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RONS DETECTORS MINELAB

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  1. Looks like everyone is having a different copy version made of all the older Minelab technology. A definite sign Minelab needs to start filling the demand for newer better detector technologies unless of course they have hit a wall. I doubt that is the case as they have the largest electronics engineering team ever known for hobby detector development and have had these engineers on board for a long time now. Surprising they have had no new releases for such a long time in the gold detector series. So what has happened in comparison to the early years when the SD/GP/GPX releases were quite frequent, seems every 2 years or sooner then. Even though they were mostly minor upgrades until the GPX series they were enough to get the buyers interested. The GPX-5000 is about 14 years old and has been still a great selling detector, now it’s not available in the U.S. and you can only get a fake on the knock off marketplace now. SDC-2300 is 12 years old and still no Platypus coil for it. ZED is 9 years old. GM-1000 is 7 years old and still single frequency. So other companies have had plenty of time to make similar designs in a lower price range. Seems like we should have had had an upgraded wide variety and selection of the above mentioned models out by now. Give me a GPX-5500 in a light package and includes the SD2200d or original GPX-4500 depth range and Micks mods incorporated into it and you would have the professional gold hunter market covered. The GPX-6000 should have been called the GPX-auto lite since it has no larger coil options and would of been a great entry level for beginners with a lower price point than the above professional option mentioned. Hopefully things change for the better with the current Minelab corporate leadership and that they get back into the top player market again.
  2. Simon, All good points which prompted me to start a new thread and not take away from Doc’s great post. 😪
  3. Here’s a video of that model being looked at by Detectormods
  4. It definitely will punch down on larger targets. Coiltek even claims 30% deeper than conventional bundle wound coils. Nenad does a good comparison with it on a GPX.
  5. I have owned all three coils and the 10” & 14” are no longer in my arsenal. Having a high frequency detector with a large coil is not the best option. The exception to this is if you only owned the one detector, then it would be good to have the 6” & 14” coils.
  6. The Shasta Miners has a club in Redding. Siskiyou has a mineral society also.
  7. I once broke my one belt mounted holder due to carrying 34” handles. The pick would push upwards off the ground when hiking steep hills and trip me up constantly, so I decided to follow JP’s method with it up higher, especially when using larger coils so I do not hear the pick. But this method was mostly for patch hunting with very few targets to dig, so the pick ends up in the holster for longer periods of time. When on a patch and digging consistent targets I then have it in my hand with small coils and over my shoulder with large coils. I also have been custom making picks for a couple years now and like a really thick plow disk for the pick head to slow down tip wear when breaking bedrock and a thinner disk steel for the scraper end. This gives the pick a well balanced fell. I also like avoiding more oval shaped handles due to twisting of the tool when hitting hard surfaces, so now I also use axe handle that are about two to one in widths where the hand is.
  8. Jin, I was hoping someone had the SD2200D add, thanks for sharing. I see they had a Golden Hawk also, wonder what frequency it ran?
  9. I believe that was about the time I bought my first GB2 from Gerry. Drove to Boise and had him take it out the box. That GB2 is still going strong, still have it.
  10. Just thought I’d share some of the original adds from the old PI adds. Maybe someone has even some older ones they could share. lot’s of familiar names from the hay days. 😃 Even found some Vlf adds.
  11. Here’s the comparison chart for GB2 coils. If you only have the one detector, then maybe a large coil for getting more depth on larger deeper pieces. But if you have a lower frequency detector also then no need to get a coil that another detector will get the deeper targets on already. The GB2 is really a small gold detector for most situations, but not all.
  12. Looks like OSHA has gone after Minelab now for all the injuries caused by theirs heavy detectors. The 8000 now has to have a no body strain safety feature . 🤓
  13. Steve, that’s a great goal, hopefully you have been successful at meeting it. I originally had the same outlook as you and I did meet that goal years ago. My only issue now is I beat my body up working in the woods for a good living and if I stay idol for any period of time my body starts to suffers, so I found I got to keep working hard to maintain my health. Getting older doesn’t make things any easier either, but at least for now it is a labor of love job and I just go detecting now tilling the earth till the day I die. 😃
  14. All days dectecting are better than a great day at a job. The best days are when you’re finding more gold targets than trash targets. The exercise and being outdoors is always the best aspect to keeping our bodies in a healthy strong state. Work till the day you die is what I always say. Elk hunting and fishing is fun, but always has a short season, probably why I put more time into detecting now. 😃
  15. I really am hoping that the 5000 & E1500 cross over on their strengths and weaknesses so the need for a more expensive small gold detector will be not needed. It is really great the coils our interchangeable. Someone on the forum once said coils our what sell detectors.
  16. Steve, very nice summary! I am glad the E1500 was the first detector to meet your pulse induction challenge of under 4 pounds and under $2,000 and it looks to have some good ergonomics also. I remember that the 6000 and Axiom were well suited for the states due to a majority of our gold is on the smaller sizes and we have a lot of quartz specimen types also here. Not to forget some of our goldfields can also be heavily mineralized killing most Induction balanced VLF’s. So for 1/2 of an Axiom or 1/3 of a 6000 we have a small gold detector now with a wide array of coil option, great EMI handling, and a static target ID. The SDC does have great ground handling capabilities, even better than the 6000, so looking forward to more user feedback results of the E1500 ground handling capabilities. Hopefully the Ultra Fine Pulse timings can handle the more challenging ground types in the goldfields.
  17. The Aussie forum had a chart but had some settings used that might of obscured the tests.
  18. That's a huge price drop there, probably Garret's first reaction to the competition coming into Aus... Not a word in the states about this package yet, but most likely will also happen here in the states when the competition's detectors start coming in, especially now with the competitors lower price points and added features. I think Garrett still needs to go a lot lower on the Axiom's prices to remain competitive in the current market place--AUS. $3,000.
  19. I have found the coil faults are usually in two places, one at the connector being a twisted wire or corroded pins. The other issue is where the coil wire is pinched where it goes into the coil, as this water tight compression ring is to tight and breaks the wires, definitely has been a bad coil design adding that ring. knock sensitive coils can be tied to windings having movement from lack of molding.
  20. Hi Red Bluff, I’m just north of you in the Siskiyou’s. There are a lot of factors involved, like is the weight of the machine and cost an issue? If not then next question is do you primarily detect in the creek or rivers and backpack in, if so then an SDC 2300 is a good option. Do you detect quite often and can get really familiar with your detector on dry land and want a very versatile detector, then the 5000, Algoforce, or Axiom is a great option. GPX 5000 does struggles on porous specs though and is a detector that’s requires a lot of learning time to get the most out of it Do you detect rarely and want a turn on and go detector like the Goldmonster then probably a GPX 6000, especially if you primarily find specimen gold or smaller shallow gold. Do you want a detector that can go deep on larger nuggets and also find specimen gold, then a GPZ 7000. I offer free training if you want to come up for a day and I’ll show you how simple the 5000 can be.
  21. E1500 is just another tool in the box, still has some cool new features though. The best thing is we got some competition in the market place now and that’s what’s been needed for a long time, especially at the price point it’s offered at.
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