Recent content by joshAU

Thanks Dignit for your advice. Sorry, I thought I had already replied to you a few days ago. Yes, I contacted both Miner's Den and Minelab. Miner's Den were very fast in replying, and gave a written description of how to do it, which I managed to do. This morning Minelab got back to me with a...

Thanks for the reply Deepseeker, and your advice. It sounds like you've had quite a battle with the original shafts in order to use them with large coils... :) Glad you've got it sorted in the end. I've already purchased some of these to replace them on a few detectors I am planning on...

3/10.... First time for the quizz though, so plenty of room for improvement. :)

Hi all. Long time no post. I hope the hunts have been prosperous for you all! Does anyone have any idea of how to remove and install one of the Minelab GPX series shaft twist locks? The part you rotate to tighten the lower shaft to the upper shaft. The part number is 8008-0002, or...

Hi all. I heard about a stolen GPZ-7000 so I thought I'd post this here. Theres an ad from someone in Abbeywood, QLD, selling a second hand GPZ for $3500AUD. At that price, its either a SCAM, most likely, or it could be a stolen one. I thought you'd like to know. The link for the ad is...

Yep, plenty of fakes about. Never buy from gumtree unless you pick it up in person. There's a scammer on there that advertises legitimate looking detectors - ie, not fakes. But he takes the money and never sends it. If you've paid into his account, say goodbye to your money. Ebay at least has...

There's a s/hand 5000 listed on ebay at the moment, no bids start price is $3500 with 4x coils, 2x batteries, booster, pinpointer and other bits. Six days to go. Could be worth watching. I know nothing about the seller, so I'd recommend contacting the seller to get the serial number and any...

Yep. Lots of scammers out there. A few points, some already mentioned in earlier posts...I've collated warnings from some of the earlier posts by everyone here. First: "If it seems to good to be true it usually is" Paypal, as far as I know, will not cover purchases through Gumtree. ANZ (and...

@Hatter70: Hi, and sorry, I didn't mean to say I prefered the SDC over any other brand/model. I have a GPX-5000, and I agree with your description of it. It's my favourite. :) Personally I'm not particularly interested in "tiny", "fine", etc ... I'm after the bits you can see without resorting...

And no, I've never used an ATX, or a SDC, for that matter, but, having used Minelab detectors almost exclusively, I'd go the SDC.

Hi all. I'm heading up to Deepwater, NSW over the holidays for a week and hoping to do a bit of detecting. I've had a bit of a look and the closest area seems to be Glen Elgin or around Drake. I've got a few sites on google earth that could be OK, but its always best to ask those with some...