RONS DETECTORS MINELAB

SD 2200D price dropped to $950

GP 3000 price dropped to $1,050

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

If that's all I had, I'd be very content

Looks like a selection of coils that I would think would cover almost most any target at any depth or size possible with a detector. I might have to rethink things a bit.

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

10" Spiral X-coil for the Algoforce / GPX 5000

I just checked their web-site and they do not offer this coil anymore, kinda would like one, hopefully they bring them back.

For myself I tend to use the following coils the most:

GPZ-7000 14x13” Stock DOD

GPX-6000 10x5” Goldhawk Mono

GPX-5000 14x9” Evolution Mono

Equinox 900 6” DD

Gold Bug 2 6x3” CC

2 hours ago, Mountain-Menace said:

Are there better detectors in the same price range that may be better suited for gold prospecting?

The detectors you’re looking at are about the best on the market for low mineralized gold fields. Hopefully you have mostly lower mineralized ground that you go to then you’ll do just fine with the 900 or Manticore or other comparable brands.

Once you get into more mineralized ground then the PI detectors are going to come into place for getting any depth. The Algoforce E1500 is the first detector that fits the low cost PI option but is not available in the US quite yet. The older second hand low cost PI detectors do not have very good sensitivity to the sub-gram gold, so not a good choice unless you know there’s some bigger nuggets where you’re detecting. Most goldfields are picked over pretty good, but if you have private permissions all bets out off.

sorry for getting off topic a bit 😖

33 minutes ago, MFF18B said:

  This is what I came up with on my air tests for the gold coins that I have in my collection.  Very close to Andy's results.  Again, this was an air test but still interesting

Thanks for the chart, maybe I’ll find one of those numbers one day as that’s the main reason I still use a VLF and that is to find a gold coin.

https://www.minelab.com/community/treasure-talk/specific-ground-balance-on-the-gpx-detectors
 

I was curious if anyone uses the specific ground balance method with their 5000’s in areas with high iron content and uniform ground conditions that are hard to get a ground balance in Gen. ground balance.

Attached is Phil Beck’s from Minelab’s write-up on it.

Nokta is really a hard working company to come out with so many detectors in such a short timeframe, probably the top company for new releases by far.

19 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

These detectors will redefine affordability and performance for you to break free from the grip of overpriced alternatives!"

Glad to see this statement also from Nokta.

7 minutes ago, ChuckScrivener said:

At the very least, I'm happy we are going to get options from at least 3 other manufacturers now with Garrett, Algoforce and Nokta joining the market. 

This is going to be a great year for PI players in the industry.

This is getting really interesting but glad to hear about it. This is probably a really good timing for this with all that’s happening currently in the PI market.

If the Axiom came out before the 6000 there would of been a lot more Axioms out there now, same thing would happen for Nokta if they can get this out before the Algoforce release in other regions.

I like they designed it to be specifically designed for gold or relics, sounds like a great way to achieve what you’re aiming at looking for.

I used to do land boundary survey work and had to go to the county surveyor to look up the most recent plat maps. These maps usually got us in the right places to start looking.
 

Note: On ground markers our what are legally binding unless tampered with.
Don’t count on ONX maps or county google map locations as they can be off a little bit or in some cases I have found them off by a 1/4 mile.

Caltopo map is a good source for looking the area over for mining areas and then seeing the nad 27 topo overlays.

It’s going to be expensive to fix from all the quotes I gotten on board and end cap repairs/replacements. 
 

Since you’re in Oz. You might contact the mod guys there or Minelab’s non warranty service department.

Ebay had some end caps a while back for a decent price.

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.

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. 

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.

41 minutes ago, Jin said:

The machine also came with  2 coiltek batteries which are 7 volts from memory and an audio booster. 

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.

47 minutes ago, phrunt said:

47 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I also have a 12x6" Semi spiral, this coil is too out of spec to calibrate, works great on the GPX but the Algo won't calibrate with it in its current form,  Algoforce have looked at the coil and established why it won't calibrate and what would need changed with the design for it to do so.  I shouldn't say it doesn't work, it works, it just doesn't calibrate.

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

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

4 hours ago, RONS DETECTORS MINELAB said:

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.

5 hours ago, 中国 张 said:

. I was torn between choosing: NF12 evo ? NF14*9 ? NF12*8 ? NF 15” coil

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?