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Congratulations Gold Hound, this is what I like to read, because until now I only read complaints, like I said time will show the real potential of this new coil. Cheers

She posted in Australia also, I do not believe is genuine, wrong forum and for my personal opinion wrong metal detector for treasure hunting.

Go ahead Norvic knock your self out. Cheers

Hi Jonathan, thanks for all the advice that you give us and that you have given us in the past, I personally appreciated the answers you gave to my many questions with either the 4500, 5000 to now with GPZ. Unfortunately, and you know better than I modesty does not abound in our country, especially regarding prospecting and metal detecting, the I know everything, even if they are not the majority, unfortunately make a lot of noise and are so full of themselves that, especially on our own forums talk before you put the brain in gear, they remember respect and good manners only when they write in this forum. I hope that because of this minority, all the rest of people including me, that really appreciate the effort and dedication that you put in this activity, don't have to suffer. We have a saying in Italy, Who does not love me does not deserve me, personally I repeated to myself many times. I hope I can still read and learn from your experiences in this field. Cheers Giancarlo

Steve I bought one XPointer and I received today, Is definitly more sensitive than the Garret Pro Pointer, on the box and on the instructions in side the box is written Pulse Technology.Works very well and I am very happy. I tried with a 4.6 gr. Nugget burried at 1,5" and the signal was very loud, the Pro Point at less than 1". Cheers

Updates if there will be any should be free, I hope that they do not make a beautiful and easy to use detector more complicate, this is the reason I ordered one in the first place. If someone like all the features that we had on the 5000, why did they change? Cheers

For what I read looks like that nobody believes in luck, what about 70% ability, knowledge, skill, 20% the machine and 10% luck, you can be as knowledgeable as you want, have the best metal detector but if you don't have at least a bit of luck in your side, you will be keeping researching, upgrading metal detectors and watching others find gold. This is only my opinion. Cheers

I will be very happy with a12"x7", because is the one that I use most with the 5000, I like elliptical coils they fit better under bushes and between rocks.

Thank you for sharing your find, ad, and even more to share the setting, like you said there is a lot to learn and is never too early to start, by the way nice pics. Cheers

Hi JP, another question, you propably are thinking why this person ask so many questions when have to wait another two weeks before he get his new 7000, the answer is simple, I am trying to gather more informations I can, I even print my own copy of the Instructions Manual, now that I have nothing better to do, because when I will get my detector I don't want to lose time reading, I will be too busy detecting. Now the question, there is much difference using a B&Z booster compare to the WM 12 that is provided? is one speaker enough or is better two? at my age I need all the help I can get. Will your DVD ready soon? Cheers

Well said Steve, Isn't this the same problem that we had when GPX5000 come out, every time a good size nugget was discovered, everybody was questioning if the 4500 would ever find the same nugget maybe with a different coil. People like comparisons especially when few thousands of dollars are involved, I had the 4500, I was unsure at first, but when I decided to upgrade I did it, no remorses no regrets, we should look ahead not back, is not the end of the world, there is always a new model coming out, sooner or later. Cheers PS. sorry if some time you find a spelling mistake, but I am Italian and I am doing the best I can.

Hi Jonathan, as usual your posts are very interesting and informative, I bought all your DVDs and I watch all your videos, watching you everything looks so easy, I wish I had 1/10th of you knoledge and esperience, even if I will never find what you find I still enjoy watching. Thank you for sharing your settings as soon I can get my hands on my 7000 I will try them. Keep up the good work. Cheers

Why we have to compare everything, I had the 5000, I was very happy with it, I kept it for three years, Now Minelab launched a new model, the GPZ7000, I never had to regret every time I upgraded in the past, I started with SD2200D, then GP 3500, GPX4500, to the 5000, every single one has been better than the previous. So I pre-ordered the 7000, unfortunately, because the heavy request I have to wait another two weeks, it is painful but the more I wait the more I will enjoy and appreciate the new machine, it is expensive? yes, it is heavier than the 5000? yes, but it is what I wanted, nobody forced me to change, I don't have to live with the gold that I will eventually find, it is my special hobby, together with Photography and Shooting, all expensive hobbies, but I start working when I was 15 now I am 65, I just sold my restaurant, so this is my time, is time for me to retire and enjoy what is left of my 60s. Cheers

For now I will be happy with the 14"coil, in the future maybe I will go for the 11", definitely I will not buy the 20", for two reasons, first and most important is the weight, second and equally important is that at my age I have no desire to dig 3' holes.

Hi Steve, once again thank you for your honest and very informative review, I agree with you that if you are not happy with the new 7000 you should hang on the machine you are using now, 5000, 4500, etc. but the progress go ahead and technology change every 5 seconds, or we adapt or we miss the train, certainly the older models have their advantages, cheaper and more variety of coils, discrimination, even if I never used, etc. but if we are stuck with the past we will never progress, long time go, when the first model of cars come out people was shocked, horses were much better, no noise, no pollution, more versatility, if they didn' t had the courage to change we will still be 100 years behind. In few months nobody will notice the extra weight, other coils will be on the market, a lot more people will be using the 7000 and slowly slowly the undecided will trade the older models for the newer, this is life.