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  1. J

    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Thanks guys good advice I’m sold on a NF evo plenty of chatter about them working well and an improvement on stock 👍🏿
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Thanks basco I totally agree I’m lucky to have very little emi where I detect and can run quite high gain settings and still have a pretty stable threshold.. but I do hit a few areas I think are hiding gold and relics with lots of iron junk and if I get keen to pick thru it I would pretty much...
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    My bad Ozzie yea 11” 😝 thanks I’ve heard similar about the Evos. I had a few NF advantage coils on my old 3000 that worked great I’ve tried them on my 5000 briefly but stock coils left them for dead I think a 12”evo would suit my area too 👍🏿
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Actually I’ve read the manual cover to cover many times 💁‍♂️ But I’m hearing so much chatter about coils like the evolution series and others that make claims to be much better than stock coils my question was for those that had tried both stock and aftermarket coils and their thoughts on what...
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Thanks Jaros I’ve been watching and reading on here for some time and this is the first time I’ve posted questions. It’s a great forum thanks for your advice. I’ve had DD coils before on older machines a Gp3000 and I liked it’s blade like search pattern and great pinpointing ability. Do you...
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Thanks guys I will take a look also I haven’t run a DD on this machine yet is it worth buying one cause I would at the moment only use it for its iron discrimination features as I think I’m getting good depth and stability out of my stock 12” and 17x10 mono coils
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    Minelab Gpx 5000 - using Fine Gold

    Gday all just wondering if any of you have found that the gpx runs much quieter in fine gold settings on hot ground. I’m new to this machine and am wondering if I’m losing much depth running in fine gold tests I have made on targets appear to show that I’m not losing much in depth compared to...
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    MINELAB F1A4 ex military metal detectors - tips, settings, questions

    Thanks guys good luck out there Cheers Jamie
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    MINELAB F1A4 ex military metal detectors - tips, settings, questions

    Thanks for the welcome and the answer AU man I was almost going to sell this unit but started playing with coils and settings a bit and found its not a bad machine I am only new to detecting but not gold fever as I used to slice around the Vic high country a bit Im hoping to find some info on...
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    MINELAB F1A4 ex military metal detectors - tips, settings, questions

    I have seen only one other like this and it was claimed to be by link technologies in Melbourne.
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    MINELAB F1A4 ex military metal detectors - tips, settings, questions

    Gday just wondering if anyone can identify who did the mods on my machine Im also trying to find some info on settings and what sort of performance Im to expect thanks
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