RONS DETECTORS MINELAB

Thanks Aureous for the additional information. Do you know how wide and high the 11” and under coil windings are? Are they always two high and however wide?

Yes I have a 11 x 17” Coiltek DD an 18” DD Coiltek and a 11” DD Commander coil

The 14x12” DD is less deep than the 15x12” mono Commander coil.

Yes, they have been used. The Detech website has the specs for there coils.

Thanks for the reply and detailed response Simon, great info! I hope there’s a revival of these smaller coils with these winding configurations, would be a great idea and a top seller. I would like to get a 7x12” or a 10x5” like the Exceed and Goldhawk offerings for the 5 pin detectors.

Thanks Simon, Did you ever get a chance to try one out, curious to know what kind of performance it had working on the 4500/5000 timings. Interesting that they discontinued it, seems like it would offer a good balance between a bundle and full spiral.

I was looking through several different coil manufacturers websites and trying to see if any of them offered stacked spiral coils outside of the GPX-6000 coils. There coil descriptions are usually pretty vague and I could not find anything mentioning stacked spiral windings. From what I have been told the stacked spiral or also called semi-spiral coils for the 6000 our stacked 6 wide and 5 high. This windings type gives the 6000 great depth on small bits. Has anyone heard of or used this stacked type of coil windings on any non GPX -6000 coils.

I also am extremely interested in what Minelab could offer to the table after 9 years of working on it. I am also trying to think of what Minelab could do to add a ZVT upgrade that would not take away from the sales of their other models but would indeed excel at performance even if they only added the CC and Spiral coil options. I hope there not trying to clean out the warehouses of all the 7000 prior to a new release because that could be another ten years at the rate they now sell. 😓 Oh! Problem solved as I remember Minelab will offer the new ZVT replacement at such a high price that everyone would still prefer buying their older models due to their personal budget constraints. Only fever stricken people like myself would buy the new model and possibly never make a return on the purchase though. 🤐

Hi Ceril, Here's a video with some comparisons of the 5000 in Extra Sensitive with 12" & 15" Evo and the 6000 with 11" & 17" coils. Minelab GPX 5000 12 & 15" Nugget Finder EVO Sen Extra Vs 6000 with 11” and 17” If you have more difficult ground than this then Fine Gold would be needed and probably have different results from this comparison though.

Keeps getting better 😎

A pulse induction detector or similar technology for handling the ground saturation problems will probably be needed there for the iron issues. You might consider the gold sizes you might find there and the price range you’re planning to spend on one. A GPX-4500/4800/5000 are all great detectors for a variety of gold types for a good price. Everything else goes up in price from there or at least until the Algoforce arrives in the US.

Personally the tests I have done for Extra Sensivity coins have always been deeper than Sharp Hi Luis, Yes, Sensitive Extra works exceptionally well on the mid-sized targets. I should have said the Sharp timing has a 20% more power increase to the transmit field over the normal timings. So if were talking about depth on larger deeper targets this would be a powerhouse with a larger mono coil in mild ground conditions, but also this timing is very receptive to ground saturation and cannot be used in lots of situations. The sharp timing was added to the GPX series to bring back what the SD series offered with the higher regulated coil voltage for increased depths on larger targets though.

I have have also used no threshold around high EMI environments to help better hear through all the noise chatter, just keep in mind that you are still missing the fainter signals with no threshold on kinda a double edged sword though.

DD coils really do not have the ability to get the performance in comparison to the Spiral wound coils. So the older detectors SD/GP’s that needed to run DD’s to handle the more mineralized ground are not going to help out in your situation with moderate to heavy ground mineralization. Smooth timings are the way to go in heavy mineralized environments and the mods also do gain even more depth but these are expensive options to get the depth you’re looking for. If you’re in less mineralization and can run normal or sensitive timings with a mono 15” Evo coil or equivalent then you could do will getting the depth that you have described wanting with the older models. This is mainly due to the coil size being bigger than what is currently offered on the 6000 and if you went with the 5000 and ran Sharp it’s even 20% deeper yet but only in low mineralized conditions. 😳 I do a lot of comparisons videos and can send anyone a link if wanting to see different coils compared.

I have had good success using lithium battery systems on all SD/GP/GPX series detectors. I use a step up boost converter on the SD’s to get the 7.3 ish volts to the coil. Only thing with lithium battery systems with an audio amplifier is that you really should have a bypass switch to reduce the distortion when using a Bluetooth transmitter or headphones. Detacc brand & Jonathan Porter’s B&Z boosters had a bypass switch for a good reason. Detacc don’t sell them anymore though.

Good news is the Minelab repair center has a database that can let you know if yours needs the audio updates done. So I guess this is OK news, ☹️

Just waiting for someone to send one to the states I have not heard anything regarding any negatives about this detector. It has a great price and a lot of good options not seen before, even if it’s not a large gold detector I still have other options for that so no big deal. The Axiom-lite package is not available here in the states and is what people should really be waiting for before making the buy as this oz package is a lot more affordable and gives you a better option to buy accessories later that you feel you might need. Seems like every good pi detector packages available now are in Aus./NZ as we cannot get the GPX-5000, Axiom-lite, or the Algoforce. I guess I’ll hang on to my money until Minelab and Garrett can provide me with some better products packages. Algoforce hopefully is working on getting them to the states have not heard any updates from them, so just being patient for now.

Went out yesterday with my boy and tried to see just how far I could throw out the ground balance and I was surprised on just how well the 6000 does using the auto-sensitivity tied into the auto tracking. I have had hot pockets before where after about three passes on a small bit it did track out. I could not replicate this when trying to make it happen in milder soils though. Really wish we did have a fixed tracking option but IMHO feel the auto-sensitivity/auto tracking is pretty good. I also did a video showing the target responses using several gain settings attached above.

They usually offer a 5 year warranty on the other detectors they sell and on the Impulse they only are offering a 2 year warranty.

I’ll be even a better friend and suggest to you to sell your Gold Bug Pro first then use the money to buy a Fisher f-19 hat for memories and then go out and run your Algoforce all day wearing your new hat. When you get back from having fun with your Algoforce then put your new hat in the closet where your Gold Bug Pro would have ended up anyways and don’t look back. You’ll even have more closet space for more x-coils then. 😉

Just checked! Says 10 sold but more than 10 available. https://www.ebay.com/itm/134989297276?itmmeta=01HTKKN8Z2V9N0EB2ZW7WY8TJF&hash=item1f6dfd367c:g:k7QAAOSw6tRl~ept

Luck Luckily you got friends in the states that can ship them to you for standard shipping cost. 😅

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=firsttexasproducts&store_name=firsttexasproducts&_oac=1&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 Here’s the link for the whole store including teknetics. That T2 has got me wanting to start spurge buying which I do when any PI detectors come out. Luckily I’m giving up on hoarding to many VLF’s for nuggets hunting and I now only use them on quartz dumps anymore.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=firsttexasproducts&store_name=firsttexasproducts&_oac=1&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 Here you go! They have been really good at accepting lower offers. 😁

I used my gold bug 2 yesterday to check some lower grade quartz specimens out. It’s the next best thing to the gold falcon 20 in checking for small fly specks. Fisher has finally lowered the price on these gold bug 2 detectors to less than $500 with both 6 & 10” coils offered on their eBay site when using the best offer option. Even cheaper than the dealers get them for. 😳