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RONS DETECTORS MINELAB

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    Eastern Oregon near Nevada/Idaho border & Northern California
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    Studying mining history and visiting historical places. Minelab/Coiltek/garret dealer performing one on one training on most brands of prospecting detectors. Cell 208-739-8079
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    Currently using a Minelab ZED, GPX 6000, GPX 5000 a Fisher Gold Bug 2, and an Equinox 800 Whites MXT.

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  1. You can get the Doc’s screamer system shipped there without the batteries and just buy the NP-f970 camera battery. There is also the NP-550 that has 3000 mah, and weighs less but you’ll probably need an extra battery to get through the day. The Vermico brand uses the 18650 Samsung batteries inside, so getting good quality batteries there. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z3TGC7B/ref=pe_386300_440135490_TE_simp_item_image https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZR891KG/ref=pe_386300_440135490_TE_simp_item_image
  2. I glad to hear Garrett is releasing a new model. I would think any large metal detector company releasing a new model would have something better and have an edge over the competitors models or it would be a loss of money to the company if no one was interested in upgrading to it. I know most big names try to do marketing hype to get sales but I do hope this is a new better detector and that is always exciting to see. With the last statement being said I will be glad to see the proof from the community who first test it out. I do know things have been really at a wall for performance on most detector platforms lately though.
  3. 12.5” will definitely start to loose depth on the smaller gold but you could also run your 10x5” DD in mono mode and do pretty well on the smaller bits.
  4. True round coils have the best performance and small elliptical coils are better for tighter areas and larger elliptical coils are better for patch hunting. If having around gram sized and smaller gold then any of the coils your looking at should work well. Spiral wound coils well give you better sensitivity and depth, but suffer from more ground noises, usually just lowering sensitivity can overcome this issue especially if you’re running in Smooth timing on the 4000. Smooth timing is described as having the best severe ground handling with some loss of target strength. So really depends how mineralized the ground is there. The 14x9” mono would be a good option for picking up most gold sizes around 12 inches in depth or less, a good all around coil.
  5. Do you have a good idea on the gold sizes found there?
  6. I I am hoping the Algoforce has the one timing that the 5000 is missing for disseminated gold that we were looking for in our imaginary GPX Pro version.
  7. Those are both classic examples of multi frequency has ruined the single frequency vlf market. Hopefully Pulse Induction is also going to go down in price.
  8. I would like to think the Algoforce and a legacy GPX would cover most nuggets sizes from small to big and deep. It might fall short somewhere in comparison to the high dollar overpriced detectors but I believe it would be pretty close in performance without hardly any large expenditure. I will be looking at this possibility when I get a Algoforce in the U.S… maybe someone that has both can report on this idea sooner.
  9. You can run the DD coils with the mono switch activated for puesdo-mono for a little more sensitivity when running in sens-extra or normal timing modes on the 4000. The Smooth timing on the 4000 is best used in mono mode using a mono coil for handling the more mineralized ground areas. The DD would not work well with the Smooth timing as they were designed for handling difficult ground conditions with a mono coil and a DD would only give you less depth in that timing. So basically, mono’s do have more depth over DD coils but generally mono coils cannot handle the more difficult ground mineralization unless you are using the Smooth class of timings. The 4000 only has one Smooth timing for mono’s and the 4500 has Smooth and Enhanced while the 5000 has both previous model timings plus another smooth timing called Fine Gold. Hope this helps. Sounds like you have some hot ground there.
  10. With all the competition I would think it’s better to just look at the best prices now that relic detectors have hit a plateau.
  11. Pizza sounds like a big nf 25” DD coil😳 and a paddle would make it glide smoothly through the surface, so maybe a support system for gliding a big coil without throwing my back out.😢
  12. G’day Gerry, Definitely well used but works as it should, so it was definitely made well. Here’s some pictures of it and it will come with a new Duracell battery. This will also come with a brand new set of Grayghost headphones. If you prefer a lithium battery system let me know as I have several options for just a little more. Ron
  13. I used to live in Warren, Idaho. Here’s a couple pictures of the dredge. The creek they tested is opposite of where they started dredging now and where they stopped dredging after losing the pay streak. Probably why no gold there.
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