Minelab Vanquish, New Detector Soon To Be Released

[Aureous]

Plus 'THAT' video isn't from Minelab anyway. With grammar like that, it would be a huge joke for it to be associated with such a renowned company. ML don't have that video anywhere on their site nor any other info that I can find.

[schoolofhardNox]

17 minutes ago, Aureous said:

Phrunt, the info I heard was good. You may note that I said there were 3 machines due out by ML before the end of the year. One is indeed a replacement for one of the current lineup of coin/relic units (my bet is the 3030) but the main point is the GPZ replacement, it IS exactly what Jin quoted,even down to the suggested RRP. A handful of testers have been busy with the prototypes for a couple months now. The depth advantages and 'other' features are 'astounding' they reckon. My guess is release within 3 months....

It would have to be a hell of a detector to replace my GPX. If it does replace the GPX 5000 or the Zed, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[Jin]

1 hour ago, Aureous said:

Phrunt, the info I heard was good. You may note that I said there were 3 machines due out by ML before the end of the year. One is indeed a replacement for one of the current lineup of coin/relic units (my bet is the 3030) but the main point is the GPZ replacement, it IS exactly what Jin quoted,even down to the suggested RRP. A handful of testers have been busy with the prototypes for a couple months now. The depth advantages and 'other' features are 'astounding' they reckon. My guess is release within 3 months....

Someones coming to purchase my 4500 tomorrow and I'm going to take a punt and advertise the zed as well now. I can live with a gold detector for a while. I've always got the nox to use. 

[Jin]

Love the zed Phunt but wouldn't be happy if the price falls a lot on the zeds if they release a new machine. I'll wait until the 4500 goes tomorrow then advertise the zed. Worst-case scenario is if the talk about a new zed is wrong then ill buy another. not fussed. For once id like to be at the cutting edge of technology and get over ground that hasn't already been flogged with the latest machine. I was hoping JP might have jumped in and dispelled the rumours as he has in the past. But the silence tells me a new machine is coming and ill be first in line to get one.

[Aureous]

Yes, the 'silence' from the usual testers is always an indication of 'probability' 

[Jin]

Was just having a look at Codans 2018 Anual report and they do seem to indicate the release of more than one detector.

"Recreation – adventure, treasure, and gold

Minelab continues to invest in product development for
recreational markets and has a number of new, improved
metal detectors in the pipeline."

they also refer to another detector for land mines.

 "we are further developing in partnership with the
Australian government to create a new dual-sensing
countermine detector, to be released in late FY19"

"After two years of development, Minelab’s new countermine dual-sensing detector is in final
testing and will be released in this half. This detector was partially funded by the Australian
government and combines ground-penetrating radar with simultaneous multi-frequency metal
detection in a compact, lightweight, high-performance dual-technology detector. It will be the
best dual-sensing detector on the market"."

[jasong]

I really hope it's not true. The GPZ to me represented the end of the "new $5k machine every 4 years" cycle. If we've simply moved from that to "new $10k machine every 4 years" instead, then I'll move on and find some other way to do the things I need to do after I finish with my GPZ this winter because that would be my personal bridge too far.

If a replacement was in the works it sure would be a great time to rush to release a coil which only works on the machine which is about to be replaced though, before a lot of people stop using said machine. JP called the move "greedy" and implied the coils were not ready for production yet in another thread, with no real reasons given for the greed comment. This would certainly be a reason. I hope JP comes here to deny that line of conspiratorial thinking. ?

I won't believe any rumors until I see the machine itself though. All in good fun talking now and that's about it.

[Busho]

Wow! This is better than an impending I Phone release!

 

[Aureous]

4 minutes ago, Jin said:

Was just having a look at Codans 2018 Anual report and they do seem to indicate the release of more than one detector.

"Recreation – adventure, treasure, and gold

Minelab continues to invest in product development for
recreational markets and has a number of new, improved
metal detectors in the pipeline."

they also refer to another detector for land mines.

 "we are further developing in partnership with the
Australian government to create a new dual-sensing
countermine detector, to be released in late FY19"

Yes, the Oz fed Govt provided a grant to develop the new Countermine system, but thats a separate dept within Codan and nothing to do with the Dealers conference 'unveil' of the 3 new 'consumer' dept detectors. My guess is replacements for the 3030. 2300 and the Zed. Seems like the Zed replacement will be 1st off the rank, to combat the new 1st Texas PI. It must be 'Vanquished' apparently...