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Post  Seggs Sun May 12, 2013 7:10 pm

Hi,
I was looking to buy a mine lab GTX5000, but, I have read that in a shoot out west of Cairns, between an Infinium and The GTX5000. The GTX kept giving false signals over hot ground. Can anyone verify this statement,
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Post  Guest Sun May 12, 2013 7:28 pm

Depends who was driving the GPx. Sounds like a garret dealer,that didn't know how to run the 5000

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Post  Auger Sun May 12, 2013 8:05 pm

Seggs -

I would also be interested to know if the Infinium cracked ANY targets and if either found any Gold. I am always sceptical of any comparison/evaluation that is reported as they are usually real sketchy on methodology (or luck of the day) etc.

Just an observation - Phil
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Post  Seggs Mon May 13, 2013 6:45 am

Hi Guys,
Thanks for responding. Apparently the shoot out happened between two family members. One was a Garret man; the other was a Minelab man. (I believe they were both experienced users) Each was convinced that their own detector was the best, so to prove it they went out west. The report was that with the Minelab the person did a lot digging on false signals. I am not sure if either was rewarded for their efforts.
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Post  Guest Mon May 13, 2013 9:12 am

If it was a "GTX5000" then that was the problem, as Minelab didn't make that one, they make a "Minelab GPX 5000" Laughing

In any case it all depends on how you set up the machines as to how they will perform, a correctly setup GPX 5000 will not get a heap of false signals, it just won't happen and most people with one allready know that. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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Post  slimpickens Mon May 13, 2013 10:55 am

I would be lucky (unlucky) to get more than 1 or 2 false signals per day with my 4500 down here in the hottest ground in Victoria. This story is Minelab 5000 Bullshit-bs-smiley-emoticon
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Post  Seggs Mon May 13, 2013 11:24 am

Hi Sorry it is a typo, should be GPX. Looks like it was indeed B.S. So now I am faced with a dilemma. I have good reports about the 4500 as well as the 5000. Is it worth spending the extra dollars for the 5000
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Post  slimpickens Mon May 13, 2013 2:52 pm

Seggs wrote:Hi Sorry it is a typo, should be GPX. Looks like it was indeed B.S. So now I am faced with a dilemma. I have good reports about the 4500 as well as the 5000. Is it worth spending the extra dollars for the 5000
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Hi Seggs,
The 4500 will pick up large, medium, small, tiny gold. (In my case, I once wasted 15 minutes searching for a .04gr )
The 5000 will pick up large, medium, small, tiny, and flysh!t gold.
Now you gotta look in the mirror and ask yourself the question, "Seggsy, mate, do you really wanna waste your time picking up that flysh!t? And before anybody states "It all adds up" I will ask the question; " It all adds up to what"?
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Post  Sharkbait Mon May 13, 2013 3:33 pm

G'day Seggs,if those guys doing the comparison were serious they should put a vid of the test on Youtube with an independent witness

There are many variables which can affect the result,such as coil size,gain settings etc..but i might be a bit biased coz i use a 5000 and i LUV IT !!! Q21

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Post  llopa23 Tue May 28, 2013 12:05 pm

Can anyone give me an old metal detector iam from philippines

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Post  Guest Tue May 28, 2013 12:58 pm

You might get lucky................ Laughing

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