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He's going to all that trouble and voiding any warranty anyway, why doesn't he just find a ground on the PCB and attach a small wire from it to the shield paint on the housing and paint the wire on with the shielding paint to bond it to the existing shielding paint, just make the wire long enough so he can pop the hood if he ever needs to.. Sheild wire is attached to the housing, Teknetics just stick it down with masking tape, I painted it on with the conductive paint then put the tape down again once the paint dried for a bit of peace of mind, then stupidly I decided to glue it down, well that wasn't the stupid part, the stupid part was leaving the tape: on before doing the glue so I had to use a bigger blob of glue 🙂 This was my paint

yep, this was a small lakefront gravel beach in town and a beginner ski slope at a magic carpet conveyer, the first time I hit it, this sort of stuff is a one off, can never be repeated, the first to get there gets the bulk of it, now it's done its done. The note was just good luck, finding that laying around during the hunt. I've only been doing it a few years and I'm already reminiscing on the good old days 🙂

This is why I'd not want to be the owner of a detecting company; coins are drying up and no longer being used much, jewellery is now more commonly make of cheap metals as the desire for true jewellery is becoming increasingly scarce, local governments are coming down hard on detector users preventing them detecting in many places that were once available to them, natural gold nuggets are becoming extremely hard to find in many locales, it's a hobby that's quickly fizzling out as the finds do. Newer technology has helped find stuff in ground previously hunted but even that's now reaching its limits, Detector companies will one day end up being like Kodak, probably the most thriving parts of their businesses will be things like Countermine with all the wars going on in the world and security products like walk throughs that are at all the airports and to my surprise even in schools in the US. It will be interesting to see detecting in 2030, I think it will mostly be done for in many parts of the world, outliers like the UK will hold on longer with their great old finds available to them and Australia with some good nuggets still to be found by the very dedicated.

While I think they are very limited in the sizes they can release due to imposed restrictions, the above is deserving of a nod.

I guess as the old saying goes, "you don't know, what you don't know." So, people may be happy with its EMI capability now, had Minelab done a better job of shielding they may well be even happier with it. It's just a puzzle to me how they make such great detectors yet the simple things often go unnoticed. I thought perhaps they'd fix up the EMI shielding when doing the inductor repairs for people on the sly, I've never heard of anyone unhappy with the EMI fix, even headphone only users are pointing out improvements with it and many that were resistant to getting it done finally had the repair done and were happy with the results, so while it is associated with the speaker it appears as though it may be caused by the speaker configuration but affects the detector overall. The EMI fix is certainly a great success, and I'm very happy they did that repair, it's made a huge difference to mine. I guess this shielding problem will keep the modders like Woody and Mick busy, they'll sell their EMI fix mods for the 6000 to people and cash in on Minelab's design sloppiness. I'd jump in and get it done if it were a warranty repair Minelab were offering, but I certainly wouldn't pay to get it done at one of the modders as I don't think the problem is enough to warrant that, I'm reasonably happy with my 6000 in higher EMI, sure it could be better, the E1500 is far better than the 6000 in EMI, I didn't even notice any EMI paint or housing shielding inside it in Woodys strip down, I'll have to take another look, either way, it survives without it and does a better job than any other PI I've ever used in high EMI, so much so I can run it in my lounge room with the sensitivity cranked up and a mono coil. Granted the E1500 has timings you switch between whereas the 6000 appears to have them all rolled into one allowing more EMI in, such as the large gold timing for me is more affected by EMI than the Ultra Fine Gold timing. Give it a few months and Woody etc will be selling their EMI shielding fix services.

The BIG part of the appeal of the Algoforce for me was the ability to run GPX coils, hands down this is a very attractive feature of the detector, there are so many great GPX coils out there, and I already had plenty of them. It's the problem I see with some other detectors, starting a coil collection all over again, and the costs associated with that. For me at least, seeing I already had coils the detector ended up very cheap for what it is. I have a 12" spiral X-coil, I haven't even tried that on it yet other than calibrating it, sounds like you're really liking your 12" NF spiral Norvic, I should give my X-coil a fair go, I did like that coil on my 4500.

The milder the soil the better iron reject works, especially for depth.

Sadie and 14x9" EVO were the pick of the bunch there, no surprises. The video did a good job of showing the weakness of the 4500 on prickly gold as a bit that size the 4500 would normally give a good signal on, yet that bit next to nothing, he should have put the little bit closer to the coil on the Algo like he did on the 4500 though, that would have been a good demonstration. It does demonstrate ground that's only had the older GPX series over it there is hope for an Algo to pick up some gold missed.

