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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="lkyphl" data-source="post: 674112" data-attributes="member: 14531"><p>This year in W.A. there were 5/6/7 of us camped in the Pilbara for a couple of months or so, four blokes running 6000s, one a 23, one using a 7, and I was using a 5 and a 45 with multiple NF and Coiltek flat wound coils and an SP01.</p><p>Literally every day for weeks the 23 and 6000 users were returning with 3/4/5g per day, admittedly all small stuff, with the 7 operator doing at least as well, but the 5/45 detected perhaps a gram a day from the same ground.</p><p>In the end I bit the bullet, rendered my three detectors and at least a dozen coils redundant, ordered a 6 from Kal and collected it from the local P.O.</p><p>It lasted four days before refusing to start ; I got it back from Minelab and the Kal retailer just in time to return home.</p><p>I considered these daily finds over a fair period an excellent comparison of what older and new technologies are capable of.</p><p>Thr largest nugget found was a 58 grammer (6000 at three inches), a 24 (6000), and a 16.7 (old technology <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" />).</p><p>I'll certainly keep the 45/14 Elite as a backup to the 6,</p><p></p><p>Phil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lkyphl, post: 674112, member: 14531"] This year in W.A. there were 5/6/7 of us camped in the Pilbara for a couple of months or so, four blokes running 6000s, one a 23, one using a 7, and I was using a 5 and a 45 with multiple NF and Coiltek flat wound coils and an SP01. Literally every day for weeks the 23 and 6000 users were returning with 3/4/5g per day, admittedly all small stuff, with the 7 operator doing at least as well, but the 5/45 detected perhaps a gram a day from the same ground. In the end I bit the bullet, rendered my three detectors and at least a dozen coils redundant, ordered a 6 from Kal and collected it from the local P.O. It lasted four days before refusing to start ; I got it back from Minelab and the Kal retailer just in time to return home. I considered these daily finds over a fair period an excellent comparison of what older and new technologies are capable of. Thr largest nugget found was a 58 grammer (6000 at three inches), a 24 (6000), and a 16.7 (old technology 🙂). I'll certainly keep the 45/14 Elite as a backup to the 6, Phil [/QUOTE]
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General Metal Detector Discussion
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