration.

Could be many factors that lead to it being undeveloped. Bruce knows his stuff but who knows? I have my doubts that Woody is onto something but time will tell....

You're not the only one to think this Simon. When my 6000 was sent in for the speaker audio fix, I asked the technician if I could later on, get an external screen grounded internally. He said the screen 'Is checked for connection' and functionality and an external one seemed unnecessary to him. So it may be a rather common fault. Mine was also better with EMI afterwards.

Ive been detecting so long to remember the same concept being trialed and even built by several elec engineers. Compass Electronics even made a commercial system called the 'Depth Doubler' which was only a few hundred bucks back in the 90's. The use of a GPS lock to sync the position of the receive coil onto the location is the only thing that Woody can actually patent I think...everything else is already public domain. The concept is sound in theory AND practice, but lots of hurdles to overcome, mostly to do with the receive end I suspect. Perhaps the GPS lock is whats needed. It may have merit, but don't hold your breath waiting...., its Woody after all 😉

Coz the other Roo is called Chuck.... all our new coins got him on it....weird ear and all 😉

If its from the Perth mint, its only 98% gold. The other 1.99% is in someone's bank balance....

Unless she asks nicely..... 😉

I saw comments elsewhere that mentioned he got a positive signal the whole way down. Bit of a warble here and there but no reverse signal at all! Usually anything bigger and thicker than 1 gram will provide a reverse signal on the 6000. From here on, I'm not going to ignore any deep positive signals lol

This one will put a smile on ya dial....biggest piece Lee has ever found Savage Prospecting Click to 7.30 to get the best bit 😉

Yes I remember that with 'fondness' lol. Glad to hear the E1500 has that issue totally and sensibly alleviated.

The lack of tracking is what killed the QED to a large degree. From what Ive heard, the E1500 is far less dependent on accurate GB and somewhat self-tolerates moderate ground changes. Id need to handle one myself to see how factual that is though...

Watch sales of used and new SDC2300's fall dramatically now....and possibly 6000's too. Not everyone will like the E1500 as an alternative coz the 2300 and 6000 are almost 'automatic' and easy to learn for beginners. But a significant number of buyers are now gonna look at the E1500 as a 1st option now. I think ML left the price gap open out of disinterest, rather than intention. The gap between the GM1000 and the 2300 is very wide!

Coz.....China. 'nuff said 😉

I think you're spot on, I was thinking exactly the same....

Absolutely, its lack of adaptability sucks. For sure, an unknown amount of gold is left in the dirt because of it....

Yeah, I get ya. Absolutely zero doubt that a HF VLF detector will find more tiny gold than ANY pulse induction machine ever could. I don't know of anyone who's found more individual pieces of gold with a HF VLF in the past 20 years than me....its gotta be more than 10,000 bits all told....easy. So Ive done the 'hard yards' learning and using those types of detectors... If the mineralization is low and the gold is shallow'ish, then the likes of the 24K, Gold Bug 2, Gold Kruzer (and I 'spose even the monster) will be unbeatable. Its when the ground minerals kick in that the PI's create a whole new 'ball game'. As you say, its gonna be very interesting to see what the E1500 can do. Certainly it has a similar level of sensitivity to the 6000 and the price point will make it very attractive to those who cannot afford Minelab's insane pricing. We just need a couple more weeks for info to trickle back from the field. @phrunt has started the ball rolling 🙂

The 6000 already does this....Ive gotten gold where 40+ bits to the gram is the norm. Most don't weigh either. Last year I re-tried a spot I'd detected back in the 90's and found that someone had heavily raked it.... using the 6000 with a 10x5 Goldhawk coil I got almost 200 bits there for just over 6 grams. Only 3 of them were over .1gm.

Same for me, I often have a ratio of 30:1 shotgun pellets to gold using the 6000. Plenty of un-detected deep gold around, its just that we don't have any new detectors capable of hearing it. I am soon getting a legacy Minelab PI (maybe SD2200D) and modding it for use with big coils. Beats a 7000 by a noticeable margin so should be interesting....

I'll point my fan North tomorrow, keep our damn Aussie heat away from our Kiwi Cousins for at least a day or two so Simon can get the testing done....its the least I can do 😉

YES! Try it on a flogged patch and see what it finds that the other detectors cant hear. Fingers and toes crossed....🤞

....might have been 2 or 3....Actually, thinking about it, I dont actually recall digging the signal up either...could have been 5 or 6 😉

Everyone uses just 3 types, ABS, PET and PC. PET is the worst wearing (recycled ice-cream containers 🙄) like Minelab decided to use with their 6000 coils. ABS is commonly used but skid plates are now more often made with PC (polycarb) for longer lasting use. The 'heavy duty' Nuggetfinder skid plates are thicker polycarb and last 3x the time that ABS does to my mind.