New GPX 5000 and 4800 views

Some blokes using these 5000 detectors in the west say that there is nuthin between it and a 4500.
two 5000 detectors tested with one 4500. nuthin in it they tell me.

...and what is it you would have us draw from that inference Paragold?

I own a 5000. It is better than my old 4500.
I am speaking from direct knowledge not hearsay.

How is it better???? in what ways?

I can't answer the difference between a 4500 to 5000, but between a 4000 to 5000 it is like the 5000 is not switched on it's that quiet. Note, I also thought that when I upgraded from the 3000 to the 4000.

The stability of the 5000, to me, was the first noticeable thing. It is quiet. Almost too quiet.

is it quiet in normal with a mono?

The area I go to in the Triangle is way too hot for normal for ANY machine.
Having said that I didn't try Normal. The 3000 could not be run there without a DD and 4000 needed sensitive smooth.

yes my 18 inch mono is so so noisy in normal.

The 4500 and the 5000 are VERY similar. Side by side with the same coils they may seem indistinguishable to some users. I find that the 5000 is a little too sensitive to metal on my person (ie. belt buckle etc). This can be solved with a longer lower shaft. This is especially applicable to larger coils.

But if anyone complains that their 5000 detector is "too quiet", I usually have to remind them that their threshold setting is probably way too low.

Jonathan Porter wrote:
killed a pig on this spot, quietish ground but massive amounts of BIF (banded iron formation) scattered through it which masked hundreds of little nuggets to the original finder.



JP

WOW..... They've grown up since the days of "check the hole dad" and "I think we should have a party tonight" (21 oz Cooee nuggy vid) eh JP?

Jennifer
Living on the Cariboo Gold fields and loving it.