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Minelab SDC2300 or GPX4000 / GPX4500 / GPX5000
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<blockquote data-quote="PhaseTech" data-source="post: 287140" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>Yes the GPX's main advatange over the SDC and Zed is the ability to swap coils. Mount a mid sized elliptical mono, tweak a few settings or select Patch mode and you're good to go and cover a lot of ground. In medium motion you can sweep at a pretty brisk pace and not lose much depth. </p><p></p><p>A 14x9 or 14x7 on the SDC would potentially be very interesting, and cover more ground per sweep, especially at depth. My question is would it gain enough depth to totally replace the GPX with a similar size coil? My gut says in very hot ground that is likely, but in milder ground probably not. </p><p></p><p>Getting slightly off topic, but just crystal balling here, if a more suitable patch hunting coil did come out for the SDC I could see myself running two machines. One with stock coil set up with wireless headphones for patch cleaning, and another SDC set up with the larger coil, locked on Sens 5 with an external speaker/booster combo all mounted on the machine. A grab and go set-up. </p><p></p><p>But until that happens, or we get more coil options for the Zed, my 5000 is staying put. </p><p></p><p>Just don't forget, regardless of what you swing, the user is still the prospector, the detector is the tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhaseTech, post: 287140, member: 3149"] Yes the GPX's main advatange over the SDC and Zed is the ability to swap coils. Mount a mid sized elliptical mono, tweak a few settings or select Patch mode and you're good to go and cover a lot of ground. In medium motion you can sweep at a pretty brisk pace and not lose much depth. A 14x9 or 14x7 on the SDC would potentially be very interesting, and cover more ground per sweep, especially at depth. My question is would it gain enough depth to totally replace the GPX with a similar size coil? My gut says in very hot ground that is likely, but in milder ground probably not. Getting slightly off topic, but just crystal balling here, if a more suitable patch hunting coil did come out for the SDC I could see myself running two machines. One with stock coil set up with wireless headphones for patch cleaning, and another SDC set up with the larger coil, locked on Sens 5 with an external speaker/booster combo all mounted on the machine. A grab and go set-up. But until that happens, or we get more coil options for the Zed, my 5000 is staying put. Just don't forget, regardless of what you swing, the user is still the prospector, the detector is the tool. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detectors
Minelab
Minelab SDC2300 or GPX4000 / GPX4500 / GPX5000
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