JW 
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Do we know what the cost is for the 2000?
Mal
Its only money. The future looks bright.
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Hi Mal. Steve Herschbach said at just under twice the price of the GM 1000. So read in to that what you want. An Aussie has said $2500 Australian. Outside of that I have heard nothing else. Only coming with one coil by the sounds of it but now even the GM 1000 only has one coil instead of the two it used to come with. Probably because the 10x6 wasnāt very popular. ML said it would have wireless head phones, but it wont. Apparently plug in ear buds. They have ditched the screw together main shaft & while I know a lot of people complained about the shaft twisting shaft coming loose, I didnāt have too much problem with that. I find the GPX 6000 a lot worse.
I got a remedy for the GM 1000 falling over a lot too.
Fall over now you bastard!!
And it folds up out of the way if you want it to.
JW
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Yeah even at 2800 that means its paid for itself after the first 15 grams and if itās anything like the 1000 they are pretty durable and last a heck of a long time. Be interesting to see the feedback . I resume the main console is still not fully waterproof?
Yes, I havenāt heard that the control box is water proof, as in not able to go under water. It will be very interesting as the GM 1000 is a brilliant little weapon. Very basic & easy peasy to use in its operation, but very deadly on the small shallow stuff & really bangs out a signal. I must admit though that my GM 1000 has taken a back seat since I got the 10x5 Coiltek Goldhawk coil on my GPX 6000. In saying that though there is a massive price difference in the 6000 & the GM 1000.
JW
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How do you find the GM working with the heavy blacksands around Central JW?
Hi GS. The gold monster canāt handle the concentrations of black sands in the Shotover, the Arrow or the Cardrona. I doubt any VLF detector would. If you have to dumb them down so much to get them quiet, which with the GM you still canāt make it quiet no matter what, then you may as well not even bother. They are the domain of PI detectors. All other creeks, rivers seem fine. Those three are the worst for iron sand I have seen.
VLFās arenāt my go too detectors for gold these days, although I have a soft spot for the Gold Monster & the Gold Bug 2 if times get tough & I target shallow bed rock for crumbs. The GPX 6000 does a very good good on tiny gold & small gold at a bit of depth over the Gold Monster. Very hard for me to put that detector down to be honest.
JW
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Awesome advice thanks JW. I did think that with my last vlf. But have always thought the GM might be different, but that makes perfect sense. Il stick to looking for another PI, cheers mateš
Hi GS. It is the same old story though. No one detector does it all. Being able to swap out coil sizes & between a mono or DD on the Minelab PIās gives many options out in the field Especially the older model GPXās. So many after market coils for them. A higher frequency VLF is still a good option to have as well. These days there are quite a few options for these. Not just from Minelab but I know the Minelabs better as I have a few. For gold the Gold Monster & the Nox 800 with the little 6" coil. Although the standard 11" on the Nox is still very good on tiny gold. Its just that the 6" can get into tight spots. The GB2 being my other favourite VLF & that technology & detector was released & is unchanged since 1995 & still being manufactured & sold today.
The GPX 6000 with the little 10x 5 Coiltek Goldhawk coil is just about getting the tiny gold of those higher frequency VLFās but goes a bit deeper. There is a huge price difference though. Be interesting to see how the new Gold Monster does with its multi frequency. That is the domain of the Nox series & the Manticore. I will be watching that space with the new Gold Monster though.
JW
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Currently hanging out for it to hit the country in octoberā¦
Iv never owned a detector but this definitely looks like the one i will be investing in for an entry rig.
Cant see the sense in spending 10k on a 7000 without having someone there to teach me how to use it properly.
But if anyone wants to buy a big ass jayco westport caravan off me my senses might disappear pretty quickly along with said 10grand.
To be honest you are better off starting with a less expensive detector than the GPZ 7000. You may find that detecting isnāt for you. It is very easy to get all caught up in the gold fever thing, especially with the price of gold at the moment. You see all this gold online being found on shows like Gold Rush Alaska & Aussie Gold Hunters. Also on Facebook & the likes. But the reality is it isnāt as easy as they make it look & believe me it is getting harder to find & way smaller. The bigger bits are the first to go & dont grow back over night.
