Nugget Finder GPX 6000 Coils Delays

[PhaseTech]

Chet, your air test results, where these with the detector in Normal or Difficult setting? 

I know Normal has a noticeable improvement over Difficult with the 14" DD. 

[Chet]

3 hours ago, PhaseTech said:

Chet, your air test results, where these with the detector in Normal or Difficult setting? 

I know Normal has a noticeable improvement over Difficult with the 14" DD. 

The areas that I detect are mostly mild sand and soil so I run the GPX 6000 in Normal, No Threshold and Auto 2. I take the coils out of town to get away from EMI and run the air tests with the same settings. I test my GPZ 7000 coils with Normal, High Yield and 20 sensitivity.

When in the Nevada desert I have accomplished a lot of testing in the ground lowering nuggets down a vertical PVC pipe. The results are pretty close to the air tests. The big variable is the shape of the nuggets. I record all of the data on test sheets and when later entering the data into Excel charts and plots some of the extreme nugget data is thrown out. The next outing some of the wild nuggets stay home.

[phrunt]

Well, a positive update on the Nugget Finder Website, it's finally had a bit of a change, probably a concerning one for GPX 6000 owners wanting the other two promised coil sizes, they're no longer mentioned at all and no longer having unrealistic promised dates of release, the Coming in 2022, 2023 and so on for them has disappeared of course.

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The good news if you could call it that is the two GPZ coils, the one DDX coil, and EVO coils have now been put back onto the website after a year or so of absence, although with no information about which sizes still exist on the GPX 5000 coil range, I assume they're still making all the EVO's and the Sadie, the fields of course just for the Evolution coils but they usually just put the Sadie in there even though it's not one as it's the last of their Advantage series to survive..

I just don't get why it's so hard for them to have a decent working website, hire some school kid and pay them 50 bucks and a few pizzas while they make it, they'll have it done in a couple of hours at most.

[Gold Ryder]

22 hours ago, phrunt said:

Well, a positive update on the Nugget Finder Website, it's finally had a bit of a change, probably a concerning one for GPX 6000 owners wanting the other two promised coil sizes, they're no longer mentioned at all and no longer having unrealistic promised dates of release, the Coming in 2022, 2023 and so on for them has disappeared of course.

Home | Nugget Finder Coils

The good news if you could call it that is the two GPZ coils, the one DDX coil, and EVO coils have now been put back onto the website after a year or so of absence, although with no information about which sizes still exist on the GPX 5000 coil range, I assume they're still making all the EVO's and the Sadie, the fields of course just for the Evolution coils but they usually just put the Sadie in there even though it's not one as it's the last of their Advantage series to survive..

I just don't get why it's so hard for them to have a decent working website, hire some school kid and pay them 50 bucks and a few pizzas while they make it, they'll have it done in a couple of hours at most.

Seems like if somebody had the capital. There is pretty wide door open to swoop in and make some progress and some $. 

[GR Guy]

Doesn’t sound like they will be released in the short term if ever. I’m sure a few are hoping that’s not the case.

[Skookum]

I, for one, had been patiently waiting all this time for the smallest. Now, I’m not sure what to do other than examine the other current offerings. But, I’ve really wanted something on the opposite end of the 6000’s spectrum. 

[Nedkelly]

12 hours ago, GR Guy said:

Doesn’t sound like they will be released in the short term if ever. I’m sure a few are hoping that’s not the case.

Hopefully they will be compatible with the GPX6500, because by the the time they are released the 6500 will be due for release.  ? 

[Skookum]

Just wanted to throw this in here.  I still hope Nuggetfinder will eventually release the small coil for the GPX 6000.  It's real shame if plans were truly dropped.  A coil smaller than the Goldhawk could be a delight in tight spots, trashy areas, and just getting into those little nooks where small gold likes to camp out.  A lot of us would jump at the chance to get something smaller to push it's limits.  Nuggetfinder - please reconsider!  There’s definitely a bunch of us out here who would love to see it happen.

[Aureous]

1 hour ago, Skookum said:

Just wanted to throw this in here.  I still hope Nuggetfinder will eventually release the small coil for the GPX 6000.  It's real shame if plans were truly dropped.  A coil smaller than the Goldhawk could be a delight in tight spots, trashy areas, and just getting into those little nooks where small gold likes to camp out.  A lot of us would jump at the chance to get something smaller to push it's limits.  Nuggetfinder - please reconsider!  There’s definitely a bunch of us out here who would love to see it happen.

I understand that a limited supply of coil chips from Minelab are the reasons for low 6000 coil production and any future development. If your 6000 is out of warranty, you could send your desired donor coil to Woody to make up an adapter and I can build the 6000 coil with the separate screen wire. Easy task for me in 8x6, 12x8 and 16x10 sizes. Its the destruction of the coil (hit or miss if the donor coil can be repaired for use with the adapter) that turns people off.