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General Metal Detector Discussion
Garrett ATX vs Minelab GPX5000
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<blockquote data-quote="christian1664" data-source="post: 261765" data-attributes="member: 7733"><p>hi Garyo and old hand</p><p></p><p>Had a fantastic time and will be back next year</p><p></p><p>Hard to say why the ATX struggled to find gold but the find rate really speaks for itself, I'm no novice at detecting, been at it over forty years and have plenty of hours on the ATX it simply was not finding gold, perhaps the extreme mineralization in the area I was working was too much for it, even the 5000 struggled to run stable in a few areas.</p><p></p><p>A possible answer is that the ATX gives a false signal every time you touch a rock or pebble so it is impossible to scrape the coil along the ground as you can with the 5000 so depth with be lost, leading obviously to less gold.</p><p></p><p>All the depth tests I have seen have been on flat even ground and the ATX performs well in those conditions, but in the real world you need to swing the coil above any objects on the ground or you will be checking false signals all day as I was.</p><p></p><p>as I mentioned before I have no loyalty to any make of detector and will use what I consider to be the best for the conditions so for me the 5000 is it for WA (not tried the 7000) the Atx is nearly there a little more work from Garrett is required and it may then be a contender, but my considered opinion for the moment is leave it at home and get a 5000</p><p></p><p>hope this of use to you all Leigh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="christian1664, post: 261765, member: 7733"] hi Garyo and old hand Had a fantastic time and will be back next year Hard to say why the ATX struggled to find gold but the find rate really speaks for itself, I'm no novice at detecting, been at it over forty years and have plenty of hours on the ATX it simply was not finding gold, perhaps the extreme mineralization in the area I was working was too much for it, even the 5000 struggled to run stable in a few areas. A possible answer is that the ATX gives a false signal every time you touch a rock or pebble so it is impossible to scrape the coil along the ground as you can with the 5000 so depth with be lost, leading obviously to less gold. All the depth tests I have seen have been on flat even ground and the ATX performs well in those conditions, but in the real world you need to swing the coil above any objects on the ground or you will be checking false signals all day as I was. as I mentioned before I have no loyalty to any make of detector and will use what I consider to be the best for the conditions so for me the 5000 is it for WA (not tried the 7000) the Atx is nearly there a little more work from Garrett is required and it may then be a contender, but my considered opinion for the moment is leave it at home and get a 5000 hope this of use to you all Leigh [/QUOTE]
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