Ok Cpt, breaks over, back to work young lad! you've got good stuff out there waiting for you to find! We're missing you.

I have a feeling they'd do it more like the Legend, with software updates suitable for this model being done to it, anything major like doing blanking discrimination with DD coil support, waterproofing for the beach hounds all becoming features for the future E2500. They've already said to me they intend to do another model in the future, so this is only the beginning, and off to a very good start if you ask me. All the retirees that wanted to take up looking for gold cruising Australia in their caravans can now buy a husband and wife pair of detectors without really destroying their retirement fund, and go have some fun finding some gold knowing they've got a pretty decent detector to do so. My biggest concern as it starts to take off is GPX coil availability, however Coiltek have said they're ready to roll so it will be Sadies and EVO's in short supply more than anything as NF can't keep up with anything. The second-hand market is always an option though. The pro's armed with both the 7000 and 6000 and a bunch of other gear may not find one that beneficial, unless some attribute of it is useful to them like a 7000 being heavy and needing a lighter swinger for covering miles, assuming it can handle the variable grounds well enough, I hope someone does that testing soon, or at least tells us all how it went, as I'm sure by now someones using one there.

No, that was a demonstration of the right-angle cables being far tidier, I'm doing a 25cm USB A (right angle) to C (straight) as the cable of choice, but it won't be here for a few days. I've got a few cables on their way to work out which I like best, seeing they're only a couple of bucks each. The Algo is USB-C, but you have to ensure the USB-C end for the detector is a straight plug, only wanting the right-angle on the powerbank end. My Belkin is cool though, Triple Charging Ports: Belkin Boost Up Charge 20,000mAh USB-C Power Bank features three charging outputs (2x USB-A ports and 1x USB-C port), so you can replenish multiple devices at once.

This cord is USB C to USB C although I don't like it being flat so I'm not going to be using it, I just fitted it for the photo to demonstrate how a right-angle cord is better than the standard cord, it's not as strong as I'd like and prefer a rounded cable with an outer sheath. My next cord should arrive early next week and it will be the way to go, I think. This is the next one I've bought to try. Wider compatibility with power banks this way.

I think concerns about battery movement are being a little exaggerated largely by those that have never touched the detector. I brought the issue up as I wanted everyone considering one to be aware of the possible annoyance and help with battery buying decisions for those buying a battery in anticipation of buying the detector. I had the "issue" as I bought a very bevelled edged power bank, which meant the lump on the battery mount tended to just slide over the rounded edge IF I didn't do the straps up tight enough. A few minutes of tinkering and I worked out the ideal position of the strap clips to allow me to do the straps up tight enough that this didn't matter, another quick fix was just putting adhesive Velcro on the battery and one of the battery rubber mounts thereby stopping it slipping even if I didn't do it up tight. The thing is, once you've got your battery secured tightly, there is really little need to remove it as you can just charge it with it on the detector, so spend the time, lock it tightly in place and forget about it. For me though, I wanted to experiment with different batteries for run time and trying them out so I'm constantly changing batteries. The easiest solution is just to buy a power bank with the more squared off edges, then you don't need to care at all, and a large portion of the power banks on the market do have squared off edges, especially the more rugged ones that don't care about looking pretty. It's not a fault, it's not something they need to fix and if I were a dealer selling the detector I'd also stock a few power bank options that are ideally suited to the detector, recommended power banks and then there is no issue. Because the market has a million power banks for sale, many of which are false in their power capacity it just makes sense to take this path. I wish my problems with the 6000 were as little as having to learn how best to do up a strap, I waited over a year to buy it hoping issues would be resolved, it turned out a nightmare of trips to ML service, even arrived new as a DOA ironically with a battery terminal fault, faulty coil, EMI desperately needing done which they refused to acknowledge for a very long time, over a year, shaft twist that they just don't care to resolve. I hoping the E1500 experience goes better for me, and so far, it has, for a lot less money too. The standard USB A to C cable that came with the detector is in use in the photo above, I think they would benefit from a robustness point of view changing that cable to a right angled one which I will suggest to them once I've found the perfect cable. With it sticking out like that it's prone to getting tangled on things, or even worse snapped off. I've spent too many hundreds of hours fixing broken USB ports to see the risks involved with it like that. So I bought a replacement right angle cord, now this one is not ideal either as I bought a flat one to try it out, I'm not happy with it, I think a rounded normal design cord will be better so I've ordered one too just waiting on it to arrive, however the photo clearly demonstrates how the right angle plug end keeps the cable tucked into the detector body and will not get snapped off or hook on stuff. You can also see in these photos the little lip on the battery mount, and why it's a bit small for rounded batteries, if they made the lip any bigger slimline 10000 mAh batteries wouldn't fit as you wouldn't be able to plug the USB into the centre slot if it had one there, you'd have to go off to the edge if there is a port there which makes the cable more exposed, so when making a detector like this, a lot needs taken into consideration and batteries need purchased that suit the detector, again why dealers should stock recommended batteries. I picked a Minelab Blue colour battery 😅 I also put the little water-resistant covers on the unused USB ports, no point getting dirt into them. They cost something like 10 cents each and a few bucks for the USB cable, by the way 25cm is the correct length to buy for the cable, that converts to 9.8 inches.... All stuff the dealers of the detector could sell.

