Minelab GPZ7000 Aftermarket Coil Locally made?

[Trash]

Got an email today from a Minelab dealer


BRAND NEW GPZ COIL COMING SOON!
There is a rumour in the wind that an Australian company will soon be making GPZ 7000 coils.

At present there are only Russian made after market coils being made, so hold off and bag yourself a genuine Aussie made one. They will be cheaper than the Russian coils and, as always, very well made.

 

[Mec30]

Will they work as good as the Russian coils through? The x coils are finding gold on ground thats been covered with the minelab coils.

 

[madtuna]

Thankyou Putin for giving ML a slap up the back of the head :Y:

Any word on sizes or a round about time table? Coming soon is too open ended and could mean next season

 

[LORD]

Well now I am intrigued. Better start saving I guess
Hope for a small coil for tight spots to get close to the ground

 

[madtuna]

Hopefully theyre cheap so I can cut the end off one to mount on a vodka jobbie

 

[LORD]

Haha, the Russians are that good are they MT?

 

[RM Outback]

This will either be interesting or not :| hope it isn't the latter, something to spend the tax rebate on to recharge the local economy :beer:

 

[Daddio]

Hi Guys
Any word on the rumoured new coil for the 7000. Very much hope it is true.
Thanks

 

[old hand]

Its true :Y:

 

[Trash]

There is a photo going around of a trial coil fitted , think its 14 x 7

 

[Daddio]

Hi Trash
have u got a link to the pic of of the so called new coil. seems strange that they would make a coil in the 14 inch range.
thanks jas

 

[BigWave]

It would also be nice if it was half the bloody weight erfect:

 

[cobill]

On the Gold Detecting & Prospecting Forum. Looks well made, GPZ plug, and thin.

 

[Daddio]

thanks cobill just had a look, very keen to find out more about it. cheers

 

[Nothing Great]

Can someone please post a link to it.

 

[Ded Driver]

NG, I think I found it
http://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t26580-new-gpz7000-aussie-made-coil-rumour

 

[madtuna]

Keep in mind that is a prototype and will not resemble the finished product.

That bracket appears to be off the top of a ML coil rivited(?) to the proto coil for testing purposes only.

 

[Nothing Great]

Thanks very much ded driver. Appreciate that.

 

[Ded Driver]

Keep in mind that is a prototype and will not resemble the finished product.
That bracket appears to be off the top of a ML coil rivited(?) to the proto coil for testing purposes only.

would hope they glued that bracket on. Rivets would be prone to wearing loose with continual knocking, then the movement would send false signals all day! cant see any rivets tho

 

[madtuna]

Probably glued aswell but two big rivets clearly visable
NF coils have 3 rivets holding the bracket to the coil (aswell as glue)

plus it is only a prototype, not the finished product