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We all know Minelab are always working on their next generation detectors, be they coin/relic/gold or dedicated gold, as Gerry mentioned elsewhere. I'm guessing that the next GPZ detector will be revealed at the upcoming Minelab dealer conference in Oz, May of 2025. I believe that to be a reasonable prediction, as the 7000 is so long in the tooth now, and Minelab's next flagship gold detector is long overdue.

Hello All, I am an absolute greenhorn... I just bought the Gold Monster 1000 on plans to test ground and do some prospecting.. I live in Southern California desert, where a lot of gold has been found by past and current gold operations. Our land is I believe quite mineralized and there is a lot of granite. My friend an I ran one quart bag of soil of an area and came out with some nice flecks of gold. This was a blind test but tomorrow I am taking the GM 1000 out to the same area to do some more testing. Planning on running the GM on some washes and rocky gravely areas to take some sample for the sluice. If I find some granite or bedrock I will plan on running the GM over it and seeing if I can find a nuggets. My question is do I use the large or small coil? From my understanding the small coil will be more useful for finding small flecks? Is the small coil more sensitive or just more of a concentrated read? Should I use the discriminatory function or not? I guess I am just asking for some guidance and I am open to all conversations and willing/excited to learn this new hobby at age 45 yrs old. One of my friends made a comment saying, 'Dude your not 80 yr".. I like to learn all aspects of everything. So being this age I feel I have years to learn from you all, hopefully. Thanks again and happy hunting...