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Hi Dave, It really depends on the ground you are working. Most places in Vic will require Enhance or Fine Gold timing. To get it into Fine Gold, make sure the timing switch on the front panel is set to "Special" and that "fine gold" is selected in the rear menu. The Evo coils are really good...

Mbasko is right. These plugs are not off the shelf plugs and they are even different to the old F3 plugs. I'm not sure if the F3Ci uses the same plug, but regardless they are a custom job unfortunately. It is a real pain in the rear end! The other alternative would be to just install a 1/4"...

Don't think it is Eski. The harness isn't shiny, there is a well used aftermarket coil and the Seta project DVD is there too. Didn't that get given out in the detector bundle ages ago when the 4500 first came out? The detector looks well used too. If it was a fake they probably would have...

Firstly, the old 4500 and new 5000 both transmit the same sort of signals. And this is also somewhat same/similar(depending on timing) to the gp series. They are all pulse induction. The new 4500's don't have a 5000 board in them, they are still a 4500 board. Perhaps some components are better...

Apologies Doug, as I think I may have misread/misinterpreted your post. It seemed you were having a dig at Bush for having a go and posting about it. I don't have time to do a full history search on everyone I post/reply to. My point about the small size that the standard F1 coil can detect was...

Err, no the F1A4 was meant to pick up small a landmine firing pin at 6", which it could do very well. When modified, the F1A4 can even give the sdc a run for it's money. Smallest piece I have found with an F1 is 0.01g, even managed to get that one on video. The old F1A4 coil has very similar...

Its a li-ion battery system for your detector. It has a built in amplifier, you can plug your headphones or a speaker into it. Does it charge up and run your detector? Cheers Mick

Hi Blair, One ripper coil for the GPX is the 12x8 evo coil. This coil is amazing on the 5k, even better than the Sadie coil. The other coil that seems to be favored is the 15" round evo coil. The 17x13 is also an amazing coil. Nugget finder really hit the nail on the head when they came out...

Hi Deepseeker, I'm glad you were able to get going again! If you need a new plug, send me a message. Cheers Mick

With the standard 2200 and mono coils, if the ground you are working is variable, then you will most likely have a difficult time as you will be forever re-balancing the detector and questioning if it is a target or another ground noise. Also in some really hot areas, you might not even be able...

Just a side note, the SP01, B&Z and other self powered boosters/enhancers will work with the Busy B wireless battery systems as well. Just plug the SP01 input lead into the Busy B receiver headphone jack and then your headphones/speaker into the SP01. Cheers Mick

Just letting everyone know that I now have a non-wireless wireless battery for the GPX series detectors. Run time is 8~10 hours. There is no built in booster or wireless capability, so it is ideal for those who already have a wireless transmitter and boosters such as the SP01...

Perhaps the GPX5000 he has is also fake. I have seen the fake gpx 5000 detector(VLF internals) and the GFX7000 would be a Rolls Royce in comparison! By the time you pay exchange rates, gst and duty, one would be far better off getting any of the secondhand Minelabs already available in...

Adventurerchris sorry, but I have to disagree totally with your post. The GFX7000 was produced after Minelab were hacked and information such as schematics and firmware were stolen. I have been working on Minelab detectors for over 10 years now and have a few tests that are quickly able to...

That's the point of the battery protection circuit, to shut off the battery for over voltage, under voltage and over current. In the past I have repaired a few detectors that had a home made lithium battery hooked up, reverse polarity! There was no protection of any kind on the battery, not...

Something drawing too much current in the detector will cause the battery protection to trip. The other thing I have seen cause this was a bad solder connection in the power lead plug. Cheers Mick

Hi Jon_m, When it has happened, if you turned one of the encoders, do you get the little blip noise in the audio? If you get the blip noise, then this is not good and would indicate a fault with the LCD board/screen, however, if there is no sound when you turn the encoder, then it indicates...

Hi Booney, I think you may have looked at the Detectronics battery systems at the bash. They are a little heavier than the detectormods battery. One lady who bought one has arthritis and had problems carrying the minelab battery on her back. She tried it out and came back the next day and was...

Hi Just Starting, At least after running that setup, the Busy B DBV wireless battery for the GPX will seem weightless! There will be one of the DBV wireless systems in the auction at the Laanecoorie Gold Bash next weekend so someone could get a bargain :cool: So one thing I am noticing...

Of course they all have shielding, they won't work without it. My point is that the detector body is not grounded to earth(the thing we walk on), so is able to build up charge and then at some point it discharges into ground when you brush some random rock or shrub(the gap is close enough for a...