Steve Herschbach Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I was so busy on the x coil threads I did not notice this one was fully off the rails also. Guys, there is a report button... please use it or send me a PM. I don’t read every post every day anymore so please let me know when the insults start flying. Anyway my apologies as this one really went south, with one member requesting his account be deleted as a result of action here and elsewhere. This stops now. I don’t care if you are a five year member with 1000 posts, you better think real hard before hitting that post button. I am just going to ban offenders until this stops. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mop Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 4:53 PM, Mop said: Not looking to start a fight here, just sharing info. I don't care what coils everyone wants to run. I did try to get the thread off on the right track Steve, just thought it was a pertinent piece of info with all the discussion going on. Thanks for cleaning it up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobill Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Found this pic of the Aussie made 14" x 7" test coil on another forum. Check out the GPZ cable. Yes there is a Santa Claus and Christmas in July for GPZ users. Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Looking at that for a moment I thought it might be a hoax due to the high degree of ellipticity and the thinness of the coil, both things I thought were not possible with the DOD construction. But looking closer, and maybe what CoBill meant - that coil has a Minelab GPZ cable on both ends (chipped connector on top), as well as a stock ML cable, ie the whole thing is ML. Not possible without ML contribution. Unless I guess, they just used an entire cable from a Z coil...? Very interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Man, the more I look at that coil, the more I wonder if it's made by Minelab itself...? Notice the very odd design similarities in the mounting brackets? The two slots up towards the top? Exactly like the Z14 brackets that are molded into the coil. Quite an odd detail to crossover to a 3rd party design, but I guess possible. Those kinds of things usually get copied over in molds, or CAD programs though, when the same designer is working on a new product. Which itself opens up the possibility for a product more extensive than a coil I suppose too if one really wants to get into letting the mind wander. It has been well over 4 years after all... If this isn't ML themselves, it must be someone working very closely with them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Personally I am willing to bet there will eventually be a small coil you can buy for the GPZ that just plugs in and works, no cutting cables, etc. Minelab is surely hearing all the squawking and for all we know had one in development already. I've got no inside info folks, just speculating, but after 4 years a little more patience might be the best idea for most people. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Honestly I kind of doubt anything forces Minelab to do anything. They march to their own drummer. If a new coil was to appear with their support tomorrow it would have been a couple years in the works at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Porter Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, jasong said: Man, the more I look at that coil, the more I wonder if it's made by Minelab itself...? Notice the very odd design similarities in the mounting brackets? The two slots up towards the top? Exactly like the Z14 brackets that are molded into the coil. Quite an odd detail to crossover to a 3rd party design, but I guess possible. Those kinds of things usually get copied over in molds, or CAD programs though, when the same designer is working on a new product. Which itself opens up the possibility for a product more extensive than a coil I suppose too if one really wants to get into letting the mind wander. It has been well over 4 years after all... If this isn't ML themselves, it must be someone working very closely with them. That looks to have be cut from the top of a GPZ14 coil and painted black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jonathan Porter said: That looks to have be cut from the top of a GPZ14 coil and painted black. Ahh, yep. I hadn't considered that option. ? Certainly would make more sense from an Occams Razor standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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