If gold is your buzz then the Gold Monster is a good starting platform. Very light & easy to use. Deadly on small tiny gold, & of course bigger gold if it is there. It wont break the bank. I am talking the original first Gold Monster. Its price new has gone up & now it only comes with one coil where as it used to come with two. You might be able to get a good 2nd hand one off trademe if you are lucky. If you feel you might like to dabble in a bit of coin & relic hunting as well as gold then the Equinox 800 is excellent at both. This has now been superseded by the Nox 900 which of course is more expensive. But I have heard that some still prefer the 800.
As far as getting a Pulse Induction detector, more expensive again, You are best to test the waters/ground with something like I have mentioned to see if this detecting game is going to float your boat. Like I have said, it isnāt that easy to find the gold these days. No matter where you go you can bet someone else has been there before you. But can be good fun trying & get you out into the great out doors & some amazing places. Often that is gold in its self as well as people you may meet on the way.
Where abouts are you based?
I could possibly help you out with either detector that I have mentioned if you are interested.
JW
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Bit more here.
Looks to be close on 3k here in NZ.
JW
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Iāll be curious to see if the GM2000 is a bit less chatty than the GM1000. The one time I tried a GM1000 it was annoying me how noisy and easy to set off it was. I did find a little gold with it though.
Being chatty & finding gold go together. Means your running it on the edge of its sensitivity. My detectors live on that edge. I get used to the chatty. It just becomes part of the threshold in regards to my GPX 6000. Of course the GM 1000 has no threshold. So the chatty becomes the threshold for me. With in reason.
JW
Maybe it was more of a falsing that was annoying meā¦ many years ago now. But I found it annoying. I run my detectors with a slight threshold hum too so I can hear the slight variations.
Yes the GM 1000 did have a coil bump sensitivity issue. I had a few āargumentsā with Steve Herschbach on his Detector Prospector forum. Also with Johnathan Porter (JP) & Minelab over this issue. They were all telling me that I was running it too hot & to back it off. I disagreed as they were saying that by me running it flat out it was picking up any slight ground noise as it had been designed that way. Giving the operator the choice to find that sweet spot between staying stable or āfalsingā & then back it off slightly. My reasoning was that it wasnāt reacting to the ground as our ground is insanely mild but the coil is falsing from bump sensitivity. Which it absolutely was. The three of them didnāt believe that, or want to believe that so we hit a stale mate. ML asked for the coil serial numbers, which I gave them but never heard back from them. JP kind of got stuck into me. There is no love lost between him & I since early X coil days. I actually ended up getting banned from DP forum over X coils. But thatās a whole new story. Steve I really believe gave me the benefit of the doubt as he didnāt push it. Long story short. When the GM 1000 hit public release it came out in the wash that there was a bump sensitivity issue. But what did I know?
There is a bit of a devil with Minelab & their marketing machine. As you will see in what Steve has said in his comments.
If you get involved deep with Minelab, you need to be prepared to sell them your soul. Legally signing documentation to NEVER saying a bad word about them & their products & never mentioning a competitors product.
But they do make damn good detectors electronically albeit with some poor quality control on components. Like bump sensitive coils & cheap bodily parts that are frustrating for the cost.
JW
Hi bought a GM 1000 about 5 years ago. Donāt think i really know what Iām doing with it, or maybe Iām just looking in the wrong place. Tried to find easier instructions on using it online but no luck. Any tips?
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I run mine on manual 10 thats 1 click down from auto 1. Its very chatty will pick up alot of iron and mineralized ground ect but its what you want for gold especially the small gold. Just dig gold targets or if its jumping between them both. Theres lots to go over really but if you have some small gold pickers or nuggets run your monster over them and get use to that sound. Most places are well picked over too but do some walking and find that bedrock keep the coil close to the ground sometimes im scraping mine against the bedrock, youāll get false targets from bumping the coil and rubbing it agaisnt bushes ectā¦ just dig those zippy gold targets mate once you find some gold youāll get the hang of it.
Obviously not every gold target is going to be gold but always dig them until you find the shiny stuff, good luck