Norvic

22 minutes ago, Lesgold said:

I may try some polycarbonate in the future to see how it compares

Bunnings sell 0.8mm Polycarbonate in a roll 1.2x1.2m. 0.8mm does sound a bit thin but being PC is tough as nails and outlasts/lighter than factory skidplates that arent made of PC. At that thickness can cut with Wiss snips or similar.

1 hour ago, dig4gold said:

So while I haven't had the "fix" done am I operating on ignorance is bliss & I am actually missing gold? Guess I should check up on my warranty.

Aye one thing you can sure of your missing gold, Irish Pat says, "never leave a patch til ya dug another piece"

15 hours ago, Lesgold said:

Stopped and turned around and saw the unit lying on the ground behind me. If the detector was turned off, I would have lost it. Something to think about……

Yeah did same with clipped on Z speaker but unfortunately didn`t have Z on and walked in about another 6ks before I realised, spent day helping son dig up some weight, fortunately GPS was on and backtracked on way back to camp in arvo, was on ground underneath a low tree branch we had to snick under. 

GC, Auto+ does get a wee rattly but I believe it is the go ie. let the 6K have its head. Working the CT 14x9 patch hunting at present find its a good compromise re. weight/sensitivity/ground coverage. The "dusty" ML 17, am considering an op on it to turn into a Spiral wound for both the Agro and 6K. Same here the 14DD is just gathering dust too. After our flooding wet grass is up around the ears thus mainly linear detecting but next year the drought will likely return in the downunder land of crazy extremes.

Love to have a spiral X coil, but the only spiral wound I`ve tried is the 12" round NF Evo, and a 11" DIY spiral I`m currently trialling, the Evo is magic on the Algo right up there biting on the 6K & Zs heels.

Crikey missed that thread, pissin on ya dream Gerry, Erik Gwave Pty Ltd has ya covered...

Steve seems there is a fair variance between some 6Ks performance, more than detectors before, or is that just because we have the internet broadcasting info... 

Strick no worries, I`d buy another if I thought it`d increase the 6Ks production, this old one owes me naught.

WesD & Dig4 I found the around neck Avantree Torus set on speaker are the go. 

Phrunt since the Zs shoulder speaker I`ve gone off headphones. Health bonus..... no more "tropical" ear since. 

Do you folks run your 6K in auto, manual, difficult, normal? Mostly difficult and Auto+ here, appears to me MLs "Geo Sense" is a definite goer, keen to see ML develop it further. Doubt we`ll see a GPZ 8000 before a 6K replacement, which enjoy a much bigger/popular user base unless ML can cut the copper weight down in DoD coils ie. go lighter maybe Mono coils if possible like the PIs use. Think the days of users swinging anvils on anchor detectors are gone ... ahhhh but they were fun.😉

I've spent a lot of time hunting side by side with a guy both of us using our 6000's.. mine had the speaker up date/fix his did not.....now his does. Do your self a favor...if you have an older 6000 that needs the speaker fix... get it fixed...you trusted minelab enough to buy their machine in the first place why not trust them to fix it...

strick 

Strick I`ve started a new thread to answer you, about ML the company we love to hate or hate to love.

ML like always fix problems with their machines, the 6K speaker problem by MLs definition applies to those who use the speaker, no problem to me don`t use the speaker. The 6K roughly computing has paid for itself every 50 hours of use for the years I`ve had it, which to this slow old codger is 2 weeks slacko detecting, thus as such a very productive detector I adopt the attitude my 6K aint broke.......... the next detector ML brings out has their "Geo Sense" is going to be a ripper.

12 hours ago, mn90403 said:

10" GPZ   🫡

Mighty coil, you`ll enjoy. Wack a spiral wound Mono coil of same weight on the Algo and it`ll compete. Be probably 13/14" round. Just a bit of old fella food for thought.  😉

Ah ha, Mn you came downunder to get an Algo.... love it. Keen to hear how you go with it, I hope you relocated Phrunts 12"X GPX coil into your bag.😉

4 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Glad you are not having issues with yours.  Now lets look into this a little deeper.  You are a seasoned Minelab user and if you are like most of us, you try to run your machines hot to get best results.  So the extra noise vs the extra sensitivity and depth on smaller gold was ok.  I did exactly the same and thought, well that must be how it runs and to put up with the extra noise for the better results = sounds fare.  Heck, I imagine JP also felt that way.

You nailed it Gerry, perhaps ML should get a few newchums also to field test, especially for marketing a very capable turn on and go newchum detector like the 6K. No doubt us old codgers who are so conditioned to noisy detectors, are not the users  detector companies should be targeting.

However here we are in a thread urging ML to bring us a new capable gold detector, what they have consistently and reliably done since their inception last century, bagging them on an old issue that`s been totally flogged to death. 😉

JP pegged it with the 6K, jittery, highly strung etc. exactly how I found it, regardless, it proved to be just like a SDC on steroids. I have found it to be a very productive detector, a brilliant patch finder in my country right out of the box. I did have its 11" coil turn spastic but that was after a few years beating it up against rocks a problem all coils have/will have, nah maybe I was lucky just like the testers, but I look forward to MLs next, but don`t leave it too long to introduce ML or you`ll have to shout me a walking stick.😉

Date of release who knows but what we do know it`ll be a good one.

Many Skunk days even sometimes weeks of them..... the price of chasing virgin patches. I`ll wander back to old patches when it gets toooooo frustrating and confidence wains.

X12"Spiral  7K 

Goldhawk 10x5" 6K 

CT11" SDC

Evo12" E-1500                                                                      

Age Related Me😉

Just enjoy and soak in NZ with your family MN.😉  

Yeah true 3d prints can be pisspoor or they can be 5 star, unfortunately I have not used a Goldseekr Swing Arm if you do get one Jin please gives us a review.

Wow you fellows can display that sort of eye candy any day, spectacular, amazing, magic there just aren`t enough adjectives to do them justice. 

Lovely gold finds from what sounds like a large very prospective area that has little access. Missed this thread in 21, much the same downunder here in my part of the woods, generally speaking it appears gold detecting operators do not make very good impressions on property owners, environmental groups or government officials whether "upover or downunder". As the gold price increased in the past and now, restrictions on our hobby land access will worsen.

I say generally speaking as we are not all "tarred with that brush" but sadly I see no way of avoiding these issues.

Wow that is a spectacular piece of gold. Thank you for sharing Gerry.

That Trick X coil use not to stack on the 10" do you know what it is? Smaller diameter Litz?

5 hours ago, phrunt said:

True, but the 10” X-coil isn’t stacked, they used another trick,

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

Our only good dealer retired and sold his business, we now just have order takers. 

That`s sad but reality of the future. Up here in FNQ we were very fortunate, when our old ML dealer retired a few years back the fellow that took it over from him is a gold prospector and like our original gives top customer service. Of interest perhaps, our old dealer was recognised by ML as the then longest continual dealership of ML products, he started way back before the MLs first GS15000.

For me I`ll stick with my dealer, I just order/pay online and I`ve got the item in my remote location no drama in a few days. He uses and knows gold detectors, stocks the coils etc. that are the go. Good old fashioned reliable service still exists and is highly valued.

49 minutes ago, geof_junk said:

Norvic you did not mention Back, Eyes and Hearing to mention a few. 🥹

Aye, them too GJ for sure. 

35 minutes ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Just imagine a new detector that would provide us the same success we had in the 90s with our SD-2100 or GP-Extreme.  Those days were incredible,  even here in the US. 

I`d be over the moon with todays detector and yesterdays legs😉