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  1. I have had the Manticore for 15 months now - comparing it to the Equinox 800 it is a far better beach machine finding targets much deeper and less prone to EMI interference. In benign soil where you can crank up the sensitivity again you can find more with the Manticore if the targets are deep. Its more than paid for itself in finds so I am very happy with it.
  2. Yep - if it doesn't show up in auto correction these days errors have a good chance of getting published.
  3. I think they are referring to gold detectors - quote below from the same patent The fit-for-purpose high-end commercial "gold" metal detector industry has changed very considerably since its rudimentary introductions in approximately the 1970s, and this progress continues unabated. The electronics, signal processing, algorithms and accuracy of these high-end products have become considerably more complex and demanding. As a result, the R&D investment and design skills are orders of magnitude higher now than they were a few decades ago. It is imperative at this time of writing, that for a fit-for-purpose high-end commercial gold metal detector to be successful at detecting as yet unfound gold nuggets in magnetic soils in know goldfields, it must be capable of highly accurate log uniform and log-linear distributed VRM ground-balancing, to cope with highly magnetic soils, and have yet further innovative improvements beyond the previous generation of state-of-the-art products.
  4. Maybe the next gold detector from Minelab will not be able detect deeper but will be able to more clearly identify and amplify the faint signals that we miss - refer to a Bruce Candy / Minelab recently approved Australian patent 2023202011. The abstract of the patent reads - A method for detecting a target using a metal detector by producing at least two different modulated audio tones, by modulating a first audio tone with a first stereo audio modulator signal and modulating a second audio tone with a second stereo audio modulator signal; and applying at least the first audio tone to a left side of an audio stereo target indicator indicative of the target, and applying at least the second audio tone to a right side of the audio stereo target indicator; wherein the modulating of the first audio tone and modulating of the second audio tone, comprises one or more of the following; a modulation of a volume of a tone, a modulation of a pitch of a tone, a modulation of relative harmonics ratios of a tone, a modulation of a chord richness of a tone. I have never thought about this before but i am assuming that the current signals we hear from detectors are in mono - the same sound in left and right of the headphones. Having stereo signals may give the engineers more scope to amplify the signals we want to hear.
  5. A non compete clause is usually for a set period of time and that he is out of contract now.
  6. Just remember to add the price of coil, battery & headphones - still a good price , especially if you already have these items in your kit.
  7. There would be a few interesting discussions happening at Minelab at the moment.
  8. Forgot to mention runs on Minelab SD,GP, GPX coils. Cheap - light weight - pulse induction. Its ticking some boxes - just need to know how good it is in the real world.
  9. New kid on the block - AlgoForce E1500 pulse induction detector just released. Selling for $2275 AUD (without coils and battery). Looks like a new company AlgoForce Pty Ltd based in Adelaide, South Australia (go the crows)- if it works as claimed could shake up the market a bit. Check out their website for specs etc. Does anyone have more information than what is on their website?
  10. Have not yet come across a customer who likes a price rise - but when you have inflation running at between 5 and 8 percent for the last 2 years that increase your business running costs you have three options. Accept a lower profit result because of a reduction in margins due to input cost increases (leads to lower share price & increase in financing costs), raise prices (short term adverse effect on demand) or cut costs (R&D on the chopping block?). The large price increase in the high end gold machines is interesting - i wonder if they are getting the market ready for a new whiz bang $15k AUD gold machine that does everything you have dreamed of ?
  11. Agree with Steve - i have had the Manticore for 8 months now and have learnt to back sensitivity off so it runs smoother. I have my best results by doing this & the trade off in depth is negligible. With the 6000 i have just come back from 6 days detecting at Tibooburra using the Nuggetfinder 12 x 7 coil - it certainly quietens the machine significantly and comparing it to the 11 inch found a lot more gold. Very happy with the new coil.
  12. Their ex works cost out of Malaysia would be in US$ and they would ship to centralised warehouses around the globe - they would not ship to Australia then to the US - you would be just adding significant cost to the product with no added benefit - they would ship direct from Malaysia to US. Because they buy in US$ there would not be any exchange rate variation when selling into the US market - the exchange rate would only have an effect if Minelab wanted to convert money in their US$ account to Aussie $.
