Erik Oostra

3D model reveals scale of sand swallowed in cyclone https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/drone-maps-reveal-scale-of-sand-swallowed-in-cyclone/105053372

Maybe give this device a go.. or read Steve's post above..

The following is based on my subjective observations.. I have always been in awe of some of my old timer mates' uncanny abilities to pick out gold using the high/low or low/high tones on their GPXs.. This was always beyond me.. When showing me how to use my first PI detector (a GPX 5000), they were forever frustrated at my inability to hear what gold sounds like in the ground.. "How can you not hear that?" was a frequent question.. Then I bought an AlgoForce E1500.. At first they laughed at a PI detector with a target ID, it was never gonna work.. But soon we were comparing all sorts of targets, even taking bets (payable in beers) as to what was what.. They were amazed by the very accurate '00' target ID for lead pellets.. Now I refuse to go with them, I'll only end up being the 'confirm the target dude'.. But none of this is really important to what I'm trying to say.. Here's a bunch of GPX users (both the 5000 and 6000) no longer trusting their ears and needing me to confirm something that not so long ago they would've figured out without thinking.. Do they no longer trust their own judgement? Or is it always nice to have confirmation on those iffy tone signals, especially small lead pellets versus same-sized gold? I'm guessing it's the later, only because they'd never admit to the first.. 😁

From the manual:

Here's another mob that makes covers for the AlgoForce E1500.. https://www.ebay.com.au/str/doubledleather?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211

I sell all my gold and silver scraps to an island buyer.. He's the middleman between a refinery down south.. So far he's been very fair, always within $200 of what the market is telling me.. Not sure how much he makes out the deal but he does have a lot of people selling him scrap and I'm sure he only sells when gold prices are high.. Another way to sell gold and silver jewellery is at your local markets.. I've got a lady selling second hand jewellery from a market stall.. She sells all the gold-plated and fake stone stuff the gold buyer won't touch.. It's not a great source of income but it sometimes surprises me the amount of money she can get for crappy looking jewellery.. We go 50/50 on the profits..

My first cable adapter pulled off at the female end.. Now I'm using the right angle without a cable..

The AlgoForce and Equinox 800 are now my main detectors.. Noxy is just hanging in there as my favourite beach detector, but not by much.. Algo with its very accurate target ID has become my go to detector for the dry stuff, Noxy for the wading.. My PulseDive covers the deeper wet stuff.. I'm not a relic dude but the Algo has opened my eyes to the possibility of truly deep silver coins.. I've found 4 three-pence, 3 six-pence and 2 shillings which the Noxy with a 18'' coil just pinged on once (and only from one direction).. In each case the Algo screamed on them.. The target ID was always constant whilst digging them out with the Algo but it jumped a bit on the Noxy until the coil was a bit closer over the target.. These coins were between 30 to 50 centimetres deep in salty sandy soil.. This is comparing the 18'' Coiltek against the Evo 14x9'' mono coil using the 'Mild' soil type setting on the Algo.. My GPX 5000 with an Evo 14x9'' coil missed these targets (or perhaps more likely, it was the inexperienced user). The 'Beach' soil type setting on the Algo is also very stable on both dry and wet salty sand, and I'm finding stuff under a thick layer of black sand missed by Noxy with both its 15x12'' and 14x9'' coils.. In the goldfields the Algo's been a load of laughs, we're jelling.. Just for the sheer amount of coils available between my Algo and Noxy, I'm more than covering all my needs.. So far my favourite coil for Algo is the Detech 11x6'' mono coil.. It's the most stable, especially on hot patches of ground where even my mate's GPX 6000 with a Coiltek 10x5'' coil was having all sort of dramas.. With the little Detech in these spots I can still get away in 'Ultra-Fine' whereas I have to use 'Fine' using the Evo 14x9'' and Elite 9'' coils.. I'm also finding the little Detech has an edge on the 8x6'' Sadie MK2 as it can run it on higher sensitivities.. Using the Sadie on hotter ground I've got it wound down to anywhere between 14 and 16, whereas the Detech 11x6'' happily hums away on 17 to 20.. I know that one is spiral wound and the other isn't but I'm hoping the sensitivity increase will finally help me find that tiny piece of gold all others have missed.. Whatever the case, for most of my gold hunting the little Detech is top dog so far.. I can still poke it into the same places I can get into with the Sadie (both the toe and heel are very sensitive) and I probably have more depth when sweeping over moderate to hot ground.. Not that any of the above is doing me any good as far as finding gold with my Algo is concerned.. So far I've been the 'confirm the target' dude for a bunch of GPX users (both the 5000 and 6000).. Although they keep crowing on about their superior technology, it's amazing the amount of times I get called over to ID their lead pellets.. Also amazing is the fact that these old timers are more than willing to accept a '00' target ID on the Algo as a lead pellet and not dig the thing! I've found a few times that when hitting a '00' target from another direction gives you a different number.. But so far it has always turned out a lead pellet, just flattened or a weird shape.. Still, I know compared to both these GPXs, my Algo can hold its own.. Although none of the gold my Algo identified for these GPXs was really deep (the deepest was around 20 centimetres), they were all small pieces below 0.5 grams.. My mates are telling me to stay on their patches if I want to find gold as I keep wondering off to look for my own.. They don't understand how much fun Algo and I are having.. I've given it 6 months to write a review on the Algo as I've been bitten before when describing my experiences with the latest and greatest magic wand.. This time around it's a completely different thing.. Algo really is pure voodoo.. It really is different and better.. It's the 'manual everything' I like best on this detector, there's no 'Auto' anything making the decisions for me.. Even so, to use it is simplicity itself.. Algo has taught me more about pulse induction detection than any human ever could, even Steve (sorry Steve).. Algo and I are having a blast in some truly beautiful country comparing the ground phase readings I'd previously recorded with my GM 24K around some old gold diggings to what Algo's telling me now.. They show the same ground shift in the same places with both detectors! I know this stuff is small fry to what most of you already know, but for me to finally have a PI detector with whom I get along (yet alone one that's giving me very accurate target IDs that match any VLF detector) is a kind of happiness not easily described.. Algo goes all out to tell you what you're looking at and then challenges you to have a go at digging.. Its target ID is more accurate than Noxy and the Deus 2 in telling me what's what, especially on weird shaped targets.. My good stuff versus crap ratio is better than with any of my VLF detectors, especially when identifying small gold versus lead shot.. My only complaint about the Algo is its speakers, they're absolute crap.. Even my most-abled hearing mates find it hard to hear them, especially amongst background noise like strong wind.. I've devolved from a low latency bluetooth setup to all wired again.. I've got a right-angle 3.5mm male to a 6.5mm female adaptor together with a pair of RPG headphones (and the old Fisher stereo headphones) as they've got volume adjustment for each ear.. To stop the plug from pulling out I've knotted the headphone's cable around the shaft.. I've just noticed on the latest E1500 version the 3.5mm port is now along the shaft.. Why doesn't AlgoForce use the normal 6.5mm connection used with most wired prospecting headphones? I was saving the above for Caleb, he just missed out on getting an E1500 when he was in Australia.. He was keen to know how it performed in the wild..

