Gold Catcher Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, egixe4 said: I believe this machine could be the machine that quite a lot of Aussies have been craving Not just Aussies....! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egixe4 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gold Catcher said: Not just Aussies....! True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I wonder what the fate of the 5000 will be once the 6000 is released. Hard to imagine what advantages the 5000 still would have to offer, other than coil options which granted could be a biggie, or the complex settings options that some may still like. For the GM, SDC, 6000 and 7000 there appears to be a sound rationale for mutual existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egixe4 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 That’s the million-dollar question, The 5000’s ruggedness, coils and price point maybe? My QED sent my SDC into retirement it was sold, it also relegated my 5000 to my backup machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicR Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 The 5000 has some discrimination with the DD coil - we have been verbally told by Minelab US Rep that the DD coil on the 6000 does not and is only intended for high EMI environments. So in a high junk gold field the 5000 may still be the weapon of choice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Part of the story.... https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/4891-minelab-sdc-2300-strip-down-rebuild/?do=findComment&comment=106543 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigsAlot Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Gold Catcher said: I wonder what the fate of the 5000 will be once the 6000 is released. Hard to imagine what advantages the 5000 still would have to offer, other than coil options which granted could be a biggie, or the complex settings options that some may still like. For the GM, SDC, 6000 and 7000 there appears to be a sound rationale for mutual existence. I have to differ with you on the sdc point. If the graph is correct and that is a big if, it will kill the sdc. The 6k appears all based of limited info, that it will compress very small as well. So you have a fine gold finder and backpacking size. These facts might kill the sdc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Anyone got a good guess what the heck those extra 6 or so pins go to in the coil connector? I was hoping one of the engineers or coil builders woulda chimed in with something by now, because I have no ideas. It's gotta be related to this Geosense though. I thought it might be a DOD at first, but does that even make sense on a PI? If not, there are actually more than 6 extra pins. Or this machine is more GPZ-like than the GPX moniker lets on? So something very different and new is happening in that coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, jasong said: So something very different and new is happening in that coil. I believe the extra pins are related to the 14DD coil control options via push button. I might be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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