Dropped My Zed

[Steve Herschbach]

The GPZ housing saw years of use from thousands of users worldwide as the CTX 3030. It is not exactly an untested design. The cost to develop that housing system was probably one of the biggest expenditures in a detector housing ever undertaken. Only units like the ATX or SDC would have comparable costs.

The idea it is a brittle design falling apart on users everywhere is a stretch.

[auminesweeper]

The GPZ housing saw years of use from thousands of users worldwide as the CTX 3030. It is not exactly an untested design. The cost to develop that housing system was probably one of the biggest expenditures in a detector housing ever undertaken. Only units like the ATX or SDC would have comparable costs.

The idea it is a brittle design falling apart on users everywhere is a stretch.

Mind you, It most Likely weighs a bit more than the CTX and was perfect for the intended purpose, I would not run my machines without covers on anyway and the good thing about that is it adds weight to the top end of the machine so it helps a little with the Balance,

 

John

[jasong]

The thing is, I put exponentially more wear and tear on my gold machines than I ever did on any of my coin/relic machines and the environments are generally different too - for every blade of grass a CTX sees the GPZ will see a jagged rock. So I'm not sure how far we could extend CTX field testing to a nugget machine except in very causal use cases.

 

But Minelab is pricing and pushing the machine to serious/full time users so IMO they'd do well to listen to every bit of criticism on this issue.

 

*To remain constructive, this is what I think should have been done: Carbon fiber any place it didn't interfere with the detector, an OEM cover provided, rubberized coating at any contact/stress point, and Gorilla Glass on the screen. Really nothing you wouldn't expect of a $500-600 phone or tablet built for rugged outdoor use.

[auminesweeper]

The thing is the ZED is the most expensive Nugget Machine ever produced and seeing as it cost between 10700 to 16.6k depending where you buy it, One Fault is One Too Many, and it is 4 times more than any of its Competitors and because of it's Cost, I think it is an insult when bits keep falling off or Breaking, I have An old Micronta 4003 Detector that I bought form Tandy's for my Son In 1997 and Guess what, It's still in One Piece and Still Works.

I think they should Recall them and fit new Housings, Because some of the people have blown all their savings or got bank Loans etc and got into debt to Own one of these Machines because of the 40% Depth Claim and at the Rate of the Problems between the ZED and the SDC I doubt if many will still be working by time some folks have paid off their Loans,

That wont happen with My Machines or The GPX's

[Steve Herschbach]

Ok John, do you own a GPZ 7000? It is falling apart? Reading about a couple individual problems on the internet hardly constitutes a recall issue. Leave the pot stirring for forums more amenable to it.

[Tortuga]

The GPZ just is what it is.

It's the most high tech and expensive detector there is.

You have a choice to either buy one or get "the next best thing" which costs thousands of dollars less (GPX, SDC, ATX etc.)

If there were three or four other machines out there that were competing closely with the GPZ from other manufacturers we'd see A LOT more refinement and "value". I'm not impressed with the build quality of my GPZ. Minelab says it's tough but it looks and feels like a $500 machine, not a $10k one.

I like Minelab and I like my GPZ, but without strong competition Minelab could basically polish a turd, call it the GPZ 9000, sell it for $20k and there would still be buyers.

[auminesweeper]

Ok Steve, I don't see as stirring the Pot, Sorry About That, I did not realize that we are not supposed to comment unless we Own them.

It won't Happen Again.

[Steve Herschbach]

No John, that is not it per se. However, this is and will remain the forum where calm and reason prevails. You being an admitted rabid owner of a rival brand and non-owner of the GPZ will find there is little credibility to be had by piling on a machine others own. Let the people experiencing the issues speak for themselves. I am all for constructive criticism, but surely owners of any detector are more qualified to comment on any machines perceived strengths and weaknesses than non-owners.

[auminesweeper]

I wasn't Going to reply, But as for Being A Rabid Owner of A Rival Brand,, Thanks,

 

Here's what you Don't Know:-

 

So Far To Date I have Owned In This Order, Minelab Musketeer Advantage, GP 3500, Sovereign GT, The Etrac and the Quatro, Being Australian I Bought everything else that Had A MineLab Logo On It, From Shirts to Ball Caps by the Box Load, to Back Packs etc, Plus Coils and Battery Packs and about every Accessory they ever came out with, I must have spent well over 20K on minelab Products Retail.

 

I would go out and Buy these Two Machines Tomorrow If it was not for Certain Issue's,

 

That's A Bit Harsh Mate. See Ya

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