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A little bit high. Hope you don't have to pay to have a patch lead done as well.
Lesgold said:Hi Folks,
Just a bit of an update on the 12 Z Search.
Cheers
Les
Eluvial said:Nuggetfinder 12 Z-SEARCH
$1,295.00
Hi Adam
When compared with the factory 14x13 our Z Search has very similar depth capability across a broad range of target sizes. During testing we did see some gold recovered that the standard coil would not pick up, but in some instances this was put down to the Z coil running quieter allowing faint signals to be more easily heard.
The real benefit of the Z coil is a significant weight reduction (Approx 300g) and quieter operation in noisy ground.
If you are happy with the performance of your standard coil and the weight isnt a concern I suggest you wait for some other Z coil sizes options we will offer later this year.
Regards
Rohan Johnson
A-team said:I have spoken to Minelab who said, as a general rule, they do not get involved with aftermarket and 3rd party companies. The tech I spoke to was curious as to how they got the coil so light...nothing further was said on the matter.
The Zed has been around for some time now, it's good to see a local company producing options for it. I can definitely see the benefit of lighter weight, slightly smaller size, but BEST OF ALL - quieter operation in noisy ground. Sometimes it's just little differences like this that speak for themselves.
That said, at that price, I won't be buying one when we all see the GPX coils selling for MUCH less. Surely there isn't some magic manufacturing cost that justifies the price of a zed coil to GPX coil. I know its all about business and specialty products - but I thought $525 was steep for a coil (but paid it for the quality).
As we can see, NF were testing the market with a safe option, now they might branch out into more options????
Respect to Rohan, calls it as it is: "The real benefit of the Z coil is a significant weight reduction (Approx 300g) and quieter operation in noisy ground."
Hi Adam
When compared with the factory 14x13 our Z Search has very similar depth capability across a broad range of target sizes. During testing we did see some gold recovered that the standard coil would not pick up, but in some instances this was put down to the Z coil running quieter allowing faint signals to be more easily heard.
The real benefit of the Z coil is a significant weight reduction (Approx 300g) and quieter operation in noisy ground.
If you are happy with the performance of your standard coil and the weight isnt a concern I suggest you wait for some other Z coil sizes options we will offer later this year.
Regards
Rohan Johnson
The only negative attached to this product: PRICE!
I think they both do a good job of providing info on X Coils. No offence to either Dave or Phrunt but one is the Australian dealer for X Coils & the other has received at least one free coil direct from X Coils as a gift no doubt for his numerous favourable reports. Phrunt also seems pretty inexperienced in any mineralised ground & only a couple of experienced independent Australian users ever seem to comment on the DP forum on actual performance & very little to none here - most discussion seems to centre around the pros/cons of modding the cable which creates angst among the pro X Coil people.Reg Wilson said:Davsgold and Phrunt on the Russian X coil seem to indicate a definite performance increase with Xcoil comparing them to the standard coil.
There's no issue in saying whatever you like about the X Coils but why not put a report in an X Coils thread instead of cluttering up the Nugget Finder Z Search thread!And what else I want to say, I did not get any freebies, but I really love the truth. It may be unpleasant for someone that the Russians invented such a miracle coil, but forgive me it's true.
And what else I want to say, I did not get any freebies, but I really love the truth. It may be unpleasant for someone that the Russians invented such a miracle coil, but forgive me it's true.
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