Steve's Gold Nugget Detector Guide Update

[Aureous]

On 1/17/2024 at 10:34 AM, Gold Catcher said:

Perhaps X-coil tech, but Aussie made/certified?

What the Russkies have done with their coils is absolutely nothing special, just a lotta hours of trial and error, experimentation and common sense. I could start making those coils easily (coz they have done all the initial hard work TBH) with the injection of just $50K to get a production line started. You'd be looking at a wholesale markup of around 300% with no coil being over US$500 each retail. If Minelab started the same thing for the GPZ8, it would be farmed off to the lowest bidder in Malaysia with the resulting poor quality.....as we've seen with the GPX6000 coils.

[Aureous]

On 1/18/2024 at 8:46 AM, Jeff McClendon said:

Have those spouses swing an ORX and they might think differently. 
 

They are really easy to operate too with just enough features to get serious. 

XP detectors have always been just a serious coin/relic machine to us here in Oz, so they're always 'off the radar' when it comes to VLF gold prospecting. If you praise the Orx Jeff, perhaps its worth a serious look. Here in Oz, they are $200 cheaper than even the Nokta Legend!

[copper king]

On 1/15/2024 at 8:44 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

I'm an Alaskan living in Nevada. Looks like maybe time to update my old nugget guide........

Sorry Steve for I was hoping that you were from Colorado , my home state.. now living in Dallas Texas and miss home.. but I've got to be where the work is..

[Steve Herschbach]

On 1/18/2024 at 2:00 PM, Aureous said:

XP detectors have always been just a serious coin/relic machine to us here in Oz, so they're always 'off the radar' when it comes to VLF gold prospecting. If you praise the Orx Jeff, perhaps its worth a serious look. Here in Oz, they are $200 cheaper than even the Nokta Legend!

I know people have heard me complain about the limitations imposed by wireless coils before, but just imagine what an ORX with a 4x6 elliptical identical the the one for the Gold Bug 2 would be like. The Gold Bug 3 that I always wanted, selectable frequency with three main options for both large and small gold - 14, 28 and 74 kHz

 

[RONS DETECTORS MINELAB]

That 6” gb2 concentric looks great on that orx.

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[Steve Herschbach]

16 minutes ago, RONS DETECTORS MINELAB said:

That 6” gb2 concentric looks great on that orx.

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Seriously, I'd buy a machine like that in two seconds. Controller in pocket, the rod and coil would probably come in at under a pound, and be hotter than a pistol on tiny gold. A gold snipers dream for pockets and crevices.

[Aureous]

On 1/18/2024 at 10:26 PM, Gold Catcher said:

Agreed. Imagine the 6000 with a nice submenu, all optional of course....6k and GM user profiles are different, and I think 6k customers would have expected more from their machine than what is offered, despite all the glory.

GC

On my 6000, all I really want is a manual frequency tune, a threshold control and a special timing to ignore most lead shot ? 

[Steve Herschbach]

On 1/21/2024 at 1:44 PM, Aureous said:

On my 6000, all I really want is a manual frequency tune, a threshold control and a special timing to ignore most lead shot ? 

It’s not unrealistic at all to have a mode that is not as sensitive to both tiny shot and hot rocks. Yeah, you’d give up some gold but it would be a great option to have. And let’s not forget a manual ground balance instead of being forced into tracking 24/7. If not a manual adjust at least just a lock function.

[phrunt]

yes, the most important feature for me the GPX 6000 is missing is a ground balance lock, like Fixed on the earlier GPX, it's a major flaw in the design I think and seeing a majority of the people I've seen regularly used Fixed then it makes little sense this was overlooked.