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  1. The Ultra Sensing 11" and 14", the Super Deep 15" Mono, and the 15" Ultimate DD are all flat/spiral wound. All other Detech GPX coils are bundle wound to the best of my knowledge.
  2. A couple new videos that have been posted.
  3. When swinging, I find my hand feels more natural when it's resting on the bottom of the handle. That gives me about an inch and a bit of clearance to the bottom of the control box. I'll probably still put a thin layer of tennis racquet grip tape as I did the same with the 7000 and 2300. Probably got so used to the foam grips from the SD days right up to the 5000.
  4. Here's a few things on my Minelab dream list: A 6000 with a lot more control - independent threshold, tone control, front end gain adjust, more timings etc. A 7000 that's gone on a diet - don't need the GPS, and a nice mid size semi-elliptical concentric would be great. A gpx5000 Pro version - full carbon shafts, SD series khaki green box, a small internal battery to give me 6 hrs run time, but still able to hook up the external battery pack. External manual tune pot like the 3500. No coil supplied. And a little bit of SDC/6000 timing magic for an improvement on specimens. Actually, if they did this, I probably wouldn't need the first two ☺️ Heck they can even stuff my sP01 circuit inside if we're really dreaming. A Sovereign type machine that's fully waterproof, i.e. a Garrett infinium style control box that I can chest mount. Aqua Sovereign or Excalibur III? None of the above is using new technology, so quite achievable, and would sure get me wanting to upgrade.
  5. Welcome Pete. Plenty of fellow Aussies on this forum.
  6. Steve, there is supposed to be a redirection in place but it seems it isn't working. I have got in touch with my domain provider to see what's going on.
  7. SteelPhase was Pat & myself, now it's just me.....and my local engineer, printers, laser engravers etc who help get all the parts ready πŸ˜‰
  8. Rob still sells them. Direct link to SteelPhase brand: https://phasetechnical.com.au/steelphase/ Many still prefer the plug and play simplicity of hardwired set ups Simon, me included. Less things to charge, and never any crackles and drop outs. Saying that, there's still plenty of options for incorporating the sP01 into a wireless setup as many users have already. GPZ - just connect to the WM12's headphone socket SDC (or any other unit for that matter) - mount the sP01 on the unit and run a wireless transmitter from the sP01 output. 6000 - cleanest way is to get a Quest LL wireless receiver, and plug the sP01 into that. (1/4" socket onboard) https://phasetechnical.com.au/quest-bluetooth-low-latency-receiver-suit-gpx6000/ Still strong demand for the sP01, and the headphones seem to have gained in popularity in the last few months as well, which is unusual as it's usually the quieter time for gold prospecting related gear so can't work that out.
  9. I have a couple Sovereigns here, and still like to beach hunt with one occasionally. Chest mounted with the Detech 13" ultimate and I can go for hours. That smooth threshold buzz, and just waiting for the threshold tone change to indicate I've gone over something. Simple and effective.
  10. On the E1500 I think a 17x13" evo would give you the best depth on a 20c coin. I did a quick air test on pretty low sensitivity (too close to suburbia) on a bunch of coils, and the 17x13" was the best by about 5-10mm. Just curious how were you altering the depth if the target was already buried - just raising the coil or using blocks?
  11. Not on video, but comparing the 14x9 and 12" round, the 14x9" has a very slight edge in signal sharpness on stuff under 0.1g, but the 12" Evo starts to show better depth once targets start to go bigger than about half a gram. On a 5c coin, I was getting nearly 2cm better depth with the 12 round. The 12" round is also much less reactive to hot rocks compared to the Sadie.
  12. The guy making them stopped years ago. Been selling the gold digger picks instead since then.
  13. Sorry Rick, can't help with running videos (at the moment) but a few finds are starting to be shared. This one was from WA, accompanied by this note: Hi Nenad, This is the first time out with the E1500 and got these three in the first hour. The machine ran really good, nice and stable. The targets stand out, and it’s easy to use. The design of the stem and control box is really nice – well built. The display is unreal and can be seen in broad daylight. Just went and bought the 14x9” Nugget Finder – will give that a go as well. This is good machine, I’m able to tilt it and it stays quiet. The ground where the nuggets came from is where we are working and has been pushed. Going to go to some ground where it has only been detected. Well done to AlgoForce, top unit, can’t wait to see what they bring out next. (Prospector in W.A.)
  14. Difficult and High Yield can run at the same time. If changing from High Yield into General (or vice versa), I check my ferrite balance. Now I'm usually in Semi Auto GB, so I can ground balance by just pumping the coil, but the ferrite balance needs to be done with the Quick Trak button. So if I'm not getting a response from the ferrite, I just pump the coil and go. If I am getting a response, then press Quick Trak and sweep over the ferrite until it's no longer responding. The machine saves a different ferrite balance for each Ground Type/Gold Mode combination, so you only have to do it once.
  15. Looking back to the beginning, all good gold detectors had to have some form of ground balance - it was initially done manually by turning one or two pots, and then Minelab came out with Tracking, but the initial ground balance or Reset, like on the GT16000 was also automatic (as opposed to turning knobs), and generally faster than the slower "tracking" ground balance. At some point it was all just referred to as Auto Ground Balance, and Minelab tried to differentiate the two by calling the initial faster balance a Quick Trak. Quick Trak was trademarked, so only Minelab could use that term, so I may be wrong but I think the term GRAB first appeared on some US made detectors - basically another name for the fast auto balance or ground balance reset, (not to be confused with continual tracking). Any method of ground balance requires you to pump the coil, but the differences are: Turning knobs or pressing +/- keypads = Manual Push button = Auto Ground balance automatically updated as you are sweeping = Tracking So the AlgoForce has an auto ground balance or you could call it a ground grab - same feature, different name.
  16. Yes. But possibly others gave feedback directly to Alex?? I'm not sure.
  17. 0.7 secs vs. 1.5 seconds for a long press function to activate may not sound like a big difference, but when you want to re-ground balance it, it actually feels like a huge difference. Just so much more responsive now!
  18. Not sure about the DD part, but if they are wound like the Coiltek AI coils, you can still get Iron ID to work on them. And if you switch into the Mono position on your coil switch, then it will work like a straight mono.
  19. What's worse is watching comparisons videos and they are doing narrow repeated sweeps over the target. Or digging ground noises and not once moving the coil away, pumping it, and then re-checking the area.
  20. Can't speak for others but I'm 6'4" and I can get that Sadie coil much further out in front of me than I would ever want.
  21. 100% this! Nice and stretchy, locks the cable in place, and comes off clean. Any sticky residue is easily removed with a bit of WD40 on paper towel. With Velcro wraps, you really need a strip of stick on Velcro on the shaft, and then wrap the velcro strap on this. This way it won't spin.
  22. Well looks like Simon beat me by a day, but I've got a video up showing the user interface in detail and cover most of the settings. AlgoForce E1500 Specifications & Settings
  23. Early days so far, but I'm starting to feel that may be the best option for the use of Fine. For Ultra Fine which is capable of tiny specks, a smaller coil will probably still be better. But in areas with zippy hotrocks, a 14x9" Evo in Fine is will be a lot easier to handle than a Sadie in Ultra Fine.
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