A great article on the search for Lasseter's gold reef in central Australia.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/search-continues-for-lasseters-gold-reef-central-australia-nt/104737976

I've got these for my Equinox.. to go with the WM08.. Works great!

I found them on eBay.. The seller is in Queensland, Australia.. 3-day delivery.. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/254839836916 and here's a US dealer.. https://carismedic.com

For sure!

It also comes with 6 spare batteries, four different sized ear plugs, and a 20% discount voucher for your next purchase.. Win/win/win.. Battery size is 13.. There's no left ear/right ear, both snuggly fit each ear.. This gives you two tiny, super light weight spare parts for when your clever Bluetooth headphones invariably poo themselves or the wired ones get caught up in the shrubbery once too often.. I'm not trying to flog these things, just providing another alternative for those situations where you find yourself reliant on your dodgy speakers.. I've also tried different external booster and amplifier speakers to get around not being able to hear the detector's speaker properly.. But none of them are no where near as good as these hearing aids.. I don't really care where they're made (or what the brand is) as long as they do the job.. 🦻

Please understand that this post is not some advertisement. It's about my experiences with different hearing aids so I can hear the speakers on my detectors, especially the Algoforce.. It's too hot and humid up here at the moment to be wearing headphones, they flood with sweat.. So it's back to hearing aids and using speakers.. I've tried many different brands, most of them expensive ones.. I'm lucky in one way that my whole family are a bunch of deafos so there's always an other pair to try out.. For various reasons none of them were ever just right.. Some were not robust enough or would corrode inside.. Others would constantly hone in on every other sound but the speaker.. But the worst were the ones that couldn't distinguish different tones.. All this changed when I thought 'stuff this BS' and bought myself a $50 pair of hearing aids from China. They don't have any Bluetooth connection, they won't work with your phone, and they need batteries instead of a recharging pod.. They're made for the masses.. But.. It features an on/off switch and a volume dial.. It's got a braided wire tube instead of a plastic one.. It's rugged as all hell.. And best of all, it's LOUD and I can clearly distinguish the tones.. I wear it with the volume down low on the speaker side of my body, in my case the right ear.. So my left ear is deaf as normal and I can concentrate on what the detector is telling me.. I've been wearing them for a few months now, and it's so far so good.. Not bad for a Chinese cheapy..

Algoforce will love this! 😬