How to spot a fake Minelab GPX 5000

[grubstake]

Now here's a bargain (not), it's a "Cainese import", presently available on Gumtree: oop:

 

[dirtynug]

Verdict on this ebay listing

Serial number and security image are correct for the model

Fake or Authentic?

I'm looking to buy my first detector, cheers

 

[grubstake]

Verdict on this ebay listing
Serial number and security image are correct for the model
Fake or Authentic?
I'm looking to buy my first detector, cheers

That detector you are interested in is listed on eBay from Mauritania in Africa. By the time you have paid $US1,800 for the detector and $US195 for freight, plus 10% GST on both after conversion to $AU, you'd be spending over $AUD3,000 - which doesn't seem like much of a bargain really, especially for a first detector, which you don't have the experience to properly evaluate if and when it arrives safely.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you mean by "correct for the model". Each serial number is paired with a particular security image hologram - have you verified with Minelab that they are a matching pair and that the serial number is valid?

 

[kingswood]

Now here's a bargain (not), it's a "Cainese import", presently available on Gumtree: oop:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4012/1627979598_cainese_import.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4012/1627979598_cainese_import2.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4012/1627979598_cainese_import3.jpg

"good to look for on the beach"....I think they mean you bury it and get the kids to find it. Fun game

 

[user 4485]

Verdict on this ebay listing
Serial number and security image are correct for the model
Fake or Authentic?
I'm looking to buy my first detector, cheers

That detector you are interested in is listed on eBay from Mauritania in Africa. By the time you have paid $US1,800 for the detector and $US195 for freight, plus 10% GST on both after conversion to $AU, you'd be spending over $AUD3,000 - which doesn't seem like much of a bargain really, especially for a first detector, which you don't have the experience to properly evaluate if and when it arrives safely.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you mean by "correct for the model". Each serial number is paired with a particular security image hologram - have you verified with Minelab that they are a matching pair and that the serial number is valid?

As always sage advice Grubstake! :Y: