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Nope, not a typo 🙂 Look at this beauty.

Yea I can't talk to myself, looking forward to a few more people swinging them 🙂

The 9" Elite is already proving to be a great option for it, I think you're correct with your assessment for the best two coils for it from Coiltek.

I'm in quite mild soils especially at this spot, I could have used it all day without even using the ground balance. although the QED when I used it here required balance or it responded to the ground. The GPX 4500 didn't need balanced. Seeing it's very easy to do I ground balanced occasionally. The good bit is the information is right there on the screen for you to see, it's very easy to know how your balance is tracking so you can do a balance when necessary. When I did a balance the two sets of ground balance numbers only changed slightly, for example from 50 50 to 48 51, when I balanced on a hot rock the numbers were more dramatic going down into the 30's. It'll be interesting to see how those on very bad variable ground go, I've no doubt it will balance out the ground, how often they need to adjust it is more the question. Seeing the detector is tracking the ground all of the time and giving you the information, I wonder if patents stopped them making it track and adjust.

What an awesome idea for a cheap cover for it, looks great, I'll keep an eye out for a similar thing when I go to the shops. The one in my cupboard might be a bit embarassing.

What I know for a fact is at the moment they can't even keep up with demand in the domestic market in Australia, so until they catch up there then other markets are going to be waiting. I don't think they expected the popularity to be so high initially, perhaps after word got around with its users, it was an untested market as the other brands tried to keep their products pricing sky high. The next problem I see is a shortage of GPX coils available new, NF can't even make enough 6000 coils, how are they going to pump out masses of their legacy GPX coils, @Coiltekshould be able to get to work on them as they can pump coils out quicker, as long as they're on the ball. X-coils are also coming back with their GPX coils. Detech supplies will go quickly too I'd imagine.

Yes, that's true, a lot of the ones coming out of the Chinese marketplaces like Aliexpress say they're 500,000 mAH so would last a week to a month on your Algoforce yet they'll go flat in less than a day 🙂 It's best to stick to the reputable brand names, that's why I went Belkin, I trust their products. Most computer retailers or mobile phone type stores should sell good quality brand name ones. An example of a fake rated one from Aliexpress 14 USD for one that claims 100000mAH 😛 That'd run the detector for months..... or about 3 hours.

Someone may need to come up with a clip with a rubber on it too to close the gap and prevent them being ripped off 🙂 I haven't used them as I bought them for my GPX 4500 and then never really used it much again and forgot about them but now the need for them arises, If I find they're no good I'll work something out. My drunkenness went away after having a long cold shower and about 2 litres of water, I think I was dehydrated or had sun stroke and somehow the rose thorn blood squirting out triggered me to feel unwell. I don't usually care much about blood, I've split my melon really badly at one point and had to get many stiches in the back of my head, and it was a gusher and looked really bad to people with so much blood coming out and I wasn't all that bothered, certainly didn't feel sick. I think the 6000 and 10x5" is a great combo, and will likely outperform the Algoforce in most situations, so you don't need to worry about getting one unless you wanted to do some beach/coin/jewellery type stuff where I can see the Algoforce being much better than a 6000. The drive home is about an hour, and 15 minutes from that gold spot I guess, 30 minutes of that is driving around a winding road along the side of Lake Wakatipu which was the part I felt sick, I had the air con cranked and I'd stopped at the shops and bought a 1.5 litre drink prior to driving home which helped too, but even with the air con going full I was sweating like mad. It's all very weird, something I've never experienced before.

So, we've had a lot of positives so far, and well deserved too however, now's the time to point out some other things that need to be known. As I've talked about in previous posts with it being such a sensitive PI machine it picks up the coil cable, especially with smaller spiral coils, not so much the bundle wound coils like the Sadie. Generally, this isn't too much of a problem and you only notice it putting down or picking up the detector when it sounds off on the cord moving, however if in bushy or rocky areas that coil cable can get moved around a bit causing false signals. The supplied Velcro straps will hold the cable in place however not in position, if you want it in a certain spot so it doesn't move plastic clips are a far better option. I've managed to find my plastic clips, and fitted one, now my cable is in a much better position than with a strap that allowed it to slip around the shaft, this will help a lot with the coil cable being detected. I don't know much about the clips, they maybe something designed for another purpose and someone discovered them and packaged them up as a detecting product and sells them off for a good markup, either way this place is where I got mine. They fit the Algoforce shaft perfectly and come in a pack of 8 clips. Next, the USB power bank shape can be beneficial too. The design is quite well thought out with 2 straps that hold it in place, and a rail sliding bar with a hump at the end to hold it there, along with rubber pads on the rail to give some grip. You can adjust the length of the rail by loosening a couple of thumb screws with your fingers, expanding it out to fit your battery and locking it in place again, then the little lump at the end helps the battery hold in place. This lump could probably do with being a little bit bigger, but it can't be too big as the USB ports on the battery bank and right there too so if it were bigger, it may cause some problems with some battery banks. I found with mine the lump is too small as I've purchased a Belkin 20000 mAH which seems an awesome product, I've always liked Belkin gear, they've been around for decades but its a very rounded battery bank so the lump doesn't do the job as well as it could and my battery bank does tend to move a bit, I'll sort out a solution here, perhaps some sticky Velcro on one of the rubber pads, and on the battery bank to line up and give that little bit more stick, it really wouldn't take much to lock it in tight. This is the Belkin, if only it had square edges 🙂 I have another battery bank laying around which appears a much better design for a detector. The one below is another one with more Sqaure edges that holds in a lot easier, with minimal effort. Solar panel on top. On the bottom a torch and a little clip, it has very square edges so mounts into the Algoforce more solidly, that clip could potentially be used to lock it in even better, I've not looked into that yet although I doubt it would be needed. This one also has a rubber housing giving even more grip. Really with one like this there is absolutely no problem, so something to keep in mind when buying a power bank. Next up, wireless audio, I've got an MPow atpX LL transmitter, it fits perfectly onto the back of the control pod with some adhesive Velcro on the transmitter and on the detector, I had no problems with this, even in my wild bushy hilly terrain, it held on no problems at all. The thing I am going to change is the audio cable, I'll get one with right angle connectors on it, that way they don't stick out and I'll be able to use a Velcro strap to hold the cord in place nicely, if I can't find one the right length, I'll just make one, the right angle 3.5mm plugs can be bought at Jaycar and I'd imagine any good electronics parts retailer, or online of course. I noticed no extra EMI induced by having the transmitter on the control pod, it appeared to cause no issues at all. You'll note it has a little rubber cover to put into the socket if you're not using headphones, a great thing to have and can be removed and stored away if you're having headphones or a transmitter in there permanently. Next up, the battery holder straps. Positioning of these is vital to ensuring a good tight fit of your battery, having them tight means the little rail and rubber lump are not near as necessary, and to tighten them I've found this is the best positioning as then the clip is out of the way, if it's in the wrong position it will prevent a tight fit. Now, the cable from the power bank to the detector itself, it goes up into the handle up plugs into the detector inside the handle using a USB C connector, wise as this is now the standard and remaining that way. The other end of the supplied cable is USB A, I'd imagine they've done this for compatibility as older power banks won't have USB C but on mine at least it means the cable is offset on the side of the battery bank, making it more exposed to being hit by branches or rocks. By using the centre USB C port on my power bank I'll be able to route the cable up onto the shaft to keep it out of the way. This is the USB A plug end on the supplied cable for those unsure what USB A is. Now, even better there are USB C to USB C cables with a right angle at one end, you only want it at one end as inside the detector pod you need a straight plug, but on the power bank if you plug in a right angle one to the centre USB C port such as on my power bank the cable can be secured so it's well hidden from obstacles hitting it, the right angle cables come in various lengths, I'll work out the exactly length I need and order it today, 25cm should be the right size I think. Last but not least, the exposed USB ports on the power bank are going to get dirty, dusty and all sorts of things stuck in them, potentially damaging them or the battery bank, even water from sitting the detector down on wet grass seeing they're right near ground level. An easy solution to this is little silicone USB port covers you can buy. I've bought ones for USB A as I'm not going to use those ports and be USB C to USB C. Amazingly this Belkin battery is going to give me over 20 hours detecting on a charge, probably a few more hours than that. Makes some other detectors battery sources seem a bit problematic running out so quickly. On another note, my Sadie just arrived. These are a few little niggly annoyances or just things it is wise to know about the Algoforce so if you're buying one you can be better prepared. They're not necessarily faults with the detector but more advice on suitable products to improve it even further.

Thank you Gerry, this is very kind of you. I do my best to try help people and cut through the marketing to give my opinions on things, I may not always be right, and with metal detecting there are always variables that can change results which is why I just do raw video, in most cases I've not even watched back the video before uploading it, why? because I don't care to, I have nothing to hide, with computer software a decade or two ago there was a term often used WYSIWIG, and that's how I like my videos to be, it means What You See Is What You Get. I think it's very wise of you to jump on a dealership with the Algoforce as soon as is possible, who knows what the future holds from the brand too, this is their entry into the market, very exciting times ahead. To quote Gerry, "Just think of how many folks who can now afford a Pulse Induction detector and still have the money to fill the gas tank and go." Hit the nail on the head there, it brings an entire new market of customers into the game and they can go out confidently knowing their detector is a damn good one, just because its significantly cheaper doesn't mean they'll do significantly worse than someone with a more expensive unit.

Nope, Algoforce don't need to give me anything, just saying it how I see it, it could have easily gone the other way and I'd be saying how much I dislike whatever about it, fortunately they have released a good product. I paid for my detector, just another customer.

I'm not sure what the green rocks are, they're a type of schist and common around here, they're not the worst hot rock, it's a basalt rock that's just impossible for anything to deal with, the green ones are just an annoyance that different detectors struggle with to various degrees. I think at this stage the 6000 handles hot rocks worse than the Algoforce, earlier GPX and GPZ, maybe due to its sensitivity being wound right up, as you can see in the video, I was using an extremely sensitive 10" full spiral coil on the Algoforce. I'm unsure if JW will get one, he did like it and was impressed how stable it ran, he had a quick turn with it and the 10" Spiral but it comes down to need, does he need one with his selection of X-coils on his GPZ and his 6000 with a good range of coils, probably not at this stage. It's filled a hole Minelab intentionally left empty in the market, a lower priced high-performance PI loaded with cool features, and the reason they left this area with no detectors is it would be very hard for them to justify the GPX 6000 and GPZ price if they had a detector like this in their line up at this price, they'd have to halve the prices of the other units and really I think that's about where their prices should be, hopefully this detector causes a correction in the market. Now it's seeing what Fisher, Nokta, Minelab and anyone else do in the future, it's really hard to justify $9000 on a GPX 6000 and especially a Garrett Axiom at the Aussie pricing when you can buy an Algoforce for $2275 AUD then a coil which is cheap for it and a cheap USB battery bank, about $2500 AUD and you're good to go. Slap on a Low latency aptX transmitter, I think mine was $30 when I got it and you can use any LL headphones. It really is a good value setup that's not left that far behind the GPX 6000. It's a great time for people to get into prospecting with a PI now there is a really good unit for a very reasonable price. Only serious hard-core detectorists that do a lot of gold prospecting can really justify it, weekend warriors and casual gold hunters could get away with an Algoforce pretty easily and be happy.

The solution to the coil cable thing is not using Velcro straps and using plastic clips, they hold the cable in place, the straps let it move around the shaft and go wherever it wants, the clips lock it in place so you can align it best to keep it away from the coil as good as possible. I have some somewhere, I will find them and use them in the future, when I put the Sadie on I put it on really sloppy as I was only intending to use it a short time then swap to the Coiltek 6" Mono for a try, I never got that chance. These are the clips I mean, not sure the best place to buy them but this dealer has them. I think they're pretty essential when going to very small spiral coils on the Algoforce.

Well, as someone in low mineral ground often looking for tiny gold, I can lay down a few points that matter. Without a doubt a higher frequency VLF like the Garrett 24k, Gold Bug 2, Equinox, Manticore, Legend, the list goes on and on will hit smaller gold, much smaller gold, and get more depth on these very tiny bits too, however once the bits creep up in size to the .1 of a gram bit and more (we will use it as a generic example cut off not a definite guaranteed cut off) then even with little minerals the PI takes over for depth, then as the gold gets bigger again say fox example 1 gram, the VLF with something like an 11" coil starts to gain some ground again but the PI's and ZVT will always be deeper. I used to use a VLF all the time for prospecting, even though I had a GPX 4500 sitting there, why? It found more tiny bits often, I had more chance of getting gold. I was convinced to put more effort into my PI and I found when I did, I lost the tiny bits entirely so found less in number of pieces and went home with nothing a lot more but the slightly bigger bits started to appear a bit deeper down so my gold weight increased. Then the GPZ and small coils came along to my stable, it was a lot more sensitive to the small stuff than the 4500 and felt more like a combination of the VLF and PI, I was getting a lot more gold and never felt the need for the VLF anymore, the bits the VLF got the GPZ didn't were very small, the 0.02 of a gram and smaller, I then purchased a 6000, found it very similar to the GPZ on small gold performance mainly as I am fortunate to have small coils for my GPZ but I always felt the GPZ was going much deeper. It's really hard to prove this sort of thing, it's not like I'm going to walk around with both detectors, it's more when using one you notice depth on targets more than using the other and some basic air testing in a way verifies it for me at least, if it's not seeing it sitting on the ground with the coil swinging above it it's sure not seeing it in the ground is my theory. The Algoforce now comes along, again it appears to hit similar size bits as the 6000 and 7000, I think it has a little less depth on them, but still hitting them well. The VLF's I put all of these detectors in competition with on small gold are the 19kHz range, not the higher frequency machines. Detectors like the Gold Bug Pro, think of the smallest bits it will hit, that's more in line with the best of the best in the PI and ZVT tiny target performance. That's not talking about depth, it's talking about the smallest gold they will hit, depth varies but often the PI's and GPZ will exceed the VLF depth too, so many variables. I think the cut off point for PI and GPZ on tiny gold is about 0.03 of a gram, anything below that you need a VLF. Minelab did this chart for the 6000's release, indicating it was better on a 0.05g nugget than the GM 1000, and they ranked the GPZ so low, but that's their fault for not releasing coils for it. I scoffed at this as no way in the world is the 6000 more sensitive to 0.05 than a GM, but in the right hot soil, maybe it is, certainly not my soil.

They should link that on their website, great video. I learnt something from it too, I thought it was auto calibrating my coils as all I've used so far on it is the Sadie and 10" Spiral X-coil, and both coils came up "Ready to Detect" I've never had the Calibrate coil - + button message come up. It's a cool feature though, I'm sure as I try a range of coils on it I'll find some that need calibrated.

Today I took the Algoforce for a gold hunt, it wasn't the location I was wanting to go to as the one I wanted to go to I had more confidence of finding something, its temperature was going to be too hot, then I saw a closer spot right near JW's house was cooler when I checked its forecast, I couldn't resist and decided to go, although I had little hope of finding anything, being so close to home for JW and his uncanny ability to find all available gold he doesn't leave much behind. The first thing I did seeing this area has powerlines right through it was to test the Algoforce under them, results can be seen here, I must say though, very impressed! I had a hunch it would be good, it's one of the few detectors and only PI that I have that I can use inside my house for testing. I next found a 22 shell, pretty typical here and generally screamer targets, sometimes I'm lazy and reject them, risky move but I can get lazy in the heat. Seeing I was digging it all, the general rule for a new detector I dug it up, pretty neat video, a 22 shell comes up with a Target ID of 22 😛 I later tested the same 22 shell on the Sadie, and was pleased to see it came up 22 on an entirely different coil, a 10" Spiral vs a 8x6" bundle wound. You've probably heard me whinge about the green hot rocks in the past, so I wanted to see how it goes on them, the 6000 can't balance them out in normal but does to a degree in difficult, not completely gone but better than normal, The Algoforce on the other hand, bang.... gone! bye bye Green hot rock! To top it off once balanced out I put a little shotgun pellet I'd found on top of it, a giant big green hot rock and it still was able to detect the pellet as if the rock didn't exist. I notified JW I was there seeing he lives very close nearby and he popped down for a detect and to catch up, he had his 6000 and 10x5" Coiltek with him, a good combination for the area. He was also kind enough to bring along an assortment of GPX coils that I don't have to try including the Sadie (mine still hasn't arrived from the NZ Dealer) and a 6" Coiltek round mono. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to test out the mono which I'll explain later but quickly swapped over from my 10" X-coil to the Sadie to try it out, seeing it was the manufacturer tested coil on the detector I wanted to see how it goes. The Sadie is very light, quite nice to swing such a little coil in the rougher areas, knowing it has hot edges is a nice attribute too. In my first video up the top with the 22 shell I explain about the coil cable and how the Algoforce detects it when you pick up and put down the detector with the 10" fitted, I even accidentally left pinpoint mode on when sitting it down and the detector screamed, it was sitting there pinpointing the coil cable and had an ID for it 🙂 Seeing the pinpoint mode doesn't need motion it just screamed on the cable. I later discovered when switching to the Sadie the coil cable doesn't get detected near as much, those with a Sadie probably will barely notice when lifting up and putting down their detector, whereas with the 10" spiral it screams. Pinpoint mode will obviously behave the same with the non-motion. The 10" spiral is much more sensitive than the Sadie, but I already knew this, if someone's after maximum sensitivity to small targets size doesn't matter as much as windings do, the Coiltek 9", 10" X-coil or 12x8" EVO will likely be the most sensitive, never used the 12x8" EVO only owning the 14x9" Evo but I'd likely give it the tiny target sensitivity over the Sadie too. That's not saying the Sadies a bad coil, its edge sensitivity will give it great benefit over the far less sensitive edges of the spiral coils so if golds up against rocks it will win, it's also good for poking and prodding with the sensitive edges and it may handle some bad ground better too. I found a little bit of gold under a rock not long after putting the Sadie on, It wasn't detected from above the rock, I was just lucky enough to flip a rock that had a little nugget (flake) under it. JW had also recovered a little nugget, one he had detected some time ago in the schist bedrock with the GPZ and I think it was the 15" CC, he ended up not being able to find it, thought it was lost and moved on, the coil was probably just too big and awkward for his little dug hole in the bedrock or something to get close enough to it, but it was gone, today he managed to get it with the 10x5" Coiltek on the 6000 smashing out more rock. It was smaller than the one I'd just found, quite a bit smaller. Time went by and nothing for either of us, so I explored further and climbed down a bit of a ledge and found a target, I was trying to get it out and it sank down into a hole in the rock of the ledge to the next layer below, I was trying to get it out learning right over hoping I don't fall into the prickly briar rose bushes below, I'd be in big trouble then, and I kept poking the Sadie in under the layer and it kept sounding off so I thought I was hitting the target, so I'd slowly slide out some soil and it would keep sounding off the same, it turned out it wasn't sounding off on the nugget, it was sounding off as the coil cable was getting crushed down and touching the coil. It is vital with the Algoforce to have a nice secure coil cable that can't go near the coil, it just shows how sensitive it is, the GPZ with small coils like the 8" and 10" is the same especially lifting up and putting down the detector so I'm a bit used to it. I gave up that method and risked climbing down to the bottom of the little ditch in among the prickles, sadly 3 of them stabbed into my hand, I plucked them out one by one but by the 3rd one I had a problem, it had stuck straight into a vein, when I pulled out the rose thorn a big squirt of blood shot out like a jet, then it swelled up rapidly like a balloon under the skin, it got quite big, about half a golf ball, then in a seconds the swelling went down a fair bit to a blackish lump, and its stayed that way. I felt quite sick at this point, really dizzy, so I just used the Sadie from down there where I could get into the gap between the rocks better, retrieved the target and climbed back up the ledge leaving my detector and pick on the ledge to collect from half way down from the top, I climbed up with my scoop in hand with the target in it. Once at the top I was so dizzy I just sat down for about 10 minutes with the scoop sitting next to me hoping it wasn't some junk. Once I recovered enough, I climbed down and retrieved my detector and pick and climbed back up to recover the target from the scoop. I was so pleased it was a piece of gold after all of that. Here is the video of it all, I quite big bit for what's left in this area, that's for sure. I felt really weird sort of dizzy sort of drunk but it could be a combination of heat exhaustion along with the weird injury so I walked back to JW and told him what happened and showed my nugget, he suggested I had a sit down which I had planned to do, I sat another 20 or so minutes and just felt worse so I call over to him that I'm going to head home cutting my day short, I stopped for a snack on some wild black berries on my walk to my car as I hadn't yet had lunch. I felt horrible the entire drive home, almost vomited half way home going around the lake which is a very bendy road for about 30 minutes along the side of the lake. I'm coming right now, no longer dizzy that I've cooled down and had a long cold shower and plenty to drink, I had run out of drink very early in the day too so perhaps I was dehydrated. Next time more drink bottles coming than just the one little one. So here is my hand now A bit black and swollen still. I really like the Algoforce, it's an incredible detector for the price, a real game changer for people that don't need the absolute best of the best yet still want a very high-performance PI machine with cool features and at a very cheap price. The more I use it the more I like it. I really hope I'm the first paying customer that's found gold with the detector, that'd be pretty cool.

Today I took the Algoforce to a gold area, the first thing I did was put it under some powerlines in the gold area and see how well it would do, the 6000 is very ratty under and even some distance from these lines, the 7000's also a little unstable but more usable at higher sensitivity than the 6000, the reason this is important to me is I've found good gold around these exact lines, biggest bit was .7 of a gram only a few meters from where this video was filmed with the GPZ and 8" X-coil. So being able to run nicely around these lines is a big plus. So, rather than my word, here is a video This was my first target under the lines, unfortunately just a little bit of wire, but a demonstration of how it works under them with a target. I will do a post about the rest of the day also; this was just my first target as I entered the area I was going to be detecting and like every new coil or detector I wanted to test it under these power lines as these ones run straight through a gold area. I'm sure if you went back through some previous posts, you'll see the 6000 here, and the 7000. Again, I haven't watched these videos back yet I only just got home, I have no idea if its windy, or if there are any other disturbances, I like to do raw video, not editing out bits and pieces. I like people to see exactly what I see. By the way I found gold, so hopefully I'm the first E1500 paying customer to find gold with it!! that'd be cool.

Cooler weather at another gold spot so heading there now to try it out, fingers crossed.

I was thinking that too, I very much limit my dig holes there but if I get the ID's of the common coin finds and go back and hope it finds something deeper, I've missed. It's an open space with not a lot of junk so it may be ideal. I won't do that until I've got it all worked out and tested out it's coin depths to ensure its worth a try as I really don't like digging many holes there being a public sports field, even though it's never used for sports games it's not right to dig it up.

No TID on the ground when there is no target there. It just goes blank.

Yea, I didn't ground balance, at this stage I was just playing with it learning how to use it, it had no ground response so I just left it. I've since balanced and it doesn't affect Target ID's. The ground is so mild there it never makes a difference, VLF's don't even need balanced. The hot rocks are the only issue. I've not tested on iron junk yet, first I have to find some, easier said than done. There are nails in ground in my yard so I'll mess around there a bit with ID's today, I've decided it's too hot to go anywhere today so I'll marinate in the spa pool a lot to ride it out, I'll skip a couple of days before going anywhere until it cools down, it's a public holiday today and with the heatwave the beaches will be full of people, so I'll wait until they're all back at work. I'll probably go to the river and do some detecting with it, recovering targets after IDing them and see what they turn out to be. I also want to see how well it compares to the 5000 on a coin depth using the same coil, as a bit of a depth reference. I'm not sure about Pellet ID's yet, I'll have to test if they differ much from small gold, I doubt it. As for those expecting it to excel over the 6000 or 7000 as a gold detector, keep in mind it's price, it excels for its price, it's very good, and from what I've so far not very far behind the 6000 with overall small gold sensitivity and that's just trying one coil on it, albeit a very sensitive coil, but there are smaller coils than 10". I think it's punching well above its weight. If all I owned right now was a GPX 5000, I'd be hanging it up and using the Algoforce the most, keeping in mind NZ mostly has small gold so it would give me more finds than the 5000 does. I don't know yet bigger target depths that is why I want to start checking out some coin depths in the ground and see what happens. Hopefully it has a bit of depth in normal on 1 gram size bits, if it can hold its own there it may end up a really good patch finder as it's so stupidly light and nice to swing, when I was first assembling it, the weight reminded me of the XP Deus, it's just so light.

Looking at the weather forecast it's looking like it's far too hot to go gold hunting tomorrow, the damn wind from Australia is really cooking us. I might hit the beach tomorrow and do the gold later in the week when it cools down, there is no trees or anything for shade in the gold area, I'll be roasting to death, at least the beach I can dunk myself to cool down. Either way, being a new detector very different to anything I've ever owned before I've got lots to learn and tinker with, I want to compare depth on a coin to the 5000 with the same coil too, to get an idea of how deep it goes on that sort of target and see at what point the target ID starts to become unstable.

As long as it links to here especially where I explain about the cranking of the threshold up high to combat the wind etc making it a bit unstable, and the coil size difference as so on, it wasn't a fair comparison between the two, even though the Algoforce did remarkably well it's good to have some context. With my aptX transmitter and the Avantree Torus neck speaker to make the audio louder not having to worry so much about the wind noise I wouldn't have needed to do that and the detector would sound better, unfortunately I haven't used the transmitter in some time and it was dead flat, it's charging now. 🙂 The 6000's speaker is louder and the 6000 audio just screams on small close to the coil targets, but rapidly falls away, it does make the 6000 sound a lot better on video though even though they were both doing very well.

A man's gotta eat! It's almost dinner time! I chopped off the coin test with a target ID demonstration out of the nugget video for those that don't care about small nuggets but want to see how Target ID works, it's pretty impressive, if there is one thing, I could change about it is I would add a separate pinpoint volume control. I'll do proper target ID coin stuff in the next few days, especially at the beach. Lowering the threshold back down to normal and using my Torus neckband with the aptX LL transmitter and the pinpointer volume was much better, I think my threshold being so high caused that.

Yes, and it definitely hits nuggets the GPX 5000 doesn't, or should I say flakes 😛 I'm very impressed, for the price its very good from what I've seen so far. A few of the ones in this section the GPX 5000 can't hit at all. I'll do a video between the two at some point in the next few days, tomorrow I intend to go looking for gold and the next day likely the beach so I'll be a bit busy. I think it's going to be a hit, a great way for people to get into prospecting without spending massive money and not being left all that far behind, and in some ways like the 5000 being ahead on small and prickly bits of gold.