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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
How good are our fancy new metal detectors?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 658115" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Got hammered for making a comment in another forum about whether the 7000 was worth the money when it first came out. I took the stance from a financial perspective saying that if you hadn’t found enough to cover the cost of a GPX in a reasonable time, probably the 7000 wasn’t going to be worth the then double price. </p><p>The criticisms were that many people couldn’t afford the high cost outlay or get out often enough to find enough gold, but then that was the essence of what I suggested.</p><p>I was not commenting in any way about the other value or pleasure in owning and using the latest machine, but that worth could only be measured by finds success not an arbitrary view of the pleasurable worth in using the latest.</p><p>Just comes back to if you want it, are prepared to take a chance, AND can afford it, why not?</p><p>Did that myself with the 7000 but my gold finds suffered as I found difficulties in handling it for the long periods necessary to be successful due to its weight. So I sold it and bought another 5000. </p><p>May consider a 6000 or a good coin machine at some stage but happy for now with the 5000 still pulling gold. </p><p>Just reinforces my earlier thoughts that for ME (and this is purely personal) the later 7000 was not worth spending up from the 5000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 658115, member: 4728"] Got hammered for making a comment in another forum about whether the 7000 was worth the money when it first came out. I took the stance from a financial perspective saying that if you hadn’t found enough to cover the cost of a GPX in a reasonable time, probably the 7000 wasn’t going to be worth the then double price. The criticisms were that many people couldn’t afford the high cost outlay or get out often enough to find enough gold, but then that was the essence of what I suggested. I was not commenting in any way about the other value or pleasure in owning and using the latest machine, but that worth could only be measured by finds success not an arbitrary view of the pleasurable worth in using the latest. Just comes back to if you want it, are prepared to take a chance, AND can afford it, why not? Did that myself with the 7000 but my gold finds suffered as I found difficulties in handling it for the long periods necessary to be successful due to its weight. So I sold it and bought another 5000. May consider a 6000 or a good coin machine at some stage but happy for now with the 5000 still pulling gold. Just reinforces my earlier thoughts that for ME (and this is purely personal) the later 7000 was not worth spending up from the 5000. [/QUOTE]
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General Metal Detector Discussion
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