RONS DETECTORS MINELAB

I have been playing around with the 10x5” DD Commander coil and it seems to have 2 to 3” inches lost in depth versus a 10x5” Coiltek mono on an under four gram target. This was using normal timings with the DD and Fine Gold with the mono. I have only done a little testing of it so will need to try some other settings.

Fortunately the GPX-5000 is still a top priced used detector for a very good reason.

This must be Minelab’s way of dealing with the competition, about 30% off of their top multi-freq. detector is quite rare of a sale for sure. Stop the Beast, Storm, and the Fire Sale is what Minelab must be thinking for this to occur. Almost competing with the knock off brand prices. Manticore $1199 about 30% off plus another 15% military off for those who served for a total of 45% off. Equinox $999 and also the veterans if you qualify. Free shipping and Oregon is a no tax state. Ron’s Detector’s 208-739-8079 rrlmmc@gmail.com Please support your local small dealers as we are going to be going to the wayside pretty soon with most companies going direct sales. With that being said I will always remember when Gerry, Doc’s and Rob were always the ones to ask technical questions as they usually had the answers.

Thank for sharing Simon, looks like a Winner for sure especially If it can beat the Coiltek 10x5” Joey. Was this a semi-spiral or bundle wound version? Now the Algoforce is out it seems like the market is going to be strong for this size coil for sure. I’d buy one right now.

Added a couple more used detectors and some more spiral wound coils.

The Sp01 in filter 2 does a good job at clearing up the sounds.

If you have the Coiltek li-ion system it takes the voltage down to 7.3 volts for the SD series. Batteries are actually 8.4 volts fully charged.

If this 12x6” Semi spiral coil has more performance than the Sadie or 12x8” Evo it would be a hit for sure.

It's fun how quickly things get pigeonholed. My apologies for stereotyping it into only a small gold detector as that’s more dependent on the ground conditions and timings used. The owner manual says the following: NOTE: The strength of the E1500 lies in its sensitivity to small nuggets. Therefore, we have only tested the E1500 with small to medium coils. The largest coil we tested is the NF 14”x9” Evo. Although, in theory, larger coils will work with the E1500 without any problem, the shaft could rotate slightly and become wobbly when extra-large and heavy coils are used.

Since this is not a deep large gold detector IMO. I would recommend using a smaller 9x14” Evo as a good all rounder coil if I owned just one coil, but if I could have two Evo coils for this detector it would be a 12x8” and a 12” Evo. Not sure how the ergonomics would be with a larger coil than these on this detector though, maybe someone with experience with using it can chime in. Can you buy these Algoforce E1500’s and have them shipped outside of Australia or do you have to have a friend or family member buy it and send it to you?

Northern Nevada does have some of the best specimen’s. This was found north of Rye Patch.

I would return it if you can. They have a high rate of unstableness unless you turn the sensitivity way down. Here’s a good comparison video though

40 to 7 ratio is a good day for sure. That would be a lot of up and downs, who needs a gym membership when you can bring home some AU with a smile and a sore back. 😃

$120 for the DD’s mentioned and 60 for the 11” older DD’s found several more.

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.