Thanks Steve.
That 3000 has passed all my tests. Where we hunt the 3000 is perfect. It's A Little noisy but It Works great. I had a 4500 and 5000 and always favored the 3000, I seriously don't think there's much of a difference between them in our ground at least. Sometimes I'll hit a area that's just too hot but not often. The little time I have had with the 7000 I thought it's like the 3000. A little noisy but sensitive.
People talk about a "quite" detector, when I hear a smooth threshold I think I'm not running the mechine " hot" enough. The 7000 is nice because I can crank up the sensitivity unlike the 3000. We did a small test with a dwt nug a foot deep at rye patch. With my 3000 (11inch mono) I could hardly heard it with the 7000 stock settings difficult soil we couldn't hear it. He changed to normal soil and it was a clear target. Impressed me the 4500 or 5000 never did that. Only draw back was that the 7000 was noisy. But to me it sounded like my 3000 lol.