  13. Different pricing story in Australia - Axiom retails for $7385 AUD and the GPX6000 retails for $8000 AUD - so the GPX6000 is only $600 AUD ($360 US) more - not a very significant $2000 US difference. I am guessing that Minelab set the GPX6000 US price first in 2021 at $6000 US , then used the exchange rate at the time ($0.75) to arrive at the Australian price of $8000 AUD. So the big question for Minelab is do they change the price in the US to get closer to the Axiom? If you take the Australian price of $8000 AUD and covert to US (using current AUD $0.60 exchange rate) you get a price of $4800 US - still $800 US more but a big reduction on the current $2000 US price difference. This would generate more sales but would the increase unit sales volume generate more gross margin dollars than they are currently making ? - that is what Minelab would be pondering. They would also have to take into account other Minelab gold machines (how they compare price wise) & any new products on the planning board.
  14. Google below for more information on Iron Oxide Concretions. ozgeotours.yolasite.com/resources/concretion.pdf
  15. Could be a Iron Oxide Concretion - they can give that layered effect.
  16. Personally i am glad Minelab did not wait to have all their ducks in a row with regards to coil availability before releasing the Manticore otherwise i would have missed out on the Australian summer and finding quite a few nice beach finds (lots more than i was finding with the Nox800). Myself i wait for the dust to settle before diving into new size coils from Minelab and other coil manufactures - just not a priority for me.
  17. Used my Schonstedt in Gusap, Ramu Valley , Papua New Guinea on world war 2 USA / Australian air fields. Had to get a back hoe digger in on one target - proved to be a dump of parts from US trucks and not the jeep rumored to be buried around that area. Just proved how deep the Schonstedt could go on large ferris targets. The guy with the white t shirt is holding the Schonstedt.
  18. Yes - they could be well detected areas but a 40e area that you pick could also been well detected. I think the club has group trips to some their leases as well as you having permission to go there as an individual. Just a thought that it may be a good intro to West gold prospecting if you have not been there before.
  19. Hi Ethan, A few years back you could see their leases on their Facebook page (but not now). The club is based in Coolgardie but i can remember they had a lease in between Leonora and Laverton. Best bet is to email them at littleripper.sec@gmail.com. for up to date information. I have no experience with this club or have heard from anyone that has been a member - but it could be a option if you are a first timer going to the West and dont know the lay of the land.
  20. Any views on Little Ripper Gold Inc. - when you become a member you get access to the clubs leases.
  21. Well that explains why Coiltek does not sell to distributors who do not have a retail outlet - they will be offering direct sales themselves. Just did a quick check on the Goldhawk 10 x 5" - Coiltek sell for $579 AUD + $35 AUD flat rate shipping, the local distributor in Adelaide sells for the same price of $579 AUD but has free shipping so i am not too sure how many sales Coiltek will pick up locally in Australia. Maybe not set up for the Australian market.
  22. I think there is a few factors at play for high cost pf PI machines - As mentioned very high development costs over many years - Tooling costs - I would guess there is a smaller market for gold detectors - just by looking at the metal detecting club i am in - less than half of members have a PI machine while all have a VLF therefore you have less per unit sales to amortise your fixed costs of R&D and tooling. - being smaller production runs production costs are higher - Marketing - you are not selling a PI detector - you are selling the dream of finding untold wealth - there is a price for dreams. At the end of the day there is that sweet price point where a company maximises profit by not significantly affecting demand by having too higher price - and the above other factors just fall into line so you do not end up with cost plus pricing. Oh - nearly forgot competition - always good to keep prices lower.
  23. Hi Norvic - the picture i used was from a Aust. Govt. Dept. web site so i am pretty confident its accurate - its interesting how the West to East distance is just about the same for both USA and Aust - both are a B....y long way.
  24. I think Norvic's picture of USA /Australia land mass comparison has the USA size adjusted to account for Alaska. If you take out Alaska and Hawaii this picture gives you a better idea of the relative sizes. So the lower 48 states are still larger at 3,120k squ miles while Australia is 2,941k squ miles.
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