That is just weird, we have had a steady supply in NZ, even now my dealer has 5 in stock M8 COIL WITH SKIDPLATE 8″X5.5″ ELLIPTICAL DOUBLE-D (dredgenz.co.nz) Their main competitor has them in stock too but their site doesn't say quantity. Minelab M8 - 8"x5.5" DD Manticore Coil - Jacobs Digital They've been readily available here since I got mine some time ago.

yep, as you can currently use their relay aptX LL transmitter on the 5000 fine, along with the Torus neck speaker, so no reason the new version won't work.

Odd they've got a wording mistake in it, "soils in know goldfields" It does sound promising something new maybe under development with gold detectors though, unless it's just a protective patient to stifle competition doing something in the future. Minelab would patent their lunch ladies homemade BBQ sauce recipe if they could.

Are you talking about the fine little wire that just connects to the black paper with tape, it's a shield wire. To look at them they don't look like they're designed to last with all that masking tape.

Coils don't have reset buttons, they're just a dumb bit of wire in a plastic housing. Are you sure you didn't accidently flick your detector into cancel? Oddly the coils that could use a reset button are the XP coils, as they're a detector inside a coil, mine locked up and I had to reset it by disconnecting the battery! GPX coils on the other hard are not smart coils in any way, just wire. Here is your DD Coil gutted and filleted.

I wonder if he's moved onto helping with the Coin and jewellery detectors more so than the gold detectors, seeing they've already indicated multiple times in various investor documents that's an area they're applying more focus now.

Yup, I just tried using a US server from my VPN provider and I can watch the unlocked episodes fine. You can watch bits and pieces on Youtube though. forged in fire - YouTube

I wonder if @davsgold would have some tips seeing he makes them.

The 10" is 950 grams with skid plate, significantly lighter than the standard coil, although smaller of course. It's the little 8" I love, 835 grams with skid plate and 6000 like sensitivity and it still punches remarkably deep. Combine that with the CTX 3030 battery and it's a light detector. The good bit about the 10" is its much like running a normal size coil, with the standard GPX 6000 coil being 11" the 10" isn't all that much different, and I'd place my bets on the 7000 with the 10" being deeper than the 6000 with 11" on many targets.

A long shot but have you tried a factory default reset on it with the coil on that's playing up while it's playing up and seeing if it recovers? An interesting experiment, although you probably have a faulty detector with a bit of an intermittent fault. Factory Default /Save (FD/SAVE) With the FD/SAVE feature of the Gold Kruzer, you can save your settings or restore factory defaults. Save function saves all settings except for the ground balance, tracking and frequency shift. The device starts in the last mode where the save function was performed. To save your settings, select FD/SAVE on screen. Two dashes (--) will be displayed on screen. Push the right button. When ''SA'' is displayed, press the SELECT/E.U.D button once. You will see lines rotating in the middle of the screen. When the saving is completed, the lines will stop rotating and the SA text will disappear. To go back to factory defaults, select FD/Save on screen. Two dashes (--) will be displayed on screen. Push the left button. When ''Fd'' is displayed, press the SELECT/E.U.D button once. You will see lines rotating in the GB window on the right side. When the process is completed, the lines will stop rotating and the Fd text will disappear

The control box intentionally picking up EMI to be used as an indication of coil EMI sounds plausible, as the control box isn't going to be picking up the in-ground targets so some sort of antenna with a role of picking up EMI signals and using that to help cancel them out.

That is absolutely fantastic Wiggins, thank you so much for coming here and listening to feedback, I can't wait to get my hands on the new models.