Steve Herschbach Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 1/14/2024 at 6:57 PM, Gerry in Idaho said: As Rob Allison mentioned, the GPX-5000 (discontinued in US) You and Rob have both mentioned this. Yet it is apparently still made and sold in Australia? What the ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I asked here and it's not discontinued. Maybe the US distributor just stopped importing it due to the Axiom and very low sales volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 If I was still a dealer here I'd be pissed off if it's still being made but they are withholding them, even if the sales are low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said: You and Rob have both mentioned this. Yet it is apparently still made and sold in Australia? What the ??????? I was going to ask this the other day. I did notice that there were only two dealers selling these on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 10 minutes ago, phrunt said: I asked here and it's not discontinued. Who did you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 6 minutes ago, Swegin said: Who did you ask? The dealer. They've dropped the new packages down to a single coil though, no longer the two coil package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Fort Bedford metal detectors claims they have the last GPX 5000's Minelab will be producing. Yet the 5000 is still on Minelabs website. Very confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drellim Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Pretty bad move guess the used 5000 s Will go up in value maybe they got mad over all the ones who modify it and make it better Feels sour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I think it's crazy to discontinue a detector they have no alternative for, the 6000 is NOT a replacement for the 5000, they're very different detectors, and the GPZ is not a replacement for the 5000. The closest replacement for the 5000 on the market is the Axiom, it's the only other more general-purpose PI with some discrimination and configured in such a way to find coins, the GPX even has a coin and relic timing which is particularly good around here. I can't imagine anyone using a 6000 to find coins. The 5000 is a great beach detector, the 7000 and 6000 wouldn't be my choice for beach detecting. If they kill off the 5000 they're handing that segment of the market over to Garrett with their Axiom and ATX and with the pending release of a Nokta PI which I have a hunch will be geared towards everyone not just prospectors then they're leaving a big hole in Minelab's lineup that competitors will love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureous Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 My Minelab spy told me a couple years ago that Plexus stopped making the PCB's for the 5000 when Covid hit so no actual new 5000's have been assembled since 2020. All they are selling is old stock. Once they are all gone, there will be no more. Unless a big new gold rush happens and demand dictates new manufacture of an older, discounted detector.....unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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