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Gold detecting in the pilbara W.A. what detector?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 547146"><p>Gday</p><p></p><p>As far as the 4500 goes, there is the early release one and then a later version, the early release one in my opinion is the better of the two, much better depth but does not run as as quiet as the later version, the later version used the 5000 circuit board with a couple of timings disabled so is very close to the 5000 and runs a bit quieter and slightly more stable than the early version 4500, but either one will do well up there.</p><p></p><p>As far as pilbara detecting goes, I found the 4500 very good as being able to select different sized coils was important, often due to the restrictions on the ground covering spinifex, some areas are so covered that a small coil is all that you can use to get close to the ground and in between the spinifex clumps, alternatively a larger coil was used to scan over the top of the spinifex, some people used the nuggetfinder 25" mono for this, I used mainly the minelab 8" mono and also the nuggetfinder 12x7 eliptical mono for the tight spots and a lightweight 14" or 18" nuggetfinder sl mono for the open areas.</p><p></p><p>Some of the later version flat wound coils might also be good as well, I didn't use any of those as they were not in production back then, also I reckon the sdc2300 would have been a worthwhile machine as I did find lots of small nuggets and specimens, also found a really nice specimen with the 4500 and 8" mono, very deep in the spinifex with a couple of ounces in it, might not have heard it with a bigger coil as I was pushing the small coil through the spinifex.</p><p></p><p>cheers</p><p></p><p>stayyerAU</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 547146"] Gday As far as the 4500 goes, there is the early release one and then a later version, the early release one in my opinion is the better of the two, much better depth but does not run as as quiet as the later version, the later version used the 5000 circuit board with a couple of timings disabled so is very close to the 5000 and runs a bit quieter and slightly more stable than the early version 4500, but either one will do well up there. As far as pilbara detecting goes, I found the 4500 very good as being able to select different sized coils was important, often due to the restrictions on the ground covering spinifex, some areas are so covered that a small coil is all that you can use to get close to the ground and in between the spinifex clumps, alternatively a larger coil was used to scan over the top of the spinifex, some people used the nuggetfinder 25" mono for this, I used mainly the minelab 8" mono and also the nuggetfinder 12x7 eliptical mono for the tight spots and a lightweight 14" or 18" nuggetfinder sl mono for the open areas. Some of the later version flat wound coils might also be good as well, I didn't use any of those as they were not in production back then, also I reckon the sdc2300 would have been a worthwhile machine as I did find lots of small nuggets and specimens, also found a really nice specimen with the 4500 and 8" mono, very deep in the spinifex with a couple of ounces in it, might not have heard it with a bigger coil as I was pushing the small coil through the spinifex. cheers stayyerAU [/QUOTE]
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